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About Tanya Zilberter, PhD
Expertise
I am in nutrition and dieting academic research since 1972 (PhD in Physiology) and on the Internet since 1995. I can research and answer any question about good nutrition and healthy dieting basing on scientific facts and regardless what this-minute mainstream position is.

Experience

Tanya Zilberter, PhD

Education/Credentials
PhD in Physiology
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My experience in the dieting area
I am in health sciences since 1972 and authored several hundred scientific and popular publications, including four print books and more than a dozen eBooks.

My print book on Amazon.com:
101 Low Carb Diet Tips

Organizations I work with:
Inmednet.com - Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology: ketogenic diet project
BantaDiet.com - Program developer

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Topic: Nutrition & Dieting

Expert: Tanya Zilberter, PhD
Date: 5/14/2008
Subject: Diet drinks and belly fat

Question
is it true that drinking carbonated diet drinks, such as diet coke or diet pepsi, contributes to maintaining belly fat? If true, what if you drink only 12 oz a day and drink 8 glasses of water? Does adding Crystal Lite to your water intake in any way change the effects of the water consumed?

Answer
Hi,

Diet coke and everything tasting sweet works the same way as foods containing real sugar do. It'd be easier to understand why by reading a couple of articles explaining how the taste works. As to the belly fat, the answer is yes, sweet-tasting foods contribute to abdominal adiposity because of their effects on insulin. Read more:

Why we advise to abstain from sweeteners?
http://bantadiet.com/banta/?page_id=43

Artificial sweeteners - good or bad?
http://atkinszone.com/2008/05/artificial-sweeteners-good-or-bad.html

Zero-calorie drinks and fat gain
http://atkinszone.com/2008/04/calories-liquid-calories-and-fat-gain.html

Does taste contribute to weight gain?
http://atkinszone.com/2008/05/does-taste-contribute-to-weight-gain.html

Tanya Zilberter

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