ARTIFICIAL
SWEETENERS ARE AS BAD AS SUGAR
The fat
free craze in the 1990s coincided with a massive uptick in artificial sweetener
use. There is a direct association between artificial sweeteners and obesity
and type 2 diabetes. Artificial sweeteners are just another part of our
fascination with overly sweet foods.
Because
there are no calories it seems artificial sweeteners would help with weight
loss. Studies repeatedly find that guzzling diet sodas is actually associated
with an elevated risk of obesity (especially abdominally) and type 2 diabetes.
The July 2013 journal Trends in Endocrinology did an analytical review
and confirmed the correctness of these previous studies.
The
artificial sweetener tricks your body. The sweet taste tells your brain you
consumed sugar. The brain tells the pancreas to make insulin but there is no
sugar consumed. The excess insulin removes existing sugar from your blood
making cravings for carbohydrates rise and deposits the available sugar into
belly fat. When the artificial sweetener is consumed in a caffeinated beverage
the caffeine further increases cravings and appetite in general.
Artificial sweeteners
help reset your palate (taste buds) to look for hyper sweet sugar laden foods.
This does not have to be cookies and pastry but fatty foods can be substituted
by the body to accomplish this craving satisfaction.
When you
limit or eliminate artificial sweeteners you reset your palate to a normal
level. To distract from these cravings that you experience increase your
protein intake, especially breakfast (30 grams of protein), drink water, and
distract yourself with GUMA (Get Up and Move Around)
It is truly
amazing how quickly the cravings will disappear and you will want less sweet and
fatty foods and your appetite will decrease.
Doctor’s
Diet by Travis Stork, MD
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