Interesting article about sweeteners....

[gymtime]

Sweeteners found to boost calorie intake in rats

By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press Writer

INDIANAPOLIS - Rats fed artificial sweeteners ate three times the calories of rats given sugar, a finding the study's authors said suggests sugar-free foods may play a role in the nation's obesity epidemic.

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

lol, thanks

 

[anthrax]

It's because they compensate

But, we, humans sith a big an efficient brain, we know that taking aspartame instead of plain sugar doesn't allow us to eat some more ice cream

and, BTW, I still have some doubts as for extrapolation from rats or mice to humans

 

[ProtienFiend]

i think its true....

i feel when i drink a lot of diet soda i tend to cheat on carb dense foods... but when I never "cheat" I tend to do just fine... it must have to do with craving the sweet taste or something... or that im just being more lenient on my diet at the moment.