How the gut differentiates artificial sweeteners from sugars in mice

Re:How the gut differentiates artificial sweeteners from sug... by radu_floricica on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:59AM (#30057600)

Subjectively, yes it does. But guess what - if you switch to diet, after a while (a while being something like a year) you'll end up thinking the regular Coke is bitter or otherwise off.

Quite a few things are acquired tastes. We like coffee and beer, after all, and both taste vile by default.

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Re:How the gut differentiates artificial sweeteners from sug... by delecti on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:28PM (#30060846)

How easy it is to switch to diet depends a bit on how much you drink. For a time I was drinking a bunch of coke, so switching to diet was initially very rough, but also went quickly, maybe a couple weeks. Having free access to diet coke at work sped things along.

Now if I drink regular US coke (the HFCS kind) it feels like I'm drinking syrup, and my mouth feels like it's coated in glue.

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