04-07-2008, 21:34
|
#8
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cambridge
Services: Sky TV, VM TV, 20meg bb, tel, and a lobster (but the lobster died).
Posts: 4,349
|
Re: Unintended consequences
Artificial sweeteners cause weight gain
Quote:
...They gave different yoghurt to different groups of rats, some sweetened with sugar, and some with saccharin.
They were then given a plentiful supply of food, and the researchers observed the results.
The saccharin-fed mice ate more calories, put on more fat, and gained more weight than their sugar-fed counterparts...
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7233459.stm
|
|
|