Do you drink diet soda?

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  • jcraig10
    jcraig10 Posts: 477 Member
    I don’t because I don’t like the taste of diet. If I’m going to have a soda, I’m having a regular Coke or Dr Pepper.
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,330 Member
    Nope.. I hate diet sodas..
  • mgalsf12
    mgalsf12 Posts: 350 Member
    I mostly just drink water..but if I drink soda, like once or twice a year, I drink diet Coke. I am just not a big soda drinker.
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    Yes, but I probably have reduced by about 50% in the last year. Sometimes non in a day, sometimes 3. It used to be about 3-6 a day of diet soda. Water feels better in my body, but I still like the taste of diet cherry coke especially. I often drink sparkling water too.
  • johnwelk
    johnwelk Posts: 396 Member
    JohnnytotheB wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    JohnnytotheB wrote: »
    No. It's poison in a can and you have the pleasure to pay a corporation to slowly kill yourself! It's like smoking in that regard. Weird chemicals, etc. This goes for all soda - diet or regular.

    Could you post some science to back up that claim please? What is in "all soda" that is slowly killing us and makes it like smoking? Thanks!

    OK, you wanted it. There is countless scientific data to back things up that diet soda just sucks! At the end of the day there are also a countless "articles" that outline the opposite. It boils down to, do what you like! Who cares. Most are going to do what they want anyway! Were all adults!

    http://naturalsociety.com/chemicals-really-in-coca-cola-coke-soda/

    Perhaps you already know that the Coca-Cola Co. has committed atrocious ground-water polluting in other countries, along with creating water shortages. You probably know as well that the company is turning providing the mass population with toxic beverage choices. After reading this quick, informative article, you will understand exactly what you are putting into your body, and this just might make it easier to break the Coke-drinking habit.
    Here’s what’s really in Coca-Cola’s famous Coke soda:

    Carbonated tap water – Whatever is in unfiltered municipal water is also in your Coke. The carbonation that is added increases gastric secretions and can make you flatulent. Here is what your tap water looks like, by the way.
    E150D – This is a food coloring, which is made from processing sugar at certain temperatures. Ammonium sulfate is then added (also a constituent of Round Up Ready Chemicals used by Monsanto). This chemical has been known to increase asthma attacks.
    E952 – This is a sugar substitute. It is 200 times sweeter than sugar and can cause your glycemic levels to sky-rocket. This can lead to diabetes, obesity and other diseases.
    E950 – This is Acesulfame Potassium, and it aggravates the heart, vascular system, and nervous system. It is especially bad for children and pregnant women.
    E951 – Aspartame – A GMO product which can cause seriously negative impact on your body. Symptoms of aspartame poisoning include: unconsciousness, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, palpitation, weight gain, irritability, anxiety, memory loss, blurry vision, fainting, joint pains, depression, infertility, hearing loss and more. Aspartame can also provoke the following diseases: brain tumors, MS (Multiple Sclerosis), epilepsy, Graves’ disease, chronic fatigue, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, mental deficiency and tuberculosis. Later, this substance was initially illegal due to its dangers but was again made legal in a suspicious manner.
    E338 – Orthophosphoric Acid – This causes skin and eye irritation, and can interfere with your body’s ability to absorb calcium, causing osteoporosis.
    E330 – Citric Acid – This is preservative that is also used in the medical field for preserving blood. In small doses it is fine, but in large doses it can eat away at your stomach and esophageal lining.
    Aromas – Unknown aromatic additives.
    E211 – Sodium Benzoate – According to a study completed by Peter Piper at the Sheffield University in Britain, sodium benzoate can harm DNA.


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    What a huge steaming pile of horse manure. Do you have any peer reviewed journal articles to back up any of this nonsense? Natural society is a wasteland of useless pseudoscientific nonsense. Might want to learn how to vet your sources a wee bit better.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    https://cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/diet-soda-is-bad-for-your-gut-health-plus-other-reasons-to-avoid-the-drink.html/

    Perhaps changes in the gut microbiota is one reason some say diet drinks to not agree with them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiota

    The human microbiome studies are relative new in medical science and sometimes studies bring up more questions than answers. I am starting to think keto's impact on the human microbiome is one of the diets side effect that can bring health improvements at least in my case.

    We do not have a clear understanding of the trillions of things living inside of us to keep us healthy or unhealthy work together. Changes in the microbiota could be a clue as to why diet drinks can lead to weight gain in some people and not in others perhaps. The human microbiota may be the 'debate' of the next 30 years.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    JohnnytotheB wrote: »
    No. It's poison in a can and you have the pleasure to pay a corporation to slowly kill yourself! It's like smoking in that regard. Weird chemicals, etc. This goes for all soda - diet or regular.

    Could you post some science to back up that claim please? What is in "all soda" that is slowly killing us and makes it like smoking? Thanks!

    Stop being a sheep ;)
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    JetJaguar wrote: »
    sijomial wrote: »
    keenest37 wrote: »
    No because it tastes like poison and soda is crap.

    What does poison taste like and which poisons have you tried?

    Well, I've spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder, but then again it has no odor and no taste.

    You win
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I do, but I need to stop.

    Why is that?
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    JohnnytotheB wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    It says toxins and not poison, but can I use it here anyway?!?

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    You must work for Coke or Pepsi!

    You're entertaining.
  • kodiakke
    kodiakke Posts: 379 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    kodiakke wrote: »
    Well, ever since I contributed to this thread, I've remembered diet sodas as an option. So thanks! I've started to cycle it back in as an option (about 20% Coke Zero : 80% Lacroix Lime).

    Heyyyyyyyyyy, you're not in So Cal, are ya? We're trying to pawn off a couple cases of the La Croix Lime. :)

    GDI! I left there last year!!
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    edited April 2019
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    kgeyser wrote: »
    I do, but I need to stop.

    Why is that?

    Why do you think I need to keep drinking it?
  • aegean2
    aegean2 Posts: 6 Member
    I very rarely drink water. Only when there's nothing else available. I drink diet sodas almost exclusively, though I have been known to drink club soda on occasion. I like my carbonation, and I drink about 2 2-liter bottles per day as a minimum (about 12 cans I guess). I 've been drinking that much for the last 17 years or so, with regular coke the decade before. I got MFP 8 months ago, and lost 77lbs so far, but with no reduction in diet soda intake, so it doesn't affect my weight loss one way or the other.

    That said, it has an impact on my wallet, but then so would smoking, if I did that. Diet soda is my vice.

    P.S. Yeah, I do get the occasional cavity, but no more than expected.
  • rossbaker2_sc
    rossbaker2_sc Posts: 43 Member
    I drank diet soda through the first 5 months or so of my weight loss and lost 90 or so pounds. I started to plateau so I was looking for something to mix it up and so I cut those out and promised myself if I drank any I would count them like regular sodas. When I had soda cravings at work I dealt with it by filling up a 32 oz bottle and drinking water instead.

    It was incredible the difference that made. I had almost no cravings throughout the day, stopped snacking, had a ton more energy to work out and went from losing about 2.5 pounds a week through the beginning of the year to jumping back up to 4-5 pound losses per week.

    You can obviously do it either way but I'm really happy in my post-diet coke life.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    serge_sc wrote: »
    I drank diet soda through the first 5 months or so of my weight loss and lost 90 or so pounds. I started to plateau so I was looking for something to mix it up and so I cut those out and promised myself if I drank any I would count them like regular sodas. When I had soda cravings at work I dealt with it by filling up a 32 oz bottle and drinking water instead.

    It was incredible the difference that made. I had almost no cravings throughout the day, stopped snacking, had a ton more energy to work out and went from losing about 2.5 pounds a week through the beginning of the year to jumping back up to 4-5 pound losses per week.

    You can obviously do it either way but I'm really happy in my post-diet coke life.

    Yeah, caffeine can be a killer when it comes to energy crashes.
  • kwest_4_fitness
    kwest_4_fitness Posts: 819 Member
    I drink one or two diet pops per day because I like it. Coke Zero is my preferred drink. I also drink water, but usually flavor one or two bottles with Wyler's light lemonade singles. I just don't care for plain water unless I'm working out or have a seriously powerful thirst.
  • SoaringOccamy
    SoaringOccamy Posts: 57 Member
    I do when I'm in the mood for soda. I also sometimes have unsweetened sparkling flavored water. I am very picky on what I will drink at any given time and it very much depends on my mood,but my weight loss plan requires that it be sugar free. I tire of things quickly and I am not a fan of water so I bounce around a lot from beverage to beverage, but my main staple is diet green tea.

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