Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Type 2 Issues Articles
Popular Type 2 Issues Articles
Highly Recommended Type 2 Issues Articles
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.
Welcome News on the Beverage Front: Non-Sugar Sweeteners Help With Long-Term Weight Control
Low calorie-sweeteners increase
Here's a sweet bit of news: Drinking sugar-free beverages sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners increases "dietary restraint," the ability of people to maintain long-term weight loss.
A study published in the International Journal of Obesity says that the consumption of such beverages, along with portion control, exercise, and diet, can be an important component of weight control strategy among a group it calls "WLM"-weight loss maintainers.
Researchers tracked the caloric intake of 300 WLM, monitoring calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat, as well as beverages. Their findings confirmed results from a 2002 study that found that consumers of beverages with sugar substitutes had significantly greater weight loss than people who did not consume sugar substitutes.
Despite extolling sugar-free beverages for their beneficial effect in maintaining weight loss, the study cautioned against seeing them as a "magic bullet" or a substitute for other actions necessary for weight loss. Still, the beverages do assist people in their weight-loss efforts by satisfying their desire for something sweet while reducing their caloric intake.
Categories: Food News, Sugar & Sweeteners, Type 1 Issues, Type 2 Issues, Weight Loss
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Comments
You mean that consuming less sugar helps you loose weight? This is incredible news! I'm sure nobody knew this before. I'm so glad my tax dollars are spent on these incredible studies. I can already imagine the next study, "Consumers of lettuce had significantly greater weight loss than people who did not consume lettuce but opted for cheesecake instead".
The previous commentator took the words right out of my mouth. What a waste!
I agree: wow!
I appreciate the sarcasm, but this study confirms what many of us already know: drinking diet soda does NOT cause us to gain weight as some other studies claim.
Diabetics need to be careful with the little packets on restaurant tables. Grabbing what looks familiar can get you in trouble. A lot of the pink and blue packets out there are nl longer what you think they are, read them. They are now just Dextrose, we all know that "sugar-free" can be just a big lie, so read and be careful.
Add your comments about this article below. You can add comments as a registered user or anonymously. If you choose to post anonymously your comments will be sent to our moderator for approval before they appear on this page. If you choose to post as a registered user your comments will appear instantly.
When voicing your views via the comment feature, please respect the Diabetes Health community by refraining from comments that could be considered offensive to other people. Diabetes Health reserves the right to remove comments when necessary to maintain the cordial voice of the diabetes community.
For your privacy and protection, we ask that you do not include personal details such as address or telephone number in any comments posted.
Don't have your Diabetes Health Username? Register now and add your comments to all our content.
Register...
Register your Diabetes Health Username here.
Have Your Say...