Why Diet Soda Makes You Fat

So, you think just because you're drinking that diet soda that has a big fat ZERO in the calorie department is keeping you from putting on weight? You may be wrong according to some recent studies!

So, how does diet soda make me fat?

According to a study conducted by researchers, they postulate that artificial sweeteners may possibly have a side-effect of stimulating your appetite, but unlike regular sugars, artificial sweeteners do not deliver any calories that can satisfy your appetite! Sharon Fowler, an obesity researcher at UT Health Science Center at San Diego and a co-author on this study, reports that artificial sweeteners could inhibit brain cells that make you feel full - priming the pump for overeating!

Other possible ways you can increase your waistline by drinking diet soda...

• By drinking diet soda psychologically you feel like you are not drinking any calories and eat more foods because you feel like your drink was calorie free.
• Diet soda can trigger your gastric juices which in-turn makes you feel hungry even when you're not. Water does not trigger these juices to be created and can actually suppress your appetite.
• Your tongue can recognize sweet flavors but can not distinguish between artificial and regular sugars. Thus, your body may start to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar levels when you drink diet soda. This release of insulin can bring on food cravings and sugar cravings which is being looked at as how diet soda can be related to diabetes.

In conclusion, drinking a single diet soda per day with your meal should not harm anything. Just don't replace your daily water intake with a diet soda. It will do you more harm than good.