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Study links long-term artificial sweetener intake to increased body fat adipose tissue volume (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[+] 29 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (18 children)
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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    But satiety is very complex, and it's possible that sweetener replacements make people hungrier in the long run, leading to weight gain.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    IIRC that was a popular opinion about artificial sweeteners for a while because pigs are raised on food with sweeteners, to make them eat more. That doesn't mean sweeteners make you hungrier though, just that pigs like to eat sweet things so they eat more of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "This study showed that habitual, long-term intake of total and individual artificial sweetener intakes are related to greater volumes of adipose tissue, commonly known as body fat," said Brian Steffen, PhD, MSCR, a professor in the Department of Surgery at the U of M Medical School and co-investigator on the funded grant. "This was found even after accounting for other factors, including how much a person eats or the quality of one's diet."

    That's what makes this study so interesting.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I think it is much more likely that the way a human being metabolizes food is different then what happens in bomb calorimeter and trying to draw conclusions based on said device is not very helpful to understanding human physiology, but then again i am just some schmuck on the interwebs and i dont even play a scientist on tv

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I am a schmuck on the interwebs who went to school for microbiology and I can say for certain that the human body does not violate the 1st law of thermodynamics. Calorie deficit = your body must free up stored energy (in fat) to have enough energy to continue breathing = weight loss. Unless your body is able to create sustainable free energy out of a vacuum or unless you have a horrible genetic disorder that breaks down your bones for energy or unless you are dead

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Sure, but wouldn't the calorimeter's reading still be the theoretical maximum since it's based on thermodynamics? In other words, an inefficient metabolism may see a net gain of fewer calories, but it shouldn't ever see greater.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    What!? That makes no sense.

    They saw an association between sweetener intake and change in fat over 25 years. Not relative to the population, relative to their past selves. How would a weight loss tool increasing your body fat over 25 years be obvious?

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  • [+] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    They have a pretty detailed discussion section. The main hypothesis they support, based on plenty of other evidence, is that these drugs increase appetite. They motivate you to eat more calories, even though they contain fewer calories themselves.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago

    Could not agree more. They over complicated weight loss and what you have to do so badly now. Keto, Shmeeto, No carb, All carb, fasting, starving, whatever. Just STOP. Exercise regularly & use like an 80/20 method where 80% of the time you eat quality, whole foods. Keep portions within reason. Splurge where applicable. Exercise often. There, DONE. And yes, you can even eat some sugar and it wont kill you, LOL.

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