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