Soda
schellchloe25
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So I know it is no good for me but I have been drinking soda by the liter for years now. So one of my weight life goals includes no longer drinking soda. But I find it harder than I thought it's like I'm having withdrawals. I normally drink the original Coca Cola, could I substitute coca-cola zero every once in awhile and still be ok?
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You are having withdraws but you can beat them, I used to be that way with Dr Pepper. Diet soda and things like Coke Zero are fine substitutes as long as they have no calories you will be ok. Like all things though moderation and make sure you are getting enough water. Coke doesn't count as water and the caffeine isn't good for you in mass quantities. A couple diet sodas a day and you are fine and should feel no guilt, no worse for you than a cup of coffee.0
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drink water, no more pop. ever0
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I drink Coke Zero. Love it.
You'll be ok. If you want to drink it, then drink it. If you don't, then don't.0 -
If you can sub a diet version and keep it in moderation (no more liters by the day), you will be fine. Nothing wrong with diet soda in moderation.0
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Sorry but its just a habit and you would be much better if you kicked it. I really think the diet stuff is bad for you too and at the end of the day you don't need it. I had stopped drinking sodas but was consuming a lot of sweet tea. I forced myself to drink unsweetened tea and now enjoy it more than the sweet stuff. Now if I could just give up booze.0
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I hear you, I found quitting smoking was far easier than giving up Pepsi. I don't see a reason you can't have diet soda. I would definitely moderate the intake. Maybe just drink it on weekends or limit yourself to 2 cans a week.0
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I've found that flavored carbonated water (diet versions) in moderation is a good switch. Tastes better than soda, plus I've felt cleaner drinking "water" (could be a placebo effect). Again, moderation...I'm sure we've all heard the "diet sweetners ruin you)" bit more than we care to count.0
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Drink your Diet Dr. Pepper, Cherry Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet Mt. Dew and be merry!
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No science here but I think tricking your taste bud into thinking something is sweet is also likely to have an effect on another part of your system. It may take years to know what it is. My thought is if it has zero calories and zero nutritional value it then becomes the same as water......with possible side effects. Who knows.0
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I recently weaned myself off of coca cola. First switching to a ice tea, then after my body adjusted, regular unsweetened hot tea. Now if I feel like a carbonated beverage I drink sparkling water or club soda. I don't care for the taste of diet soda so that wasn't a draw for me. Good luck with whatever route you go!0
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I successfully switched from Coke to diet coke years ago. I have now cut the diet coke severely and only have 1 a day. I didn't notice any withdrawal type feelings with the switch to diet but when cutting the amount of soda I drank, I did. I had headaches that I asume were from not having the caffeine all day. Advil took care of those. Took about a week for it to stop.
It was easier for me to go cold turkey instead of replacing 1 at a time. Either are viable methods. Get it out of the house and have a replacement for it so you aren't thirsty.0 -
KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »drink water, no more pop. ever
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You can totally switch to Coke zero and cut out a TON of calories! No, there is nothing wrong with the sweetener and it won't stop you from losing weight. I'd be more concerned about the amount of caffeine, myself. I also used to drink a couple of liters of diet Coke every day. I can't take the caffeine anymore; it makes me twitchy. But that's me.0
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I love an ice cold glass of coke. It's one of my favorite things. However, there really isn't much good with soda and you are better off not having all those empty calories...so I cut myself off. I can still have it on occasion but I try really hard to make it an exception or else I crave it a lot. When I haven't had it for more than a week I don't even think about it.
I am personally not a fan of diet sodas but I know a lot of people who made the switch and lost weight...then eventually went off diet soda too.
If you are drinking glass after glass as it is now, I would suggest cutting back one glass per day and replacing it with water. Then (maybe like a week later) up it to 2 glasses per day replaced with water. Keep doing that till you aren't drinking it anymore. That worked for me at least! Good luck! 0 -
A good friend of mine used to drink close to a six pack of Pepsi every day. He stopped drinking soda cold turkey on one of our deployments together and lost nearly 20 pounds over six months. No real change in his activity level or overall diet, just cut out the soda. Just cutting out that extra sugar made a huge difference. If you can cut it out completely and drink it only as an occasional treat I'm sure you'd be much better off. Good luck!0
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First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
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Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
Jmo
so much woo and wrongness….0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
Jmo
so much woo and wrongness….
To what effect?
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Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
Jmo
so much woo and wrongness….
To what effect?
Lets start here…you can't "trick" your bodies metabolism. metabolism is metabolism. IF you have a peer reviewed source that you want to cite on this, I would be interested in reading it.0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
Jmo
so much woo and wrongness….
To what effect?
Lets start here…you can't "trick" your bodies metabolism. metabolism is metabolism. IF you have a peer reviewed source that you want to cite on this, I would be interested in reading it.
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/artificial-sweeteners-confuse-body-storing-fat-inducing-diabetes.html
First article I pulled up. There's a dozen when you type in artificial sweetener. You can't be saying it's good for you??
And what else was I wrong about?0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »First off, disregard the comment from whoever said diet soda isn't any worse than a cup of coffee. That's simply not true. Natural black coffee has non of the crap that it is in a diet soda.
Now, to be honest I feel that diet soda is almost worse for you than a regular soda. You're tricking your body and metabolism into thinking it's getting sugar on the way, but it's artificial sweetener. This can cause worse cravings among other things. Try really hard to kick soda completely, and treat yourself to can of regular Coke once in a while until you can completely stop. I use to be hooked on Dr. Pepper and Pepsi so I know how hard it is. Trust me it gets way easier. I have zero desire for soda any longer.
Jmo
so much woo and wrongness….
To what effect?
Lets start here…you can't "trick" your bodies metabolism. metabolism is metabolism. IF you have a peer reviewed source that you want to cite on this, I would be interested in reading it.
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/artificial-sweeteners-confuse-body-storing-fat-inducing-diabetes.html
First article I pulled up. There's a dozen when you type in artificial sweetener. You can't be saying it's good for you??
And what else was I wrong about?
Want to try something from PubMed or Google Scholar, rather than a woo site?
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So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p10 -
FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
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Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
in the context of an overall diet that hits micros, macros, and calories, no there is nothing wrong with it.0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
there are lots of things we do now that we did not do thousands of years ago, like flying…is that bad?0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
there are lots of things we do now that we did not do thousands of years ago, like flying…is that bad?
Like I said you're right and I'm ignorant. Sorry for putting my opinion.
Everyone continue diet soda.0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
there are lots of things we do now that we did not do thousands of years ago, like flying…is that bad?
Like I said you're right and I'm ignorant. Sorry for putting my opinion.
Everyone continue diet soda.
my suggestion ….go read some actual studies on the subject and try to avoid just "googling" it ….0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
there are lots of things we do now that we did not do thousands of years ago, like flying…is that bad?
Like I said you're right and I'm ignorant. Sorry for putting my opinion.
Everyone continue diet soda.
my suggestion ….go read some actual studies on the subject and try to avoid just "googling" it ….
Thanks bro. I appreciate your suggestions. Hopefully with dedication and hard work I can someday have that superior knowledge you possess.
Blessings.0 -
Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »FunkyTobias wrote: »Spook_Nuke_Em wrote: »So everyone is saying diet soda is good for you?? And everyone else is making this up??
Bottom line is diet soda is not good for you. You can't say otherwise.
Diet soda is indifferent. It doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition but is in no way harmful.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
Ok, you're right man. Diet soda is perfectly fine and has no adverse effects on the human body. We should have been drinking it thousands of years ago.
there are lots of things we do now that we did not do thousands of years ago, like flying…is that bad?
Like I said you're right and I'm ignorant. Sorry for putting my opinion.
Everyone continue diet soda.
my suggestion ….go read some actual studies on the subject and try to avoid just "googling" it ….
Thanks bro. I appreciate your suggestions. Hopefully with dedication and hard work I can someday have that superior knowledge you possess.
Blessings.
With hard work you can get there0
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