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According to new research by Doctor Mark Hyman, your drink might be making you hungrier without you even realizing it. And it could be the reason you're gaining weight.

Even though the artificial sweetener sucralose is calorie-free, that doesn't mean it's harmless. He said: "A new brain imaging study found that it activates the brain's hunger center more than sugar, driving cravings rather than reducing them."

The real-time brain imaging study examined 75 healthy adults who consumed either water, a sugar tablet (sucrose), or sucralose - the zero-calorie sweetener commonly found in diet drinks. Calling the results "striking", the health expert noted that sucralose triggered an "increased hunger at the neurological level."

Sucralose had stronger effects on:

• People with obesity
• Women
• People who have a lower insulin sensitivity