{"id":230627,"date":"2016-07-13T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=230627"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:16:08","slug":"could-artificial-sweeteners-make-people-more-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/could-artificial-sweeteners-make-people-more-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"Could artificial sweeteners make people more hungry?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Artificial sweeteners can boost appetite by activating hunger pathways in the body, scientists have found in animals.<\/p>\n
In fruit flies and mice, the mismatch between sweet taste and fewer calories sends the body into “feed me” mode, the journal Cell Metabolism reports.<\/p>\n
But UK nutritionists say this does not mean the same is true in humans.<\/p>\n
They say low calorie sweetened foods can help people keep weight off and are better for our teeth than sugar.<\/p>\n
The researchers, however, say more work is needed to make sure that the billions of people who regularly consume sugar substitutes don’t have the same reaction as they saw in their animal tests.<\/p>\n