Diet soda makes you HUNGRY and it will also cause you to GAIN WEIGHT, yep… GAIN weight! According to Dr. Mark Hyman’s article How Diet Sodas Make People Fat, diet sodas make people fat and sick, and may be even worse than regular sugar-sweetened sodas!! How does that happen?
Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar, activating our genetically-programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat-storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat. It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn fewer calories every day. It makes you hungrier and makes you crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
In animal studies, those that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14% more body fat in just two weeks, EVEN while eating less calories. In population studies, there was a 200% increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.
So skip the diet soda and drink water instead, with Stevia added if you like something with more flavor than water. We carry several flavors of Stevia that you can use to replace sugar or artificial sweetener in anything, including drinks, baked goods and more. Check them out at www.DonnaKrechStore.com.