Diet soda is not a panacea http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/17/263141134/diet-soda-drinkers-calories-you-don-t-guzzle-end-up-in-your-belly-anyway htt

Diet soda is not a panacea http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/17/263141134/diet-soda-drinkers-calories-you-don-t-guzzle-end-up-in-your-belly-anyway http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/17/263141134/die... "What we've seen from animal data is there is something metabolic that changes when you consume artificial sweeteners," says Bleich. "The brain is tricked into thinking it is less full." So what's going on? Basically, when we eat sweet-tasting foods, that signals our brains to release hormones to process the sugar. It's part of a mechanism that tells the body how much energy it's just taken in, and when it's had enough. But in people who are regular drinkers of diet sodas, the theory goes, the body gets confused and no longer releases enough hormones. As a result, researchers suspect, diet drinkers end up eating more — and gaining weight. Ultimately it might not be any better than drinking normal soda. I'd be pretty terrified of this if I ran a soda company.