Diet beverages and weight gain?

[Lamb]

Have you ever noticed that you gain weight when you drink diet beverages? Sometimes it makes people hungrier, but also sometimes the body believes that it's real sugar.

 

[Forgiven1]

Hmm, hadn't thought that was the reason why. I know one can play mind games and think that since they aren't getting calories in the drink they can eat more.

 

[tango]

I don't drink diet beverages so can't say I have noticed a link, but it's certainly a plausible concept - something that tricks the body into thinking it's taking on sugar triggering a response from the body consistent with taking on sugar.

 

[tango]

Hmm, hadn't thought that was the reason why. I know one can play mind games and think that since they aren't getting calories in the drink they can eat more.

That can certainly be an issue with anything that's "low fat" or similar - if something is half the fat and you eat twice as much of it then you're no further forward than if you ate a regular amount of the regular fat version. When sugar is completely replaced with artificial sweeteners and something has zero sugar and zero calories you can drink as much as you want without taking on any calories at all.