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”.