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While many studies focus on the effects of artificial sweeteners on weight loss, there is still much to be uncovered about how they affect people over time, even when those people are not overweight. In 2017, Azad conducted a meta-analysis of 37 studies to examine what kinds of effects artificial sweeteners had on routine consumers over time. Her research found that artificial sweeteners.Artificial sweeteners did not appear to help people lose weight. Instead, observational studies that looked at consumption over time suggested that people who regularly consumed them—by drinking.
Sugar substitutes may offer sweet treats for calorie-conscious dieters, but a new study shows that they may also play tricks on the body and sabotage weight-loss efforts.The biggest prevention to our weight-loss is not that artificial sweeteners have less calories than sugar. I challenge you to think bigger than if your artificial sweetener will help you lose weight because it has less calories than sugar Sweeteners prevent weight-loss because of the effect they have on your brain.Since added sugar is unhealthy, various artificial sweeteners have been invented to replicate the sweet taste of sugar. As they’re virtually calorie-free, they’re often marketed as weight loss.
There are a bunch of hypotheses for why artificial sweeteners may not promote weight loss or health. They may sharpen a sweet tooth, for example, prompting you to eat more sugary foods, or they may.A new meta-analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that artificial sweeteners may be associated with an increased risk of obesity, long-term weight gain, diabetes, high.
Long-term weight loss: The research is fuzzy artificial sweeteners may only work in the long term if you’re very cognizant of your overall calorie intake and don’t compensate with other foods.Many people consume artificial sweeteners, which include acesulfame, aspartame, neotame, saccharin, stevia plant extract, and sucralose, because they want to lose weight, avoid the “empty” (non-nutritious) calories of sugar, or avoid weight gain.On the one hand, some studies support that replacement of caloric sweeteners with loweror no-calorie alternatives can lead to modest weight loss in the short term. However, other studies have found the opposite: Consuming artificial sweeteners can eventually lead to weight gain.Why Artificial Sweeteners May Help You Lose Weight A new review of 90 animal and 12 human studies published in The International Journal of.
Health organizations give a cautious nod to artificial sweeteners in place of sugar to combat obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.When consumed in low quantities, artificial sweeteners have been shown to aid weight loss, improve metabolic conditions and even protect against injury during infection.Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Loss Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Loss. Artificial sweeteners may not be the solution to shedding pounds. By By: Tammy Beasley, R.D.
February 02, 2010 Advertisement. Save FB Tweet.5. Associated with Weight Gain. Thought using sucralose in your coffee was going to help you lose weight? Well, it turns out that epidemiological studies in humans and lab studies in animals both suggest an association between using artificial sweeteners and body weight gain.
Plus, artificial sweetener use can increase the risk for metabolic.
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220 comments
I am so glad to hear you say that the whole “calories in/calories out” concept is a myth! I have thought this for years! Our bodies are so much more complex than that and it’s refreshing to hear a medical professional finally agree with me!:)
I am a bariatric patient and I have always been told to drink decaffeinated tea so that’s what I’ve done for the past two years. I drink nearly a gallon a day! Unfortunately, I use artificial sweetner…and I’m addicted to frozen cokes/slurpees. Between this video and the one about sugar, it seems like if I just start drinking caffeinated tea and slowly reduce the amount of artificial sweetner I add until I’m down to none, I can probably break free of this stupid slurpee addiction! I hate it!
This will also help me to start eating fruit for the first time in my life. I’ll give it a few weeks and see how much my taste buds change. I don’t have a sense of smell so I’m not sure how that will affect this phenomenon.
Thanks, again, for your great advice
Layne you’re pretty outrageous too. LOL I agree on your opinions on artificial sweeteners 100%
This was such piss poor research, what about the link to fatty liver? Autoimmune disorders? Heart disease? Cancer? Inflammation? You are dangerous to your subscribers.
I’ve read your body still reacts as though sugar has come into the body ie blood glucose levels go up, this is partly why diabetes happens more in people using sweeteners. Plus the cravings it creates and the potential over indulging even more than if you just had sugar (which you at least get energy for.) The cravings lead to over eating & overindulgence, as they can be as much as 200 times more sweet.
Hell yeah!! Thanks Dr. Norton for always being such a trusted source of modern Nutrition information!
Simply amazing, well researched! Everything I needed to know.
I switched from sugar in my coffee to AS. and I’ve put on 4kg and I haven’t changed anything else in diet… hmm
I actually like mark Hyman lol but there’s a lot that I disagree with
1:31 No artificial sweeteners won’t make you lose weight. But lowering sugar consumption does. Therefore going from a lot of sugars to a lot of sweeteners and little sugar will make you lose a lot of weight.
We should use life long criminals, mass murders and homicidal maniacs as test subjects…make use of them…coz they have no use in society…or we could use them as fuel instead of coal…
And if you have a history of disease or developing disease don’t eat them
I have been using these artificial sweeteners for several years now thinking they could be a healthier lifestyle. Since using them I never figured this could be problem. I have gain so much weight 60 pounds in year and do not know how. I eat very somewhat healthy. Blood test coming out for the last several years with high white counts they can’t figure out why. Fatigued, joint pain and since 2013 I have developed type 2 diabetes I am eating healthy and just can not lose the weight. My question is they can’t find what is causing my elements. Could this be it. How can I reverse all of this. Sure I can stop using this but what can I do to make myself healthy because if I go to my doctor with this he will shake his head and tell me its not the problem. Any suggestions?
3 Lovely little fact. Crimes were committed to put aspartame on the market, and they were not prosecuted because of statute of limitations. When your body metabolizes it, it splits into its three constituents. A neurotoxin, a carcinogen, and methanol. The body thinks that it is sugar and releases insulin.
Drink up
Have you checked out the videos from FlavCity? OMG! Such fear-mongering going on there! He has zero qualifications. He talks about “chemicals” and all the scary things in foods that we need to avoid. He has a huge following. So sad so many people get taken in by this BS!
I use things like sparkling water now, no sugar, no sweeteners, just me and the burning bubbles
One of the most popular sweeteners being used by bodybuilders I know is Sugar Twin. I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned. Great video though!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29722834/
@SciShow
You might find this really interesting also, even though it doesn’t explain the overall impact of Ace-K on people life.
Of course, one example doesn’t prove anything but personally, consuming significant amounts of sweeteners (e.g. from sweet beverages) always makes me hungry within less than an hour.
This info changed my life I have changed to stevia liquid until I can get some xylitol and already feel better! Made a video and linked yours, I belong to the weight loss community family on you tube which is huge and want everyone to know about this. Before they lose valuable time!
Huge wake up call, some of my friends drink gallons of liquids with it every day.
I drink Coke Zero. It is so much healthyier towards not being as bloated. Great Video
Sooo, I generally avoid sweeteners and try to keep an eye on my sugar intake in all it’s different label forms… is Stevia OK? I’ve used it in both the crytalised processed form and as my own grown form (trying to ignore the slightly bitter after taste of the fresh leaves, and doing my best to about not using too much bc the leaves do pack a very sweet punch!)
They can help you you lose weight just don’t binge afterwards enjoy your sweet treat or meal and be happy your on a better path
Love the video! But hate the audio:( Would like you to use a better mic.
All the people who tell me artificial sweeteners will kill me or give me cancer are the same ones shoving shoving sugar covered bread down their gullet for breakfast.
His nose points a bit to his left. I know it’s not from the subject of the video, but now I can’t unsee it.
Everything in moderation apart.from artificial sweetener which tastes mildly sweet, but also shares a lot of tastes with aspirin and has that nasty bitter after taste.
Very informative and easy to understand,
Awesome job keep up the good work.
Thank you. Actually non biased information. All other videos are for keto diet and they are all about sweetener
This is very helpful and well made. Appreciate the research.
Maybe people are freaked out,because what host they use to put the artificial sweetener on…. fecal matter from E coli
Dr Weiner, glad to see you on YouTube! I know it’s been a long time. Enjoy the videos and see you at the end of this month…
Eat high carb food if you shovel in a job for couple of hrs a day, or dig a garden for 4 HRs a day, than allowed to eat pasta. If you don’t do heavy physical job as I mentioned, who told you to eat croissant and bolognese spaghetti. Of course you will get fat
I love this! I love these information. It helps me know what to put in my body. I enjoy all your videos, but these are my favorites because I can get educated as I’m working out and it makes me more aware of what my next meal will be. Thank you for all your hard work!! ❤❤
Some people, like myself, are extremely sensitive to artificial sweeteners. I have always been thin, underweight, so was drawn to them only out of curiosity, thinking that theoretically it would be a good alternative to having a sugary drink for the sake of my teeth, if I were out and about and not in a place where I wanted to go brush my teeth. When it was first introduced, I also thought Gatorade (which was artificially sweetened) would be a good electrolyte replacement for when I was exercising and sweating a lot. I bought it a few times, but hated it, and couldn’t really drink it.
My reaction to drinking 2 oz. of an artificially sweetened diet drink is to get a slight headache (and I am not headache prone at all), constriction in my throat (which goes away after an hour), and a mood change to depressed and feeling of being very unwell which can last hours and into half of the day following. I am not prone to depression and so in the rare instances when I am depressed, it is alarming and unusual.
The taste of artificial sweeteners rot in my mouth. I think it is possible that is a natural signal my body gives me that it is poison for me. I detect the sweetness fine, but the rest of the taste is rotten, horrible tasting, like how could people drink this stuff? Of course, it doesn’t taste that way to most people, or they’d be like me, unable to use it.
I realized one day that if I brushed my teeth too much in one day, like four times, I would feel sick, and that it was from the artificial sweetener in the toothpaste, even though I rinse five times. I switched to using just a tiny amount of toothpaste and combining it with baking soda, and I’m okay with that.
Starting in about 1960, my father was diagnosed with mild Type 2 diabetes, and he controlled it for the rest of his life with diet only, by avoiding sugars including fruit, and staying low in starches. But he struggled for his whole life with depression, and I wonder now if it’s possible it was because of the artificial sweetener he used in his coffee and other foods.
A good question would also be: Are there any artificial sweeteners that DON’T TASTE FREAKING WEIRD? I’d be more willing to try diet stuff occasionally if it didn’t have gross chemical aftertaste. It’s like the uncanny valley of the sense of taste. (Something nice and normal but when you come closer OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?!) Eww.
Curious, did you go straight to the manufacturers of these products to get your info?
Ok i have some questions. Did those rats eats a normal diet with occasional sweeteners or just a massive diet of sweeteners? Which isn’t that realistic
As humans we have more “free will” than rats. We can control our behavior. So if I occasionally drink soda, is it better to drink one with sugar or sweeteners? It’s not like if I crave soda and buy a can of diet soda, but then drink 6 of them because I can’t stop. So if I drink one regular soda i will be satisfied and not drink more? Empirically I don’t behave like that. I don’t drink more soda if it’s diet, I drink the same amount of it were regular. So pound for pound, sweeteners still seem better.
I’m actually currently doing Dr. Mark Hyman’s blood sugar solution diet. Today is day 6 for me. One of the things Mark instructs that you cannot do on the diet is consume any artificial sugars and sweeteners, even stevia (which is natural, from a plant). The reason is because you still light up neurotransmitters like dopamine when you eat something sweet, whether artificial or real. If you want to get rid of your sugar cravings, you’ve got to go 100% cold turkey. And I can say it’s working. Actually the hardest part of this diet is all the meal prep. It’s time consuming & $$. I miss sugar a little, but I’m not drooling when I see sweet treats. Sweet foods are not on my mind like they constantly were before. Back to the main point, maybe artificial sweeteners don’t affect your glucose or maybe they do. The real point is you don’t want to have a habit/addiction of eating sweet things. So I hold the belief of limiting artificial sweetener consumption in addition to limiting natural sweetener consumption.
Diet cola wrecks your brain, It feels like your brain is put on a blender and your trippin on acid, causes anxiety, irritablity, mood swings etc, Dont drink diet soda you will go through withdrawls
This guy is a clown. It’s well known that most artificial sweeteners drive up insulin. How would that make you go hypo? CLOWN. Layne, man up and self experiment like Keto Connect did. Do your ignorant subscribers deserve it? It’s also pretty common knowledge that the Fat GAIN CORRELATES TO DISRUPTION OF INTESTINAL FLORA, what do those sweeteners do…duh…. 2020 is around the corner and you’re about 15 years behind(look at your physical condition).
Smh, $12.99 for a work out plan. Hopes it’s better than your nutrition advice. FURTHER STUDY: FIRMICUTES.
I left a “like” because I think this video is very well researched and informative.
My personal view of artificial sweeteners is that their sole purpose is to make something taste good that wouldn’t have otherwise. If I wouldn’t have eaten something in the first place, I’m not going to eat it just because it was artificially sweetened.
You can’t just drink boring water all day everyday it’s ridiculous
I find artificial sweeteners highly disgusting. I can’t stand them.
I love all artificial sweeteners. I should make a t-shirt about that.������
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Streaming “Sweetener” by Ariana Grande will not give you diabetes
Saccharine started out as an experimental rat poison. A lab tech “tasted” it.. instead of “testing” it.
It would be helpful if you did updates to the research on this topic annually. I heard that artificial sweeteners can cause metabolic syndrome, which I have. So I stopped all soda and now am trying to remove them from my morning tea. I can do without it in ice tea but my morning hot tea is so difficult. It would be great to know if it is really a high risk and necessary to do or not. Updates on it as a carcinogen would be helpful too.
Thank you Sci Show for stating the facts and not your bias…. unlike the “what I’ve learnt” channel.
Science shows a correlation between obesity and artificial sweeteners. Not causation. As a doctor you should be ashamed of yourself pushing correlation as scientific evidence.
How about sweetners such as stevia, that claim to be natural? Would it have the same effect. I was thinking about buying the liquid drops or the powder.
Artificial sweetener makes me fat. When combined with candy bars it for some reason causes fat gain.
Apparently not. I went keto about 3 months ago. Eat some kind of artificial sweeteners everyday…. Not necessarily all day. But anyway, I’ve lost all the weight I was trying to, 40lbs. Getting ready to start working out like a madman now. Dirty keto all the way! Also, keto for life. Zero cheats ever.
Suggestion: Adopt a mentality of only consume drinks free from added sweetener (table sugar, cane sugar, high fructose corn syrup, stevia, artificial sugar replacement, etc); eat vegetable first before protein and carbs (example: a piece of chicken must be accompanied by a piece of vegetable before they are put in the mouth for eating); and avoid all foods that are meant to be sweet from the outset (sweets, chocolates, cakes, donuts, etc).
Have personally lost three inches of waistline over a period of a month and three weeks, and continue to lose weight as of Feb 9, 2020.
Having people unwilling to cut sweet tastes and instead consume products with artificial sweeteners proves that sugar is one hell of a drug but nobody cares.
Many can’t even have a coffe without sugar, or can’t live without soft drinks.
Would love to hear what you think about the studies done on gut bacteria and non nutritive sweeteners. Here is an article that references one study, but I think there was a study of humans specifically showing weight gain with an artificial sweetener, with a correlation to a specific gut bacteria. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-10-01/study-artificial-sweeteners-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria
Pepsi Max is a secret weapon people don’t understand. 6kj per can too.
I noticed since i took artificial sweetners for 2 years my waist got wider no matter how much weight i lost. And as soon as i stopped, after several months my waist looked smaller, and yet i was the same or 5-10 lbs heavier. I kinda want to keep doing that experiment for myself, but at the same time, i missed my waist to hip ratio. It’s been a year since. Still same weight and bmi of 25.
lol because fat people blame diet soda for diabetes and weight.. its got nothing to do with the rest of your diet and lifestyle. Some scientists are dumb af too.
I’m just wondering if Sucralose is processed the same in my body as sugar. Theses drinks have it but no sugar and am wondering if I should still drink it
Is that a can of coke zero with a “diet soda” tag taped on? I love it.
Hypoglycemia is a clinical term…blood sugar will fall to a certain level which will make u eat more due to counter regulatory hormones glucagon and cortisols…please don’t use that term…
Just aknowlegde that refined sugar is also an artificial sweetner
Steph, you are the best!!!! I wish all social media influencers were like you, science based and worried about providing the best content. Congrats from a food scientist! <3
Damn, this dude looks like god played Mister Potato Head with him. His dumpy lady body isn’t helping him either. Yikes!
People gain weight and blame it on sweeteners, sweeteners did not make me gain weight in the last 3 yrs, I would not eat sugar as refined in any food, I eat 2 fruit a day plus add sweetener into my lemonade and eat a protein bar a day with sweeteners. Add sweetener to my latte. I am 45 years female, very sporty, fit, 4 kg overweight Iam looking 35 people often say. Most of the time eat low to medium carbs, once a wk, 1000 kcal junk I allowed. I just had a medium bag of crisps until next Sunday. This is the way to go!! Eat NO JUNK!!!! ITS EASY TO STAY YOUNG LOOKING AND BEING FRESH❌❌❌
Currently prepping for a competition and have prepped multiple times indulging in artificial sweeteners when I have a craving (for me means that women thing that happens once a month lol) and I never gained weight, I was always in a caloric deficit obviously when prepping and I neither retained water nor gained weight with artificial. Everything in moderation and a balanced diet is the key to success people! Great job steph! I really liked this video… don’t believe everything you hear on the news people! Do your scientific research I.e. peer based review and scientific journal sources ��
For anyone wondering how many sweeteners to consume in a day the average number of artificial sweetener packets a person should have per day is 1-23. I was curious about this and found the answer on http://www.ajc.com. So for drinks if you use 4 packets per drink that’s close to 6 drinks. But also keep in mind that Kool aids or Crystal Light flavored pitcher drinks, diet cola, and bottled drinks are flavored with artificial sweeteners that is probably close to the average amount of 23 packets. For me I think keeping it close to 8 packets a day is a better bet for health. Less is better
Ariana Grande’s Sweetener album is shaking so badly right now
It’s really nice to see someone who’s so influential, covering this topic in a rational, science based approach.
I know this not make much sense but I used to drink a ton of diet pop and never had a problem, but recently ive been buying crystal light with caffeine and I put it in water. Then I ate a bunch of food and went to town on my favorite diet soda and I had a huge stomach ache. I have had 3 bad stomach aches since I switched over to the crystal light. So drinking the carbonated soda mixed with my crystal light gut and it is giving stomach aches. Also I purchased 50 dollars worth of chewing gum to attemp quitting smoking last year, I never swallow the gum but I think that is whats giving me the stomach aches as well. Plus I eat like a pig, love my pizza and stuff. My father drank diet soda his whole life though and he developed diabetes in his 60’s. Looks like I need to make some changes…
Only 2 million people consume aspartame around the world regularly? This doesn’t make sense.
I appreciate when you and Jeff do these analytical breakdown videos. I wish there was more content like this available on youtube. Not everything you guys do is relevant to me, but the ones that are have been fantastic resources for information.
Aspartame manufacturer Searle manufactured their testing data when filing with the FDA. It was so bad the US Attorney started an investigation of Searle. Six months into the investigation the same US attorney was hired by Searle.
Searle then hired a congressman and hired former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld to be its CEO. The statute of limitations expired on the investigation and, despite increasing support by independent studies that aspartame was a poison, the Reagan administration approved use of aspartame in dry foods.
Methanol is poisonous. The foods that contain methanol also contain ethanol which counteracts the harmful properties.
Phenylalanine accumulates in the brain and leads to depressed levels of seratonin.
Etc etc etc.
Basically every “scientific” organization that has written in support of the safety of artificial sweeteners is funded by Monsanto.
Videos like yours With your cheery smile are dangerous.
Since I already am a diabetic (have been type-1 for almost 52 years), I don’t see any reason to not continue using Splenda, (I use it mostly to flavor hot drinks).
I don’t over do it; in fact, what’s truly weird is that if I feel my blood-sugar is low, I’ll grab a packet of Splenda, dump it down my craw, and feel many degrees better! (This may be due to the fact that the first ingredient in Splenda, as well as other artificial sweeteners, is dextrose, a type of sugar…)
Of course, I will then proceed to eat something more substantial… but for my immediate relief, keeping that yellow packet around has proven invaluable.
I’m sticking with a teeny portion of honey can’t trust these bitchass companies
Wow! Not much science, more like LACK of SCIshow. Sugar did not “break’ anything. Sugar substitutes do NOT cause confusion, people choose not to stop eating, nothing to do with sweeteners, ugh! Take responsibility for your actions, don’t blame sweeteners and STOP EATING so damn much!
selling books! just like the fuckwad dot deeepaaaaaaaky chopstick!
0:03 recent research? pretty sure sugar has been known to be bad for our teeth and overall heath for centuries
could anyone direct me to if formaldehyde is created from when artificial sugar Acesulfame-K is left for a few days. I have noticed that it smells very strong of some type of paint thinners like acetone of some sort. I read that in Gulf war the Coke turned to formaldehyde under the tarps in the hot sun. So I am guessing similar mightt be occurring.I find this occurs in any juice concentrate that has Acesulfame-Kin it. Like Ribeana etc
I lost 80kg/176lbs while drinking 1,5liters Cola Zero every day and still do.
America tests on Rats. Extrapolates it to humans. Gets Nobel Prize
Good discussion, but your background music, while not overly loud, is completely unnecessary.
Who funded the aspartame studies? Are the companies who make these sweetners funding the studies?
Can you please post your evidence for your claims? I hear you making a huge amount of claims without any scientific evidence for those claims.
Can you link me to the peer reviewed medical publication that supports your claim that artificial sweeteners make sugar taste sweeter? Also, “brain confusion” and the “metabolic thermostat?”
Hi Stephanie,
Found this useful, has anything changed in recent years? Also I’ve heard sucralose use in cooking / heating is linked to cancer. https://www.treehugger.com/health/baking-and-cooking-splenda-releases-carcinogens-food.html
What about sugar alcohols like erythritol and xylitol? Have those been studied much? (Of course, theyr’re not entirely non-caloric, but pretty close.)
Something I read in a medical report, once, that it might not be the artificial sweetener used in the drinks that are causing the diabetes, but, the fact that some people, not all, think that because they are consuming diet drinks, that it gives them a go-ahead to consume more treats with sugars in them; donuts, twinkies, cakes, pies, etc. I’m sure someone will correct me on this. And, no, I only consume two, maybe three, packs of pink stuff a day, in coffee or tea, and detest desserts.
Stevia has always been my go-to for sweetening coffee or healthy desserts ��
No, in my case artificial sweeteners didn’t cause me to gain weight in fact it was just the opposite, losing 130 lbs on a low carb diet and keeping it off for 15 years, and my two sons lost 140 and 80 lbs respectively using artificial sweeteners. I don’t know what kind of studies you’re looking at here but it appears to have missed the mark with their conclusions at least concerning my family. That being said… I do agree that they may have some dangers to them, but as far as them making you gain weight it seems like utter nonsense. Maybe it depends on what kind of diet you use, I don’t know.
Aspartame and Sucralose are terrible migraine triggers for me and my sister. I wonder how many other people experience migraines triggered by artificial sweeteners?
Saccharin is the only artificial sweetener I can use and the only one that doesn’t have a funky chemical taste.
I loved this video!
one thing i was very expecting in this video but didn’t see you tuch unfortently was the assumption that many people get digestive issues from artifical sweetners? would love to hear your opinion on that.
I know it’s an old video but i still hope youll read this. and I really edmier you for going all in and sharing, vournbilty is much more unique and needed in social media than a lot of other shitty content out there.
Sugar taste so good lol but it kills us. Natural products and foods are our best bet.
This ignores the fact that all artificial sweeteners aren’t the same and that such natural wood alcohol sweeteners like erythritol will cause nausea and gastric problems when consumed in large quantities such as in drinks.
Ye Paul, the chief scientist is using artificial sweetener to control his weight, well good job. You don’t look overweight at all…
My concern isn’t necessarily with just artificial sweeteners but with processed foods in general. I remember reading or hearing somewhere that the body doesn’t know how to digest man-made chemicals found in a lot of processed foods, so it stores those chemicals in your fat cells, thus increasing the size of your fat cells, leading to weight gain. Do you have any knowledge on this?
This leaves me in a quandary for drinking water. I can’t drink plain water since having my gastric sleeve (already being treated with omeprazole), so I dilute with a bit of Powerade zero. I’ve tried infusing with fruit and that hurts more than the plain water. ��
Just found your channel..love the content! Thanks for all the time and research you put in to help us ��
Hey Lane Norton I lost over a hundred and sixty lb and getting back 40 I’m 5 foot 9 right now I’m about 230 and I work out about 6 days a week would I be able to consume 2200 2100 calories a day and still be in a deficit really trying to get these 40 pounds off but did not want to go aggressive on the deficit like I did to lose all that weight thank you
I am the queen of artificial sweeteners oh nooo! This explains a lot to me can this be reversed? Please let me know!
i wish a certain family member of mine would watch this. the more Mio and other artificially sweetened flavours he uses, the bigger he gets regardless of what he eats. i eat many of the same things and i’m obese, but have lost near 100 lbs so far. i quit artificial sweeteners when they triggered seizures! now i drink water, and fresh pressed vegetable juices (no fruit juice).
LOVE THIS! Please more. There is so much confusing nutrition content on the internet…yours is science-based and your presentation of it was on point. Thank you!
I’m so glad that I found Stephanie’s channel. I’m actually learning something from her videos. She makes complex topics so fun and easy to understand:)
artificial sweeteners just taste nasty and way too chemically to me
I used to be addicted to soda. I started having symptoms of prediabetes. I switched to diet soda and the symptoms went away, though I quit altogether later, the switch to diet soda kept me from being diabetic.
That was good. But people report other issues with AS like insomnia, arthritis, etc.
The effect of sweetener on the microbiome has not been completely elucidated. My opinion is that they are detrimental to the microbiota and you would be best just having moderate amounts of actual sugar.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363527/
So I would have to drink over 20 cans of diet coke a day every day to increase risk of type 2 diabetes? Am I understanding right?
I don’t think that was the argument the point was to get off sugar period and that artificial sweetners are no better than table sugar and still fuel sugar addiction. The whole point is to get back to eating whole and natural foods because they are healthier.
Artificial sweetners dont spike insulin..so its IMPOSSIBLE to make you fat. How are you even a doctor?
Low carb diet is key, easy to do.If you are fat,as more than 25% body fat, you need to do investigate how much calories need to eat per day, and need to learn the calories of everything, good and bed food at the same time, that will make you realise 1000 kcal of meat and veg will make you climb the Mount Everest, 1000 kcal amount of chocolate will put you to bed!
dont you think there are side effects to the gut by intaking concentrated unnatural forms of sugar that may contribute to gaining fat?
Also fearing the same thing….I always felt sad when I could not get a diet soda with my lettuce wrapped burger. Its the champagne of the diet world, and In n Out should be a celebratory place.
1:35 this argument is unclear since they don‘t show over what period of time
Explain to me why I have lost weight eliminating sugar and using artificial sweeteners and have lost over 100lbs in the last 12 years and have kept it off. I eat low carb, all clean food except for the sweeteners. A person will gain weight eating junky high sugar foods whether they alternate sugar and artificial sweeteners or not. The studies HAVE NOT been proven as you say they have. To gain weight on artificial sweeteners there has to be an insulin reaction and that has not been proven either. Studies need to be done on humans with no other foods involved. Straight-up sweetener. There are too many other variables otherwise.
There have been studies that show it does increase insulin in mice if you do the google thing. Jury is still out on humans. Studies aside all I know is in the morning if I don’t eat and I sip water I’m not hungry but if I take a swig of Diet Dr. Pepper my stomach starts growling and it increases my appetite. I want to eat my desk if I have anything with aspartame. I still lose weight drinking diet soda but I know my hunger would be much more in control if I ditched it.
I have always craved sweet stuff so i try to reduce sugar intake as much as possible and i do replace it with various artificial sweeteners. I am aware of the possibility that the brain gets weird signals from not getting sugar energy with the sweeteners so i often try to consume sweeteners with something that provides energy. That way there is some energy boost to go along with the sweetness.
It’s a shame that you’re opening the gate to artificial sweeteners. The path leads to diabetes, IBS, and Crohn’s disease. Check out long-term effects
Hi, Stephanie! Yesterday I had an argument with a friend regarding this same topic: “are artificial sweeteners harmful?”. I said no, explained that effects of artificial sweeteners have been studied, but I also referenced him to this video! I just wanted to tell you that this type of in depth content is awesome. Thank you!
We just need to control our calories intake along with diet sweetener (average use).
I read those studies. The main reason artificial sweeteners cause weight gain is because people getting diet coke with their big mac and fries or pizza thinking that is enough to clean up their diet.
The Meta-crap uses 50,000 people, they can anything and they do. Cane sugar comes form plants like honey, duh, pfft
It would be interesting to separate out these studies into government funded and private research to see if differences exist. Given the debacle of the “climate change” pseudo-science I suspect that we might find different results given different political agendas.
There are numerous studies showing how global warming doesn’t exist. Some studies presented by drug companies show amazing results for medications with copious amounts of data to back it.
There are many harmful chemicals that are approved by the FDA.
Very well done and informative video! Really appreciate all the research you did to create this. Plus I gotta say, your one smart cookie:)
Until they tell me that not cutting down on BOTH sugar and sweeteners causes a face-hugger to burst through my chest in 15 minutes, i think i’ll just take the hit in the health department.
Aspartame makes me feel like shit. Sucralose hasn’t harmed me yet though.
Lost an aunt a couple of years ago to Pancreatic Cancer. She only used Sweet N Low and similar brands of “sugar”. I don’t touch the stuff.
Am I the only one who giggled every time he said “Hyman”? #WorldsMostImmature40YearOld
Good content as always though dude. ��
Now I see its the artificial sweeteners that has being behind my unexplained weight gain. Better off taking regular sugar in small quantities than the artificial sweeteners. Switching now
Sooo now I can tell my friends that Stevia, labeled as a natural sweetener, is still artificial?? Haha they can’t get on me with what I drink now.
THANK YOU!! I hear this all the time & yesterday saw Chris Powell on Dr. Oz saying to cut out artificial sweeteners to lose weight on a week. Love my Crystal Light lemonade.
Good or bad, they don’t label foods ‘chemically sweetened’ they call them ‘no added sugar’ so what are they trying to hide?
Artificial sweeteners make me get stomach ache and diarrhea, so ill stick with sugar any time.
That was a lot of info! Hats off for all that digging around & presentation! I really enjoyed it, thank you! ��
Were the people in the studies still eating dairy and fatty animal flesh? Hmmm weird to think why they were getting diabetes
I’m concerned about two small packages a day good or bad long-term?
I learned if I take in alot of artificial sweeteners, during last years prep, I’ll super crave it!
can’t you just stop using sweetener and limit your sugar intake? grow some self control, geez…
I have never seen a YouTube video, made by a doctor, this inaccurate.
I’ve also heard that Artificial sweeteners can be bad for the liver. I wonder if that’s true.
Artificial sweeteners hijack your brain and disregulate your dopamine receptors so that over the years you start eating exclusively for pleasure rather than for nutrition. I fell victim to this. 5 years ago, I started by drinking 1 can of Diet Coke a day. A few years later, I was obese, drinking entire bottles of it like it was nothing on a daily basis, not because I wanted it, but because I was treating it as a stimulant and loved the high that I got from it. I stopped drinking it, a year later I lost hella weight. I don’t understand how a dose dependent response is weak evidence. How much stronger evidence can you possibly find in a nutrition study
Thank you for all of your videos & information. I have been reading The Complete Contest Prep Guide. I can’t wait to finish it and read Fat Loss Forever. I was once paranoid of anything “unnatural” or “non organic”. I’m now counting macros, eating nutritious & delicious foods that I love. This is sustainable to me and stress-free. Thank you!! Thank you to your lovely wife, Holly as well. She is such an inspiration!
who is carrying out these safety studies? Is it the companies who are producing them? Where are the long term safety studies? Are G.D. Searle carrting ou the studies? Causing obesity is a dangerious health issue.
This is false… if you’re active no artificial sweeteners will not causes weight gain because your body will burn through it
People developed diseases back then. Environment in my opinion plays a factor in us getting certain cancers and viruses.
Thank you for the video!
I LOVE your academic content, I find it very inspiring.
I would really like to see more scientific content in your instagram:)
We very seldom drink a whole can of soda with a meal, so we both
stopped drinking soda from 12 oz (355 ML) cans and now drink
16.9 oz (500 ml) bottles of soda so we can put the twist caps back on,
and put half back in the fridge, so we can finish the soda the next day.
Most people feel obligated to finish a can, once the pop tab is opened.
Reusing the twist caps keeps a bottle of soda from going “flat”.
I tend to drink more instant coffee (with milk & no sugar)
and fruit juice to further reduce my consumption of sugar.
WRZ
Delaware County, PA
Artificial sweeteners give me migraines. That’s enough for me to stay away
I’ve been very small and obese and I used lots of diet soda during my smaller days and did feel bloated. The fake sugars caused non stop sugar cravings as well as ruined the ability for me to enjoy basic sugars in fruit.. just saying.. while we might not have proof of such stuff, our bodies don’t lie.. those who lost weight drinking it was because they ditched the gallons of regular soda perhaps? So yeah it helps, but does other damage. My digestive system was damaged also, prior to bariatric surgery. Years of artificial sweetener.
Thanks so much for the information!! I’m going to throw out my artificial sweeteners. Would xylitol be ok? I am chewing xylitol gum for tooth health.
How about being a little more responsible and doing a little more research. A artificial sweetener is a chemical, the body see it as such. It’s shown to bring on Glucose intolerance.
https://www.foundmyfitness.com/news/s/5tgnip/artificial_sweeteners_bring_on_glucose_intolerance_and_alter_gut_microbiota
The conclusion that you should cut back on artificial sweeteners just to be safe isn’t appealing when crave sweets but don’t want to resort to rotting your teeth, becoming obese and possibly diabetic. So far there’s no reason aspartame can directly influence weight gain.
You do get that today people eat food just because they have nothing to do. They treat it as something to get engaged. That’s where overfed mechanism doesn’t work. People are not hungry but they still eat because they want to keep themselves engaged.
i am a year out from VSG..wish i found this sooner. I keep yo-yoing between 180 and 185
I don’t understand why people don’t do their own research or why this lady is dismissing the studies that show that ingesting sweeteners cause an insulin spike as badly as sugar in some cases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23633524
In fact what the heck is this lady talking about? One of the studies she posted show how both aspartame and stevia have a higher insulinogenic index than sugar. What am I not understanding here? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900484/
Thank you for this video! My question is about electrolyte replacement. Something that people don’t talk about much is that the more you weigh, the more water you should be consuming on a daily basis, and how the classic “8-10 8-ounce glasses a day” is not something that fits every size body. My third self-discipline learned habit in my weight loss is hydration, and I’m afraid the increase in water I drink can cause imbalance and too much flushing of the electrolytes to cause other problems. I’m looking into electrolyte replenishment ideas, and all the mixes, powders, drinks have artificial sweeteners in them. I think that that electrolytes are primarily sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium but I can’t find anywhere some guidelines of a ratio, if I drink x ounces of water a day how many units of those minerals should I be adding back to my body to make sure I’m not going into an electrolyte imbalance, and is there any electrolyte replacement out there that doesn’t have to include artificial sweeteners? Search engines aren’t helping much, or I’m not searching the right terms. Could you point me in a right direction on these questions?
I drank 8 diet coke per day and didn’t eat anything, but I still couldn’t lose any weight…
I am having sugar free solution for 3 years and have lost 38 kgs, it helps a lot….
American Cancer Society is looking for more Customers, those that believe the “diet and zero” line are suckers.
It causes weight gain, any type of sugar, Splenda and sugorlose, I’ve put on 8 lbs back and maybe stay away from coffee too, that can lead to weight gain too, and it raises your blood pressure too!!!!
If you want to jump around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzpxjuwZy0
Fat people get diabetes. Fat people eat sweeteners to feel better. DUh… Nothin in common.
Studies are flawed Average rats weigh 7 ounces, the average rats eats about 12-15 grams of food, so one ounce is 2.8 grams so a mouce essentially eats almost it’s entire body weight in food some days… People don’t!!!
Fantastic work! Thanks for sorting through all the data and presenting it in such an easy to understand form.
Absolutely true and proven by science. Sad but true. Makes me sad:'(
I’ve tried to stay away from artificial sweeteners since the whole thing with it becoming common knowledge that aspartame is no good for you
And even steer clear of foods that say diet on them because I don’t want to eat artificial sweeteners most of the foods most likely to have them
All I have done for the last 10 years is to try to lose weight but instead gained about 7/8 kilos/year. Stuck rigorously to 1800 calories and dumped sugar for sweetners. Tried diet after diet. Still gained weight & could not understand why. It has been so frustrating for me & I only wish I’d seen this when it was published as I loved Zero Cola to the point I drank 2-4 ltrs/day. Also used sweetener in coffee & general cooking. I am going to eliminate sweetners from today on and see what happens because this video, if true, would explain a hell of a lot in my case.
s this true for diluted fruit juice that is sold as no added sugar?
This is not just some dr. Mark Hyman, in my medical school in Germany teachers tought that, so it’s not so outlandish, it’s official.
In the nicest possible way I think you are being perhaps a bit too forgiving on the negatives effects of artificial sweeteners see study below showing sucralose destroying the microbiome by 50% and other negative outcomes.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part B, Critical Reviews
Taylor & Francis
J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2013 Sep; 16(7): 399–451.
Published online 2013 Nov 12. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2013.842523
PMCID: PMC3856475
PMID: 24219506
Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview of Biological Issues
Aspartame: The Most Dangerous Substance on the Market. (n.d.). Retrieved from @t
Between sugar and artificial sweetener, the sugar is worse. As a direct replacement to sugar in reasonable eating, switching has a significant impact. My weight is much more under control than when I had sugar in my life.
Diet soda being bad for you is one of the biggest lies there is. Absolutely stupid. Sad how many people have been tricked by the fake science.
Hilarious that in a very roundabout way artificial sweeteners, if anything, would increase lipolysis lol.
So late to watch this but I appreciate the amount of research you did for this!
So basically, the verdict on artificial sweeteners is still out, but the verdict on sugar is out and damning. So there is no reason not to switch to artificial sugars from sugar if you are going to consume one or the other anyway
Oh, artificial sweetener are bad! Go get your high fructose corn syrup!
Well, I doubt beer can be made from artificial sweeteners, so, what good are they???
So until a scientific study comes out to say otherwise. Then go to town. Sweet!
This was great, I have been researching “muscle to fat ratio bulking” for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried Senictoria Bulking Paradise (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now )? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my work buddy got great success with it.
If it’s not natural it’s probably bad for you. My general rule. There are better options like beet sugar, agave syrup, and stevia.
all this stuff about artificial sweeteners sounds plausible in theory. But in practice I’ve used these things for 30 yrs and am only marginally overweight 5′ 6″ 160. I will be an experiment of one and try using the herbal tea. I must confess I’m somewhat skeptical.
geoff parker ceo of australian beverages council obviously promotes the consumption of sweeteners, he is paid to say what he says by beverage producers
I’m drinking Pepsi max and other sugar free sodas every day. I only drink 1 can and I have some days I only drink it every second day. Should I be worried? I can’t really seem to stop drinking it since it tastes good. I drink about 2-3 liters of water every day doo with it, so I’m not only drinking the aspartame stuff. Also I’m chewing aspartame gum everyday since my teeth wouldn’t like sugar gum:)
This was the most unscientific fantasy land bs I have heard in a long time! Wow. You should be ashamed of yourself
You’re telling the absolute truth! I follow Thomas De Lauer, Dr Eric Berg and my online fitness/ intermittent fasting coach, Fledge Fitness. I found Stevia and fell in love, I also started to gain a pooch and my waistline started to expand slightly. Gave it up and less than 2 months later back to normal. I don’t do sugar because I’m Keto for over a yr so I HOPED stevia would allow sweetness back into my life. But forget it!
Thx for confirmation Doc.
He’s wrong.
You see the problem with his argument is that not all artificial sweeteners are made equal. Take for instance Dextrose, that will effect insulin levels and throw anyone out of ketosis. Thank you.
1:33 You failed to mention over what period of time. If it was one year then yes it isn’t much, but if it’s a week it is!
Finally! Thank you very much for this awesome review. I can take Whey again
Calories in calories out..its that simple. Zero calorie drinks especially soda is better then drinking your calories. Fat wise. Health wise, well there both terrible but it’s a start to stop drinking calories
I can’t believe she said drinking 21 cans of diet soda a day is okay for you lol
That’s why xylitol, a surgar alcohol, low calorie sweetener is very toxic to dogs. It causes their bodies to release insulin but can’t act as glucose causing the dogs to go hypo and sometimes die. However this does not happen in humans. Hence Layne’s point if that was the case, we would all go hypo ever type we took in artificial sweeteners.
Happy 2018! Hope you enjoy this video! I spent a long time preparing it so I would really appreciate it if you let me know if you like this type of long form content from me �� Or if you’d rather short “to the point” videos. Much love xoxo ❤️
So I’ll put this out there… about a year ago I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 26. Shocking right? Turns out my diet was massively to blame, lots of sugary drinks at work (I work in food so they were free) caused a huge issue. Besides that, I had a huge carb intake in my normal diet as well which compounded the issue. I only noticed it when I started losing my vision after taking some steroids to help me get better from a cold that wouldn’t go away. Long story short, I monitored my diet, ate less carbs overall and found a semi balance with the things I eat. It’s still a work in progress, but I’ll note this here, a change in my drinking habits definitely helped along with my diet changes. I almost instantly changed from sugary drinks to artificial sweeteners and while it was a very slow going process, I lost weight and controlled my diabetes because of the lost weight. Currently I’m not on medication and I haven’t had any spike in my blood sugar levels, even when I gorge myself on occasion. You can turn yourself around. Just takes some creativity and knowing what you are eating. Talk to a nutritionist, it can change your life.
Title is misleading. Dive into the details and there’s NOTHING there. People are going to read this headline and think sugar is better NO!
Hey Layne. Outside of the scope you just covered in this video, what negative effects may artificial sweeteners have on the body? (Assuming moderate caffeine consumption here). Are there risks? Thanks
Works for me! I’m pretty ripped and drink way too many diet soft drinks!
Time to re-evaluate your research. You must be getting paid for your misinformation. https://youtu.be/badct9jXJjo
Yes in my case. Mind you, everybody is different. But I did gain weight eating too much artificial sweetners. I’m African American with a family history of high blood pressure and diabeties, I myself have PCOS. So maybe that’s why I gained when I ate too much.
This is what I like to see, the actual scientific explanation… ��
Go ahead eat and drink? Here is the link for people who would like to read them self:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/02/06/sucralose-harmful-effects.aspx
They may or may not make you fat but there are studies that show they affect gut microbiota.
(You do a lot or talking out the side of your neck with no studies to back up your claim dude.)
Gut Microbiota Studies
Adv Nutr. 2019 Jan 1;10(suppl_1):S31-S48. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmy037.
Effects of Sweeteners on the Gut Microbiota: A Review of Experimental Studies and Clinical Trials.
Ruiz-Ojeda FJ1,2,3, Plaza-Díaz J1,2,3, Sáez-Lara MJ2,4, Gil A1,2,3,5.
Author information
1
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
2
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix”, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
3
Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, Granada, Spain.
4
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
5
CIBEROBN (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition CB12/03/30038), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
The consumption of sugar-free foods is growing because of their low-calorie content and the health concerns about products with high sugar content. Sweeteners that are frequently several hundred thousand times sweeter than sucrose are being consumed as sugar substitutes. Although nonnutritive sweeteners (NNSs) are considered safe and well tolerated, their effects on glucose intolerance, the activation of sweet taste receptors, and alterations to the composition of the intestinal microbiota are controversial. This review critically discusses the evidence supporting the effects of NNSs, both synthetic sweeteners (acesulfame K, aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin, neotame, advantame, and sucralose) and natural sweeteners (NSs; thaumatin, steviol glucosides, monellin, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, and glycyrrhizin) and nutritive sweeteners (polyols or sugar alcohols) on the composition of microbiota in the human gut.
So far, only saccharin and sucralose (NNSs) and stevia (NS) change the composition of the gut microbiota.
By definition, a prebiotic is a nondigestible food ingredient, but some polyols can be absorbed, at least partially, in the small intestine by passive diffusion: however, a number of them, such as isomaltose, maltitol, lactitol, and xylitol, can reach the large bowel and increase the numbers of bifidobacteria in humans. Further research on the effects of sweeteners on the composition of the human gut microbiome is necessary.
Here’s another one:
Reshaping the gut microbiota: Impact of low calorie sweeteners and the link to insulin resistance?
Nettleton JE1, Reimer RA2, Shearer J3.
Author information
1
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected] ucalgary.ca.
2
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected] ucalgary.ca.
3
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected] ucalgary.ca.
Abstract
Disruption in the gut microbiota is now recognized as an active contributor towards the development of obesity and insulin resistance. This review considers one class of dietary additives known to influence the gut microbiota that may predispose susceptible individuals to insulin resistance the regular, long-term consumption of low-dose, low calorie sweeteners. While the data are controversial, mounting evidence suggests that low calorie sweeteners should not be dismissed as inert in the gut environment. Sucralose, aspartame and saccharin, all widely used to reduce energy content in foods and beverages to promote satiety and encourage weight loss, have been shown to disrupt the balance and diversity of gut microbiota. Fecal transplant experiments, wherein microbiota from low calorie sweetener consuming hosts are transferred into germ-free mice, show that this disruption is transferable and results in impaired glucose tolerance, a well-known risk factor towards the development of a number of metabolic disease states. As our understanding of the importance of the gut microbiota in metabolic health continues to grow, it will be increasingly important to consider the impact of all dietary components, including low calorie sweeteners, on gut microbiota and metabolic health.
Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Eating any amount of sugar makes you fat. Eating any amount of articifial chemicals nobody needs makes you…. unknown.
I’m confused, so, is sweetened protein powder also bad for you? I eat a LOT of it.
Spot on as always Layne! Love it man! Bring back the VLOGS!��
Facts talk bull shit walks, I saw a fat doctor ‘nutritionist’ saying this same nonsense on UK TV a few weeks ago
Stephanie, you are brilliant, gorgeous, and such an inspiration! Thank you for your academic content, fitness and diet tips, and for letting us see your raw, genuine character! ❤️
HI. So I just wanted to thank. I watched this video first when it got released 2 years ago and actually saved it. Now I got an assignment from my English teacher to write a discursive essay. I chose this topic. This video is very helpful to me because it covers all the bases and the major arguments regarding this topic. So thank you once again for putting in the hard work and effort in reseaching this topic. It served me well.
i can confirm this, i drink monster energy sugar free and i am hungry much more often then when i do not. luckily i don’t drink it as a diet but instead i drink it because i get acne from regular sugar drinks. i also sometimes feel much weaker than normal after having on. i think thats my body wondering why theres no energy boost from the sugar. sounds extremely plausible
I am also a professional healthcare provider and wanted to mention some caveat information. Some of us are super tasters we have a gene that means we taste bitter tastes very strongly.. For me, water is bitter. Saccharin is extremely bitter which is why I never succeeded on a diet until Equal then Splenda came onto the market. It isn’t something made up but rather a big problem if you have it and are trying to eat healthy. On the positive side alcohol is very bitter to me which is a good thing. But I must sweeten drinks in some way, the bitterness is just too much otherwise and that is a fact. Now I do not delink diet soda, but rather powdered flavoring, and that was the only way that I lost 100 lbs after menopause and with thyroiditis and PCOS.
ASPERTAME = Neurotoxin.
I was just going to breeze by and go back to mini meat Jeffs videos but then you went with the great for children to end the segment.
You really have been in a lot of schooling read indoctrination haven’t you.
For an Internet personality I would assume that you source information from the intuitive groups around you, or those with issues (from industrial food stuffs smh) that would give them a perspective on these chemicals?
What do Crohn’s disease, gluten intolerants, and any number of people with food allergies say?
What do people in and around the myriad of different health movements say?
I could point you to about 100 better sources than the big University totally financially tied up with big business based literature that you just espoused.
What would really anyone with a modicum of mind body connection or kinesthetic sense say… Certainly not the corporate line like Suzy school girl.
Aspartame is a neurotoxin.
You just breezed over the actual controversy and set of issues associated with it.
The link between big business, Ag, food, science, food science, nutrition, health, health literature is well documented.
This is an airhead take.
When you get into acceptable levels you should think about Rachael Carson Silent Spring written 60 years ago.
It explains how there is no such thing as a herbicide.. it is a biocide.
This packet of chemistry doesn’t discriminate, it doesn’t hurt you in the same way it hurts a bug but it hurts you in a chronic, homeopathic, trace amount way.
The analogy is plain.
The companies write this literature.
My high school girlfriend became a Dentist.. her name was Stephanie, and no.. I don’t think the however many years of school un airheaded her.
To the contrary.
Only a real intellect, and self individualized person can suffer the indoctrination and come out the other side a free thinking, humanity serving physician.
Think Patch Adams.
The line between pharma sales chick and doc babe is getting mighty thin lass.
Please reconsider the spectrum of sourcing on this info.
This isn’t muscle meat head glute fiber science based.
I know your trying to do a thing here… like Bro Jeff,
when you start saying that Aspartame is great for kids
Doing wayyy to much.
If you think that wearing this surgeons or what it is garment makes you look more trustworthy then you’re horribly wrong.
He’s 100% correct, I lost a bunch of weight(in a deficit) drinking, sometimes, more than a 12 pack of diet Pepsi a day. Artificial sweeteners may not be good for u, but they don’t make you fat.
Check out this one
He talks actual scientific studies(he’s a scientist)
https://youtu.be/oggVXOor1x8
Wish I had found you before I spent years on and off keto, stressing over my hormones, and ultimately gaining back almost all the weight I lost. Finally following a sustainable plan that I can see myself adhering to for my whole life. Thanks!
i knew the second i read mark hyman in the title, you were gonna bust some bullshit
Ok, so artificial sweeteners aren’t the best, but are they still better than sugar overall? e.g. If someone craves sweet things all the time and going cold turkey isn’t realistic, are they better of switching to artificial sweeteners? Have there been any studies comparing sugar use to artificial sweetener use?
Love these mythbusters. I mean, your community already knows these things are BS, but we aren’t armed with the knowledge so thank you.
Layne, can you talk about metabolic testing and its accuracy? Is there really a test that proves what foods we should be eating and if we should be eating high carb or high fat? Does this matter? Thank you!!
The use of artificial sweetner shown in only in thise 0 calorie drinks. Suppose I don’t add sugar in that cookie but artificial sweetner. Body thinks something sweet is coming and indeed the cookie has calories. I don’t see the body getting confused in a drastic way causing fat gain.