[Rhodes22-list] Alcohol and diet drinks. This explains a lot.

[Brad Haslett]

Rummy,

How do you sign up for these studies?  During my freshman year at Southern
Illinois University some prof got a grant to study the effects of marijuana
on sex drive.  The experiment involved students smoking pot and watching
porno films with some type of gawd knows what measuring device.  As I
recall, the experiment got scotched from public outcry.  My roommate raced
to apply as soon as he got the news and guess what?  They had several
hundred applicants already.

Brad


On 7/8/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
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> _Do Diet Drinks Get You  Drunker?_
> (http://diets.aol.com/newsandtrends/diet-drinks)
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> By Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H.
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> It's a known fact that many things that  taste good are bad for you.
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> knocking back a favorite libation sweetened  with calorie-free syrups,
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> flavorings is standard operating procedure  for most dieters. But
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> to a group of Australian researchers (and eight  tipsy guys), booze mixed
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> artificial sweeteners is a recipe for rapid  intoxication.
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> During the study, "subjects" downed a 478-calorie  orange-flavored vodka
> concoction on day one. The second day, they boozed on the  same amount of
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> coupled with a diet mixer containing only 225 calories.  When researchers
> measured the rate of stomach emptying, they found that when  stomachs were
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> with diet-alcohol concoctions, they emptied in 15.3 minutes  compared with
> 21.1 minutes for the sugar-sweetened elixir. Peak blood
> alcohol  concentration
> was also significantly higher with the diet drink than
> the  sugar-sweetened
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> "Some research with artificial sweeteners show  that the brain 'thinks'
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> is a sugar load coming and prepares the body by  releasing insulin,"
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> Christine Gerbstadt, M.D., R.D., of the American  Dietetic Association.
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> result: fewer calories and faster absorption of  alcohol. And when you
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> an empty stomach, the effect is even more  pronounced.
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> If you want to stay svelte and still party it up at a  backyard barbecue
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> with a diet mixer or choose a low-calorie snack with your  drink, suggests
> Cynthia Sass, M.P.H., M.A., R.D., author of 'Your Diet is  Driving Me
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> Better yet, go for a wine spritzer (it's free of artificial  sweeteners)
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> a shot mixed with diet soda. Cheers!
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