Today I want to revisit the problem with using Artificial Sweeteners.
The #1 Habit Making you Fat is Artificial Sweeteners.
Think about this: Considering all that is available to us, low fat, no fat, skim, fat free, low carb, no sugar, fake sugar,'natural' sugar, and on it goes...should there even be an obesity epidemic?? We should all be thin, and magazine cover-ready, if they really worked!.
Each of us consumes an average 24 pounds of artificial sweeteners each year; a habit that could actually be making you heavier. Studies show how these substances may confuse the body's regulatory systems that control hunger.
Whenever you eat, your body is trained to expect calories, but it's not getting them when you eat zero calorie sweeteners. You end up craving more food and not feeling full. Additionally artificial sweeteners are up to 7000 times sweeter than natural sugars and this can desensitize taste buds.
Watch out for these names on labels, even if they are not advertised as "diet" foods, to spot artificial substitutes:
Saccharin
Aspartame
Sucralose
Neotame (used in stable baked goods)
Acesulfame (found in diet sodas)
Break the habit by using half sugar with half your artificial sweetener, then wean yourself off the artificial sweetener altogether.
Choose more natural alternatives such as agave or honey.
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