Food coach? People now need food coaches? That's too funny. Almost as funny, I'm sure, as hearing Ms. Katz explain the chemistry of how diet drinks affect the appetite for up to 12 hours. Good grief. Diet drinks don't make people fat. Consuming more calories than you burn increases your weight. Too many people are trying to assign blame to something other than the real cause.
This is true, and the article doesn't contradict that. But the gist of the thesis here is (and I've read articles over the years about other studies which also suggest this) is that artificial sweeteners actually seem to make folks crave more real sugar in greater quantities, than folks who drink the reg. sugar stuff, so they're actually more likely to succumb to the temptation of the snickers bar or oreo more often than other people. In other words, the fake stuff might be doing a number on the messages going to the brain. What nutritional analysts have been suggesting is that folks wishing to drop a few lbs cut out the sugar-free drinks (w/o going for full sugar carbonated ones) and see what happens.It really has worked for lots of people. I never did do the diet soda - too metallic tasting for me, only the reg.,but I haven't had any at all for 5 or so years avoiding the HFCS - I'm convinced that stuff (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is the culprit for all the childhood obesity we're seeing now.