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GliderGuider

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5. I attended the Canadian equivalent of a TED talk a few years ago

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:22 AM

Nov 2015

One speaker was a biology researcher who did a lot of work with rats. He told us that when the reats needed to be fattened rapidly the researchers mixed aspartame with their chow. He didn't speculate on the mechanism, but IMO there are two likely reasons. One is that aspartame stimulates the release of insulin, but the other is more prosaic - the sweetness stimulates the appetite and causes the rat-human to eat other fattening foods.

I've seen the effect myself. When I was on a calorie-restricted diet and drinking those demon drinks it was almost impossible to lose weight, and I tended to gain easily. Now I'm on a permanent diet that's mostly meat and water, I have no problem with weight control at all.

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Shocking!! The Top 38 Diet Sodas�Ranked for Health [View all] mfcorey1 Nov 2015 OP

I have consumed so much Diet Mountain Dew in my lifetime. I used to think that Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #1

I think you've got that backwards Warpy Nov 2015 #2

I seldom drink any kind of pop. murielm99 Nov 2015 #3

Last I read, the claim that diet sodas cause the body to release more insulin was unproven. Marr Nov 2015 #4

I attended the Canadian equivalent of a TED talk a few years ago GliderGuider Nov 2015 #5

research on data from the Harvard Nurse Study pointed to two mechanisms for weight gain GreatGazoo Nov 2015 #8

Thanks! nt GliderGuider Nov 2015 #11

I drank one diet soda in my entire life malaise Nov 2015 #6

I used to think was complete bunk but now I am a bit less skeptical dsc Nov 2015 #7

I've been drinking diet soda since I was a kid Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2015 #9

I like to squeeze a couple of oranges and mix the juice with seltzer and plenty of ice. Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #10