On 07/11/2013 07:58 PM, W. Baker wrote:
> Todd > wrote:
> : Hi All,
>
> : Here is a great opinion piece on artificial sweeteners
> : from a journal called:
>
> : Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
> : http://www.cell.com/trends/endocrinology-metabolism/
>
> : http://download.cell.com/images/edim...sm/tem_888.pdf
>
> : A quick summary: artificial sweeteners initially trick the
> : body into reacting as if something sweet is entering. Then
> : the body gets wise to the trick and stops. Then when you
> : do eat something sweet or carbie, the body doesn't react
> : properly. And the satiation response doesn't kick in,
> : causing overeating and T2 to kick in.
>
> : Basically, the criticism of artificial sweeteners is
> : that body gets wise to them and doesn't react appropriately
> : to the real stuff. Not that the body thinks the fake stuff
> : is real, but that the body starts to think the real stuff
> : is fake.
>
> : -T
>
> I didn't read it, for various vision reasons, bu does Stevia do or not do
> the same thing of tricking the body into thinking it is getting sugar,
> etc? It most liekly is the sweetmess pf tehtaste that is the problem, not
> its artificiality . the Stevia is also an artificial sugar as it is
> someting pretending to be a sugar that is not(no calories, no carbs) so if
> the non-nutritive(better word for the general catgory) sweetener fools the
> body into thinking it is gettign sugar, thusr eleasing insuin, etc, then
> Stevia is just as guilty.
>
> Wendy
>

Hi Wendy,

I have read in several places that Stevia did trigger
inappropriately. But, the sources did not reference
their statements, so ...

"Apparently" (note the weasel word), stevia is seen
as just another food by the body.

Here is an nice article on stevia (which does "not"
answer your question):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

-T