Does Coke Zero Make You Gain Weight?

autumny70

A can of Coke Zero is an excellent delivery system for 2 ounces of rum. Drink up!

CarrieLincoln

It's all made with sugar and fake food. Never mind the bloating you will receive from it. All natural food is the way to go. If you have a sweet tooth, which I do also, try eating fruit instead. Go cold turkey with soda habit and with in 21 days you may have kicked the habit! That's how I did it. My body no longer wants or likes soda. Another thing is what is triggering you to drink the soda vs water? For me it was eating sweets and I loved to have a soda with my cake, junk food. Once I stopped the "trigger food" and used my trigger food as a once a week "treat meal" I no longer want the soda. Hope some of these tips help! Have a great day!

ChiefsChick4Life

These days everything is going to eventually kill you lol.... Die happy and drink your diet soda lol

Seriously! I drink those MIO drops in my water. They have zero calories and it helps me get my water intake, enjoy your two sodas a day.

Faustius

I read somewhere that you should treat diet sodas (& "zero" drinks with fake sugars) as 100 calories. While it doesn't directly contribute calories to your day some people say that it induces appetite and other cravings (I know it does for me). Because you see it as a 0, you don't associate a "cost" (i.e. calories) to having one.

So, if / when I have a diet drink, I add 100 calories to my day. This helps me mentally from over indulging on zero drinks as I assign a calorie cost to it. When I want a real coke, I know that a can has 160 calories so I look for something else.

This helps me to "choose" water, which is a real 0 calorie drink.

ash8184

Is it really good for you? No. If you have a sweet tooth, is it a good replacement instead of eating a cookie? Maybe.

People will argue whether it causes cancer, etc., but if you're drinking a coke zero instead of eating a piece of cake, it's probably not such a bad compromise. However, I will tell you that I went to an emergency clinic for what wound up being kidney stones. Because I'm younger (29), my dr. told me that it was likely due to the aspartame/artificial sugars I was consuming. I have since switched to iced tea (sometimes with stevia) and I don't really miss the coke zero. I'm a firm believer in everything in moderation.

LadyMustard

I read somewhere that you should treat diet sodas (& "zero" drinks with fake sugars) as 100 calories. While it doesn't directly contribute calories to your day some people say that it induces appetite and other cravings (I know it does for me). Because you see it as a 0, you don't associate a "cost" (i.e. calories) to having one.

So, if / when I have a diet drink, I add 100 calories to my day. This helps me mentally from over indulging on zero drinks as I assign a calorie cost to it. When I want a real coke, I know that a can has 160 calories so I look for something else.

This helps me to "choose" water, which is a real 0 calorie drink.

First of all, I really like this idea here ^ . I can't drink pop and not associate it with calories.

As with all food, everything in moderation. If you're tracking your calories and can keep from snacking extra, go for it. Whenever I get the urge for a root beer float, I'll make it using diet root beer (preferably IBC, or one of the fancy kinds in a nice glass bottle) and single scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt. Sadly, the last time I tried it, the pop made me sick after nearly a year of not drinking it.

As for the OP initial question, I've found that soda of any sort makes me bloat and gain a couple pounds of water weight. Maybe its the aspartame or the sodium in it, I don't know. If you can, see if you can put down the pop for three or four days and see if your weight takes a quick dip down. If it does, then I guess it means that the cola is making you hold on to a few pounds of water.

bound4beauty

Are we really having this discussion again? Are the nine hundred and ninety nine other topics on this same subject not enough? Does anyone know how to search the threads before they post the same question again and again?

Excess calories cause you to gain weight. If drinking artificially sweetened drinks somehow make YOU lose control and binge on other sweet food, then you should probably avoid them and/or get a handle on your personal food issues.

Millions of people have used diet soda to help them along their weight loss journey. If they caused weight gain then I would not have lost 50 pounds. Only you can decide if you want to consume artificial sweeteners. You will find lots and lots of opinions on that topic, just use the search function available.

Fullsterkur_woman

Dr. Mercola says yes, diet sodas containing aspertame cause weight gain.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/12/04/saccharin-aspartame-dangers.aspx

If Dr. Mercola says it's bad for you, let me grab my Coke Zero and take another big, long pull.

Hildy_J

Are we really having this discussion again? Are the nine hundred and ninety nine other topics on this same subject not enough? Does anyone know how to search the threads before they post the same question again and again?

Blimey. :huh: