If you’re a fat bastard trying to shed a few pounds, you may want to lay off the artificial sweeteners.
According to a study from Purdue University, rats fed a diet of artificially sweetened yoghurt ate more and gained more weight than those fed yoghurt sweetened with sugar.
Okay, so if you’re a pudgy rat, then avoid the artificial sweeteners for sure, but the researchers believe there may be similar effect on humans. They think the artificial sweetener may screw up the body’s natural ability to track calories based on sweetness, and cause it to want to eat more.
They may also increase your craving for garbage and cause an uncontrollable urge to enter politics.
You can find more of the whiskery details at the Globe and Mail. Other failed dieting plans here.