This Sweetener Makes You Hungrier

From eNewsletter May 5, 2025

DID YOU KNOW that the artificial sweetener sucralose (Splenda) can make you hungrier?

A new study from Nature Metabolism found sucralose (Splenda) may increase activity in the brain’s hunger-regulating center (hypothalamus) compared to regular sugar, potentially stimulating appetite instead of satisfying it.

This action is very similar to how monosodium glutamate (MSG) tricks the brain and why, like sucralose, there are a litany of side effects.

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