Ditch the diet soda if you’re trying to lose weight

February 18, 2008 | General | By: Mark VandeWettering

Ditch the diet soda if you’re trying to lose weight

In a study to be published today, American researchers found that rats fed yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories and gained more weight and body fat than rats fed yogurt sweetened with sugar.

Yep, I know, this story has nothing to do with radio. I’m back working on my diet again. During Ratatouille, I managed to get busy enough that exercise and diet began to take a back seat to other concerns, and I gained about 25 of the 70 pounds I had lost back. Sigh. I’m back at Weight Watchers now, and am down about five pounds in the last three weeks. Slow and steady.

But this report doesn’t really surprise me very much: it’s not at all surprising that when you refuse to feed your body with calories when it wants it, your metabolism shows and you are more likely to eat inappropriately later. We should all watch our consumption of refined sugars and starches, but substituting sugar free and fat free snacks is probably not good either.

Comments

Comment from Dan Lyke
Time 2/19/2008 at 6:48 pm

There’s enough variation that I can’t definitively point to it, but I also think when I upped the fat in my diet (I broke up with a woman who did a very low fat diet) I had an easier time losing weight.

It’s hard to cheat nature.

Comment from Hamsaaya
Time 7/26/2009 at 8:45 am

Losing weight is definetly hard work.I use to overeat,but have found alot of strenght in keeping it under control.Since then, the feeling of success I felt by sticking to my plan to loose weight and stop over eating, has kept me motivated.

Comment from Eddie Null
Time 6/30/2010 at 12:15 pm

I would like to say good luck to anyone wanting to take on weight loss. Its a tough thing but can be made fun! Any who, I came across a quiz earlier which seemed interesting for those wanting to get into the whole weight loss process. Any thoughts on this?

Am I fat? quiz.

Comment from Lee
Time 7/2/2013 at 10:44 pm

I have always excercised. Never stopped. But as I get older it is more challenging to stay fit and thinner. I saw a program from the BBC about 2 months ago and it was eye opening. “The Truth About Excercise” by Michael Mosley. Great science, and way usefull info that you can apply tomorrow. Watch this show and Know The Truth Brother!