At first glance, such a food additive as a sugar substitute is an excellent product - it has a sweet taste, there is no calorie content. But it also has disadvantages, it is not always necessary to use substitutes thoughtlessly.
Why does a person like sweet taste
The thing is that people have gone through thousands of years of evolution, but it happened too quickly against the background of how it was with other animal species. We have hundreds of instincts left from our ape-like ancestors. One of them is the desire to eat as many sugary foods as possible.
Previously, from the sweet in nature, there were only fruits and berries - healthy and vitamin-rich foods that the ancient people with great pleasure consumed on a seasonal basis. Then modernity came, an abundance of sweets appeared on store shelves, but in this case there is no connection between taste and useful properties. Because of this, addiction develops, the brain perceives any cake as a berry saturated with vitamins.
How sweeteners work
The main difference between sugar and sweetener when it enters the gastrointestinal tract is that the former gives a full hormonal response in the body, and the latter does not. When consuming a sugar substitute, in most cases, the brain receives an insufficient surge of the hormone of joy and anticipation - dopamine. Hence overeating foods saturated with sweeteners.
It is also worth noting that many sweeteners cause a significant increase in the transport hormone insulin in the blood, while not providing any calories. This has a detrimental effect on the human body, resources are wasted, hormonal imbalance is created, there are more chances of getting metabolic syndrome - a lack of nutrients in the human body, which leads to an excess of calories in the diet.
They can spur and increase your natural sweet tooth, which can lead to breakdowns in unhealthy, high-calorie, high-carb foods. The brain will not recognize a sufficient amount of fast carbohydrates that have entered the body, it will demand more - from there, sugar dependence appears.
Addiction
Sweeteners make you want to consume them regularly, in much the same way as pure refined sugar. Any sweets are a kind of socially approved drug, alcohol and cigarettes can also be attributed to it.
In the long run, any sweeteners will lead to health problems if consumed regularly. It follows that it is better not to overuse this supplement, use it only when avoiding sweets, which are high in calories and regular sugar. The most important thing is to abandon them later, because a strong addiction can occur, and from there it is not far away to come to standard sweets.
