Diet Soda....is it really any good?

Jessk63

thanks everyone for their insight!! I drink about 1 20oz bottle of diet pepsi a day if not more sometimes....I seriously see the stuff and cant help but pick one up if im out....i think im gonna try to give it up cold turkey to see how i feel......i used to work for a physical therapist office and they always told me id feel better and it would help me to just cut it completely....one of them suggest Fresca in place of it.....i wish i could remove the vending machine from my work break room haha.....wish me luck everyone im gonna give it shot!!! NO MORE SODA starting RIGHT NOW!

michelle4271

I too loved my soda, Coke drinker her. Its been almost 18 years,,,yes you've read that correctly, 18 YEARS, since I've even had a sip of coke. I now only drink water and will on occasion have a sprite/ sierra mist if I'm not feeling very good tummy wise (its my comfort food from when I was a little girl - never like ginger ale haha).

I stopped drinking soda because it is very acidic and will rot away the enamel of your teeth...now I know there is pleanty of other things I'm eating that will do the same thing, but I was ok with making this change.

I have also learned that more than 3 "diet" beverages (doesnt matter what, just "diet") can lead to increased risk of heart disease. Again, I am probably eating pleanty of other things to compensate for this too, but its where I was/ am willing to cut back.

It all boils down to moderation, too much of anything is not a good thing, and if its not one thing that will "do you in" it will be another.

I have befriended a personal trainer here on MFP and she drinks a pepsi (dont think its diet) every day, has something to do with the simple/ complex carbs and weight lifting and the ease your body has in consuming and using what it can provide for you.

So back to your original question, is it bad for you? depends on who you ask.

I have read numerous times that having your post workout protein with something sugary is good. The sugar will send that protein straight to the muscles immediately.

yes, I've read alot of people will use 1 cup of chocolate milk immediately following their workout for that same reason,,,,,so I'm guessing its not diet soda after thinking this through, its probably regular for this very purpose, along with the carbs in it....liquid carbs so absorbed and used efficiently?

milehighcritic

I was a two to three can a day diet soda drinker. I decided to cut diet soda out of my diet two months ago.

Christiane81

If you can honestly tell me anything that is real in diet soda then I would say it is healthy. As a doctor I cannot advise my patients enough that just because it is diet or fat free doesn't mean that it is healthy. My general rule is this: if it is advertised repeatedly on television then it must not be that great for you.

astovey

i love diet soda, but i'm pretty sure the aspartame will give me a tumor that will kill me one day. i've accepted my fate.

I share your fate!

Thank you, Sometimes things aren't worth worrying so much about. I don't have any deadly side effects so I'm going to keep enjoying the tastiness and the pick me up

But I am going to stop using my cell phone for fear of a brain tumor...

StabR80

My Husbands urologist ( he had a kidney removed due to kidney cancer at the nice young age of 34!!) told him to cut way way back if not totally on the dark sodas b/c of the CARMEL coloring.....its not necessary and it is just "cosmetic" Carmel coloring is HORRIBLE for you. I should live by his example but I am addicted to my diet pop.

ElaineDianne70

Everything I've ever read says YES, stop drinking diet soda.

Here's a video that someone recommended to me - it's kind of long, but makes sense.

http://youtu.be/hpoAtwVyzZI

duckychic

I have heard that diet soda's make you crave sweets. I stopped drinking it and it seems to have helped!


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Becky1971

Great rule of thumb! I will be sharing!

If you can honestly tell me anything that is real in diet soda then I would say it is healthy. As a doctor I cannot advise my patients enough that just because it is diet or fat free doesn't mean that it is healthy. My general rule is this: if it is advertised repeatedly on television then it must not be that great for you.

Becky1971

Good luck!

thanks everyone for their insight!! I drink about 1 20oz bottle of diet pepsi a day if not more sometimes....I seriously see the stuff and cant help but pick one up if im out....i think im gonna try to give it up cold turkey to see how i feel......i used to work for a physical therapist office and they always told me id feel better and it would help me to just cut it completely....one of them suggest Fresca in place of it.....i wish i could remove the vending machine from my work break room haha.....wish me luck everyone im gonna give it shot!!! NO MORE SODA starting RIGHT NOW!