Diet Soda

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  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    I_Will_End_You wrote: »
    successgal1 wrote: »
    I actually just ADDED diet soda (ginger ale) to my daily diet as for me its a replacement for beer. Alcohol was inhibiting my weight loss but I'm used to having something to drink after dinner and possibly with popcorn. The beer was within my calories but definitely not nutritious (2 Lites is about 200 of my 1200 calories, my body probably really needs those 200 calories to be actual nutrition).

    Switching out the beer calories and alcohol with food calories got my weight loss going again. I'm in that often tough to handle 1200 calorie range. Apparently I AM one of those people where it makes a difference what your calories are comprised of.

    Canada Dry 10 is my all time favorite.

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  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    If I had a diet root beer I would want ice cream with that! A diet ginger ale is only missing the Jack Daniels. :-)
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    *drinks 2 - 4 diet sodas per day*

    *has lost 25lbs since Christmas, and over 80lbs overall*

    Also, A&W 10 Root Beer is AMAZING!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member
    faithsstaircase wrote: »
    http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fit/lose-weight/myth-diet-soda
    Uses a rat study for conclusion. Correlative at best. Pass.
    http://time.com/3746047/diet-soda-bad-belly-fat/
    Another correlation study.
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast
    This one looks at least at the evidence from opposition to verify if the correlations are meaningful.
    I love how upset people get when you express your opinion. Here are some articles on both sides of the fence so you can decide for yourself.

    Regarding the chemicals: http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/science-vs-soda-whats-really-in-your-diet-coke

    Bottom line, listen to your body and do what's right for you. There's no magic formula for this. If it was easy, we'd all be healthy, skinny, and not having this conversation.
    Hardly upsetting. But it does matter when people don't post correct information and try to pass it off as truth.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    My favorite diet is Dr. Brown's diet cream soda, but I can never find it around here lately.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    Your tooth enamel might not like it, other than that your fine.
    People that have issues with tooth enamel are likely people who have bad oral hygiene. Hell regular sugar is bad for your teeth and it's in all fruit and vegetables.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member
    faithsstaircase wrote: »
    Why? Because I feel a person who asks a question is requesting to be well informed, so I laid out all of the information. Education is important when deciding what is right for your body.
    As long as the information is correct. Why do you think so many people are confused about how weight loss/gain actually works?

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  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    Oooooh, now I'm going to look for diet cream soda next time I'm out and about. Personally I stay away from colas, too much phosphoric acid.
  • kpeterson539
    kpeterson539 Posts: 220 Member
    successgal1 wrote: »
    If I had a diet root beer I would want ice cream with that! A diet ginger ale is only missing the Jack Daniels. :-)

    I like you. This is my favorite drink and I call it the Nectar of the Gods.

    cheers!
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    faithsstaircase wrote: »
    The only thing that is indisputable is that nothing works the same for everyone. I'm not against diet soda - obviously. I drink it myself. Switching to MOSTLY water helped me tremendously, but what works for me doesn't work for everyone and vice versa.

    And thanks. :-)

    There's quite a few things that work the same for everyone. Gravity for example. The laws of physics as a whole.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    I just wanted to add that OP said they drink 4 or 5 cans PER WEEK. There is clearly no danger of this small amount displacing drinking water or having whatever dire effects chemikillz might want to cause.

    OP, I drink about the same amount, and often have one INSTEAD of a snack when I'm bored-hungry but don't have the calories left. I've been maintaining fine.

    And my favorite is Diet Dr. Pepper. Hmmm, that would taste good in a vanilla ice cream float too :)

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