The effects of blind substitution of aspartame-sweetened for sugar-sweetened soft drinks
on appetite and mood
It has been suggested that habitual consumers of sugar experience "cravings" when deprived. Subjects (n = 27) who habitually consumed sugar-sweetened drinks were placed on a seven-day regime receiving either sugar-sweetened drinks, or aspartame-sweetened alternatives. A between-subjects design was used to prevent subjects comparing the drinks, which were given blind with the cover story that the study was testing a new drink. In fact commercial carbonated beverages were given. At the end, subjects were unable to guess which they had received. Subjects completed a prospective food diary and rated mood daily using the Profile of Mood States, as well as before and after each test drink, using simple visual analogue scales. Compared to subsequent days, on the first day of the study subjects receiving aspartame-sweetened drinks ate fewer grams of carbohydrate and had fewer sugar episodes (where sugars, or sugar-fat, or sugar-alcohol mixtures were consumed). Overall energy intake for the day was unaffected. By day two, there were no differences between the groups in diet or mood. Body weight at seven days was unaltered from baseline. Blind substitution of aspartame-sweetened for sugar-sweetened soft drinks did not increase other sugar consumption and did not adversely affect mood. Any effects of this dietary change appear transient.
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Z||000001||MR. BMJ||12-03-2000||10:51 PM||mrbmj32@hotmail.com||This is a great post and it reminded me of something i've wanted to find and always forgot. Here's a quote from Dan Duchaine in the Oct. 1998 issue of MM in regards to a person asking how to curb nighttime cravings.
He previously had mentioned HCA's ability to curb the appetite, then he went on to say the following about aspartame (Equal Tabs.).
"The other nonstimulating choice is a common supermarket item, which is rarely considered for its appetite control. A 1995 study used 36 men and women supplementing with 400 mg. of encapsulated aspartame 1 hour before each meal. All found a reduction of appetite, which finally validated the previous similar studies done on animals."
I have not seen these studies, so I don't know the details. I have friends that take these pills and they seem to work for them. I am gonna use them on my "2-3 week CKD diet," which actually started today, and see how they work. I always forget about this though. Although they do not help in burning fat, if they help in controlling hunger, then this will create less binges/cheating, which will ultimately help in reaching one's goals of bodyfat loss. As a matter of fact, if someone knows which journal this aspartame study is in, I would like to know, I will make a note to try and find it if no one knows. Again, thanks for the info MS.
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Z||000002||MS||12-04-2000||02:22 AM||mad.scientist55@hushmail.com||Anything for MR BMJ. I'll email you the full deatils tomorrow if you want. But this article was from AJCN, around February or March 1999. I'm pretty sure I have full access to this journal if you can't get it easily. Let me know.||202.180.64.90||reg||
Z||000003||Kaizen||12-04-2000||12:07 PM||ka1zen@hushmail.com||Weird taht this thread should be here because I just read the results of a study that Aspartame has been found to cause degeneration of the brain tissue and increasing numbers of people are developing allergies to it up to the point of going into anaphalactic shock! Yikes... I'm going back to honey, stevia and sugar in the raw! ||204.89.159.101||reg||