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Conventional scientific wisdom has been that because artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, aspartame and sucralose do not contain significant amounts of carbohydrates, they are simply ignored by the body's sugar-regulating functions. Researchers tested this premise by assigning 22 healthy young volunteers of normal weight to fast for several hours, then drink either a diet soda (about two-thirds of a can) or an equivalent amount of carbonated water. Ten minutes later, all participants drank a sugary beverage and their body's response was measured.
Increases in blood glucose levels were identical in both groups, but participants who had consumed the artificially sweetened drink first showed larger increases in circulating levels of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). This hormone, which is released by the gut when food enters the stomach, signals the brain to create the sensation of "fullness." This reaction has not been observed in people consuming artificial sweeteners on their own.
"Our data demonstrate that artificial sweeteners synergize with glucose to enhance GLP-1 release in healthy volunteers," the researchers wrote.
Comment: On this paragraph: The most effective and practical way to infuse nicotine into the brain is by smoking tobacco. Other commonly available methods are much less effective.
There is a BIG difference between smoking more or less pure tobacco and name brand cigarettes, specifically, the any number of over 200 chemicals that are added to name brand cigarettes that are not present in hand rolled tobacco. Is the scientific community so impotent that it cannot figure this out and at least do some studies on it?