Diet Soda is There a Link to Obesity |

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Does diet soda do what it says on the tin ?

Such is the way of things these days that we have all got used, to drinking soft drinks but the only problem with this is. That most soft drinks contain lots of sugar which consequently can lead to weight gain and cause other health issues such as diabetes. So what do we do we can either stop drinking sugary drinks altogether, or consume some other alternative which is the now popular diet drinks that we have on the market.

But because of the way that these particular products are marketed to us we are always led to believe, that we shouldn’t have any problems at all drinking these healthy alternatives or is there now cause for concern.

The answer to that would seem is yes, there is evidence that has been found that drinking diet sodas or drinks can in fact cause you to gain weight. Here is what the research found.

Research

The actual information was collected over a eight year period of time, one of the researchers said that they didn’t expect that the people whom were drinking the diet sodas, would be linked with obesity at all but this wasn’t the case, which they found quite surprising.

It was noted that their chances of coming obese were even higher when they looked more closely at their results they found that the people that were drinking the diet soda were far more likely to become obese.

They said statistically that 41% of people whom consumed diet drinks each day were far more likely to end up overweight. When you actually look at the statistics they are quite alarming

For people who drank regular soda

These were the results

26% for people who drank half a can day
30% for people who drank half or one can a day
32.8% for people who drank one to two cans each day
47.2% for people who drank over two cans a day

For people who drank diet soda

These were the results

36.5% for people who drank half a can
37.5% whom drank half or one can
54.5% whom drank one to two cans
57.1% whom drank two cans

So what is the actual reason for these alarming results ?

How artificial sweeteners can affect you

It could be due to the fact that the researchers found some papers on artificial sweeteners which, when fed to rats it made them want to consume more foods. But when they were given regular sugar their appetite remained the same, so it would seem that the artificial sweetener that is used in the particular drink makes you want to eat more food.

Has caffeine in does that make any difference ?

Something which wasn’t mentioned in this study is that a lot of soft drinks whether it be diet or not do in fact have quite a lot of caffeine in which we all know is a stimulant, and it can mimic the stress response if you consume too much of it, and stress in itself can tend to make you eat more food, whether or not there is any solid foundation to this theory of mind is another matter. But you could say it is something to consider.

Do you drink it yourself and has it made you gain weight ?

Do you yourself or anybody else for that matter drink diet drinks ? And have you noticed any difference as in has it made you want to eat more food. The problem with a lot of this sort of thing is we often don’t tend to take notice of what is going on and what our bodies are telling us.

We tend to automatically tend to eat when we are hungry and don’t think about that what we are drinking might be making us want to eat more food.

Conclusion

The overall conclusion that the team came to was that if you are giving your body something that is sweet but has no actual calories then it will signal to your body That something is missing, and will want you to make the shortfall up in those. missing calories this is what they concluded that was causing the problem.

References Web M.D