Diet drinks lead to obesity

CoderGal

There is nothing in the linked study that supports the gut getting confused

Also

I just fell out of my chair laughing.

Hey, don't laugh at the chart. It's based on data and has been graphed so it must be true and not taken even a wee bit out of context. It's not like people go around suggestion that things must have a causative relationship for no good reason!



Wait. Nevermind.

Sabine_Stroehm

I don't drink diet sodas. I do use some Splenda in other foods.
A question for those who've lost while drinking diet soda: what were you drinking while you were gaining weight? Diet or regular?

jonnythan

honkytonks85

I got to 313# without touching a diet soda. Also, in for the gifs

Haha me too, I don't like diet soda and never did. Congrats on the weight loss.

Mr_Bad_Example

I don't drink diet sodas. I do use some Splenda in other foods.
A question for those who've lost while drinking diet soda: what were you drinking while you were gaining weight? Diet or regular?

I drank regular Pepsi and sugar-laden iced tea. When I cut those things out and went to diet drinks, I started to lose most of the 'stubborn' weight that I'd been carrying around... and in the 3 years since then, I haven't gained a thing back.

JenSD6

I don't drink diet sodas. I do use some Splenda in other foods.
A question for those who've lost while drinking diet soda: what were you drinking while you were gaining weight? Diet or regular?

Diet Coke... to wash down my Big Mac and fries.

jonnythan

When I was at my biggest, I was drinking 500+ calories of soda a day. One of the changes I made was to switch to diet soda. I lost 40 pounds in one summer.

jonnythan

I don't drink diet sodas. I do use some Splenda in other foods.
A question for those who've lost while drinking diet soda: what were you drinking while you were gaining weight? Diet or regular?

Diet Coke... to wash down my Big Mac and fries.

Big Macs are nothin. Only 550 calories. Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and fries, followed by an ice cream cone. All with Diet Coke. This is a pretty regular occurrence for me.

Achrya

I don't drink diet sodas. I do use some Splenda in other foods.
A question for those who've lost while drinking diet soda: what were you drinking while you were gaining weight? Diet or regular?

I drank Pepsi max, flavored sparkling water, and lemon tea with sugar. Now I drink Pepsi max, flavored sparkling water, and lemon tea with splenda. Not much has changed, actually, as far as drinks go. I do eat less food though.

jayrudq

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

jonnythan

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

Which lifestyle?

Julesbait

Diet root beer. With marshmallow vodka. I dare you to try to pry it from my cold, dead hands.

kmash32

While I definately don't think that diet soda causes obesity ...lol. I do have to say that before even working on my eating I gave up drinking diet soda and I felt better just from that. I do think that aspartame was doing something to my body, however I do still occasionally drink diet drinks made with Splenda, but do keep it to no more than 1 or 2 a week.

GetSoda

How many ounces of diet mtn do do i need to drink to gain 5 pounds?

jonnythan

How many ounces of diet mtn do do i need to drink to gain 5 pounds?

soysauce6626

Drinking Diet drinks on the daily while in my contest prep. Got to love pseudo science

garber6th

Diet root beer. With marshmallow vodka. I dare you to try to pry it from my cold, dead hands.

I will take one, please. Make that two. This is an example of how MFP is helping me improve my life.

ldrosophila

meh i always perferred regular pepsi to diet anything drink enough of those and you can be a lovely 350lb too

Achrya

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

Sabine_Stroehm

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

sally_jeffswife

I never noticed this with diet drinks but what I did notice is they make me crave sweets more and they cause you to have to pee alot so it isn't as fun if you are very active and have to run to the bathroom alot, and they tend to make me feel dehydrated. So I just drink the Coke Zero instead if that is availabe when I am out and about and don't seem to have that problem with that. If I am home I usually drink mio water or coffee or something most times.

Achrya

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

I'm healthy now. Mr doctor confirms this, blood tests confirm this, my increase in strength and endurance confirms this but yet somehow in someway I may be unhealthy 20 years from now (In spite of all the research that points to their being no ill effect to diet drinks unless one is drinking what equates to 3 24 packs or something equally as insane a day, and even then that's only in rats and hey, I'm not a rat), and that constitutes a good point? Or is it just the pitiful grasping of someone with nothing else to say?

Unless of course his point is "Hey I don't have anything of actual value to say so I'm just gonna shut down conversation by saying that you might somehow end up unhealthy 20 years down the line!" . In which case yeah, his point stands.

Sabine_Stroehm

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

I'm healthy now. Mr doctor confirms this, blood tests confirm this, my increase in strength and endurance confirms this but yet somehow in someway I may be unhealthy 20 years from now (In spite of all the research that points to their being no ill effect to diet drinks unless one is drinking what equates to 3 24 packs or something equally as insane a day, and even then that's only in rats and hey, I'm not a rat), and that constitutes a good point? Or is it just the pitiful grasping of someone with nothing else to say?

Unless of course his point is "Hey I don't have anything of actual value to say so I'm just gonna shut down conversation by saying that you might somehow end up unhealthy 20 years down the line!" . In which case yeah, his point stands.

We thought margarine and transfats were fine too.
Shut er down.

cheers.

Achrya

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

I'm healthy now. Mr doctor confirms this, blood tests confirm this, my increase in strength and endurance confirms this but yet somehow in someway I may be unhealthy 20 years from now (In spite of all the research that points to their being no ill effect to diet drinks unless one is drinking what equates to 3 24 packs or something equally as insane a day, and even then that's only in rats and hey, I'm not a rat), and that constitutes a good point? Or is it just the pitiful grasping of someone with nothing else to say?

Unless of course his point is "Hey I don't have anything of actual value to say so I'm just gonna shut down conversation by saying that you might somehow end up unhealthy 20 years down the line!" . In which case yeah, his point stands.

We thought margarine and transfats were fine too.
Shut er down.

cheers.

And then we did studies to prove differently.

Just like we study diet sodas and the things in them. Nothing is more studied than aspartame, as far as substances consumed by humans go (Not hyperbole) and nothing has shown any issues. So what are those thousands of studies missing that's gonna show up later? At what point are all those studies enough to trust that something isn't harmful? A thousand more? Ten thousand? A million? At what stage do we go 'Yeah, All of those piles of research may have a point.'?

Worst. Shutdown. Ever.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

I've drank diet drinks my entire life (my mother was diabetic so that's all she'd buy). I've never been obese.

Sabine_Stroehm

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

I'm healthy now. Mr doctor confirms this, blood tests confirm this, my increase in strength and endurance confirms this but yet somehow in someway I may be unhealthy 20 years from now (In spite of all the research that points to their being no ill effect to diet drinks unless one is drinking what equates to 3 24 packs or something equally as insane a day, and even then that's only in rats and hey, I'm not a rat), and that constitutes a good point? Or is it just the pitiful grasping of someone with nothing else to say?

Unless of course his point is "Hey I don't have anything of actual value to say so I'm just gonna shut down conversation by saying that you might somehow end up unhealthy 20 years down the line!" . In which case yeah, his point stands.

We thought margarine and transfats were fine too.
Shut er down.

cheers.

And then we did studies to prove differently.

Just like we study diet sodas and the things in them. Nothing is more studied than aspartame, as far as substances consumed by humans go (Not hyperbole) and nothing has shown any issues. So what are those thousands of studies missing that's gonna show up later? At what point are all those studies enough to trust that something isn't harmful? A thousand more? Ten thousand? A million? At what stage do we go 'Yeah, All of those piles of research may have a point.'?

Worst. Shutdown. Ever.

wasn't my shutdown. YOU wanted to. I said go for it.
Who sponsored those studies?
I'm NOT saying it causes obesity!!!!!
I am asking if we know enough.
Id bet not.

Good night.

celadontea

They do cause cancer. I avoid artificial sweeteners like the plague!!

prattiger65

They do cause cancer. I avoid artificial sweeteners like the plague!!

I'd like to see that research. Can you post a link for me? Thanks!

Achrya

Come back and testify to that lifestyle in 15 or 20 years. I would love to hear all about it.

This 'argument' is such a silly cop out, it ends any semblance of logical debate or exchange of information. There is literally no rebuttal because herpderp, none of us are magical wizards who can see into the future.

Except of course you. What's that like, btw?

His point stands. Each of us makes decisions we believe in. And time will tell if we're right.

We're sure we are, but time will tell.

I'm healthy now. Mr doctor confirms this, blood tests confirm this, my increase in strength and endurance confirms this but yet somehow in someway I may be unhealthy 20 years from now (In spite of all the research that points to their being no ill effect to diet drinks unless one is drinking what equates to 3 24 packs or something equally as insane a day, and even then that's only in rats and hey, I'm not a rat), and that constitutes a good point? Or is it just the pitiful grasping of someone with nothing else to say?

Unless of course his point is "Hey I don't have anything of actual value to say so I'm just gonna shut down conversation by saying that you might somehow end up unhealthy 20 years down the line!" . In which case yeah, his point stands.

We thought margarine and transfats were fine too.
Shut er down.

cheers.

And then we did studies to prove differently.

Just like we study diet sodas and the things in them. Nothing is more studied than aspartame, as far as substances consumed by humans go (Not hyperbole) and nothing has shown any issues. So what are those thousands of studies missing that's gonna show up later? At what point are all those studies enough to trust that something isn't harmful? A thousand more? Ten thousand? A million? At what stage do we go 'Yeah, All of those piles of research may have a point.'?

Worst. Shutdown. Ever.

wasn't my shutdown. YOU wanted to. I said go for it.
Who sponsored those studies?
I'm NOT saying it causes obesity!!!!!
I am asking if we know enough.
Id bet not.

Good night.

Is it time for

They do cause cancer

:explode:

snazzyjazzy21

They do cause cancer. I avoid artificial sweeteners like the plague!!

What DOESN'T cause cancer?