Artificial Sweeteners Cause Weight GainLosing Weight Is Tougher When You Use No-Calorie Sweetners Artificial, no-calorie sweeteners may make it harder, not easier, for you to lose weight than if you used plain old sugar. According to research scientists who conducted studies on rats, those fed food with artificial sweeteners consumed more calories than those who were fed food with natural sugar and glucose, and gained more weight and body fat. These researchers found that sweet foods signalled the body to prepare for an intake of a lot of calories. However, when the sweetness is from artificial sweeteners - and the calories don't come the body becomes confused. This leads to eating more. It can also result in less expenditure of energy than normal. The conclusion was that eating food sweetened with no-calorie artificial sweeteners lead to greater weight gain than the same food sweetened with high calorie natural sugar. The findings were published in the Journal of Behavioral Neuroscience. This finding flies flat in the face of recommendations by physicians and weight loss counselors who have long advocated no-cal artificial sweeteners to control weight gain. What does all this means? It means that with the ever increasing use of non-caloric sweeteners in the current food supply, millions of Americans are being exposed to greater weight gain risks than ever. So, do you now know why you're struggling to lose weight? After all, you do your best to keep your calorie intake low. You drink diet sodas for weight loss, use low-cal or no-cal sweeteners in your coffee and tea and you still can't lose weight. Losing weight is more than cutting calories. In fact, if you do not expend more calories than you eat - no matter how few calories you eat - you will still gain weight. For example: If you eat only 1,000 calories each day and expend let's say only 800 calories, you will gain weight. You can lose weight without resorting to dangerous solutions. Find out more here: |