Sucralose: Sweet Taste / Energy Content Mismatch Offsets Our Nutrient Gauge and May Make us Overeat, but...
Beware: Splenda(R) is not sucralose, but 95% dextrose (D-glucose) and + maltodextrin combined with an undisclosed small amount of mostly indigestible sucralose. "These findings further reinforce the idea that 'sugar-free' varieties of processed food and drink may not be as inert as we anticipated. Artificial sweeteners can actually change how animals perceive the sweetness of their food, with a discrepancy between sweetness and energy levels prompting an increase in caloric consumption," Professor Herzog said according to the press release the University of Sydney published last week alongside the publication of a study that was co-authored by Herzog in CELL Metabolism - a study with the telling title "Sucralose Promotes Food Intake through NPY and a Neuronal Fasting Response" (Wang. 2016). You can learn more about sweeteners at the SuppVersity Aspartame & Your Microbiome - Not a Problem? Will Artificial Sweeteners Spike Insulin? Sweet...