Research finds drinking artificially sweetened diet drinks may lead to increase in weight gain and appetite.
This seems to be a fascinating study that shows diet drinks may not be as healthy as we once thought. People with obesity and females were most susceptible.
Both groups […] ate more food after they consumed drinks with sucralose compared to regular sugar-sweetened drinks.
Drinking a diet drink tricks the body into thinking it is getting sugar. When the body doesn't receive the sugar, it gets accustomed to eating sweets without having to break down the sugar.
I am no doctor, but I think that a general decrease in calories and increase daily exercise is the best way to lose weight. This study shows that drinking artificially sweetened drinks are not the way to lose weight without changing other aspects of your health.
Read more at NPR.