Artificial sweeteners = Fat

It is very common when dieting to not only decrease your caloric intake but to also remove sugar from your meal plan. Along with this, most people turn to aritificial sweetened foods and drinks; zero-calorie sodas, yogurts, candies, baked goods etc. Although this does indeed decrease your caloric intake for that particular meal, it can ultimately lead to increased body fat.

Artificial ("natural") sweeteners (Sweet n' low, stevia, splenda etc.) although able to have no immediate caloric effect on the body, its evil trickery cannot fool your brain! After your brain detects any type of sweets (artificial or not), it prepares to burn off any ingested calories. However, since there is nothing to burn, your body now becomes oober hungry causing you to overeat!!!

So what does this mean?? Do we say what the hell, if artificial sweeteners are just as bad as sugar if not worse... should we just use the real thing?? Absolutely not, excess sugar not only will increase body fat, but can also lead to diabetes, heart disease and more.

I know I know, as if mondays arent bad enough already, I had to go ahead and drop this somber peice of information on ya. Sorry, the balls in your court.. but if you are going to slip up, be sure to do it in moderation!