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Original academic sources: Fowler SP, Williams K, Resendez RG, Hunt KJ, Hazuda HP, Stern MP. Fueling the obesity epidemic? Artificially sweetened beverag

by sambeau 15y ago

Original academic sources: Fowler SP, Williams K, Resendez RG, Hunt KJ, Hazuda HP, Stern MP. Fueling the obesity epidemic? Artificially sweetened beverage use and long-term weight gain Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 Aug;16(8):1894-1900. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18535548 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18535548 http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=3872 http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=3872 here's some pop-sci versions: http://www.fastcompany.com/1764156/diet-coke-is-why-youre-fat http://www.fastcompany.com/1764156/diet-coke-is-why-youre-fa... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2009055/Why-guzzling-diet-drink-make-fatter--trigger-appetite.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2009055/Why-guzzli... I'm still looking for the study on rats. I'll keep looking. I'm sure I bookmarked it somewhere…

JanezStupar 15y ago
On veganism... I only know of one person who was full-stop vegan for more than 10 years. And even he had major health issues, due to absorption problems of some nutrients. He found a source of said nutrients that works for him. Everybody else returned to a balanced diet. I do understand that some people can function on purely vegan diet. However most do not.
sandGorgon 15y ago
could you comment on this then - http://www.ajcn.org/content/82/5/1011.abstract http://www.ajcn.org/content/82/5/1011.abstract P.S. I'm genuinely asking, most of my knowledge is borrowed from Leangains
- sambeau 15y ago
  Interesting — I hadn't seen that. This shows that what is going on here may be more complex than first thought. (Maybe it is just a Pavlovian response.) It doesn't change the evidence that people and rats put on weight when drinking diet drinks – it shows that the reason why is still unclear. <side note> I do worry how many medical papers are based on tiny samples. 5 seems very small to me (when I was doing drug research 100 was a small sample). </side note>

by sambeau 15y ago

JanezStupar 15y ago

On veganism... I only know of one person who was full-stop vegan for more than 10 years. And even he had major health issues, due to absorption problems of some nutrients. He found a source of said nutrients that works for him. Everybody else returned to a balanced diet. I do understand that some people can function on purely vegan diet. However most do not.

sandGorgon 15y ago

could you comment on this then - http://www.ajcn.org/content/82/5/1011.abstract http://www.ajcn.org/content/82/5/1011.abstract P.S. I'm genuinely asking, most of my knowledge is borrowed from Leangains

sambeau 15y ago
Interesting — I hadn't seen that. This shows that what is going on here may be more complex than first thought. (Maybe it is just a Pavlovian response.) It doesn't change the evidence that people and rats put on weight when drinking diet drinks – it shows that the reason why is still unclear. <side note> I do worry how many medical papers are based on tiny samples. 5 seems very small to me (when I was doing drug research 100 was a small sample). </side note>