Looks like Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat After All.

[lokiju]

I have wondered why most people I know that drink diet soda are overweight...

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: maxster
Undeniable Fact: Caloric balance translate to weight gain/lost.

I deny it. Science denys it. Try taking chemistry 101.

Undeniable Fact: Mass balance translates to mass gain/lost. Calorie balance is closely related (ie if you eat more calories, you just ate more mass, and if you eat more mass you usually eat more calories). But calories are the incorrect measurement. Also, calorie balance leads to the psychological issues where people think they can eat a whole bag of cookies/chips/ice cream in a sitting because it is "low calorie" or "low sugar" or "low fat". Using the more correct mass balance, they'd see eating the whole thing in one sitting is always wrong.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: torpid
This study should be taken with a grain of salt, so to speak. There was a study a while ago where they demonstrated that soda with sugar in it had the same problems being reported in the study above. The body does not recognize it as food and as such does not fee satiated. Apparently candy did not have the same problem - although that may (IMO) be due to the solidifying agents in candy.

I think it may have to do with perception. You perceive hard candy as a food, whereas you perceive soda as a beverage. An even better comparison is soup. Most people feel sated after eating soup, even though it may be low in calories. Soup and soda are both mostly water, but you perceive the soup to be food rather than a beverage.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
I think it may have to do with perception. You perceive hard candy as a food, whereas you perceive soda as a beverage. An even better comparison is soup. Most people feel sated after eating soup, even though it may be low in calories. Soup and soda are both mostly water, but you perceive the soup to be food rather than a beverage.

I remember the study accounting for this, but I'm having trouble locating the link. I believe it was a double blind study of some sort.

 

[Andy22]

Originally posted by: lokiju
I have wondered why most people I know that drink diet soda are overweight...

Because they are eating 3 big macs and a large fry!