Hair loss due to diet soda....

ChubbyBunny

I was reading in a magazine yesterday that diet soda can lead to hair loss/thinning! That the chemicals in diet soda specifically alter cells and hormone levels in the body causing various symptoms, one of those being hair loss.

Anyone else hear anything about this? I can see it's point, I mostly drink diet soda and have started shedding more.

ChubbyBunny

I was reading in a magazine yesterday that diet soda can lead to hair loss/thinning! That the chemicals in diet soda specifically alter cells and hormone levels in the body causing various symptoms, one of those being hair loss.

Anyone else hear anything about this? I can see it's point, I mostly drink diet soda and have started shedding more.

WillPillageYourVillageForFood

I am not an expert but my husband and I drink only diet sodas and I am ashamed to say that we can plow through a 24 pack in 2-3 days, and neither of us have experienced any hair loss/thinning. We have been drinking diet sodas for the past 25 years.

ChubbyBunny

I am not sure how acurate it is....but we have heard of studies going on about aspartame affecting parts of the brain.

I just thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone knew anything more.

mholmes

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/19901-a-question-about-artifical-sweetners

Kimlane70

I would totally believe that. I quit drinkin all diet drinks and even stopped using splenda at the beginning of this year. I feel so much better and my face is breaking out less and i have less body pain and more energy and have even started to lose weight.....go figure. I mean we drink diet soda because we think it is a diet aide and come to find out that is was actually preventing me from losing weight. I hate diet soda now. i got one of my use to be favorites like a week ago and it tasted terrible. it tasted like poison. i've sent a link below that tells some negative effects of diet soda and there are lots of other websites with similar inoformation. KIM



http://www.ojinaga.com/aspartame/

ChubbyBunny

Okay, good info....

So, where do I find Stevia? Is it a liquid a powder? What are some other natural sweetners I can use in cooking/baking....are their conversion charts?

I am trying to ween off diet soda....but it's hard.....