WARNING: Artificial Sweeteners Can Make You Fat

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 04, 2010 • 35 Comments

Sugar is a HUGE conundrum for many, because it’s in pretty much everything you buy….and that’s especially the case for processed foods, pre-packaged foods and all fast foods. 

Sugar is addictive…no doubt about it.  And it’s lethal combination of abundance and addiction that has resulted in our current health debacle where over 60% of the adults in the nation (US) are either overweight or obese. 

At this rate some experts say that it can reach 75% by 2015.  That’s 3/4 of the entire nation! 

This problem has spawned a MULTI-MILLION dollar industry of sugar alternatives as a solution to help curb sugar consumption in an effort to beat the overweight and obesity problem.

Artificial sweeteners are 300 times sweeter than sugar, they don’t cause an insulin spike and have low (or no) calories. 

Sounds good to me…all the pleasure without the guilt. 

Although, there are some “minor” health like issues like headaches, migraines, seizures and even brain tumors, that’s been linked to active ingredients like aspartame in artificial sweeteners—it’s all good because it still helps you lose weight (I’m being very sarcastic here if you didn’t catch that). 

Well, that is until recently… 

Studies have now come out that indicate sweeteners aren’t as effective at helping you lose weight as initially thought.  In fact, now there’s evidence that they actually promote weight GAIN! 

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