Diet drinks (soda/pop)

ninerbuff

If you drink when you are hungry the liquid going in will fill your stomach so you will feel full for a while. But as you body starts to see the fake sugar in you system, it thinks it real sugar and will ramp up. The problem is, that your body is fooled and you insulin levels will be off because your body is trying to breakdown sugar that isn't there and you will crave food instead.

This is unfounded by clinical studies. People here need to do actual research from peer reviewed clinical studies and not take the word of article, bloggers, etc unless they have the actual clinical studies to show actual causation and not just correlation.

Diet soda is fine if in moderation and not your main source of water intake.


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alucard835

Diet soda is filled with all kinds of chemicals and preservatives. It's better to drink them very rarely or not at all.

kardowling

I get tired of just plain water so I drink 1 liter bottles of flavored seltza water. Made the switch from soda and got my kids on board too. much better than all the junk in soda. Also I drink Snapple diet iced tea. Great flavors!

maraelise201

The sugar substitute that they use in any diet drink has been linked to increasing your hunger especially for sugary food. This is I believe from recent studies and may be dis proven in studies to come. I think it is better to drink water but not everyone likes water and I personally need the caffeine. Any sugar substitute can have this effect not just diet soda. Just keep in mind when your drinking them that you may have a sugar craving latter and try hard not to give in.

HMonsterX

All soda, weather regular or diet are bad for you, causes belly fat.......I don't drink any soda at all.

So, its NOT a calorie excess that causes fat to be stored? Diet soda causes fat, and not just any fat, actual belly fat?

Sigh...

fan_jess_tic

Diet sodas have alot of sodium in them. I am working on trying to even out the salt with drinking water on top of the diet cokes I drink. But doing just diet cokes, I still feel like I am thirsty most of the time hence the drinking water on top.

ninerbuff

Diet sodas have alot of sodium in them. I am working on trying to even out the salt with drinking water on top of the diet cokes I drink. But doing just diet cokes, I still feel like I am thirsty most of the time hence the drinking water on top.

35 mg is a lot of sodium? Hmmm. Guess you don't eat anything without sodium then.



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UponThisRock

Diet soda killed my dog

Jeff92se

Diet sodas have alot of sodium in them. I am working on trying to even out the salt with drinking water on top of the diet cokes I drink. But doing just diet cokes, I still feel like I am thirsty most of the time hence the drinking water on top.

35 mg is a lot of sodium? Hmmm. Guess you don't eat anything without sodium then.



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Yeah I actually looked at the back of my diet coke can and thought "what's with the high sodium content outrage?"

badgerbadger1

Way back when I switched from regular Pepsi to diet, it helped me lose 35 lbs. Obviously, because of all the sugar I wasn't taking in. I gained it back, due to laziness and poor eating habits. However, I did consistently find over the past few years that after drinking a diet pepsi I do feel a drop in blood sugar, which makes me think I need to eat.

This time around I've switched my diet entirely. I'm eating cleaner, and have cut from 6+ cans of diet pepsi a day to one. I find it helps stave off hunger pangs. If I don't drink the diet pepsi and stick to 1200 cals/day I feel satisfied all day and even a 300 cal meal feels too heavy.