Diet Soda Anyone?

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  • tiadotson40
    tiadotson40 Posts: 162
    Ahh I wish i could stop drinking diet soda its such a bad addiction.
  • EMTFreakGirl
    EMTFreakGirl Posts: 597 Member
    My mom was type one diabetic. I grew up in a house that had lots of diet coke and I got used to the taste early. I still drank the sugary stuff with my dad, but if that wasn't available the diet versions were fine. Then I stopped consuming sugar period for 6 months and now I can't even taste a regular soda without gagging. All I taste is corn syrup. Same with sweet tea..... Yuck. And as a southern girl, turning down sweet tea gets you some interesting looks LOL.

    I allow myself one to two diet sodas a day though. Usually at lunch and when I get home in the evening. The rest of the time I drink water and green tea or unsweet black tea. This compared to the fact ALL I drank was diet coke previously. I think it is a great improvement compared to past habits. However, past diet experience I still lived on diet coke and no, it did not impede my weight loss. It did not make me crave sweets. It did not make me over eat. Everyone is different, but no, it did not hinder my effort to lose weight at all.

    My mother is a type 1 as well and I grew up with diet coke! Also from the south. I know how you feel - regular coke is just too sweet.

    AMEN to Sweet Tea in the South. I use to drink a pitcher of sweet tea a day!! Yeap, it was good too!! :bigsmile: January 2011 I gave it up cold turkey!! I haven't had one sip since then. However, you know how they say you substitute one bad behavior for another....Yeap Diet Mt. Dew!! I keep telling myself I don't need that and should be drinking WATER!! But, it helps me so much when I think i'm hungry!! :bigsmile: One day I told myself, Okay you have to drink a glass of water before you can have a soda. Well, I did it for a day!! Next day, back to same old same old!! For now, I don't want to give it up....maybe one day!! :drinker:

    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,053 Member
    Citric Acid is a "weak" acid, meaning once it's done it's job in providing energy in metabolism it's eliminated easily via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body. Calcium carbonate then neutralizes the "Strong" acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism. Lemons also have many alkaline minerals.

    Is the phosphoric acid in Coke good for you too? The big problem with acid in food isn't so much when it hits the stomach, which has real acid of its own, but while it's being swilled around the mouth. If you're drinking a bucket of weak acid every day your mouth hardly gets a chance to return to a neutral state and the teeth suffer.
    The answer is "anything in moderation", even very healthy foods eaten to excess can have quite unpleasant side effects.
    Which is why dental hygiene is important. People who don't take care of their teeth correctly suffer from eating or drinking anything. Coffee stains teeth. So does chewing beetlenut. Neither is as "bad" as phosphoric acid.

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Citric Acid is a "weak" acid, meaning once it's done it's job in providing energy in metabolism it's eliminated easily via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body. Calcium carbonate then neutralizes the "Strong" acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism. Lemons also have many alkaline minerals.

    Is the phosphoric acid in Coke good for you too? The big problem with acid in food isn't so much when it hits the stomach, which has real acid of its own, but while it's being swilled around the mouth. If you're drinking a bucket of weak acid every day your mouth hardly gets a chance to return to a neutral state and the teeth suffer.
    The answer is "anything in moderation", even very healthy foods eaten to excess can have quite unpleasant side effects.
    Which is why dental hygiene is important. People who don't take care of their teeth correctly suffer from eating or drinking anything. Coffee stains teeth. So does chewing beetlenut. Neither is as "bad" as phosphoric acid.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    Strawberries and tomatoes are actually some of the worst foods for your teeth. Like you said, dental hygiene eliminates the entire issue.
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!

    They make the flavor enhancers in the tea flavor. Just add some Splenda/fake sugar.
  • EMTFreakGirl
    EMTFreakGirl Posts: 597 Member
    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!

    They make the flavor enhancers in the tea flavor. Just add some Splenda/fake sugar.

    I find the MIO Sweet Tea flavor PLENTY sweet enough. :smile: It is so yummy!
  • DorisInTheDena
    DorisInTheDena Posts: 151 Member
    Yes! I drink diet soda. :drinker:
  • MrsK20141004
    MrsK20141004 Posts: 489 Member
    there will be MFPers who say its poison, and others who think its fine as long as its not all you are drinking.

    i love a can or two of coke zero/cherry coke zero almost every day. i drink plenty of water, but i enjoy my diet sodas too (i pretty much only drink water, diet soda, coffee and wine :-) )

    We should be friends. Thats basically all I drink too except substitute Coke Zero for Diet Coke and Cherry Coke Zero for Diet Dr. Pepper or Diet A&W.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I have some Diet Coke every day. However...

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-who-drinks-5-diet-cokes-per-day-hoping-doctors,34570/
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I don't. The jury is still out (that's debatable for some) as to whether or not it is safe.

    I don't like the taste and they never seem to satisfy. If I'm having such a bad craving for soda I will just reach for the real stuff.
  • peachcats
    peachcats Posts: 99
    if you think diet soda is harmful you should probably pay more attention to a lot of other things you're using/consuming.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    everything in moderation. One once in awhile is fine even one a day probably isn't the end of the world but if you drink 6-7 a day or something crazy like that cut back a bit.

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