diet soda is HORRIBLE

hwholland

I find it funny all the people saying "Oh well we are all gonna die anyways"
With that type of attitude why are you even trying to lose weight? Go get yourself a greasy burger and some fries and enjoy life!! Gonna die anyways...

Maybe they'd rather die shredded and looking good.

Tintamar5678

Maybe they'd rather die shredded and looking good.

Look good for the worms

rowdymcrowdy

Dont believe everything you read-I have been drinking diet soda for over 40 years and I also did sweet-n-low. I got off sweet-n-low only becaue I like splenda better. Just because someone wants to espouse their views with twisted statsitics and or supposed facts does not make it correct. Please just have fun here and do not bring what you percieve as bad news.

rowdymcrowdy

Oh yeah and diet soda killed Kenny!!!!

Hollycat

I'm going to die anyway. It's pretty much a given. Probably die laughing, but I'm going to die.

If you read these articles V E R Y S L O W L Y and C A R E F U L L Y, engaging brain while reading, you'll notice a distinct lack of direct causation. You can look up 'causation' by googling it...:huh:

Sorry. I think there are a lot of other factors that are completely ignored in these articles that contribute. They're making huge leaps and assumptions.

Yes. I am in a foul mood. Probably the diet coke I had for breakfast.

Hollycat
:flowerforyou:

ColoradoRobin

Oh noes, we're gunna die!

I understand that some of you avoid diet soda as part of clean eating. That's great. I don't choose to follow that route.

News sources that are trying to sound dramatic often confuse correlation with causation. For instance, there is a correlation between diet soda consumption and diabetes. Diabetics are more likely to drink diet soda than non- diabetics. Does that mean diet soda causes diabetes? Not at all. It means that diabetics are more aware of their sugar consumption, and are more likely to avoid high sugar foods such as sugared soda. So they drink diet soda more. This gets turned around all the time by the press and becomes the ominous message that diabetes is caused by diet soda. Nonsense.

Tiffani3089

I would rather save my calories for beer and food.. SOOOO bring on the diet soda! .. Drinking your empty calories is worse for you in my opinion anyways.. they say it triggers the "sweets cravings" but when you have self control it really doesn't... I hardly ever crave sweets.. I used to have a diet soda atleast once a day to swap it up but now Its more like every couple of days.. I LOVE CALORIE FREE DRINKS

mielikkibz

I don't know why you're all laughing, diet drinks are a serious issue over here. They're the number one cause of alcoholism, drug abuse, and knife crime in this country. The diet pepsi vs. diet coke gang wars have become so extreme that people are too scared to leave their houses for fear of being caught in the crossfire.

ROFLMAOH!!! Oh my, I got strange looks here at work for giggling over this

Tintamar5678

I didn't read any of those links but I try to stay away from anything with Aspartame in it.
I have switched my sugar substitute in my morning coffee to Truvia or other sweeteners that do not contain aspartame in it.
I also stay away from soda or anything with carbination in it. I think it hinders the weight loss

elliecolorado

I find it funny all the people saying "Oh well we are all gonna die anyways"
With that type of attitude why are you even trying to lose weight? Go get yourself a greasy burger and some fries and enjoy life!! Gonna die anyways...

Well I'm not really trying to lose weight, it has just been a side effect of getting back into running. And I run because I enjoy it, not because I want to be healthier. I had a greasy burger and fries (well actually onion rings) just the other day and it was great. But since the topic of things that could kill me has been brought up, I knew someone who died running when he was 22 so I guess that is more dangerous than being overweight...

RhonndaJ

I have to say, I'm starting to love these threads. ~nods~

If you don't want to drink diet soda or use artificial sweeteners, don't.
I choose to drink and use them. We are both entitled to our decisions.

I have yet to see someone call diet sodas and artificial sweeteners 'healthy'. It isn't, but I've yet to read actual evidence that suggests it's going to harm me.

If you want to educate others to your way of thinking, something a bit less sensational is likely to be more efficient.

cydonian

I didn't read any of those links but I try to stay away from anything with Aspartame in it.
I have switched my sugar substitute in my morning coffee to Truvia or other sweeteners that do not contain aspartame in it.
I also stay away from soda or anything with carbination in it. I think it hinders the weight loss

I would love to use Stevia plant as a sweetner but I need to do online research and find out how to use it! I agree with you -- I think the bloating from all the carbonation is bad enough.

Schraudt814

I was planning to never die. This changes everything.

ahahaha yep threw a wrench in my plans...DANGIT!

mynameisuntz

Looks like someone else is brainwashed by the Mercola cult.

Heather75

I don't even drink soda and I am terrified. What if a can of diet soda breaks into my apartment and tries to kill me as I sleep? *fretfully wrings hands*

sstryniak

The FDA is corrupt. They allow certain things to be legal, such as aspartame and sucralose, because it is controlled by the government, which wants to make money. Cigarettes are legal because the government makes a lot of money off of them (cigarette sales and medical bills when the harmful effects kick in). The government nor does the FDA care about your personal well-being.

mynameisuntz

The FDA is corrupt. They allow certain things to be legal, such as aspartame and sucralose, because it is controlled by the government, which wants to make money. Cigarettes are legal because the government makes a lot of money off of them (cigarette sales and medical bills when the harmful effects kick in). The government nor does the FDA care about your personal well-being.

Your tinfoil hat is restricting blood flow to your brain.

Umeboshi

Yeah, it's AWFUL! Oh wait, you're talking about the health problems? Yeah, those suck too. :P

irishblonde2011

I do not drink the stuff.
I am going to live FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!! lol

hwholland

I didn't read any of those links but I try to stay away from anything with Aspartame in it.
I have switched my sugar substitute in my morning coffee to Truvia or other sweeteners that do not contain aspartame in it.
I also stay away from soda or anything with carbination in it. I think it hinders the weight loss

It doesn't hinder weight loss. Body builders live on diet soda when getting prepped for a competition.

koosdel

Personally, I believe chihuahuas are a far greater threat to man than diet soda.

Especially when salad is involved.

Skolls081102

Did anyone else notice, that the original poster has only posted two things on the forums This delightful post-and another calling a girl hot)...and they haven't filled out anything in their profile. Can you say troll???? Just let the thread die. He was just trying to cause an argument.

mynameisuntz

Did anyone else notice, that the original poster has only posted two things on the forums This delightful post-and another calling a girl hot)...and they haven't filled out anything in their profile. Can you say troll???? Just let the thread die. He was just trying to cause an argument.

Pics of girl or gtfo.

(not srs)

Umeboshi

The FDA is corrupt. They allow certain things to be legal, such as aspartame and sucralose, because it is controlled by the government, which wants to make money. Cigarettes are legal because the government makes a lot of money off of them (cigarette sales and medical bills when the harmful effects kick in). The government nor does the FDA care about your personal well-being.

Your tinfoil hat is restricting blood flow to your brain.

Seriously? The US govt banned clove cigarettes because they 'appeal to kids' (tell me the last time you talked to a kid who thought cloves sounded like a yummy treat) when in reality it was just because big tobacco companies were lobbying to get rid of their smaller competition. But noo, the government isn't being corrupted by corporations and profits at all. ;P It's all in our heads. Bottom line, the politicians WILL do what the lobbyists(big companies and rich people) want! It keeps them rich and in office.
I honestly don't understand why people jump to 'tin foil hats' the moment you point out the obvious corruption in the world...I think you've got some tin foil glasses preventing you from seeing what's right in front of you.

elleninez

Your tinfoil hat is restricting blood flow to your brain.

omg I love it!!!!!! lol

mynameisuntz

Seriously? The US govt banned clove cigarettes because they 'appeal to kids' (tell me the last time you talked to a kid who thought cloves sounded like a yummy treat) when in reality it was just because big tobacco companies were lobbying to get rid of their smaller competition. But noo, the government isn't being corrupted by corporations and profits at all. ;P It's all in our heads. Bottom line, the politicians WILL do what the lobbyists(big companies and rich people) want! It keeps them rich and in office.
I honestly don't understand why people jump to 'tin foil hats' the moment you point out the obvious corruption in the world...I think you've got some tin foil glasses preventing you from seeing what's right in front of you.

The cigarette argument is strawman which does nothing to prove your point. At all. I never said the government is clean as a whistle or remotely non-corrupt.

However, there are institutions worldwide that have found aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to be perfectly safe. These are institutions that have no affiliation to the FDA or US government. To say they legalize artificial sweeteners because they make a profit, similar to cigarettes, is false as: A) cigarettes have zero bearing on this issue and the evidence speaks for itself.

But thanks for the lesson on US politics. As it had nothing to do with the issue at hand.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

My first thought when reading the title was "duh"

I know that in rediculously large amounts fake sugar is bad for you, but I will wrestle you over that last packet of sweet n low for my coffee without batting an eye. I figure it could be worse, I could still be smoking, eating large amounts of processed foods, being stagnant . . .

Kent_Wayne

Behavior_Modification

It's CHLORINE, for one, and two, that's sodium CHLORIDE. Chemistry, learn it. Different things. ChloRINE when ingested is a carcinogen, no different than smoking a cigarette. Specifically, it's been used in poisonous gases (read: bombs).

OMG, I think I swallow water when I'm swimming in a pool. Great, now I'm gonna die from that!

RoadDog

99 times out of 100, I prefer a double Knob Creek on the rocks, but every once in a blue moon, I like a Rum and Diet coke with a twist of lime. But that's just me. I like life on the edge.