Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Your diet soda is gaslighting your brain

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 27, 2025
∙ Paid

Kmpzzz/shutterstock.com

Hey suckers who thought switching to diet soda would help curb those cravings — science has some deliciously ironic news for you! Turns out your brain isn't falling for that zero-calorie sleight of hand. In fact, it's getting even hangrier about it.

Researchers at USC just published a study in Nature Metabolism showing that Sucralo…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
Ellsworth Toohey's avatar
A guest post by
Ellsworth Toohey
Contributor to Boing Boing
Subscribe to Ellsworth
© 2025 Happy Mutants LLC · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture