It's all about exposure. Most artificial sweeteners will taste like medicine to people who are used to refined sugar. But it's something that changes overtime. Convince a diabetic that asparthame at least might help them lose weight, and they'll re-wire their brain to enjoy it just by drinking it over time.
Though it isn't sugar, asparthame rewires the same reward mechanism. But it doesn't come with the other endocrinal feedbacks. Artificial sweeteners end up generating further craving for actual sources of sugar. Furthermore, people who drink diet coke just end up eating more calories as they overestimate their room for maneuver. At the end of the day artificial sweeteners will not help with leptin resistance, as the body craves more sugar. And it doesn't help with insulin resistance, most likely because you aren't losing weight and probably still has fatty liver disease.
Fortunately, I can't stand the insipid taste of artificial sweeteners, it hurts my stomach at the very thought. Bleh.
It's all about exposure. Most artificial sweeteners will taste like medicine to people who are used to refined sugar. But it's something that changes overtime. Convince a diabetic that asparthame at least might help them lose weight, and they'll re-wire their brain to enjoy it just by drinking it over time.
Does it really work for diabetics to control their blood sugar? Or it's just a placebo effect?
Though it isn't sugar, asparthame rewires the same reward mechanism. But it doesn't come with the other endocrinal feedbacks. Artificial sweeteners end up generating further craving for actual sources of sugar. Furthermore, people who drink diet coke just end up eating more calories as they overestimate their room for maneuver. At the end of the day artificial sweeteners will not help with leptin resistance, as the body craves more sugar. And it doesn't help with insulin resistance, most likely because you aren't losing weight and probably still has fatty liver disease.