Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

Re:Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer by hinkley on Monday June 13, 2022 @02:43PM (#31729749)

There's a theory out there that since your intestines have 'taste buds' for sugar, that eating artificial sweetener ends up increasing your body's ability to scavenge sugars from your digestive tract.

It's one of the working theories for a causative link between obesity and consumption of diet soda. Which is usually swamped by the correlative link between the two.

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Re:Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer by gloryjulio on Monday June 13, 2022 @10:55PM (#31734253)

I'm curious about this theory. Do you mean by eating the same amount of food, artificial sweetener makes your body more efficient and increases your food utilization rate? For example instead of 80% of calorie now 90% of food is being used by the body? Looks like a good way to save food, you can just eat less for more.

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