People often result to fake sugars when trying to lose weight, however, studies have shown that fake sugars boost a persons appetite instead of suppressing it. In a new study that was conducted, scientists showed that when a fruit fly or mice was fed artificial sweeteners, they became hungrier. The neuroscientist Herbert Herzog could not understand what in the brain signaled the fuel for hunger. The researchers started by feeding a diet of natural sugar and yeast to 2 groups of fruit flies. One group ate nothing else, while the other group got a bonus. The diet was then sweetened more with sucralose after 5 days. Upon the 6th day, the second group reverted back to meals of only sugar and yeast. After being carefully monitored, the fruit flies that have been consuming the artificial sweeteners now ate 30% more than the flies that were consuming a normal diet. Within a few days after sucralose was removed from the flies diet, they returned back to eating normal amounts of food.Source 1: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/how-fake-sugar-can-lead-overeatingSource 2: https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/diet/low-no-calorie-sweeteners-no-better-than-sugar-weight-loss/Thursday, August 6, 2020
Artificial sugars causes overeating
People often result to fake sugars when trying to lose weight, however, studies have shown that fake sugars boost a persons appetite instead of suppressing it. In a new study that was conducted, scientists showed that when a fruit fly or mice was fed artificial sweeteners, they became hungrier. The neuroscientist Herbert Herzog could not understand what in the brain signaled the fuel for hunger. The researchers started by feeding a diet of natural sugar and yeast to 2 groups of fruit flies. One group ate nothing else, while the other group got a bonus. The diet was then sweetened more with sucralose after 5 days. Upon the 6th day, the second group reverted back to meals of only sugar and yeast. After being carefully monitored, the fruit flies that have been consuming the artificial sweeteners now ate 30% more than the flies that were consuming a normal diet. Within a few days after sucralose was removed from the flies diet, they returned back to eating normal amounts of food.Source 1: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/how-fake-sugar-can-lead-overeatingSource 2: https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/diet/low-no-calorie-sweeteners-no-better-than-sugar-weight-loss/
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That is crazy to know that the things we use for one thing, can cause problems somewhere else. It's find of crazy knowing that fake sugar would increase appetite.
ReplyDeleteIt's scary to think of how much fake sugar we consume in processed foods that we don't even think about, not to mention fast food. I think some people prefer Splenda because they think it's healthier but in reality it's not. You're better off just using natural sugar.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree on the point of this article, however I do disagree in the sense that yes it might have these secondary effects but I think the benefits outweighs the consequences. Artificial sugars also decreased the chances of getting obesity as well as diabetes type 1.
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