Diet sodas, Just a thought
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bcalvanese wrote: »Didn't they just discover that diet soda is tricking the body into thinking it needs more sugar and causing people to over eat more or something like that?
I think the body is smarter than that, and people can control their own eating if they decide to.
It's more about thinking diet soda somehow cancels out the calories of what you eat.3 -
bcalvanese wrote: »Didn't they just discover that diet soda is tricking the body into thinking it needs more sugar and causing people to over eat more or something like that?
Thats one example of what people will say. Yes and no, it triggers the 'reward' system in your brain of getting something sweet. But getting that reward from diet coke instead of the calories of what you normal would have gotten from normal soda. Lets just say its a big difference2 -
Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.2 -
Yeah, I love em for that reason.
I just really like carbonation. I'm actually considering using some Ibotta earnings on a Sodastream when a good sale comes around to save some cash. As much want to drink, stuff can get pricey!
Fuddruckers had a Coke Freestyle machine. I refilled three times and got something new each time.
If you have HEB in your area, try their store brand sodas. They have a strawberry I love.0 -
arditarose wrote: »I recommend Goslings Diet Ginger Beer and the La Croix Coconut as well
La Croix Coconut lover here. Also diet Coke, Fresca, diet Mt. Dew, and diet Dr. Pepper.0 -
I actually can't drink Diet Mountain Dew (or the regular stuff) since they reformulated with Brominated Vegetable Oil. I pretty much have to obsessively read all labels because many citrus-flavored drinks use BVO as a flavor enhancer.
Unfortunately, the vegetable oil that's brominated is soybean oil, and ... *growls* I'm allergic...0 -
bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
Diet sodas are around for 35 years. We would have heard by now if it was bad
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I loooooooooooooooooooove Diet A&W.. 'Diet Snapple Peach' which has 10cals.. and sugar free red bull which is also 10 cals. Pepsi max is great and I am usually a coke kind of girl0
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I loved Diet Pepsi, until they change to sucralose. I love doet Barq's and Diet Coke.
Right now I really only drink Sprite Zero and diet mug though since I can't have caffeine.0 -
hjlourenshj wrote: »Coke and Red Bull are the main reason i have to be on diet right now. So addicted to that stuff with normally a 1500 kcal a day extra because of that.
Diet Coke and Sugarfree Red Bull!
I'm a grad student, I wouldn't survive without either.2 -
lauraesh0384 wrote: »Diet Mt Dew is where it's at!
I actually can't drink Diet Mountain Dew (or the regular stuff) since they reformulated with Brominated Vegetable Oil. I pretty much have to obsessively read all labels because many citrus-flavored drinks use BVO as a flavor enhancer.
Unfortunately, the vegetable oil that's brominated is soybean oil, and ... *growls* I'm allergic...
Yep, although I don't have any allergies, I'm not a fan of BVO so try to limit my diet Mt Dew consumption.0 -
bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".2 -
bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.1 -
kommodevaran wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.
Sure. Diet Pepsi and Pepsi have the same amount of ingredients. One is diet. One is not. So same amount of "chemicals" and I am unsure how Diet Pepsi is more processed than regular Pepsi.0 -
bcalvanese wrote: »Didn't they just discover that diet soda is tricking the body into thinking it needs more sugar and causing people to over eat more or something like that?
Doesn't have that effect on me. Besides, not all diet drinks have the same sweetener in them.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.
I think it depends on the food. Fat-free dairy, for instance, has fat removed but nothing added (at least in the brands I purchase). Foods such as diet pop/soda are formulated - instead of adding high fructose corn syrup, aspartame or other sugar substitute is added.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.
There's nothing natural about non-diet soda either, don't worry LOL
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geneticsteacher wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.
I think it depends on the food. Fat-free dairy, for instance, has fat removed but nothing added (at least in the brands I purchase). Foods such as diet pop/soda are formulated - instead of adding high fructose corn syrup, aspartame or other sugar substitute is added.kommodevaran wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »Hey, I just heard it on the news one day, but didn't really pay that much attention because I don't eat or drink anything that has the words "diet", "low fat", or "low %" on the container or package. All those things mean is additional processing and/or chemicals added, and then 10 years later someone finds out that people shouldn't have been eating/drinking those things... oops.
In my opinion, if you have to be that critical with your calories, you are either eating/drinking too much junk, or not exercising enough, or both.
No, diet or low fat does not mean "more processing or additional chemicals added".
Technically, it does, BUT the reason for concern should rather be that customers are tricked into paying more (either because each item costs more, or because we buy larger amounts, or both) for nutritionally poorer and less flavorful items.
Theoretically it might. Technically, it does not.
Can you explain? I would imagine that removing something from a food takes more processing than not removing, and that what you'd replace naturally occuring parts of foods with, would be called, eh, "chemicals". I'm not concerned about chemimals, but I prefer to keep the naturally occurring ones, unless they are poisonous.
There's nothing natural about non-diet soda either, don't worry LOL
You may both have a point there 0
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