WARNING: Diet Coke Makes You Fat!

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 4, 2011 -- Written by: Lloyd Chivandire. MPT, PES
Countless numbers of dieters consume “low calorie” or “sugar free” drinks such as Diet Coke, Pepsi Max, Coke Zero and so forth thinking that they support diet efforts. After all, they are branded as diet alternatives to the regular beverages right? Wrong!

The Diet Coke Fallacy

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WARNING: Diet Coke Makes You Fat!

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Regardless of how many calories these beverages may contain, they can wreak havoc on your fat loss efforts and ultimately cause you to gain weight. There are two main reasons for what I call the “Diet Coke fallacy”. Firstly , the sweet taste from in beverages like Diet Coke can still elicit a spike in the levels of the hormone Insulin in the same way as regular sugars do. This spike in Insulin levels blocks your ability to burn fat and actually promotes the storage of fat. Secondly , as discovered by Professor Terry Davidson and associate professor Susan Withers at Purdue University, artificial sweeteners disrupt satiety, the feeling of being full. Their results, published in International Journal of Obesity showed that "mouth feel" plays a crucial role in the body's ability to count calories and that when we consume artificial sweeteners we disrupt the body's ability to count calories based on sweetness. Not able to use mouth feel to count calories, those who drink diet coke will overeat without conscious awareness. In other words, you think you're not eating like a pig, but in reality you are.

Understanding the chemistry of fat loss
Most people are under the assumption that fat loss is all about simply less sugars and fats but it is much deeper than that; it’s really about chemistry. It’s important to understand that fat loss happens at a chemical level and therefore in order to promote it you must support the chemical reactions that lead to it.

As already mention, low sugar beverages containing sweeteners can, due to their sweet taste elicit the same release of Insulin from the pancreas as regular sugars would in order to enhance the uptake of sugars by the cells so that they don't linger in the bloodstream.

Once insulin is released it inhibits the fat burning hormone called HSL (hormone sensitive lipase). This hormone is responsible for releasing fat into the bloodstream to be utilized as fuel. If inhibited, the body is unable to burn fat and will then begin utilizing amino acids (from muscle) and carbohydrates as fuel. This chemical reaction will leave you feeling tired, grumpy and sloth-like not to mention abnormally hungry and craving more sugars. People with large amounts of HSL burn fat all day and stay lean whilst those who inhibit it by eating or drinking the wrong substances grow fatter.

Unhealthy Health Foods
Diet Coke type beverages are not the only substances to have these abilities. Makers of health food bars and protein supplements are either not aware or ignore the ill effects of sugar alternatives and sugar. This can be seen by the fact that many health food bar and protein supplement is loaded with sugar or artificial sweeteners. The belief that these bars and supplements are healthy for you is a perfect example of how marketing strategies can supersede medical science and common sense.

In closing, regardless of your diet and/or exercise efforts, the aforementioned ill effects of sugar alternatives and sugar can greatly hinder them.

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