Many people are trying to eliminate sugars from their diet and are turning to artificial sweeteners. However, replacing some substances with others is far from a he althy solution. The body gets used to artificial ingredients and reacts in many different negative ways. The most common side effect is weight gain, as artificial sweeteners carry many times more empty calories and raise blood sugar levels.
What will happen to your body if you stop consuming all artificial sweeteners?
You will lose weight
Along with sugars, cutting out any products containing artificial sweeteners will help reduce your waistline. If, instead of substitutes that deceive your appetite for sweets, you focus on foods that have a low glycemic index, contain larger amounts of useful proteins and fats, as well as slowly degradable carbohydrates, your weight will definitely "go" down. This happens thanks to the maintenance of stable levels of insulin in the blood.
Sweet cravings will disappear
When you stop eating saturated added simple sugars, as well as cutting out foods and drinks with artificial sweeteners, your receptors will stop sending signals to the brain about the lack of these substances. In this way, the craving for sweets gradually subsides, which will inevitably improve your he alth indicators along with your weight.
You will reduce your risk of diabetes
It is an absolute myth that artificial sweeteners are safe and do not raise blood sugar. Just the opposite. Most of them, such as aspartame and acesulfame K, are about 500 times sweeter than regular sugar. This provokes insulin secretion from the pancreas in particularly large quantities. Cells in the body are not sensitive to this insulin, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes by about 67%. This is according to a 2009 study published in Diabetes Care, writes rd.com.
You may be suffering from a headache
The headache occurs not so much because of the sudden cessation of artificial sweeteners, but mostly from carbonated and energy drinks containing large amounts of caffeine in addition to sweeteners.
The condition of your intestinal flora will improve
The he alth of the beneficial bacteria in the gut is central to overall he alth. Hundreds of processes in the body depend on the intestinal flora, including metabolic, immune, hormonal. According to a 2013 study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental He alth, cutting out artificial sweeteners in the diet reduces the risk of obesity and improves the he alth of beneficial bacteria in the gut.
