Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked to Weight Gain

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paulabob — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:14:24 GMT

What is the point on doing a study on saccharin? It's in extremely few products! Who sponsored this study at Duke? Why couldn't they have studied something useful (perhaps) like Stevia?

I can also verify from my own experience that aspartame slows my weight loss.

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Mad-Dad — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:11:14 GMT

I recently read somewhere that the soft drink makers want to introduce "diet" soft drinks sweetened with stevia! Tis after helping lead the blockade against stevia for years! All I can guess is that they have developed their own sources, so now it will be "OK" to use!

This follows Dr. Mercola's stated path of 1. ridicule against it 2. outright hostility towards it 3. final acceptance of it! Does it not?

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mutantman87 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:53:12 GMT

The reason they're continuing to gain weight is that the sweet taste of artificially sweetened foods trick your body into producing insulin as if you consumed an equivalent amount of sugar. The insulin response promotes fat storage and lowers blood sugar, leading to a carbohydrate craving. That was one of my favorite lectures from my neuroscience class.

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TWS500 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:47:56 GMT

I wonder how much of this stuff they'd be able to push if it were called "Sweet 'n Fat"...

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DizzyIzzy1 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:30:24 GMT

Does anyone in the UK know if it's ok to bring stevia with you when coming into the country? You can't buy it there as it isn't 'safe' (aspartame, sucralose, agave, ace-k, saccharine etc on the other hand...), but does that mean you aren't allowed to take it with you in a suitcase either?

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curious7 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:00:22 GMT

Who cares, the important thing here is M-O-N-E-Y. So leave the alchemists alone.

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Patti Pili — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:19:22 GMT

Yes forget the blue, yellow and pink packages...USE THE GREEN ONES - STEVIA!!! That's what they use in Japan and a lot of foreign countries, it's the root of a plant, healthy, has no side effects and does nothing to your blood sugar! yay!

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lindacoffin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:47:46 GMT

Being type II diabetic, I figured out a long time ago that the GI was not going to help me much.

I have this thing about testing stuff and I kept detailed records. Checked my blood sugar every thirty minutes for at least 3 hours or until the number went down to 100 or below after eating the food I was testing.

I don't eat anything that raises my blood sugar over 110.

Back to the GI. I also checked out the area under the curve. I.e. Low GI foods may take longer to be digested but they still produced a large raise in blood sugar and that higher lever was in the blood for a much longer time, allowing more time for damage to be done.

I'll stick to my method. - No grains, no sugar, no fruit and very few vegetables.

OkieLinda

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LadyPam — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:21:28 GMT

Re dates: most posters' comments here are dated 11th and 12th of February but I didn't receive the newsletter containing the link to this article until 26th (today).

I've noticed the same thing happening several times.

Does anyone know if this is dependent on what continent we're on, or on what? I know that some articles have been removed or made unavailable to us in the U.K. because of (threatened) legal action by sugar/sweetener giants in this country.

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Hanosaurus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:57:49 GMT

I find that I can maintain my weight much better on a lower glycemic diet. If I eat too much starches, or breads in my diet then I start to gain. Never used to be this way though! :)

I notice if for instance I am doing the atkins induction to lose a few pounds, if I over dose on artificial sweetners, it slows it or stops the weight loss. Once I ditch the artificial sweetners, then weight loss happens.

I try to use stevia or xylitol to sweeten. Has anyone tried agave syrup?

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aemit — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:41:18 GMT

To Pat Ormsby (hopefully she will read this),

I'm sorry this is not directly about artificial sweeteners but an additive-related question.

Hi, I was just wondering about the labeling here in Japan, when a label says "seasoning (amino acids etc)", does that possibly mean that there is MSG in it? I discussed this with a health-minded colleague of mine and he said that as long as there is an additive added that is on the official additives list, it has to be mentioned on the label specifically, so then the term "seasoning (amino acids etc)" can only mean natural substance(s). What do you think of this? I'm wary of buying anything that has this term on the label, including hmmm, what was it that I saw the other day, a can of pineapples?

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srbupd — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:30:00 GMT

"More human studies"?????

The Human studies have been ongoing since they started putting these compounds in supposed food products.

Like Jack LaLanne says "if man makes it, don't eat it"

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Rentrcr — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:44:29 GMT

I have changed to stevia since all this came out about splenda; At least it is straight from a plant.

minime

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brownjc0 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:48:28 GMT

Since the FDA and the USDA come under the executive branch maybe we should be asking the candidates what they intend to do about the abuse of the public by these public protective agencies?

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Islander — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:50:53 GMT

Question for Russ:
(No, Uncle Russ, I'm not gonna do a deja vu on you!)

Friends come to me for advice and someone asked me about Xylitol. I had to confess I knew nothing. Did a search on this site and came up with 0. Did a Google search and could find no evidence of harm. It appears to be made from birch bark and I could find no warnings on line.

So...I'm sure you have something to say. What's the 411?