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goji berries benefitsEven the Best Diet Foods Could Be Making You Fatter Than "Normal" Foods!
Just when you thought you could pat yourself on the back for choosing the "low-calorie" and "less-fat" varieties of your favorite snacks, the spinning record comes to a screeching halt as new research suggests that even the best diet foods could be making you fat!
The specific substances in question are artificial sweeteners. They've long been used as supposedly healthier substitutes to the real thing in several diet foods and drinks.
But, a new study out of Purdue University, the results of which were published in the Behavioral Science journal, has baffled researchers and nutritionists alike.
Groups of rats were fed yogurt that had been sweetened with either real sugar or saccharin (an artificial sweetener). After having their dessert first in this Bizzaro-like experiment, the hopped up rats were then presented with a large amount of their normal food.
Contrary to prior and common knowledge, the saccharin "Rat Pack" consumed more overall calories, gained more fat, and put on more weight than the real-sugar rodents.
One theory as to why this would occur goes like so: Sweet foods are generally not very filling and make most people crave more calories, regardless of whether the sweetness comes from real sugar or artificial sweeteners.
So, if you eat a food that contains real sugar, you're getting that same urge to eat more, but, at least you are also getting slightly more satiated from the calories in the sugar.
Now, if you remove the calories from the sugar, as in artificial sweeteners, you are still hungry for more, but your hunger tank is on near empty, so you crave and need even more calories to feel full.
Of course, this all comes down to will power. If you can restrain yourself from succumbing to this strange paradox, then you will benefit from the lower-calorie sweeteners.
However, if you are a slave to your body's natural cravings, then artificial sweeteners may be counterproductive to your weight-loss goals.
The simplest answer is to avoid sugar (real or fake) as much as possible, and stick to the real best diet foods: fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins.
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Eight Glasses of Water a Day: A Common Misunderstanding
Drinking eight glasses of water a day just means you will spend a lot of time running to the bathroom.
Why do so many people believe this rule? The number originally came from the National Academy of Sciences of the United States Food and Nutrition Board, which publishes recommended daily allowances of nutrients. The 1945 edition of the Food and Nutrition Board recommended: "A suitable allowance of water for adults is 2.5 liters (about 8 cups) daily in most instances." This amount is based on the calculation of one milliliter of water for each calorie of food. However, the Board also noted that most of the water you need is in the food you eat.
All foods contain water. Even the driest nut or seed has a lot of water in it. Furthermore, when food is digested, it is converted to energy, carbon dioxide and water. You can get most of the fluid your body needs from your food, and you only need to drink enough water to prevent constipation.
When you eat, the pyloric valve at the end of your stomach closes to keep food in the stomach. Then the stomach takes fluid that you drink and food that you eat and mixes them into a soup. Then the soup passes to the intestines and remains a soup until it reaches your colon. Only then is the fluid absorbed to turn the soup into solid waste in the colon. If you do not have enough fluid in your body, your body extracts extra fluid from your stool, which makes it hard and can cause constipation. You do not need additional water to "cleanse" or "remove toxins;" healthy kidneys provide that function without any extra help from you.
A reasonable amount for a healthy human is one cup of water or any other fluid with each meal. If you have a problem with constipation you may not be drinking enough water, but if you are not constipated, you are getting plenty. You'll also want to replace fluids whenever you sweat a lot, particularly when you exercise in hot weather. Drink water whenever you feel thirsty, but there's no benefit from forcing yourself to drink eight glasses of water a day.
Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at http://www.DrMirkin.com
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