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Re: Artificial Sweeteners, Caffeine & Insulin ResistanceFrom: Sue (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 8 May 2001 08:41:24 -0500 (CDT)
>Can someone please explain how artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame can influence/impair insulin levels? And what about caffeine?< I'm not sure where you've heard about aspartame affecting insulin resistence; I would sincerely question the information. Aspartame is simply a sweetener derived from an amino acid--a protein, if you will--that is found in beef. You get more aspartame in its original form by eating a hamburger than you do by drinking an entire two litre of diet soda. So those who say that aspartame gives them headaches or whatever, my question is always: does it happen when you eat a burger? And then I explain the above. I personally avoid caffeine as much as possible simply because caffeine combined with my steroidal inhaler (for asthma) makes my heart race, and I don't like it. Caffeine in and of itself shouldn't affect IR; by itself it contains nothing to cause any affect--i.e., it isn't a carb of any sort, so it wouldn't have the "sugar bounce" that carbs can sometimes have, and by itself, it revs up the metabolic rate (as a stimulant), if only for a short while. Hope this helps you....if you have information that artifical sweeteners and/or caffeine do somehow affect IR, check it against some other trusted source(s), and just don't take one person's (or author's) word for it.
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