Diet sodas

OddDitty

wifeyy wrote: »

Hello guys,
I wanted to know your experience with diet sodas. I know it is zero calories but does it hinder your weight loss when drinking it daily?

Hey there. I used to be a regular soda drinker. It was mostly sprite and such, sugar free. But the sodium us killer for me, so i switched to the zero everything fruity sodas like ICE and then the liver doc said no no no.

So i had to give them up, too. But I quit little by little. Now I do flavored water.

If you like, maybe make a good cold soda a treat after a hard days work? Just not every day.

hesn92

I drink diet soda almost daily and it has no effect on my weight management efforts. And I'm happy to report that at my last dental appt she said I have no staining, so that's good.

FL_Hiker

AmberSpamber wrote: »

I stay away from anything with aspartame in it. After doing research, I found enough to know that even though it is 0 calories, I wouldn't be putting it into my body. Its a personal choice and I know not everyone agrees, but I stay far away from it.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

I have had nearly half the medical issues on that webpage in my lifetime and I only started drinking diet soda a few weeks ago lol prior to a few weeks ago I had never drank a diet soda in my life. Correlation does not imply causation.

FL_Hiker

nutmegoreo wrote: »

musicfan68 wrote: »

JetJaguar wrote: »

I'd be more concerned about the hydrogen hydroxide in diet sodas. It's a powerful solvent that is used in manufacturing to cut metals, and is found as a component of rocket exhaust. Doesn't sound like something you want to be drinking!

Hmm, I just looked at my Diet Coke and the ingredients are as follows:

INGREDIENTS
CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE.

No hydrogen hydroxide...

Wouldn't hydrogen hydroxide be 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom? What else do we know that has a chemical composition of H2O?

gasp.. are you saying you would drink dihydrogen monoxide!??!?!

nutmegoreo

FL_Hiker wrote: »

nutmegoreo wrote: »

musicfan68 wrote: »

JetJaguar wrote: »

I'd be more concerned about the hydrogen hydroxide in diet sodas. It's a powerful solvent that is used in manufacturing to cut metals, and is found as a component of rocket exhaust. Doesn't sound like something you want to be drinking!

Hmm, I just looked at my Diet Coke and the ingredients are as follows:

INGREDIENTS
CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE.

No hydrogen hydroxide...

Wouldn't hydrogen hydroxide be 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom? What else do we know that has a chemical composition of H2O?

gasp.. are you saying you would drink dihydrogen monoxide!??!?!

I prefer when there's aspartame in it though. Gives it a bit of flavour kick.

I know

debtay123

i drink a diet Pepsi every night as a snack- caffeine free- and it helps me not to over eat other foods- it is more of a mind thing for me- I don't feel deprived so it is a MUST in my weight loss efforts- so far had an excellent report when i went to the doctor- had also lost 18 pounds within this year. to me- part of it was because I cold have my sweet treat- ie diet Pepsi each night.

estherdragonbat

OddDitty wrote: »

wifeyy wrote: »

Hello guys,
I wanted to know your experience with diet sodas. I know it is zero calories but does it hinder your weight loss when drinking it daily?

Hey there. I used to be a regular soda drinker. It was mostly sprite and such, sugar free. But the sodium us killer for me, so i switched to the zero everything fruity sodas like ICE and then the liver doc said no no no.

So i had to give them up, too. But I quit little by little. Now I do flavored water.

If you like, maybe make a good cold soda a treat after a hard days work? Just not every day.

What sodium? There's 25mg in a can of Diet Pepsi.

earlnabby

OddDitty wrote: »

wifeyy wrote: »

Hello guys,
I wanted to know your experience with diet sodas. I know it is zero calories but does it hinder your weight loss when drinking it daily?

Hey there. I used to be a regular soda drinker. It was mostly sprite and such, sugar free. But the sodium us killer for me, so i switched to the zero everything fruity sodas like ICE and then the liver doc said no no no.

What sodium? You can have as much sodium in your drinking water as is in a can of soda (in other words, a negligible amount).