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  • ChasingHaven
    ChasingHaven Posts: 126 Member
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    Everything in moderation. They are zero calories so it would be impossible for them, ALONE, to cause weight gain.

    Yes, everything in moderation. Except child porn. None of that, thanks.

    ^ agreed, lol
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
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    As previously stated, you'll have to pry the empty can of Diet Mtn Dew from my cold, dead hands...
  • Mennassey
    Mennassey Posts: 27 Member
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    I used to drink a lot of diet soda. I actually now prefer crystal light, the pomegranate is super delicious.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
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    I don't drink diet pop - I don't like the taste of it. I do, however, drink sugar free energy drinks (they have a different sweetener in them than diet pop) and I don't worry about it. Would it be better to give them up completely? Probably. But, I don't drink alcohol, I don't drink pop, I don't eat fast food, I don't smoke and I don't do drugs.

    If I want to eat some chocolate and wash it down with a Monster Rehab - I will. :)
  • 10kaday
    10kaday Posts: 177
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    Diet soda is just as bad for you as full flavor. All your body really wants is water. I drink water allll day long. I also drink unsweetened soy milk at breakfast, black coffee, and sometimes... green tea, and an occasional beer. That's it for me!
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
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    @ninerbuff

    Stevia has no side effects and has been used safely for a long time in South America and countries all over the world, especially Japan. Japan has actually banned aspartame.

    HFCS -- it's still sugar. Also, it's made from corn. Look up GMO Corn from Monsanto. HFCS is made from GMO corn and once again, it's made in a lab.

    And get your facts right, stevia is not banned in Singapore, Europe and Hong Kong. Check wikipedia!

    And the UK/Europe has banned Stevia....
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    Diet soda is just as bad for you as full flavor.
    There's a huge difference in calorie consumption. 0 vs 120 calories a can is significant. I can drink 2 cans of Diet Pepsi or 2 cans of Regular Pepsi.............240 calories has to come somewhere from my intake which means I give something up or go work out another half hour.

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  • Effief21
    Effief21 Posts: 36 Member
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    They're bad for your teeth and fill you with gas. Stick with water or squash to be safe
  • colochel
    colochel Posts: 263 Member
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    I don't care what anyone else says when it comes to this... I lost 42 lbs (granted, I'm only half way to my GW) while drinking diet soda fairly religiously. Of course, water is better for you. And soda can dehydrate. So use common sense. If you drink soda, up your water intake a bit.

    If you like it, drink it. :)
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    While diet may not give you calories, some of us have systems that will throw the insulin out in preparation for this sweet tasting thing I'm drinking.

    Now with the insulin response, I've just gone to fat storage mode. The glucose also drops, and I'll feel the drowsy effect just like after eating simple breads. Except with no real carbs, I never got the sugar high.

    Now it takes about 4 hrs to get back to normal.

    For some people whose system's react badly, it can be a bad effect for their weight loss attempts.
  • dragonssoftballmom
    dragonssoftballmom Posts: 34
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    I drink them, but I don't let it interfere with drinking water.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    They're bad for your teeth and fill you with gas. Stick with water or squash to be safe
    It is if you oral hygiene is bad. Beans and apples fill you with gas too, so I guess they're bad too.

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  • debstanley4
    debstanley4 Posts: 208 Member
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    Diet soda may not have the calories, but you have to ask yourself "Why?". It has been chemically altered to be diet.

    I would encourage you to research splenda, aspartame, and other artificial sweeteners. They can do corrosive damage to your body over years and in general are not good for you. Hence the artificial part. If you are wanting to lose weight by having healthy eating habits then I would say absolutely "no" to diet drinks or anything with artificial sweeteners. But in the end it comes down to personal preference.

    Agree
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    While diet may not give you calories, some of us have systems that will throw the insulin out in preparation for this sweet tasting thing I'm drinking.

    Now with the insulin response, I've just gone to fat storage mode. The glucose also drops, and I'll feel the drowsy effect just like after eating simple breads. Except with no real carbs, I never got the sugar high.

    Now it takes about 4 hrs to get back to normal.

    For some people whose system's react badly, it can be a bad effect for their weight loss attempts.
    Then it's obvious people who react this way shouldn't drink it. Just like people who allergic to certain foods shouldn't eat them too. But that doesn't mean having a diet soda for people with no issues is going to doom them to bad health.


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  • DisneyAddictRW
    DisneyAddictRW Posts: 800 Member
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    I use to drink 3 cans a day of diet coke. I cut back per dentist request and now I have 1 only if we go out to dinner. Try to stick with water myself since I struggle to get enough daily.
  • ShapeUpSidney
    ShapeUpSidney Posts: 1,092 Member
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    It is if you oral hygiene is bad. Beans and apples fill you with gas too, so I guess their bad too.

    yeah, but at least with beans and apples you get satiety and some healthy nutrients
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    Diet soda may not have the calories, but you have to ask yourself "Why?". It has been chemically altered to be diet.

    I would encourage you to research splenda, aspartame, and other artificial sweeteners. They can do corrosive damage to your body over years and in general are not good for you. Hence the artificial part. If you are wanting to lose weight by having healthy eating habits then I would say absolutely "no" to diet drinks or anything with artificial sweeteners. But in the end it comes down to personal preference.
    Why? Because it tastes good and it's a break from water. There isn't evidence to show that the current use of artificial sweetners are the cause of people's health demises. People are more likely to get sick from eating bad fish, then from drinking diet soda.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    yeah, but at least with beans and apples you get satiety and some healthy nutrients
    No argument there, but to correlate getting gas as being "bad" from soda should apply to anything that makes you get gas "bad" was the point.

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  • ShapeUpSidney
    ShapeUpSidney Posts: 1,092 Member
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    No argument there, but to correlate getting gas as being "bad" from soda should apply to anything that makes you get gas "bad" was the point.

    But I always hate that strategy in an argument. It's a poor comparison. We don't examine things in a "good" or "bad" vacuum. We weigh or choices in a risk versus benefit analysis.

    Diet soda has more bad effects on the body than it has benefits. That's reality.

    If you can't avoid regular soda without going diet, then maybe you should substitute. If you just LOVE the taste of it, then have it as a treat.

    Will it kill you? Probably not. Will it make you gain a hundred pounds? Doubtful. But what good will come of it? Probably very little...

    Thats my opinion anyhow. I'm biased though, because I hate the taste
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    But I always hate that strategy in an argument. It's a poor comparison. We don't examine things in a "good" or "bad" vacuum. We weigh or choices in a risk versus benefit analysis.

    Diet soda has more bad effects on the body than it has benefits. That's reality.

    If you can't avoid regular soda without going diet, then maybe you should substitute. If you just LOVE the taste of it, then have it as a treat.

    Will it kill you? Probably not. Will it make you gain a hundred pounds? Doubtful. But what good will come of it? Probably very little...

    Thats my opinion anyhow. I'm biased though, because I hate the taste
    I do agree with everything you're saying here. I choose to have diet soda because of taste, fizz and because I like it. Especially with my McRib.:wink:

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