For those who lost fat, do you think diet soda impact the fat loss negatively ?

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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I never stopped drinking diet soda. I still lost weight.

    What value is anecdotal evidence?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
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    Nope
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    Hello,

    For those who have been on a diet and drinking diet soda regularly, did you notice any difference when you stopped ?

    Thank you !!!

    How would a zero calorie beverage have any impact on weight management?

    I drink one or two Fresca's daily.

    It's difficult for the brain to tell the difference between sweeteners and sugar so it triggers the body to behave in similar manner so can cause hunger sensation earlier.

    What does the bold actually mean?
    There are no calories to use or store so how exactly is your body behaving in a similar way?
    (Taste doesn't stimulate insulin production for example, hence why diabetic associations recommend them.)

    I could see that if people habitually eat or drink sweet tasting things they may have more of a sweet tooth or taste preference but then they would have to eat more calories to have an impact.
    Bearing in mind we are on what is predominately a calorie counting website....

    My understanding was that the sweeteners make the brain think it is getting sugar and so it starts dealing with the expected sugar intake, when those calories are not received given the body's reaction hunger is likely to occur sooner than it would do.
    It's not something I care about seeing as I don't like the taste of them nor the bloated feeling carbonated drinks give me so rarely touch them but a quick Google and the first link seems to suggest the same.

    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/12/23/artificial-sweeteners-confuse-body.aspx

    So basically no science behind it at all, just some vague statements that something undefined and unknown is happening based purely on taste which MIGHT trigger hunger for some people.
    Hmmmmm - unconvinced to say the least.

    Mercola is a complete quack by the way and if you Google "world war 2 bombers found on the moon" you will get some results back....


    That is just the first one I saw and I didn't use it to form opinion, if you prefer here is one from Harvard.

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

    Are you actually reading these articles?
    [bold] If you are then you must be reading them very selectively and with 20/20 confirmation bias.[/bold]

    Like the vast majority of people I drink something I enjoy the taste of and it quenches my thirst. But of course that's far too simple.

    Not sure why you think you are able to determine that about me. Given you are not willing to even contemplate the science then that would suggest you are the one with the bias.
    If you are happy to drink them than that's great and I have no problem with that, I can see how they benefit those that drink them and I am far from anti diet drinks.

    However to try and suggest that they do not have any potential impact on weight loss as if they were the same as drinking water is niave. Whether the impact is psychological, physiological or whatever there putting an artificial sweetener into your body is bound to affect you in some way.

    The awful sources of information you pick and then swallow hook, line and sinker is a huge clue.
    If you can't spot the agenda you aren't looking for knowledge you are simply searching for affirmation of your opinion.
    Please don't quote Mercola and then appeal to science! He's just a salesman working a gullible audience.

    As I said the fact that the brain may behave the same way when drinking sweeteners as if drinking sugar was something I had heard of previously, I clearly stated I did not read that article to gain that belief. If the source article is your only concern about the fact then what is wrong with Harvard?

    Harvard the place or Harvard a hosting site for an opinion piece by a journalist?
    You see the difference I hope?

    I understand the difference, being from the UK maked determining it harder. The site looks like the school to me but I would not know if it wasn't.

    I'm British too so I'm neutral about it. Is it education led or advertising revenue led and pot-boiling articles as click bait generate traffic? No opinion on it either way as a general site but I'm not convinced by this particular article or the sources the author picks.
    At a different extreme Men's Health is generally deplorable (so why haven't I got a six pack by only 3 minutes a day of this "secret" exercise?) but has some really good contributors such as Alan Aragon who is worth reading wherever the story is hosted.

    Anyway time to take advantage of a rare spell of sunshine and get some cycling done. I won't have diet drinks in my bidon.... :):sunglasses:

    Enjoy your day, hope there's no hard feelings from this debate.
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