FAQ about Weight-watching and Sweeteners
How do sweeteners help you lose weight?
After a (perhaps unsuccessful) diet, there comes a point when your weight levels off. Doctors call this the 'set point'. To lose weight successfully there has to be a long-term and continuous decrease in this set point and this is achieved only with adequate exercise and long-term control of calorie intake. Sweeteners alone are not a guaranteed method of slimming, but they can help day by day to reduce calorie intake. Eating less calories than the body uses up in physical activity results in weight loss. So, week by week, month by month, sweeteners are a great help for those who want to control their weight successfully in the long term.
Why is it easier to maintain weight loss with sweeteners?
With any diet that takes no account of your individual preferences, you will sooner or later 'backslide'. The products from Hermesetas help you to keep your long-term calorie intake at a reasonable level or even to reduce it - without having to cut out sweet foods and drinks. Long-term studies have proved time and again that sweeteners and food containing sweeteners not only play a part in reaching the desired weight but also help maintain it. Control groups of test subjects who followed the same diet and exercise programme but did not use low-calorie products found it more difficult to maintain their weight afterwards.
Are there any overweight people using sweeteners?
Making a habit of replacing sugar with sweeteners can save up to 250 calories a day. However, if you make up for these calories by eating fattening foods, such as white bread, high-fat cold meats or pâté, or drink alcohol, then you will not reap the benefits. In order to lose weight, it is not so much a matter of how much you eat but what you eat.