Diet Pop and cravings

audbbgirl

Can Diet Coke cause you to crave sweets more?
I feel like since I switched to diet drinks I am craving sweets more.
Any ideas?

FearAnLoathing

They dont make me crave sweets,but I guess in some people they do

nlewis22

YES it can!!! Because the fake sweet from the Diet soda tricks your brain into thinking you've had sugar, and then when the calories can't be found from it, your brain gets confused and wants those calories that it thinks it got and makes you want things with sugar in it. It's crazy!

gangstagirl625

yes it can its to do with the artificial sweetner your body does need sugar so if you don't give it to it it will still crave it. but you can eat sugar without eating bad sugar fruit has natural sugar that should help with cravings

kylakesgal

Yes they sure can do that!! I just gave up pop all together. Even though diet pop as 0 calories, your body actually digests it as regular sugar and can't tell the difference. It does make me crave sweets and want to eat more so just drinking water does it for me!!!

sarahliftsUP

This makes sense! I was doing so well the last few days: eating clean, healthy foods. Last night I had a glass of diet coke and I was just blasting through the cupboards with a mission to find anything in site!

Time to ditch the diet pop..

skinnyme125

Yes, Yes, and Yes. The artificial sweetners do not register with your sweet cravings. You drink them and then since that has not been satisfied you want more. More people gain wait on Diet drinks than on regular sodas. If you are drinking regular soda especially if it is soda made with real sugar cane instead of corn syrup then you will be satisfied much faster and not crave it near as often. I loved it when Pepsi came out with the Pepsi throwback as it was made with real sugar cane and IT was good. I didn't drink near as much soda and felt much better. Your body aslo can process the real stuff much better than it can the fake stuff.

FearAnLoathing

wow I have never had that happen to me.

GURLEY_GIRL3

I DIDNT THINK THEY DID ME EITHER UNTIL IVE BEEN OFF THE DT DEW FOR A MONTH NOW...AND THE CRAVING FOR SWEETS IS PRETTY MUCH GONE! ON THE TODAY SHOW SHOWED WHERE THEY ARE LINKED TO CRAVING MORE SUGAR AND INCREASE CHANCES OF A STROKE. I DONT KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT..BUT I USED TO DRINK ATLEAST A 2 LITER OF DT DEW A DAY...ITS ALL I DRANK!

I HAVE SWITCED TO SWEETEN MY TEA AND COFFEE W/ NUTRIVIA...ITS GOOD AND NOT REALLY SWEET TASTING LIKE SPLENDA OR SWEET AND LOW

FearAnLoathing

I drink one every other day and I think I would know if I had cravings.I tried to eat a skinny cow ice cream sandwhich just now took 2 bites couldnt finish it.I just dont want sweets.It may have that effect on most people but not all people

tlcoke

Before I stopped drinking DIet Soda, I constantly had to have it, not sure how much I was drinking daily but it was well over two liters. I also craved Chocolate and anything sweet to satisfy that need for something sweet. I was not conscious that I was even doing it at the time. When I switched to regular soda, I could drink on the same soda all day long. I am drinking more water now, and only a small amount of soda a day.

♥Violette♥4Ever♥

I heard it can and it makes sense because before I joined MFP, I drank a lot of that and constantly needing something sweet. Since MFP, I have complete cut out the diet sodas and I've noticed, I no longer crave the sweets as much...just when I'm PMSing and I have found awesome, healthy substitutes for the fattening stuff I was inhaling before.

FearAnLoathing

hmmm I never eat sweets or want sweets for that matter and about the only time I want a diet soda is everyother day or so.none of that has ever happened to me

audbbgirl

Can Diet Coke cause you to crave sweets more?
I feel like since I switched to diet drinks I am craving sweets more.
Any ideas?

Thank you all so much for all the great information. I truely beleive it affects me in this way I need to quit it all together. It is so easy for me to stick to water in the summer but in the winter I want pop more. I don't get it.
Weird how our bodies work.
Again...any more ideas for sweet cravings that are healthy and inexpensive would be greatly appreciated.
God Bless all of you!!

audbbgirl

Before I stopped drinking DIet Soda, I constantly had to have it, not sure how much I was drinking daily but it was well over two liters. I also craved Chocolate and anything sweet to satisfy that need for something sweet. I was not conscious that I was even doing it at the time. When I switched to regular soda, I could drink on the same soda all day long. I am drinking more water now, and only a small amount of soda a day.

yes, I feel like I crave it just as much as i do sugar. It is bad...i want it all day long.
I hate it.

joybell32

Forgot the quote!

joybell32

I DIDNT THINK THEY DID ME EITHER UNTIL IVE BEEN OFF THE DT DEW FOR A MONTH NOW...AND THE CRAVING FOR SWEETS IS PRETTY MUCH GONE! ON THE TODAY SHOW SHOWED WHERE THEY ARE LINKED TO CRAVING MORE SUGAR AND INCREASE CHANCES OF A STROKE. I DONT KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT..BUT I USED TO DRINK ATLEAST A 2 LITER OF DT DEW A DAY...ITS ALL I DRANK!

That sounds just like me, but i drink Diet Pepsi!

automaticturtle

I'm going to be one of the odd ones out here and say that diet pop tends to satiate my craving for sweet foods rather than aggravate it.

That being said - yes, a lot of people are sensitive to artificial sweeteners (which are not just in pop - gum and fat-free flavoured yoghurt are big culprits here, too) and find that it makes them more likely to binge.

This thread has reminded me that I need to work harder on kicking my Diet Pepsi habit.