[random_mutex]

Is there any benefit in using sugar replacements? When you eat something sweet your body prepares itself for the sugar intake which, in the case sweetener usage, t never comes. What are the long terms effects of this imbalance? Let's assume your organism addapts to this situation and at some point you consume something that contains actual sugar, how will it respond to that?

[throwbadubadu]

That taste ends up as preparation for something is completely new to me, is this an assumption, or has been shown? Afaik taste is the evolutionary (but now outdated) helper to choose non-poison and energy providing food?

> Is there any benefit in using sugar replacements?

Serious question? The taste joy without getting that much calories in? (Yes I know, we skew our taste and could also have joy without too much sugar, and also other ingredients, e.g. salt, but different topic).

[iamacyborg]

Carb rinsing is a well documented thing (swirling a sports drink in your mouth then spitting it out). I’m not sure whether artificial sweeteners trigger the same physiological effects.

[ghosty141]

You state this like it is a fact, but is this really the case? Does the body really anticipate anything in that case?

[wkrsz]

> But small amounts of insulin are also released before any sugar enters the bloodstream. This response is known as cephalic phase insulin release. It is triggered by the sight, smell, and taste of food, as well as chewing and swallowing (5Trusted Source).

> BOTTOM LINE: Eating carbohydrates causes a rise in blood sugar levels. Insulin is released to bring blood sugar levels back to normal. Some claim that artificial sweeteners may interfere with this process.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners-b...

[drewcoo]

When questions are claimed to be "state this like it is a fact," I decide to stop listening to one side of the argument . . .

[random_mutex]

The research on the topic is at your finger tips

[saberience]

There’s a major benefit you’re missing, no calories.

If you drink seven cans of Coke a day you’re likely going to end up gaining weight and could end up obese with all the additional health issues that brings.

If you drink seven cans of Diet Coke per day you’re not going to end up obese (through that method anyway).

What seems to be missing in this HN debate is that sugar itself (yes the natural substance) is not good for us either! Aspartame may be “bad” (debatable) but sugar is bad but in different ways.

[random_mutex]

You failed to answer my question. Again is there a benefit to tricking your body that you are eating a meal which provides a high amount of energy?

Sugar isn't bad, it is a biological solution to the energy storage problem just like fat, and our bodies know how to deal with the sugar present in nature (in fruits). The sugar in an apple is absorbed slowly, without a dramatic increase in blood glucose unlike the one in a Coke can.

[iamacyborg]

Sugar isn’t bad for you, too much of it is.

[PrimeMcFly]

> Is there any benefit in using sugar replacements?

Monkfruit which I use supposedly has health benefits, in addition to being calorie light.

[random_mutex]

What health benefits? How is fooling your body that you eat a meal rich in calories while you eat the opposite a good thing?

[PrimeMcFly]

I don't think activating taste receptors while not having calories is harmful and haven't seen any studies to suggest otherwise. Have you?

As for health benefits apparently it has antioxidant properties, but I don't know to what extent that's true. I use it because I like the taste and doesn't seem to be harmful in any way, but it also hasn't been studied as extensively.

[random_mutex]

Inconclusive or no research on the X is harmful topic doesn't imply X is not harmful

[PrimeMcFly]

No shit.