Saccharin results in rats gaining weight and losing appetite control.

[wisefool]

Cliff notes:

1. Rats A ate 5 weeks of yogurt with real sugar. Rats B ate Sacharin. Rats A gained weight.
2. Then they are fed rich delicious chocolate pastry. Both rats ate as much. However, rats A would eat less yogurt on their next meal whereras rats B ate just as much as before.

Feb 2008 PDF of full paper:
http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/bne-feb08-swithers.pdf

Random googled news summarizing:

http://www.lafayette-online.com/news/community/2008/02/purdue-research-links-artificial-sweeteners-to-weight-gain/

Very interesting.

[Coca Cola Zero]

Conclusion: If you're a rat and you're trying to watch your figure, stay away from saccharin!

[Skipper]

Yeah I read this ... however, who uses Saccharin anymore? Those "little pink packets" are pretty hard to find these days.

Is there data anywhere for Nutrasweet(aspartame) or Splenda(sucralose)?

[wisefool]

Swithers adds that based on the lab’s hypothesis, other artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame K, which also taste sweet but do not predict the delivery of calories, could have similar effects. Finally, although the results are consistent with the idea that humans would show similar effects, human study is required for further demonstration.

fnord

[Bill Dungsroman]

Yeah I read this ... however, who uses Saccharin anymore? Those "little pink packets" are pretty hard to find these days.

Is there data anywhere for Nutrasweet(aspartame) or Splenda(sucralose)?

Yeah, aspartame drives you insane (http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm) and sucralose stunts your growth! (http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/sucralose.html)

[Skipper]

Yeah, aspartame drives you insane (http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm) and sucralose stunts your growth! (http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/sucralose.html)

Sweet!

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1103/sweetnerabusefj6.jpg

[bloo]

Yeah, aspartame drives you insane (http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm) and sucralose stunts your growth! (http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/sucralose.html)

And Aspartame is addicting, makes you bipolar, etc. There's even an Aspartame Victims Support Group.
http://www.wnho.net/
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/
I heard it on Coast To Coast AM so you know it's true!

Choose:
- Get fat from drinking too much high fructose corn syrup sodas,
- Stay skinny but go nuts, or
- Don't drink so much sweetened water.

[MyNameIsWill]

Sugar, ftw.

[Demon G Sides]

Huh. well, I'm not insane, and I drink Diet Coke exclusively.

[MyNameIsWill]

You're killing your body and will be a fat old man, stoked?