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In reply to the discussion: Diet sodas raise risk of type 2 diabetes MORE than those sweetened with real sugar [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)30. It fits with analysis from the Harvard Nurse study which found that diet soda
consumption is associated with weight gain and this led to further studies which found that artificial sweetners trigger an unhealthy response from the human digestive system. They seem to break the link between consumption of real sweets (sucrose, fructose, etc) and a triggering of satiation.
The theory there is that the body "learns" (incorrectly) that things which taste very sweet actually have no burnable calories.
Another analysis from the Harvard Nurse study data found that consumption of artificial sweetners (diet soda) can provoke a strong craving for real sweets and this in combination with the effect above is behind the mystery weight gain.
http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/6/1/160.full
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Diet sodas raise risk of type 2 diabetes MORE than those sweetened with real sugar [View all]
Redfairen
Feb 2013
OP
Reading the article at the link it doesn't sound like it. All self reported data as well.
yellowcanine
Feb 2013
#25
May be a proxy for other sugar intake... I haven't drunk diet (or any soda) for years... but when I
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#4
You can find them here and there in California too. Never had one, but I'm curious!
arcane1
Feb 2013
#38
When I finally kicked diet soda, I found it so much easier to control the rest of my diet...
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#9
Excellent comment! There are studies out there that demonstrate exactly what you said.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#27
I always thought it best to stick with the least processing as possible in foods
RedstDem
Feb 2013
#11
I'm still trying to figure out why they began taking cipro three weeks before the anthrax attacks,
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#44
The warning on diet sodas has been ongoing for decades. If it tricks your mouth into thinking it's
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#18
I stopped drinking diet soda the last few years, been drinking tea with lemon.
djean111
Feb 2013
#28
I hate that diet crap. What about spenda in coffee, prollee same result no?
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#45