Why "Diet" Soda Makes You Fat

Why "Diet" Soda Makes You Fat

Many people see diet soda is an innocuous, harmless beverage that
can't possibly cause any harm to their waistline since it doesn't
have any calories. Think again.

Research published this summer in the medical journal Circulation
shows that people who drink more than one soda a day -- whether
it's regular or diet -- have an almost 50 percent increased risk
for metabolic syndrome, which doubles their risk for heart disease
and diabetes.

Two years ago, a study at the University of Texas Health Science
Center found that there was a 41 percent increase in the risk for
being overweight for every single can of diet soda a person
consumed daily.

But how can something with no calories increase the risk for
obesity and heart disease?

There are several possible ways.

First, my own theory is that the sweet taste works in the brain to
create a conditioned response. The body responds as it usually does
to normal sugar -- with insulin, the fat-storing hormone. Those
circuits in the brain are pretty primitive and ancient, and they
can't immediately distinguish chemical fakery. As far as your brain
is concerned, sweet means sugar. It's entirely possible that
physiologically, you would respond to aspartame in the same way as
you would to table sugar. It's only a theory, but it makes sense to
me.

Second, sugar creates its own cravings. Just as a taste of rum
creates an unstoppable craving in an alcoholic, it's entirely
possible that the taste of sweet, even if it's fake, creates the
same cascade of cravings in a carb addict that regular sugar does,
leading to overeating and binging and all the rest of the reasons
people put on weight.

Third, many people think that by drinking diet beverages they're
"saving" calories. They subconsciously allow themselves to eat
more, figuring it's not doing as much harm since they're drinking a
diet drink. The diet drink gives them subconscious "permission" to
eat more.

What's worse than making you fat, aspartame may be toxic. Aspartame
is made primarily from three ingredients: aspartic acid,
phenylalanine and methanol. Methanol, an alcohol, breaks down in
the body to formaldehyde, a poison if there ever was one.
Apologists for aspartame say that it doesn't create enough
formaldehyde in the body to cause any damage, but I'm not so sure.
Exposing children to formaldehyde levels as low as .75 mg daily for
several months has been shown to cause gradual toxicity. Plus, diet
soda is frequently stored in hot warehouses, causing chemical
breakdowns that went undetected in the original safety studies that
looked at "ideal" conditions.

Soda is bad news, whether regular or diet. Period.

Note: Dr. Bowden is a nationally known expert on weight loss,
nutrition and health. He's a board certified nutrition specialist
with a Master's degree in psychology. Dr. Bowden is also a life
coach, motivational speaker, former personal trainer and author of
the award-winning book, Living the Low Carb Life.
[www.jonnybowden.com]

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JOHN wrote:
Why "Diet" Soda Makes You Fat

Many people see diet soda is an innocuous, harmless beverage that
can't possibly cause any harm to their waistline since it doesn't
have any calories. Think again.

Correct. Aspartame is made from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, two
amino acids. Amino acids can be used for energy and converted to fat.

Research published this summer in the medical journal Circulation
shows that people who drink more than one soda a day -- whether
it's regular or diet -- have an almost 50 percent increased risk
for metabolic syndrome, which doubles their risk for heart disease
and diabetes.

Or they drink diet soda because they are so fat. Correlation is not the
same as causation.

Two years ago, a study at the University of Texas Health Science
Center found that there was a 41 percent increase in the risk for
being overweight for every single can of diet soda a person
consumed daily.

Then I would have to have about a 200% chance of being obese. But I am
not. Get a clue, man.


But how can something with no calories increase the risk for
obesity and heart disease?

There are several possible ways.

First, my own theory is that the sweet taste works in the brain to
create a conditioned response.

Try your own guess or conjecture.

The body responds as it usually does
to normal sugar -- with insulin, the fat-storing hormone.

The mechanism it does this, please.

Those
circuits in the brain are pretty primitive and ancient, and they
can't immediately distinguish chemical fakery.

How old can those circuits be? 120 year or so is the max. life span.


As far as your brain
is concerned, sweet means sugar. It's entirely possible that
physiologically, you would respond to aspartame in the same way as
you would to table sugar. It's only a theory, but it makes sense to
me.

Yet, you have shown no understanding of science. What makes sense to you
may be totally wrong.

Second, sugar creates its own cravings. Just as a taste of rum
creates an unstoppable craving in an alcoholic, it's entirely
possible that the taste of sweet, even if it's fake, creates the
same cascade of cravings in a carb addict that regular sugar does,
leading to overeating and binging and all the rest of the reasons
people put on weight.

Or people drink diet drinks because they are already fat.

Third, many people think that by drinking diet beverages they're
"saving" calories. They subconsciously allow themselves to eat
more, figuring it's not doing as much harm since they're drinking a
diet drink. The diet drink gives them subconscious "permission" to
eat more.

Gee, where's your evidence.

What's worse than making you fat, aspartame may be toxic. Aspartame
is made primarily from three ingredients: aspartic acid,
phenylalanine and methanol. Methanol, an alcohol, breaks down in
the body to formaldehyde, a poison if there ever was one.

Yet, methanol is found in orange juice. Is orange juice so bad?

Apologists for aspartame say that it doesn't create enough
formaldehyde in the body to cause any damage, but I'm not so sure.

Well, you have shown yourself to be as clueless as the person who posted
this. So much for what you think.

Exposing children to formaldehyde levels as low as .75 mg daily for
several months has been shown to cause gradual toxicity. Plus, diet
soda is frequently stored in hot warehouses, causing chemical
breakdowns that went undetected in the original safety studies that
looked at "ideal" conditions.

Soda is bad news, whether regular or diet. Period.

Actually, it's good for me. Keeps my mass down.

Note: Dr. Bowden is a nationally known expert on weight loss,
nutrition and health. He's a board certified nutrition specialist
with a Master's degree in psychology. Dr. Bowden is also a life
coach, motivational speaker, former personal trainer and author of
the award-winning book, Living the Low Carb Life.
[www.jonnybowden.com]


Yet, does he have any understanding in biochemistry?

Jeff

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beat obesity, insulin resistance and even heart disease NATURALLY!

Read his FREE REPORT, see the shocking photos and
SAVE 10% by clicking here...
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Kind Regards,
Michael Murray










427 Victoria Rd, Sydney, NSW 2115, AUSTRALIA

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