Artificial sweeteners

Quick summary of the science :

Substituting an artificial sweetener sounds like a good idea, but calorie free, does not mean consequence free.  Avoiding /minimizing the use of artificial sweeteners, will help create BETTER BODY CHEMISTRY.

Artificial sweetener giving a bacteria the death ray stare

Sweet cheats might be causing your big belly

For some people at least, the price of a sweet tasting, low calorie snack, is much higher than a few calories here or there – the price is their health.

Baby brain trying to do calorie maths

Eating diet foods causes children to flunk out of calorie school

You don’t want junior to be overweight, so you opt for low calorie foods but young brains aren’t too good at calorie maths and can end up being wired to overeat.

Sugar looking in a mirror see-ing an artificial sweetener as the reflection

False advertising contributes to insulin resistance

When you use an artificial sweetener, your body is expecting sugar calories. But there aren’t any – it’s false advertising. This deceit leads to insulin resistance

Brain sampling foods to determine the calorie count

Sucralose may taste good on the tongue but it doesn’t quite cut it in the brain

There is no such thing as a free lunch” applies to the world of artificial sweetners. Titillating those taste buds doesn’t DO IT for the brain.

Women drinking a diet soda with her alcoholic beverage.  The diet soda has made her tipsy.

Watching your figure could make you lose your marbles

Diet cold drinks are an easy way cut calories, BUT as you diligently cut those calories in your favourite drink, you inadvertently load up the alcohol levels.

Insulin totally infatuated with an artificial sweetener

Artificial sweeteners are calorie free but not impact free

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Could the widespread use of artificial sweeteners be contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemic ? Maybe.

Want the inside scoop on what it takes to create BETTER BODY CHEMISTRY ?

NOTE : Privacy & spam policy. Spoonful of Science will not rent, trade of sell the e-mail list to anyone. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe link.