The Stevia-drink issue is likely psychological in nature not blood-sugar related. You would have to be tricked by a third party to drink a stevia soda unknowingly, and inversely, be tricked into drinking sugary soda while thinking it is stevia based; then compare the results.
In my own diet journey I noticed similar trend: knowingly eating or drinking substitutes of things I like makes my subconscious throw a tantrum and demand the real thing anyway. I think it is more about self-resentment over being tricked, than the actual taste or content.
Just giving up the thing completely, both the real thing and substitute hurts more at first, but makes it easier to form a habit (for example, replacing soda not with stevia soda but with plain water). Some minds find purposeful “asceticism” of a diet easier than “pretend abundance” of the replacement products.
This isn’t necessarily something you have to be tricked by a third party into. Be more Gwern! If there are two brands of cola you’ve not tried before, one stevia and one not, you can do a blinded trial by decanting them or similar. It’ll certainly be easier with a third party, but one could do this solo.
The Stevia-drink issue is likely psychological in nature not blood-sugar related. You would have to be tricked by a third party to drink a stevia soda unknowingly, and inversely, be tricked into drinking sugary soda while thinking it is stevia based; then compare the results.
In my own diet journey I noticed similar trend: knowingly eating or drinking substitutes of things I like makes my subconscious throw a tantrum and demand the real thing anyway. I think it is more about self-resentment over being tricked, than the actual taste or content.
Just giving up the thing completely, both the real thing and substitute hurts more at first, but makes it easier to form a habit (for example, replacing soda not with stevia soda but with plain water). Some minds find purposeful “asceticism” of a diet easier than “pretend abundance” of the replacement products.
This isn’t necessarily something you have to be tricked by a third party into. Be more Gwern! If there are two brands of cola you’ve not tried before, one stevia and one not, you can do a blinded trial by decanting them or similar. It’ll certainly be easier with a third party, but one could do this solo.