artificial sweeteners

Eating habits have changed a great deal in the last fifty or so years.  Today, people in wealthy nations consume a ton more than they used to, and of that consumption a great deal of it is composed of fats, processed foods, sugar and salt. 

Since artificial sweeteners are carbohydrate-free, we've assumed that they don't have any effect on the body's abilitiy to handle glucose. There's some new evidence that these sweeteners can trigger the secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), according to new research. GLP-1 is secreted from the digestive tract to signal the brain that it is "full."