Health Officials Urge F.D.A. to Limit Sweeteners in Sodas

"Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, said consigning the issue to personal responsibility informed by education has so far made little headway in helping Americans understand how much sugar is in sodas. “You would not sit down and eat 16 teaspoons of sugar, but when it’s in a drink, it just doesn’t register because it’s dissolved and you can’t see it,” she said. “I think something more is needed.”
 

Read the entire article: New York Times

Though it may be true that education and personal responsibility has not helped thus far, government intervention will be another infringement to American's freedom.  The loss of intellect and the ability to maintain ones own wellbeing is the root cause of obesity.  Think how much effort would be made if drugs for diabetes were not covered by insurance and everyone had to pay out of pocket?  When given the choice to medicate a conditon and not have to drasticly alter habits the end results are never good.

 

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Dr David Marcon
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Diet soda and weight gain: The connection may be, in a way, what you think

Mattes has studied how artificial sweeteners affect appetite and food intake. He believes that many studies reporting a link between diet soda and weight gain are actually hitting on a behavioral phenomenon—people think they can eat more calories because they’ve swapped their regular soda for a Coke Zero.

Study co-author Sharon Fowler, an epidemiologist, agrees – to a point. Yes, the diet drink association is partly psychological, she says, but she also believes there could be physiological explanations for why chemicals in diet sodas could lead to weight gain.

In rodent studies, researchers have observed artificial sweeteners stimulating cells in the pancreas to change insulin secretion, altering the pH in the gut, and affecting hunger-regulating cells in the brain. Fowler and colleagues also reported this week that diabetes-prone mice exposed to aspartame for three months had higher blood-sugar levels than those not exposed at all.

Full Article: LA Times
Moral to the story: Diet soft drinks may be OK occasionally but for the "Health of it" stick to water>

Dr David Marcon
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