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Your body reacts to the sweetness and produces insulin, which when not paired with actual sugars, turns into fat. This is known as "Insulin Resistance" (http://
by aChrisSmith 14y ago
Your body reacts to the sweetness and produces insulin, which when not paired with actual sugars, turns into fat. This is known as "Insulin Resistance" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_resistance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_resistance)
- ebrenes 14y agoHonestly curious here, why is stevia excluded from the list in the article? It would seem to fall under the same process and cause equal amount of harm? Or is it the naturalistic fallacy at work?
- jamesgolick 14y agoOops - meant to reply here. http://www.livestrong.com/article/536467-does-stevia-affect-insulin/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/536467-does-stevia-affect-...
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- gte910h 14y agoThis is not what insulin resistance is (Read his own link): >Your body reacts to the sweetness and produces insulin, which when not paired with actual sugars, turns into fat. Additionally, items which digest to glucose trigger insulin production. Aspartame has repeatedly been shown to not. Most other low calorie sweetners, additionally, have not as well. Saccharin had one study that showed a correlation, however, several other studies did not. However, protein does: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1946186 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1946186