Digestion: we take in food and calories and out body breaks it down into nutrients and energy. Pretty amazing right?
So, what happens when we take in "food", but there are no calories? What are those artificial sweeteners doing anyway? Our taste receptors think we've eaten something sweet, but there are no calories to go along with it.
Scientists are discovering that consumption of these artificial sweeteners may interfere with hormones that help with the regulation of appetite. Check out the video and story here.
Do you use diet drinks to help balance the calories you consume in a day? What do you think of artificial sweeteners? Is it better to have a bit of sugar than to rely on these other substitutes?
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