Artificial sweeteners may be counterproductive! 

Sweeteners combined with a low carbohydrate diet can significantly increase the quantity of calories consumed. Switching to artificial sweeteners to boost the impact of a weight loss diet may be counterproductive because the sweeteners acutely suppress food intake, leading to a caloric debt.

According to a Study:

• If you think that using artificial sweetener instead of sugar in your coffee may help you lose weight, think again.
• According to a study, sweeteners combined with a low carbohydrate diet can significantly increase the quantity of calories consumed.
• The findings, led by researchers from the University of Sydney, revealed that switching to artificial sweeteners to boost the impact of a weight loss diet may be counterproductive because the sweeteners acutely suppress food intake, leading to a caloric debt.
• For the study, published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
• The team offered fruit flies diets with varying amounts of carbohydrate and sweeteners.

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Results:

• The results showed flies that consumed artificial sweeteners alongside a low carbohydrate diet showed an immediate increase in food intake.
• This increase varied according to the dose of sweeteners provided and was not observed in flies consuming unsweetened foods.
• Previous research on flies and mice.
• Revealed that chronic consumption of artificial sweeteners increase the feelings of hunger.
• Due to a complex neuronal network that responds to artificially sweetened food by telling the animal it has not eaten enough energy.

In the new study:

• “We show that acute ingestion of sucralose in the context of a low carbohydrate diet causes a pronounced increase in calories consumed”, said lead researcher.
• Although originally considered benign, a growing body of research.
• Including our own makes clear a connection between artificial sweeteners, hunger and food intake.
• However, the researchers noted that to fully understand the impact of artificial sweeteners on overall health, a systematic investigation of these effects on metabolism is required.
• “Distorting the perceived energy value of food, by manipulating sweetness through artificial means, has unanticipated consequences in these animal studies”.