Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat: Ohh, the Irony
New Science Magazine reports that researches at Purdue University have discovered artificial sweeteners may contribute to weight gain. Two groups of lucky rats were served pudding, one sweetened with sugar and the other with sucrose or saccharin. (In a journalistic oversight, the article failed to mention whether rats were fed chocolate or vanilla and whether scientists cradled them in their arms and fed them with tiny spoons.) The rats who ate diet pudding not only put on more weight, they were more likely to go back for seconds. In turns out the sweetness of real sugar satisfies a natural craving that the fake sugars don’t, thus failing to tell you when you’re satisfied and you’ve had enough. Turns out you really are addicted to Diet Coke!-Andy Wright
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