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Artificial sweeteners, from the time that they enter your mouth and encounter your taste buds, cause the release of insulin. This insulin lowers your blood sug
by slumdev 5y ago
Artificial sweeteners, from the time that they enter your mouth and encounter your taste buds, cause the release of insulin.
This insulin lowers your blood sugar. Because artificial sweeteners provide only the sensation of sweetness and not the energy content of an actual sugar, your blood sugar falls low enough that your unconscious brain is compelled to eat.
People who drink diet soda consistently eat more calories than they would have eaten if they had drunk a regular soda--even if you include the calories from the soda.
- davidcbc 5y agoStudies have not shown any link between aspartame and insulin levels. Artificial sweeteners have shown an increase in blood sugar over long periods of time in mice, but not humans. Studies haven't found a causal relationship between diet soda and weight gain. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners-blood-sugar-insulin https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners-b... https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-ga...