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Question by L-train: Is it true that your brain can mistake fake sugar for real sugar and make you fat?
I read this today on AOL homepage and it just didnt make sense to me. It was on Dr Oz’s 25 tips to weight loss

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Let’s say you love juice in the morning. Drink cranberry or tomato rather than orange juice because they’re lower in sugar. Or, switch from soft drinks (even diet sodas) to water. Sure diet sodas have no calories, but says Dr. Oz, anything made with artificial sweeteners can trick the brain into thinking it’s real sugar. “The brain then thinks it has enough incoming sugar and switches over to store all the calories as fat,”