The evils of diet soda...

sbwood888

I just realized that my beloved Diet Mountain Dew is causing my non-stop heartburn. :sad: I really am bummed about this. I cannot imagine giving it up, but I guess I will have to if I ever want to be comfortable again. So add heartburn to the list of evils of diet soda.................

_Johanna_

I should selfishly urge you to drink Coke, since my husband works for the local Pepsi distributor and he works entirely too hard. Buy Coke and maybe he'll be able to punch out at quitting time. :laugh:

LOL! This is awesome Actually, if I am at a restaurant, I will happily choose a diet fountain coke over a diet pepsi - I love fountain diet coke - it's great stuff! So there you go - I do support your husband when I go to a restaurant (and not just drink water)

bunchesonothing

Supposedly it tricks the body into thinking it's gotten sugar and the body reacts as such. Then, when it realizes, it makes you crave sugar to account for it. However, if someone is on here and is readily aware of their diets, I would guess that they might feel less affected. They've already decided to show self control.

I'm sure there are one a day drinkers, but I have to say I know far more chronic diet soda drinkers, personally... than I do chronic regular soda drinkers. And they are larger people, with no intention to lose weight, because it's not their fault they're overweight. It's genetics. Circumstantial evidence is wonderful though, no? Soda isn't great for you in general, but one every now and again won't hurt. It's just mass drinking the stuff that's terrible.

_Johanna_

How do people move other people's comments and comment on those. I tried with the 30 sodium ton thing and now it looks like I posted it which was not my intention. I agree 30 is not a ton.

Under the post, select the "quote" button instead of the reply and it will put special tags around the original post

Chuckw40

I'm gonna be honest, I gag on water, and will never stop drinking no cal drinks. I feel it's better than being dehydrated.
I pee all day long.
I don't drink alcohol because I don't enjoy the taste. Same deal with water.

I'm wondering how your ancestors lived long enough to pass on the gene that makes water repulsive. If you were to stop drinking sweet drinks all the time I bet it wouldn't make you gag anymore. I used to drink at least 6 cokes a day and hated water, now i love it. Of course not all water is the same, perhaps you are drinking some really foul stuff where you live.

bunchesonothing

I'm gonna be honest, I gag on water, and will never stop drinking no cal drinks. I feel it's better than being dehydrated.
I pee all day long.
I don't drink alcohol because I don't enjoy the taste. Same deal with water.

I'm wondering how your ancestors lived long enough to pass on the gene that makes water repulsive. If you were to stop drinking sweet drinks all the time I bet it wouldn't make you gag anymore. I used to drink at least 6 cokes a day and hated water, now i love it. Of course not all water is the same, perhaps you are drinking some really foul stuff where you live.

I drink water with lemon in it. It gives it just enough flavor. It helped me stop drinking quite as much soda. I still drink it like once a weekish, but I used to drink it all day.

JennLifts

From my understanding there is a TON of sodium in those diet sodas and that in turn can cause you to retain water.

Also, the effects of drinking too much aspratame is bad (although I am not too sure what they are, I just know they are bad)

I dont think diet soda is a sodium culprit, but I know powerade zero will throw you through the roof.

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. Has to do with formaldehyde too I believe.

JennLifts

I'm gonna be honest, I gag on water, and will never stop drinking no cal drinks. I feel it's better than being dehydrated.
I pee all day long.
I don't drink alcohol because I don't enjoy the taste. Same deal with water.

I'm wondering how your ancestors lived long enough to pass on the gene that makes water repulsive. If you were to stop drinking sweet drinks all the time I bet it wouldn't make you gag anymore. I used to drink at least 6 cokes a day and hated water, now i love it. Of course not all water is the same, perhaps you are drinking some really foul stuff where you live.

I drink water with lemon in it. It gives it just enough flavor. It helped me stop drinking quite as much soda. I still drink it like once a weekish, but I used to drink it all day.

I used to hate water too, then I stopped drinking anything else and now I crave it!

DeBlue

I love my diet Pepsi, but darn those manufacturers are smart, drink it and you want more, more, more.

kleavitt1992

Diet wild cherry is my favorite! ( ive gotten other friends hooked now 2!) They SAY that the artificial sweetener actually spikes ur blood sugar and causes you to crave sweets. In my experiance, i dont have that problem. I drink a ton of it everyday- along with water and coffee and I'm at my goal weight. I'ld say just monitor if you have higher cravings after drinking it. Me personally, I wont be giving it up.

if that were the case why can diabetics drink diet coke?? id say it doesnt spike your blood sugar

Shirley61

Don't forget colas over time deplete the calcium from
your bones.

katschi

We're all gonna die of something.

Be happy. Drink your soda. :drinker:

aanddplusoanda

I don't drink pop but maybe a few times a year. I personally would much rather have the real thing as opposed to a diet pop. Tastes a lot better and I don't feel funny after drinking it like I do with anything diet.

Cherilea

FYI - I LOVE my Wild Diet Cherry Pepsi, but do make sure that I drink my 8 glasses of water before I ever indulge.

Oh, so do I....WDC is my absolute favorite! I might drink it a couple times a week but that's about it. So, like everything else, moderation is the key. I wouldn't worry that much about it.

kgool

I have a great recipe that includes Diet Coke.

I call it the Self Denial Coke Float

• 2 scoops Blue Bell Vanilla Ice-Cream
• 8 OZ Diet Coke
• Top with Reddi-Wip
• Drizzle with Hershey Syrup

Cherilea

In the words of the mighty Adam Ant, dont drink, dont smoke, what do you do?- Have a diet soda if you damn well want one, you are on a diet, and denial is the name of the game, so if you want a little treat, what is the harm?? Burp! :glasses:

Ahhhh...Adam Ant. There was a time in my life that I wanted to be Mrs. Adam Ant! Little treats are always good!

aejbx4x7s

I am a big fan of diet soda, especially when dieting. I haven't had much of it recently because of the artificial sweeteners. My new favorite is soda sweetened with stevia - natural and 0 calories! I get it at whole foods and there are a lot of flavor options that I really like. Not sure on the whole artificial sweetener thing, good or bad, but I figure better safe than sorry! And I actually prefer the taste of the stevia soda. I also have Celiac's and many naturally sweetened sodas are gluten free, whereas I can have trouble with artificially sweetened ones.

Best of luck!

UTDodger

I agree with that assesment

LauraMarie37

Wow…I can’t even pronounce these words much less understand what they are…Do you really want to put this into your body??

They aren't that crazy...many medications that many people on here take regularly have even crazier words. Just because somethng is made in a laboratory doesn't make it bad for you...just like just because something grows in the wild doesn't make it good for you. A recent NYTimes article about how fructose (ie, fruit sugar) may be worse for your body than sucrose is an example.

I'm not saying you should only eat processed foods/chemicals. Obviously not, for many documented reasons (tend to be more calorie dense and less nutrient dense, tend to have more sodium, etc). But it's a bit reductive to say every "chemical" is bad for you.

I agree with the one or occasionally two won't hurt you crowd.

rissa95

I just want to say that it really doesn't matter if you can pronounce words or not, I'm sure most people can't just pronounce "dihydrogen oxide" but that's water. People hav a wrong view about what to put in them. Like, everyone can pronounce "fat" doesn't mean it should go in your body! Simple words don't make better food

_Johanna_

I just watched a video from another post that basically said this - You have to balance your diet between acidic and alkaline based foods. fruits and veggies are alkaline. pretty much every thing else is acidic, including sodas and diet sodas. When you don't have a good balance, you body will drain other important mineral, like iron, from your food in order to achieve that balance. Iron is important to your thyroid as it helps maintain your metabolism, ensuring that it is running properly and not slowing down.

So - diet soda, coffee, alcohol, meats, etc are all acidic and Americans eat/drink too much of it, depleting minerals required by your thyroid to regulate your metabolism. our metabolisms get all out of whack making it harder for us to lose weight.

My take on this? Take a multi vitamin and eat more fruits and veggies, which is what I'm doing anyways. I am not going to become a vegetarian, give up my coffee, or my diet soda though Lord knows that there are times when I need a drink around my family

AngieMMc

I am no expert on the proven health effects of Diet Soda, but I can tell you from my own personal experience that one per day doesn't cause me to binge (if that were the case, there would be other major underlying issues that needed to be addressed), it doesn't make me feel like if I cut calories there, then I can eat them somewhere else (which isn't an altogether bad approach as long as you stay within your calorie allowance and eat healthy foods for the most part), I don't drink 15 a day.......I think that diet soda, as with anything else, in moderation is an acceptable alternative to high calorie drinks, but way more than that, I think that if we make lifestyle changes that we can actually live with long term and don't spend 95% of our day obsessing over everything we "CANNOT" have, then we will overall be MUCH more likely to succeed in the long run. There is also a good chance, like with me, that as time passes, you will have fewer cravings for the not so healthy foods and move more toward healthy options.

I personally have 1 caffeine free diet coke per day and then regular diet coke on the weekends sometimes, but I in no way see this as sabatoging my weight loss. I like it, I drink it, I don't replace it with a candy bar b/c I saved the calories.....it's all about choices and I am don't want to view this journey as a restricted lfie sentence, but instead a journey to freedom.