June 20, 2008, Newsletter Issue #121: Diet sodas versus regular sodas

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Setting aside the potential side effects of artificial sweeteners, let's discuss what artificial sweeteners do to your body. Did you know that blood sugar level sharply increases long before a sugary drink or food can really be digested and absorbed? Well, it does. This body reaction is called the "cephalic phase of insulin release" and does not require not even sugar but even any artificial sweetener.



Once being released, insulin start doing its usual business: it takes carbs stored by the body into the blood. The emptied stores don't passively wait for the next meal, they start signaling to the brain to hurry up and fill them in. What we feel at this time is whether hunger for any food or cravings for sweet foods. Both feelings, being satisfied, result in caloric overeating - unless you count calories and keep them under control.



So you choice actually is not diet versus regular soda but getting hungry for nothing or not. If you choose to avoid getting hungry, choose water or better yet tea.

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