Comments on: The Biggest Loser Sponsors http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Migraineur http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/#comment-20878 Migraineur Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:24:49 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale-2/#comment-20878 Some people have hypothesized that diet soda is that the sensation of sweetness instructs your brain to instruct your pancreas to pump out insulin. (This is just someone's hypothesis, but truthfully I don't remember where I read it and I don't know if it's ever been tested.) And although we think of insulin as the hormone that causes carbohydrate to be stored as fat, an excess of insulin can also cause triglycerides to be stored as fat, too. (This much is standard biochemistry you can find in any biochemistry textbook.) So, if the hypothesis is correct, that artificial sweeteners can cause an insulin release, it would mean that this would cause your body to store fat. But it's not that artificial sweeteners are utilized or stored as fat like sugar, but that they promote the storage of other nutrients as fat. My husband has, lately, decided that he might cut back on sugar in his diet. But he said, "I can't bring myself to drink diet soda." I told him, "You know, you could just switch to water or unsweetened tea." Some people have hypothesized that diet soda is that the sensation of sweetness instructs your brain to instruct your pancreas to pump out insulin. (This is just someone’s hypothesis, but truthfully I don’t remember where I read it and I don’t know if it’s ever been tested.) And although we think of insulin as the hormone that causes carbohydrate to be stored as fat, an excess of insulin can also cause triglycerides to be stored as fat, too. (This much is standard biochemistry you can find in any biochemistry textbook.) So, if the hypothesis is correct, that artificial sweeteners can cause an insulin release, it would mean that this would cause your body to store fat. But it’s not that artificial sweeteners are utilized or stored as fat like sugar, but that they promote the storage of other nutrients as fat.

My husband has, lately, decided that he might cut back on sugar in his diet. But he said, “I can’t bring myself to drink diet soda.” I told him, “You know, you could just switch to water or unsweetened tea.”

]]> By: Alchemyguy http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/#comment-19538 Alchemyguy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:13:05 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale-2/#comment-19538 @Bob Biggles: Source? I'm a rare soda drinker, so it makes no difference to me personally... @Kevin Burnett: It's possible for an ingredient to have a metabolic effect; consider ephedrine or caffeine. There are certainly compounds with the opposite effect out there. I'm not so sure about this claim that the sweeteners in Diet Coke are utilized as sugars by the body, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were other effects. @Bob Biggles: Source?

I’m a rare soda drinker, so it makes no difference to me personally…

@Kevin Burnett: It’s possible for an ingredient to have a metabolic effect; consider ephedrine or caffeine. There are certainly compounds with the opposite effect out there. I’m not so sure about this claim that the sweeteners in Diet Coke are utilized as sugars by the body, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other effects.

]]> By: Kevin Burnett http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/#comment-19297 Kevin Burnett Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:41:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale-2/#comment-19297 So you're saying it's possible to gain weight from something that has zero calories??? Hardly seems possible unless it increases your desire to eat. So you’re saying it’s possible to gain weight from something that has zero calories??? Hardly seems possible unless it increases your desire to eat.

]]> By: Bob Biggles http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/#comment-19090 Bob Biggles Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:10:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale-2/#comment-19090 Apparently Diet Coke is not even a safer alternative to regular Coke. Studies have shown that our bodies mistake the replacement ingredient in the Diet Cola for sugar, and stores it as such. So to all of you that have been suffering through Diet Cola, Merry Christmas! Apparently Diet Coke is not even a safer alternative to regular Coke. Studies have shown that our bodies mistake the replacement ingredient in the Diet Cola for sugar, and stores it as such. So to all of you that have been suffering through Diet Cola, Merry Christmas!

]]> By: McFly http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale/#comment-18895 McFly Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:40:37 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/biggest-loser-finale-2/#comment-18895 How's it possible to have a 100 calorie pack of chocolate chip cookies. Isn't that like .42% of a cookie? Ah well, it would have been funny if Dominos Pizza was a sponser. How’s it possible to have a 100 calorie pack of chocolate chip cookies. Isn’t that like .42% of a cookie? Ah well, it would have been funny if Dominos Pizza was a sponser.

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