Nutrition diet-roaring and artificially sweetened foods make you fat

Why does an imbalance between calories and sweetness have a negative impact?
Researchers found that consuming so-called diet sodas and artificially sweetened foods can lead to weight gain and even cause diabetes. Such products seem to confuse the brain because normally sweet substances can provide more energy.

Researchers at the internationally acclaimed Yale University in the US found that artificially sweetened foods can cause weight issues and diabetes. The doctors published a press release on the results of their study.

Actually, consumers of diet sodas would like to consume less sugar and, at best, lose weight. Scientists have now discovered that diet sodas and artificially sweetened foods confuse the brain. As a result, more fat is stored and sufferers increase. In addition, the risk of developing diabetes increases. (Image: Markus Mainka / fotolia.com)

Sweet substances usually contain more energy
The human body has a habit of burning more calories when it tastes sweet. This is because normally sweeter substances contain more energy in nature, the experts explain.

Diet products can confuse the human brain
When diet products do not taste sweet, this confuses the human brain. The brain assumes that fewer calories can be burned. This causes the metabolism of the body to be reduced. The body begins to deposit more fat, explain the scientists of Yale University.

Sweet and contained energy of foods should be properly balanced
Author Professor Dana Small explains, "When sweet taste and energy are not tuned, less energy is metabolized and inaccurate signals are sent to the brain." This effect can lead to effects that affect metabolic health. The researchers also found that even sweeteners in foods, such as yogurt, can trigger this negative effect. If sweet taste and calories do not match, it will deceive the body's metabolism.

Sweet-tasting low-calorie drinks can trigger large metabolic reactions
In nature, sweetened sweetness signals the presence of energy and its intensity reflects the amount of energy available, explain the scientists. For example, if a drink is too sweet or not sweet enough for the amount of calories it contains, it stops the metabolic response and the signal that gives the brain nutritional value. A sweet-tasting, low-calorie drink can trigger a greater metabolic response than drinks with a higher concentration of calories. This finding may explain the association between artificial sweeteners and diabetes, which has already been discovered in previous studies, say the authors.

Sweetness helps the body to determine how calories are metabolized
The new study shows that sweetness helps determine how calories are metabolized and signaled to the brain. When sweetness and calories are matched, the calories are metabolized and this is registered in the brain. However, when a mismatch occurs, the calories will not trigger the metabolism and the brain will not register that calories have been consumed. explain the experts.

Taste perception of sweetness is just as important as contained calories
In other words, the assumption that more calories also trigger a greater metabolic response and a stronger response in the brain is wrong. Calories are only half of the equation, the taste perception of sweetness is the other half. Many foods today contain such an imbalance between sweetness and calories, such as yogurt with low-calorie sweeteners, the researchers report.

Human bodies are not adjusted to energy sources from diet products
"Our bodies evolved to make efficient use of the energy sources available in nature. However, our modern food environment is characterized by energy sources that our bodies have never seen before, "emphasizes Prof. Dana Small of the Yale University School of Medicine. (As)