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They don't satisfy your hunger or craving for sweets, so you end up eating more

• cinntaile 5y ago
  But he compared it with a subjectively equal amount of sugar,so no additional food is eaten.
  • hedora 5y ago
    The involuntary part of your brain gets confused because it received an "I ate" signal from your mouth but not your stomach. It responds by panicking: lowered metabolism and increased appetite. Both effects have been shown separately. For instance, mice on fixed calorie diets become lethargic and gain weight if artificial sweeteners are added to their water.
    • cinntaile 5y ago
      Has this been shown in humans? A lot of mice results don't replicate in humans.