Do you have to have your Diet Pepsi or Coke everyday? If you are like me, it is a habit that has been hard to break. Around 2:00 pm every afternoon, that craving for a diet soda kicks in. I can remember back to high school when I would have a diet soda and a bag of M & M's rationalizing that at least I wasn't having a regular soda with all of the extra calories.
Come to find out, research shows there is something to all of that. Diet soda actually can increase your desire for sugary treats and higher calorie foods.
Diet soda has been related to weight gain. One study indicated that overweight individuals that switched to diet soda were likely to consume more calories than those who consumed regular soda.
Other studies show that diet soda may cause insulin confusion. The brain associates "sweet" with calories which drives our body to release insulin. In a study where individuals consumed sucralose, there were increases in both insulin and blood glucose levels. Although more studies are needed, it is known that frequent rises in insulin have been linked to insulin resistance and increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
It has also been noted that diet soda drinkers seem to have an altered sweet-sensory reward center in the brain which can change how the brain reacts to cravings for high calorie foods.
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Information based on article from clevelandclinic.org.
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