Mon, May-02-11, 12:44
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,293
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Plan: Keto / Atkins VLC
Stats: 173/148/135
BF:23.9
Progress: 66%
Location: N. Calif. Sierra Nevadas
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I have read a lot about how even THINKING about eating something sweet can trigger a flood of insulin. And that artificial sweeteners to a degree can "trick" the body into thinking true sugar is coming in, thus insulin is released to prepare for the sugar it expects. Obviously a lot of this is triggered by mind-body-hormone things, so it seems logical that having too much artificial sweeteners via soft drinks and other SF treats could have your body pumping out too much insulin unnecessarily...and of course, we all know that insulin is the hormone that helps us store calories as fat. So while the SF coke, for example, would not give you calories, you are triggering insulin which then drives perhaps excess eating and the body will be predisposed at this point to store as much as possible as fat. This is the loop you don't want to be in.
I really did find it beneficial to jettison all AS except for the occasional Atkins cheesecake I make, and for sweetening I use EZ sweet, which is basically splenda in liquid form. You just need a few drops, the cheesecake isn't all that sweet anyway, and as an occasional thing it doesn't mess anything up for me.
I weaned myself off of black tea with sugar or with AS to sweeten it, and now I drink only plain green tea. I really just don't have anything sweet or artificially sweet, and I learned that keeps things under control very nicely.
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