Is diet pop really bad for you?
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deviboy1592 wrote: »Still doesn't prove anything, doesn't mean it's safe or dangerous, all I know is what I see, of Pepsi can dissolve rust off a nail, I don't want it going through my liver.
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dustinrenz24 wrote: »deviboy1592 wrote: »Still doesn't prove anything, doesn't mean it's safe or dangerous, all I know is what I see, of Pepsi can dissolve rust off a nail, I don't want it going through my liver.
i agree with you..
I hope you don't drink citrus juices or lemonade, then.
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BlackScorpio91 wrote: »Has anyone drank alot of diet soda to the point that normal soda tastes weird or nasty to them???
Yes, but I'm not very fond of sugar-sweetened beverages anyway... I don't add sugar to coffee or tea, and don't like those juice "cocktails", I stick to real juice.
It's a little odd considering I sure do love sweets in solid form, lol.
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dustinrenz24 wrote: »deviboy1592 wrote: »Still doesn't prove anything, doesn't mean it's safe or dangerous, all I know is what I see, of Pepsi can dissolve rust off a nail, I don't want it going through my liver.
i agree with you..
Better not eat any citrus fruit then, or vinegar, or use baking soda then.0 -
BlackScorpio91 wrote: »Has anyone drank alot of diet soda to the point that normal soda tastes weird or nasty to them???
Yes, but I'm not very fond of sugar-sweetened beverages anyway... I don't add sugar to coffee or tea, and don't like those juice "cocktails", I stick to real juice.
It's a little odd considering I sure do love sweets in solid form, lol.
I sure do like white chocolate and cheese cake and white nut cookies0 -
Maybe they meant free soda refills?
If Ketogenicgurl was, indeed, talking about free refills and/or free packets of artificial sweeteners, I guess she never noticed that free soda refills apply to all sodas, not just diet sodas. And there are sugar packets on the table right next to the artificial sweetener packets. So I'm not sure if she's claiming that all sweeteners are bad, or only the articificial ones.0 -
KETOGENICGURL wrote: »What a country! drink what you want! buy into the FDA "safe for all", ignore the hundreds of thousands of people affected by aspartame, negatively, NOT YOU, of course NOT VISIBLY, the most complained about product in USA foods (until FDA switched it's category to bury it) The Artificial Sweeteners act as NEUROTOXINS for many, bioscientists and neurologists, not MDs estimate problems in mental lowering by 3rd generation. so YES all the chubby girls, drink up, pay for a SLEEPER health problem for your future newborn grandchild. Evidence exists that not only are we getting dumber, fewer intelligent people at the high end are being born. why? Yes, any search brings up thousands of hits on the topic.If it were so safe would this be so? seen any issues with carrots?
Young women, look up Thalidamide..how it produced limbless, deformed babies in 50s, because pregnant young women took it for 'safe sleep' and nausea" Germany, all of Europe suffered more than 10,000 babies before it was NOT allowed in here.
30 years consumption of Name Brand Diet soda? good for you, but why on earth do all these people defend the evil megacorporations for dose delivery of a sodium laced addictive neuro stimulator? Self Interest, nobody but 'me' counts, therefore it's OK for all.
Oh well, we are free to choose….this junk is in more than 15,000 products, and FREE at every place food is served..drink up!
Thanks for the lawlz.
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Sweets1954 wrote: »While drinking diet soda may not directly impede weight loss, there have been many studies that show drinking diet soda contributes to the body continuing to crave sweet things, specifically sugar. As to the person that said count the number of obese people driving through McD's and ordering diet soda, what else are they ordering? Personally, I don't drink diet soda or consume anything with artificial sweeteners because I don't like the taste and I don't wish to have those additional chemicals in my body. If I want soda, I will account for it in my daily allowance of calories and drink regular soda. But, once again, this is a personal choice. I do use honey in my tea, which is accounted for along with the milk that is added.
Did you even read the rest of the thread before you posted this?0 -
LoupGarouTFTs wrote: »dustinrenz24 wrote: »deviboy1592 wrote: »Still doesn't prove anything, doesn't mean it's safe or dangerous, all I know is what I see, of Pepsi can dissolve rust off a nail, I don't want it going through my liver.
i agree with you..
I hope you don't drink citrus juices or lemonade, then.
Or put vinegar in your salad dressing. Or baking soda in your cookies.
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http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp (Also addresses nails, pennies, etc)0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »KETOGENICGURL wrote: »What a country! drink what you want! buy into the FDA "safe for all", ignore the hundreds of thousands of people affected by aspartame, negatively, NOT YOU, of course NOT VISIBLY, the most complained about product in USA foods (until FDA switched it's category to bury it) The Artificial Sweeteners act as NEUROTOXINS for many, bioscientists and neurologists, not MDs estimate problems in mental lowering by 3rd generation. so YES all the chubby girls, drink up, pay for a SLEEPER health problem for your future newborn grandchild. Evidence exists that not only are we getting dumber, fewer intelligent people at the high end are being born. why? Yes, any search brings up thousands of hits on the topic.If it were so safe would this be so? seen any issues with carrots?
Young women, look up Thalidamide..how it produced limbless, deformed babies in 50s, because pregnant young women took it for 'safe sleep' and nausea" Germany, all of Europe suffered more than 10,000 babies before it was NOT allowed in here.
30 years consumption of Name Brand Diet soda? good for you, but why on earth do all these people defend the evil megacorporations for dose delivery of a sodium laced addictive neuro stimulator? Self Interest, nobody but 'me' counts, therefore it's OK for all.
Oh well, we are free to choose….this junk is in more than 15,000 products, and FREE at every place food is served..drink up!
I think we're gonna need a bigger hat.0 -
I want diet soda...0
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Diet soda is delicious.
I try to limit myself to 1 can a day, ESPECIALLY if it has aspartame. If I can find it made with splenda, I'm good to go. Aspartame is a major migraine trigger for me.
I was dying for a Mt. Dew yesterday and had a 32oz fountain of Diet Dew instead. It was awesome. I'm losing weight.0 -
Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?0 -
ReeseG4350 wrote: »Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?
Not at all.0 -
ReeseG4350 wrote: »Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?
Makes zero sense0 -
ReeseG4350 wrote: »Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?
Can you provide scientific data to support either of these?
By the way, I already know the first one is completely wrong. Your body does not produce insulin based on taste. If it did, then everybody who drinks diet soda would be hypoglycemic. How many diet soda drinkers have you ever seen faint because they drank diet soda?
Even if it was correct (and it isn't), my body doesn't make insulin at all. So then what?!0 -
ReeseG4350 wrote: »Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?
No, because it doesn't make sense.0 -
PikaKnight wrote: »ReeseG4350 wrote: »Jbarnes1210 wrote: »"...why do I keep hearing it will,prevent weight loss????
Haven't read any other comments here so I am probably repeating something you've already heard but... your body treats artificial sweeteners the same as sugars. So, if you are guzzling lots of diet sodas, your body thinks it is on an overload of sugar.
The biggest problems with this are two-fold. First of all, there is the very real danger of developing diabetes because your body's chemical response to the artificial sugars being the same as with 'real' sugars and, consuming too much sugar can throw your body's insulin production out of whack.
Secondly, all of that 'not sugar' is still going to mess with your body's metabolism as well as the way in which your body processes fats (which, normally are converted to sugars as needed for the body). If your body thinks you already have a ready supply of sugars for energy (and thus the caveman survival) it is not converting fats. So the fats... remain as fats in your system.
So... consuming 'not sugar', your body still thinks it's sugar and responds as though it is, in fact, sugar.
Make sense?
No, because it doesn't make sense.
What is caveman survival???0
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