### Comment:
There are studies that show sugar substitutes still trigger your liver to spike insulin on the anticipation of needing to process sugar which it thinks it tastes. I’m not a scientist and I’m retarded, so I’m just simplifying what I think I heard.

### REPLY:
Fellow idiot here, but alcohol and the sugars in soda/energy drinks/other sugary beverages are converted to visceral fat (fat that accumulates around the organs). This is the belly you see on folks, and why it appears to be such an American phenomenon.

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