Sugar Loaded Sodas

When it comes to losing weight you might have switched from sugar to sugar
free drinks. But can combining the two help you lose even more weight?

Here’s the deal. Sugar loaded sodas can add to your weight and according to new research, diet sodas might make you eat more. So if you’re confused as to what to do, you’re not alone.

But new government research has found that combining sugar free drinks with some carbohydrates might help suppress you appetite.

Researchers had participants drink one of two different things -- either a diet free soda, along with a sugar filled beverage, or a club soda and the same sugar filled beverage. Then they did some blood tests. They found blood sugar was the same for both groups but they did find a difference in a chemical our stomach releases that lets us know we’re full--- called GLP-1. The group that had both a diet soda and sugar filled drink also ended up having more of this chemical in their bloodstream.

Past studies have shown that when diet drinks are consumed without additional carbohydrates, our bodies don’t release this chemical, which is probably why we ended up eating more later on.

According to these researchers, although they can’t say this is a sure fire way to lose weight, by combing artificial sweeteners with regular sweeteners, it does look like it might be something that---as they put it---might be relevant in daily life. Stay tuned for future studies.