a friend of mine told me recently that because your tongue tastes something sweet it sends a message to your brain telling it to produce insulin, but because the sweeteners are artificial it leads to an excess of insulin in the body, which makes your body store all your calories as fat. any truth at all in this?
2007-03-24 16:48:23 · 12 answers · asked by Thomas M 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Yes, insulin is produced when you eat sweets, however, it is in such small amounts that unless you are a diabetic, it will not negatively or positively effect you. Also what I know is that fat is good for you, a relative amount. Your brain is encased in fat, fat is what you burn for energy, essentially, you need some fat in your body. If you don't have any fat, you will start burning muscle when you exercise. Also, consuming artificial sweeteners is very bad for you, as opposed to regular sugar. Artifical sweeteners are made in a lab, with lots of chemicals that are very complex and your body cannot break down. Thus, they simply go through your body, or worse, get lodged somewhere until your system purges itself.
2007-03-24 16:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Chris K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a lot of "research" that purports to link Coke products to all sorts of maladies. Further, there are a lot of urban legends (such as this one) that are passed along because they seem to make sense.
Diet soda is approved for consumption by diabetics. If it really stimulated the production of insulin, there is no way this would be the case.
Further, the caffeine in diet Coke (and other diet beverages) actually stimulates metabolism, which can help you lose real weight (if not water weight).
2007-03-24 19:08:40 · answer #2 · answered by kevin s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the caffeine in diet coke that affects weight. Caffeine affects the kidneys' ability to remove excess water from your body. Most people carry an extra 10 to 15 pounds of water weight. Caffeine is an anti diuretic. Stop drinking any soda/pop with caffeine and you will see a weight loss without any exercise. Though your friend is correct, it is not the greatest downside to drinking diet coke. Try coke free or just juices, water, and sports drinks.
2007-03-24 17:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by threegreenballz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My co workers and I recently had this discussion, and we had all heard that diet soda tends to make you gain weight when you drink it a lot. I'm not sure how just a little would affect you. My daughter drinks gallons of diet coke and has a hard time keeping her weight down even though she barely eats.
2007-03-24 16:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by jicour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diet Coke has no calories to be turned into fat. The others are right also, it's high in sodium so you'll retain water(which really IS the best beverage for you).
2007-03-24 16:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by princessforever1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that diet coke makes you crave more sweets such as candy, donuts, pies and such. In that way it aids to gaining weight. But since it has no calories it can not directly make you gain weight.
2007-03-24 21:42:24 · answer #6 · answered by starflower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nutrition habitual soda in and of itself wont make you benefit weight (with the exception of water retention, as somebody else pronounced), yet distinctive analyze have shown that it will boost your urge for nutrition. the element is, style prepares your physique for digestion.... it prepares it for nutrition. so as quickly as you initiate ingesting a nutrition habitual coke, your physique prepares to digest yet while there is no longer something to digest, you will word you alter into extremely hungry, in spite of in case you werent in the previous the coke. it is why people who drink nutrition habitual sodas do tend to weigh extra. For myself, i've got observed that I constantly consume extra at a meal if i'm having nutrition habitual coke with it. My abdomen fills with the gasoline from the fizzy drink, so i've got faith so finished and in a position to provide up. Then I burp and think of "Oh wow! i'm no longer finished afterall! i will save on ingesting".... it somewhat throws off my sense of ways finished or hungry i'm, so fairly at a eating place the place parts are extensive, I in no way order something fizzy.
2016-10-20 09:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by grauer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any food or drink has kilojoules aside from water. So depending on how much you drink will depend on how much weight you put on. Diet anything can put on weight, just depends how much you choose to have.
2007-03-24 17:45:15 · answer #8 · answered by nellymartyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will make you retain water thats for sure. Also, it rots your teeth real fast. Your better off sticking to water or fresh brewed tea.
2007-03-24 16:54:31 · answer #9 · answered by JennB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nutrsweet will increase your appetite. The best thing you can drink is lots of water.
2007-03-24 16:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Goddess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋