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0 pointsjamesgolick13y ago0 comments

Actually, the reason is that aspartame has a high glycemic index, so your body reacts to it roughly the same way it reacts to sugar.

http://www.glycemicindex.com/

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gte910h13y ago

That is not true, it was a truefact that squirted around health junkies that wasn't backed up by a consensus of the science.

crymer1113y ago

Any sources?

FWIW, I found practically no information regarding aspartame on the University of Sydney site, but I did come across an article that basically said stevia and aspartame both work, but stevia was was significantly better at lowering blood glucose levels.

Sidenote: As someone who loves beer dearly, but also tries to limit his intake of foods with a high glycemic index, I was pleased to read an article [2] linked by the University of Sydney [3] about how beer has too low of a glycemic index to measure (still has plenty of calories, though).

[1] http://www.glycemicindex.com/

[2] http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&S...

[3] http://www.glycemicindex.com/faqsList.php#10

gte910h13y ago

When looking I found this article which pointed at TONS of studies:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/artificial-sweeteners-insulin...

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