Researchers from George Washington University presented a paper this last weekend finding that a major component of Splenda, Sucralose may actually promote the growth of fat cells by “allowing more glucose to enter the cells.”
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here’s the simple science behind losing fat (i say “losing fat” instead of “losing weight”)
if you are on a diet that constantly causes your pancreas to release insulin into the blood stream, that is consuming carbs and sugars regularly, your body will use those as easy sources of energy
if you reduce the intake of sugars and carbs such that they do not provide sufficient energy source, your body will burn fat for energy
“ketosis” is the term for fat-burning state
when most people think of losing fat, getting lean, they think of the gym
the gym is important but i estimate that, in the formula that reduces body fat is weighted significantly on the diet side, my opinion is diet is about 75%, exercise, rest, etc are the other 25%
imho
you get fat because you eat too much. Sprinkling Splenda in your coffee doesn’t erase that bag of Doritios.
Splenda’s nasty, overly sweet tasting and doesn’t work well with hot drinks and baked goods. Drinking it in sodas gives me nausea. So I’m not a fan.
All sugar substitutes can make you fat. It’s usually because of 2 things:
1. it’s the bad thinking of dieters. “I had a diet coke, so now I can have 2 servings of spaghetti and meatballs because I saved so many calories from not drinking a regular soda.”
2. All sugar substitutes can cause an irritation in your stomach which gives the same feelings of a rumbly stomach from hunger.
That being said, people like myself, with the Diabeeetus don’t have many options when it comes to drinks so I don’t advocate getting rid of sugar-free sweeteners. Until you can come up with better sugar free options for us, don’t be nagging us about the use of them. We can’t all afford to be drinking water that rolls off the north side of a misty cloud which is then filtered through virgin lilies growing in magical moss in the Himalayas. lol
Better to avoid all artificial sweeteners, artificial fats (e.g, margarine), etc. look at all the ingredients on the packaging. If there are several lines of ingredients you cannot even pronounce, don’t buy it.
Avoid all sodas (regular or diet) as they are not good for you.
Also, exercise to burn off more calories than you take in.
At 70, I can run circles around people half my age, who are killing themselves with their crappy fast foods, sodas, and sedentary lifestyle.
You can’t lose weight by talking about it, you have to KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!
You’re getting fat because you burn 1500 calories a day and you eat 3000 a day. It’s simple math.
The TAB effect… and then Snackwells and all the other diet crap they introduced in the 70s/80s. I personally find real versions of food far more satisfying then the fat free or full of sugar versions that you consume at such high amounts or overcompensate with other foods you gain weight.
“I’m on a 2000 calorie-a-day diet, doctor. It’s the 10,000 at night that are giving me problems.”
Kinda like this?
Love all the comments.
Only add that an overweight half aunt to my kids, on their Mother’s side, said she hated how easy it was for men to lose weight. Then went on to say her body won’t lose weight no matter how much she diets.
o.0 As she was sucking down a Coke at a funeral.
I know it feels or seems like that, but I’m having a hard time swallowing that reason. I’ve never seen anyone gain more weight than they consume. One even said she was heavier we she got up in the morning than when she went to bed.
Well, if you’re telling the truth, either someone’s jacking with your scale while you sleep and after you leave the house, or you’re sleep-eating/drinking. I just can’t believe that.
For those of you sufeeThe latest science is showing insulin resistance/regulation in the body as the unifying factor behind obesity, not the calorie in/calorie out theory.
Recommend the following book: The Obesity code
For those suffering: the latest science is that insulin resistance/regulation is the unifying factor behind the obesity epidemic and, as mentioned, ketosis (low carb, hi fat) is the best therapeutic option – a useful book “The Obesity Code” by Dr. Fung or search: “Jimmy Moore’s ketosis blog” for free info. Also “HCG 2.0” book. I went from 245 to 182 lbs in the last 10 months without too much stress and no expense. Calorie in/Calorie out has been definitively debunked if you dig in the research.
Genetics play a huge role, for better or worse.
Most people can manage to walk an hour or two a day. At 100 calories burned per mile walked, it adds up. Check email or read news while you walk.
Turn off TV to lose weight, and get moving instead.
There’s an astonishing amount of unnecessary sugar added to innocent “healthy” seeming foods. Lots of surprises on labels.
I lost 20 pounds last year over about 3 months without undue grief. Kept it off. Deleted some foods or brands containing stealth sugar and stealth fat. Upped my daily walking/hiking. It can be done.
Guys, check labels for stealth Soy. Bad for us and it’s being added to a lot of foods where it doesn’t belong.
Rufus T Firefly- The Soy craze is cracking me up. It’s animal feed filler. Some people won’t even give that to their farm animals (Can cause bad bloat, etc). Humans aren’t really supposed to eat it and it causes allergies, but whatever. The advertisers keep saying, “Healthy!” and on their packages are soy warnings. lol.
By the way, the more “low fat” the product is, the more sugar it contains. What a joke. If you can, eat the normal shit, just don’t go overboard.
And can these fools please stop putting Aloe Vera into every fucking thing? Gaaaah!!!
Otodo, calorie in-calorie out has not been debunked. It’s just too simple and easy and “gurus” can’t make money selling books about it. I agree with you on low carb. But the reason It works is because avoiding high-carb foods has the consequence of lowering overall calorie intake.
One word:
PORTIONS
I eat fried chicken, bacon-double cheeseburgers, pizza, french-fries, BLT’s with extra mayo and cheese, Denny’s Grand Slam breakfasts, etc.
Yet I am more fit than ever.
PORTION CONTROL is key.
No shit, not joking at all.
But but but how large would Chardonaynay be if she didn’t wash down those 3 quarter pounders with cheese with a diet coke?
Regarding artificial sweeteners, I never use them intentionally.
In my home-made margaritas I use fine grain powdered sugar.
In my coffee? Nothing but black.
Not sure what sweetener is in Gatorade G2 but the grape version is my favorite.
Just use sugar….I do.
Your body doesn’t know what to do with synthetic sweeteners
Splenda gives me headaches
“Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that was originally cooked up in a laboratory. In the five step patented process of making sucralose, three chlorine molecules are added to a sucrose or sugar molecule. A sucrose molecule is a disaccharide that contains two single sugars bound together: glucose and fructose.
The chemical process to make sucralose alters the chemical composition of the sugar so much that it is somehow converted to a fructo-galactose molecule. This type of sugar molecule does not occur in nature and therefore your body does not possess the ability to properly metabolize it.”
Mercola
That aint goin’ my body, thank you.
Don’t drink sugary soft drinks, especially those with artificial sweetners. And to top it off, most bottled products are made with floridated water. That’s something they don’t consider- thyroid/metabolism.
Our quality of food is being trashed. Salt or fat are often added for palate appeal.
I use sweet n low in coffee – my only regular dietary vice, really.
A number of factors coalesced and I came to a point a few years ago where I had packed on a substantial (for me) amount of weight, and Atkins didn’t work, which made me crazy.
I came across a post by Karl Denninger here: https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?singlepost=3405842
and using the information has made all the difference. Went out and got an A1c test kit from Walmart. Took it, said ‘Oh crap’, and commenced getting that number down to a manageable one, along with checking my blood sugar on a semi-regular basis. No vegetable oils, tyvm. Nothing processed at all. I snack on butter. My only irregular vice is Lily’s Dark Chocolate Chips, available at Whole Paycheck or Amazon. It does have soy lecithin in it, but the amount is negligible, and cripes. It’s dark chocolate.
Anyway, I work crazy long hours and have a number of personal obligations, and I was feeling like I’d been hit by a truck every morning. The weight has come off slowly(still is). I feel better every day, and I don’t come home and collapse. If you’re having the kind of experience I outlined, for an investment of time and about $30 for the A1c kit initially, you can maybe get a grip on taking control of your health and feeling better. The biggest plus is heading off Type II and not having it in a chart somewhere.
Jon you are wrong about both points. Calories count a bit but are not the deciding factor.
Sugar per teaspoon is 15 calories
Jon is exactly right. Calories in calories out. I’ve never seen anybody keep getting fatter that completely stopped eating. You need to move.
“once on the lips, forever on the hips”
If someone has to use an artificial sweetner, how about stevia?
I disproved “calorie in calorie out” for myself when I went strict low-carb but was making up more than twice the calories in increased sat. fat and no real increase in exertion. By all CICO math, I should have gained body fat but I lost body fat.
Strict end-all be-all CICO is the equivalent of a four year old believing the sun at night simply turns out like a light: too horribly simplistic and erroneous to be of any use.
“Strict end-all be-all CICO is the equivalent of a four year old believing the sun at night simply turns out like a light: too horribly simplistic and erroneous to be of any use.”
And yet when Michael Phelps is training he consumes 12,500 calories per day. That Fat Pig.
You guys are so funny acting like I’m a “science denier” because I believe in CiCo. Here’s a wager. Restrict your diet to 1200 calories a day and let me know what happens.
Jon, I was so determined, I took it down to 500/day for 2 weeks. Not only did I not lose, I fluctuated UP some days. I also couldn’t function well. At all. Hormones – one of which is insulin – are weird things.
How often you eat something is perhaps more important than how much you eat. It’s healthier to eat 3000 calories at one setting than to eat 3000 calories shoveled in at 375 calories every 2 hours over 16 hours while you’re awake. That schedule keeps you’re insulin revved up, which prevents you from going into fat burning mode. Stop loading in additional calories every two hours will go a long way toward taking off pounds, or preventing adding them.
RosalindJ
You know I love ya. But your missing the second part of the equation.
I get it, BB. What you’re missing is the bit about crazy long hours & other claims on my time that leave very, very little time for doing things like going to a gym, or even taking walks. Screwing with metabolic rates via calorie restriction proved a bad idea for me.
And yet when Michael Phelps is training he consumes 12,500 calories per day. That Fat Pig.
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And he’s burning all of it.
Restrict your diet to 1200 calories a day and let me know what happens.
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That’s a stupid challenge. If you want to prove you know what you’re talking about, do the opposite. Jack up to 2,000 calories daily. The first time do it with 90% saturated fat. The second time do it with 90% carbs. Do each one for one week.
When you’re done, get back to us and tell us which one lost you more body fat with no change in exertion either time.
I could go ahead and tell you right now which one will lose you more fat because I’ve done it. but I would rather let you discover it for yourself.