Is diet soda really making me fat?

Naomipandybaxter

I try and focus on the challenge of upping my cups of water throughout the day, I find switching from Pepsi max to water has made my skin look brighter and my digestion better, it maybe plain but you can argue with the results

BeetChew

Can you imagine a world where we would send famine victims diet soda?

"They can't lose any more weight! Quick send them some Diet Coke! That'll fatten them up!"

Coke Zero tastes better though.

ndj1979

eating too many calories makes you fat. A zero calorie drink cannot make you fat.

sandi4711

wkwebby wrote: »

I still use a Splenda now and then, but I try not too also. Everything in moderation, I guess.

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Try stevia - it's non caloric and all natural

coreyreichle

No. Consuming more calories than you burn is making you fat.

ponycyndi

I wouldn't have lost 35 lbs without my diet coke. I was tired, cranky, and crabby enough, no need to make things worse.

MNMsMonique

I drink diet soda all the time and have constantly lost weight. I think the research has said that some people overcompensate for the extra calories saved by eating more. But if you are eating right and watching calories there is nothing wrong with diet soda when trying to lose weight. I think it gets a bad rep from all of the extra stuff added in that may be unhealthy (which has nothing to do with weight).

Of_Monsters_and_Meat

Diet coke really is not zero calories. The serving size contains less than 5, so it can be reported as zero. If you drank enough it would make an impact. For instance 3600 Fl oz would be around 1200 calories.

OMP33

Diet soda does not make you gain or lose weight.

Carlos_421

Everything is a chemical. Water is a chemical.
There is nothing in diet soda that will slow your metabolism or cause you to gain fat.
Any claims to the contrary by articles, reports or other forms of media are misinformed fear mongering.

Carry on.

RicMackie

No, it is not....probably. There are no calories. So, no carbs, protein, or fat. Is is the excess of those 3 which convert to body fat. Although I don't have this problem, I've heard that the artificial sweeteners "can" be triggers for some; triggers cravings for more sweets and such. Like PonyCyndi above, Diet Coke (and others) are Godsends and helped me lose weight.

AdrianChr92

No. I lost 23 kg and still going while drinking diet soda like mad. It has no effect on weight loss.

Of_Monsters_and_Meat wrote: »

Diet coke really is not zero calories. The serving size contains less than 5, so it can be reported as zero. If you drank enough it would make an impact. For instance 3600 Fl oz would be around 1200 calories.

I have a can in front of me. 0.2 calories/100 ml. If you drank enough you would die from too much water before it makes an impact on weight loss

pie_eyes

I have an occasional diet soda, or sometimes if I have a 2 liter I'll drink the whole thing. Uhhh, otherwise I don't drink alot of diet soda.

Just don't forget your water.

AnvilHead

Of_Monsters_and_Meat wrote: »

Diet coke really is not zero calories. The serving size contains less than 5, so it can be reported as zero. If you drank enough it would make an impact. For instance 3600 Fl oz would be around 1200 calories.

I'll make sure I don't drink 300 cans of Diet Coke in a day, so I should be safe.

murp4069

I cut Diet Coke out of my diet about 6 weeks ago. I never felt like it had any effect on my weight in and of itself (because it doesn't have any calories), but I cut it out as part of an overhaul of my overall diet. TBH I feel a lot better now but that is also attributable to eating better in general. Can't hurt to cut it out of your diet, but it seems unlikely that keeping it in your diet if you like it is going to sabotage your weight loss. Just make sure your calories in are less than your calories out and you should lose weight. A Diet Coke here and there won't change that.

helaurin

Obviously, it doesn't add to your caloric intake, so the diet drinks don't directly affect your weight. Besides what others have mentioned (chemicals, sodium, cravings for sweets and/or caffeine, impacting ability to sleep), I have recently heard that another issue to avoid carbonated beverages (which includes diet sodas) is that the carbonation temporarily stretches the stomach - which means that the "I'm full" signal would be delayed. I didn't see anything about it on the web, but I believe it was on a show about the current obesity epidemic in the US.

LinFlemmer331

I was a diet soda addict! I drank them to fill me up at times and still gained weight, lots of weight. Everything I have read says that it fools your brain into thinking sugar is coming, and when it sees there is no sugar, your brain signals to eat more. As for a calorie is a calorie, I no longer believe that. Watch the movie, "That sugar film". Eye opening! Even if you believe that diet sodas don't make you fatter, that is a lot of chemicals entering your body, do you care about that? Good luck, what ever you decide.

AmigaMaria001

In a word... NO! excess calories make you fat! It's a stupid myth. I have been drinking diet drinks for three years now and lost 60lbs and have kept most of it off. I drink at least 4 diet drinks a day...

faidwen

Although they don't contain CALORIES, they may contain lots of SALT, which in turn __MAY__ cause you to retain water.

quiarga

I prefer the taste of a diet Coke over regular Coke. (However the opposite is true with Pepsi.) I used to drink them a lot more frequently, but now only on occasion. I like a diet soda with spicy food like if we have Mexican or Thai for dinner. Otherwise, I stick to water now and my morning coffee.

As long as it doesn't cause further cravings, it's still 0 calories!