Can stopping drinking diet soda help me lose weight? Why?
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Also, another thing about phosphoric acid and bone calcium. When researchers followed up on the studies that showed a loss of calcium included with consumption of sodas, they were actually able to exclude phosphoric acid as the cause. This is exactly what we mean when we say "correlation does not equal causation." Phosphoric acid was correlated with reduced calcium absorption, but it turns out it's actually caffeine that's the cause of it. So why don't we hear about the evils of caffeine leaching calcium out of our bones? Because while the research showed an increase of calcium loss with caffeine consumption, it also showed that the body compensated with a reduction of calcium loss the rest of the day, leading to no difference overall, compared to non-consumption.
This is why you have to actually read entire studies, and can't just pick one word or phrase out of it to build an argument.0 -
"Health police" aren't going to read clinical studies. They usually are going to blame fast food, diet soda, processed items, etc. as their demise for getting overweight and "sick". Good thing that there are people on here that are actually do research and not succumb to just reading media and hype about how bad the above mentioned items are.Also, another thing about phosphoric acid and bone calcium. When researchers followed up on the studies that showed a loss of calcium included with consumption of sodas, they were actually able to exclude phosphoric acid as the cause. This is exactly what we mean when we say "correlation does not equal causation." Phosphoric acid was correlated with reduced calcium absorption, but it turns out it's actually caffeine that's the cause of it. So why don't we hear about the evils of caffeine leaching calcium out of our bones? Because while the research showed an increase of calcium loss with caffeine consumption, it also showed that the body compensated with a reduction of calcium loss the rest of the day, leading to no difference overall, compared to non-consumption.
This is why you have to actually read entire studies, and can't just pick one word or phrase out of it to build an argument.
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I'm going to put YassFitness and ninerbuff in a corner and make them hug if the don't stop it. Boys - you don't agree on this, and that is okay. Yass - everyone is intitled to his or own opinion, and while you have good points, just because people aren't on your thought-wagon doesn't mean that they are wrong. Niner - you are very knowledgable in the field and are a very fit person, but not everyone is as open as you are. Okay boys, now shake hands and agree to disagree.0
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It's zero calories. There are so many fallacies about diet soda out there by bloggers, opinionists, and so called "health gurus" that can't seem to back them up with actual peer reviewed clinical studies.Ok so someone told me that if I quit drinking diet soda I'll lose more weight. Why is that? Is it true? Why is it "diet" then if that is the case? I'm kind of confused and feel kind of dumb for asking but I'm like the cat I have tons of curiosity lol
For what it's worth, diet soda has no nutritional value, but I drink it for the "sweetness" and caffeine. I have at least 2 a day along with my separate 85oz of water.
Unless you have bad reactions to the aspartame, it's not going to hold you back on weight loss.
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In my experience, admittedly a sample of 1, giving up diet soda (and all artificial sweeteners) has helped to reduce my taste for sweets in general. Also, switching to water from diet soda is a healthier choice -- less sodium, fewer chemicals, better for your body. It's also a lot cheaper to drink water.0 -
Me tooo. No more than 2/day but I'm. I'm not proud nor ashamed. I am what I am.0
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I respect your point of view as anybody's else but the title of this thread is
"Can stopping drinking diet soda help me lose weight? Why?"
Please explain what is the relevance on this particular subject of the toxins from the diet sodas with the weight loss. The OP did not ask about if the diet soda is safe but if it's good or not for weigh loss.
If you don't want to prove anything to anyone then please change the statement in:
Diet soda = Bad fro me.
I do agree strongly with one thing though. I have to work harder to whitening my teeth.
Cheers.First of all, I don't really need to prove anything to anyone here, at the end most in this website don't have a clue about what's good or bad for you whether is in terms of losing weight or health in general. There are those who apparently might have knowledge about fitness and nutrition and yet they surprise me with the things they say to others here. If any of you decide to drink whatever you want to drink, it is your own life, your own problem, your own body but if asked for opinion, they will get it whether they agree with it or not.
To anyone who tells me that products like soda, or in this case diet soda, which are far from being NATURAL, are good and healthy, it kind of makes me not even bother with an answer. It is not my fault people can't really make good use of the internet to do a real research and not just read any article that pops up on Google search.
With that said, if any of you want to know if the following is true or not, I suggest you to look it up on your own, I'm not going to do it for you. There are plenty of books, magazines and internet articles that talk about this. Just be aware that the same way companies who want to affect the business of corporations like Coca Cola, this corporations have their own "doctors" and "scientists" to prove wrong this researchers.
Soda, whether diet or regular contains among other ingredients.
PHOSPHORIC ACID (H3PO4) which can be used for different things such as rust removal. Of course, the grade used in food is different, but it is still the same chemical. Phosphoric Acid is linked to affect and lower bone density. Studies done including the use of X-ray showed that in both women and men the bone density diminished (low bone density is a symptom of Osteoporosis). Also, Phosphoric Acid binds to calcium and other minerals in the digestive tract can form salts that are not absorbed by the body. Other studies state that Phosphoric Acid is also associated with kidney stones.
Inhalation effects - Bronchiolar fibrosis of the respiratory tract in rats. Also, rats that were exposed to 150-160 mg/m3 elemental phosphorus for 30 minutes/day for 60 days were examined for toxic effects (Inuzuka, 1956). Limb bone abnormalities were noted and effects included delayed ossification, widening of the epiphysis, and abnormal axial development.
POTASSIUM BENZOATE (E212) AND SODIUM BENZOATE (NaC6H5CO2) both used as preservative and antibacterial. When both are combined with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) they form BENZENE (C6H6) a natural constituent of crude oil, colorless and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It is mainly used as a precursor to heavy chemicals. Benzene causes cancer and other illnesses. Benzene is a "notorious cause" of bone marrow failure. "Vast quantities of epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory data" link benzene to aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, and bone marrow abnormalities.
CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA
Used to avoid the formation of BENZENE. Calcium Disodium EDTA is used in chelation therapy*. Side effects of chelation therapy include malabsorption or low levels of various vitamins, including vitamin C and the various B vitamins. Other side effects include allergic reactions; dangerously low blood sugar, blood pressure, or blood calcium levels; kidney failure and seizures. According to the FDA, 11 patients died from calcium disodium EDTA use between 1971 and 2007.
*Chelation therapy is the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body for the most common forms of heavy metal intoxication involving lead, arsenic or mercury
ARTIFICIAL COLORING. Artificial says a lot about how "AWESOME" it is for our bodies, but in any case caramel coloring which is added to soda drinks to give them that dark brown color is not itself a carcinogen but it is often made using ammonia. According to a 2010 study from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, caramel coloring made with ammonia causes cancer in rats and mice. True humans are not rats or mice related, but personally I wouldn't want that in my body.
ninerbuff, weight is not the only issue when it comes about food. So much for the nutrition studies.
andrejjorje, although I said it at the beginning of my reply I have nothing to prove to anyone, let me explain something which is a simple rule, natural doesn't always mean healthy. Crude oil is natural, and you wouldn't eat it because is going to kill you, but it just takes a little bit of sense to analyze that not only corporations like Coca Cola, Pepsi among others will look for ways to make their products sound "safe", but when I start seeing chemistry experiments just to make something drinkable, it makes me question why would I want to put something like that in my body, and make my liver work hard to avoid all those toxins spread thru my body.
If anyone base their trust in the FDA approval of safety, not too long ago I watched a documentary about how FDA requires two successful tests in order to approve a medication, even if 98 tests weren't successful. If this is true or not, I don't know, but knowing how this government works when it comes about the influence lobbyists have on it and its agencies, I honestly don't trust them at all, but that's just me.0 -
I am so sick and tired of seeing this argument used every time diet soda is mentioned. It's a bunch of crap.
If you actually read the article, it says that its "link to weight gain" is because people who drink diet soda often think they can eat more because they saved so many calories drinking diet rather than regular soda.
I *literally* drink over 80oz per day of Diet Dr Pepper, have perfect blood work, lost 55 lbs, and am in the best shape of my life.0 -
Blah, blah, blah. Yet another "nutrition expert." I will tell you what I tell everyone else. I am healthier than I have ever been, proven by blood work, and I drink a ton of diet soda. I continue to maintain my weight of 185 at 6'1" tall. 2 years in a row I got blood work telling me I was at risk for heart disease because of my through the roof triglycerides, sugar, and cholesterol. I lost 55 lbs while drinking all of this awful diet soda, and my blood work is as clean as a whistle now.
If it makes you feel good to put people down on this site while you make up fairy tales about health and fitness because you have deemed yourself an expert, you don't belong here.First of all, I don't really need to prove anything to anyone here, at the end most in this website don't have a clue about what's good or bad for you whether is in terms of losing weight or health in general. There are those who apparently might have knowledge about fitness and nutrition and yet they surprise me with the things they say to others here. If any of you decide to drink whatever you want to drink, it is your own life, your own problem, your own body but if asked for opinion, they will get it whether they agree with it or not.
To anyone who tells me that products like soda, or in this case diet soda, which are far from being NATURAL, are good and healthy, it kind of makes me not even bother with an answer. It is not my fault people can't really make good use of the internet to do a real research and not just read any article that pops up on Google search.
With that said, if any of you want to know if the following is true or not, I suggest you to look it up on your own, I'm not going to do it for you. There are plenty of books, magazines and internet articles that talk about this. Just be aware that the same way companies who want to affect the business of corporations like Coca Cola, this corporations have their own "doctors" and "scientists" to prove wrong this researchers.
Soda, whether diet or regular contains among other ingredients.
PHOSPHORIC ACID (H3PO4) which can be used for different things such as rust removal. Of course, the grade used in food is different, but it is still the same chemical. Phosphoric Acid is linked to affect and lower bone density. Studies done including the use of X-ray showed that in both women and men the bone density diminished (low bone density is a symptom of Osteoporosis). Also, Phosphoric Acid binds to calcium and other minerals in the digestive tract can form salts that are not absorbed by the body. Other studies state that Phosphoric Acid is also associated with kidney stones.
Inhalation effects - Bronchiolar fibrosis of the respiratory tract in rats. Also, rats that were exposed to 150-160 mg/m3 elemental phosphorus for 30 minutes/day for 60 days were examined for toxic effects (Inuzuka, 1956). Limb bone abnormalities were noted and effects included delayed ossification, widening of the epiphysis, and abnormal axial development.
POTASSIUM BENZOATE (E212) AND SODIUM BENZOATE (NaC6H5CO2) both used as preservative and antibacterial. When both are combined with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) they form BENZENE (C6H6) a natural constituent of crude oil, colorless and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It is mainly used as a precursor to heavy chemicals. Benzene causes cancer and other illnesses. Benzene is a "notorious cause" of bone marrow failure. "Vast quantities of epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory data" link benzene to aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, and bone marrow abnormalities.
CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA
Used to avoid the formation of BENZENE. Calcium Disodium EDTA is used in chelation therapy*. Side effects of chelation therapy include malabsorption or low levels of various vitamins, including vitamin C and the various B vitamins. Other side effects include allergic reactions; dangerously low blood sugar, blood pressure, or blood calcium levels; kidney failure and seizures. According to the FDA, 11 patients died from calcium disodium EDTA use between 1971 and 2007.
*Chelation therapy is the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body for the most common forms of heavy metal intoxication involving lead, arsenic or mercury
ARTIFICIAL COLORING. Artificial says a lot about how "AWESOME" it is for our bodies, but in any case caramel coloring which is added to soda drinks to give them that dark brown color is not itself a carcinogen but it is often made using ammonia. According to a 2010 study from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, caramel coloring made with ammonia causes cancer in rats and mice. True humans are not rats or mice related, but personally I wouldn't want that in my body.
ninerbuff, weight is not the only issue when it comes about food. So much for the nutrition studies.
andrejjorje, although I said it at the beginning of my reply I have nothing to prove to anyone, let me explain something which is a simple rule, natural doesn't always mean healthy. Crude oil is natural, and you wouldn't eat it because is going to kill you, but it just takes a little bit of sense to analyze that not only corporations like Coca Cola, Pepsi among others will look for ways to make their products sound "safe", but when I start seeing chemistry experiments just to make something drinkable, it makes me question why would I want to put something like that in my body, and make my liver work hard to avoid all those toxins spread thru my body.
If anyone base their trust in the FDA approval of safety, not too long ago I watched a documentary about how FDA requires two successful tests in order to approve a medication, even if 98 tests weren't successful. If this is true or not, I don't know, but knowing how this government works when it comes about the influence lobbyists have on it and its agencies, I honestly don't trust them at all, but that's just me.0 -
I am so sick and tired of seeing this argument used every time diet soda is mentioned. It's a bunch of crap.
If you actually read the article, it says that its "link to weight gain" is because people who drink diet soda often think they can eat more because they saved so many calories drinking diet rather than regular soda.
I *literally* drink over 80oz per day of Diet Dr Pepper, have perfect blood work, lost 55 lbs, and am in the best shape of my life.
The study itself doesn't actually even say people gain weight when drinking diet soda, it says people that drink diet soda weigh more (well, have a bigger waist circumference). Seems to me that is not really a 'finding'. Would people really be surprised that those that are higher weights would be the ones to choose to cut calories and therefore be found drinking diet soda? It doesn't even come close to proving that diet soda causes weight gain.0 -
How about a squat or deadlift contest instead? Meh, I can agree to disagree, but I won't let someone "slyly" try to discredit me.I'm going to put YassFitness and ninerbuff in a corner and make them hug if the don't stop it. Boys - you don't agree on this, and that is okay. Yass - everyone is intitled to his or own opinion, and while you have good points, just because people aren't on your thought-wagon doesn't mean that they are wrong. Niner - you are very knowledgable in the field and are a very fit person, but not everyone is as open as you are. Okay boys, now shake hands and agree to disagree.
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It's zero calories. There are so many fallacies about diet soda out there by bloggers, opinionists, and so called "health gurus" that can't seem to back them up with actual peer reviewed clinical studies.Ok so someone told me that if I quit drinking diet soda I'll lose more weight. Why is that? Is it true? Why is it "diet" then if that is the case? I'm kind of confused and feel kind of dumb for asking but I'm like the cat I have tons of curiosity lol
For what it's worth, diet soda has no nutritional value, but I drink it for the "sweetness" and caffeine. I have at least 2 a day along with my separate 85oz of water.
Unless you have bad reactions to the aspartame, it's not going to hold you back on weight loss.
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In my experience, admittedly a sample of 1, giving up diet soda (and all artificial sweeteners) has helped to reduce my taste for sweets in general. Also, switching to water from diet soda is a healthier choice -- less sodium, fewer chemicals, better for your body. It's also a lot cheaper to drink water.
I'll give you the cheaper part, but most regular drinking water has roughly the same amount of sodium as soda. As for the chemical part, to be honest, the chemicals in question frighten people on a mental level, they don't actually bother the body one bit. The body sees everything as chemicals, and doesn't actually recognize the difference between one food or another. It sees aspartame and water in soda the same way it sees aspartic acid, phenylalanine (the two ingredients in aspartame,) and water in an avocado (yes, avocados are actually good sources of both aspartic acid and phenylalanine together, just like aspartame in soda. Surprise, you can find this "unholy chemical" in nature!)
Now I do want to say, as vigilantly as I defend diet sodas, from a health, safety, and factual perspective, I'm not advocating drinking only diet soda and never drinking anything else. Just because that's what the anti-diet soda crowd seem to always assume people who drink diet soda must do (always gotta love the all or nothing argument, after all, everybody knows that there's no such thing as balance and moderation in anything,) doesn't make it true. I do average 1 can of diet soda a day, along with a cup of black coffee, a mug of green tea, and about a gallon of water a day. It's part of what I call, balance, and enjoying life. I do even occasionally have a FULL SUGAR SODA! Yet somehow I've lost 52 pounds. :laugh: :drinker:0 -
Here's my take on things. No empirical evidence to back this up, but I think it makes sense.
Artificial sweeteners make us expect things to be extremely sweet, so we aren't satisfied by natural sources of sugar like fruit, which then makes us turn to processed foods like candy, cake, etc. If you phase out artificial sweeteners you'll eventually be able to get your sugar fix via whole foods like fruit, honey, etc.0 -
I eat fruit along with diet soda daily. I've dieted many times for contests and diet soda help to keep me sane while I kept away from candy, cake, cookies etc, to it probably depends more on the person.Here's my take on things. No empirical evidence to back this up, but I think it makes sense.
Artificial sweeteners make us expect things to be extremely sweet, so we aren't satisfied by natural sources of sugar like fruit, which then makes us turn to processed foods like candy, cake, etc. If you phase out artificial sweeteners you'll eventually be able to get your sugar fix via whole foods like fruit, honey, etc.
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I eat fruit along with diet soda daily. I've dieted many times for contests and diet soda help to keep me sane while I kept away from candy, cake, cookies etc, to it probably depends more on the person.Here's my take on things. No empirical evidence to back this up, but I think it makes sense.
Artificial sweeteners make us expect things to be extremely sweet, so we aren't satisfied by natural sources of sugar like fruit, which then makes us turn to processed foods like candy, cake, etc. If you phase out artificial sweeteners you'll eventually be able to get your sugar fix via whole foods like fruit, honey, etc.
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As with everything else, it certainly does depend on the person.0 -
Here's a short and sweet article from Mens Health Magazine that scared me straight so to speak. I used to drink at least 32oz of Diet Pepsi per day (sometimes much more). I'll occasionally have one, but I've found that I'm much more snacky later in the day if I have a diet soda with lunch.
http://news.menshealth.com/the-truth-about-diet-soda/2011/07/07/
Another article I read suggests that drinking diet soda may increase a person's preference for sugary-tasting food in general (i.e. cookies, candy, etc).0 -
When I decided I wanted to lose weight, I went to my doctor for advice, who sent me to their weight-loss clinic. I spoke to a doctor who does nothing all day but deal with individual needs to lose weight, everything from me, who had put on some pounds but never dieted and needed advice, to people dangerously obese who needed surgery for it, etc. He gave me some strategies best suited for my lifestyle, and yes, he strongly encouraged me to give up diet soda in order to lose weight. I was horrified, by the way, being a long-time major consumer of the stuff. I tried bargaining, you know, like when you're going through the stages of grief. He was adamant. He said the mechanism for it is not yet known, but over and over he sees people who only finally lose weight once they manage to give up diet soda.
I didn't like the answer, but I consider him a better authority than any of the scoffers and calorie-counting fundamentalists here.0 -
Meh, I've lost 70 pounds drinking diet soda. I'll believe that, and all the science that says its perfectly fine.
Even doctors can have agendas, you know.0 -
Here's my take on things. No empirical evidence to back this up, but I think it makes sense.
Artificial sweeteners make us expect things to be extremely sweet, so we aren't satisfied by natural sources of sugar like fruit, which then makes us turn to processed foods like candy, cake, etc. If you phase out artificial sweeteners you'll eventually be able to get your sugar fix via whole foods like fruit, honey, etc.
Why do you think that? Taste is purely a matter of determining whether something is safe to eat or not. It has no effect on digestion. Aspartame is protein, the body reacts to it like any other protein, with the same insulin response and protein enzymes that would happen had you eaten a piece of steak (just obviously on a much smaller scale.) Does chicken make you crave sugar?
And cravings are purely mental in nature, and have nothing to do with artificial sweeteners themselves.0 -
If you are prone to retaining water, then cutting 30mg of sodium on average from your diet for every diet drink you normally consume and replacing it with water would lead to water weight being lost.
We have a strict no artificial sweeteners policy in our house because I am severely allergic to them. However, when my spouse and I met she was a diet coke junky. While cutting them out didn't cause her to lose weight, (she replaced them with regular soda) it did have a striking effect on her health. She takes several medications for an illness and had suffered for years with nearly debilitating side effects. Almost as soon as she cut out the artificial sweeteners the side effects stopped. Turns out after discussing it with her dr. and dietician the chemicals in artificial sweeteners can interact with certain medications and cause increased toxicity.
Since she was addicted to soda, mostly for the bubbles, I bought her a soda stream last year for her birthday. Best investment I ever made. It gave us total control over the amount of syrup and therefore the amount of sugar in her soda's. She has been gradually cutting back the amount of syrup each week for several months now and just recently started putting a squeeze of fresh lemon in her glass instead of syrup at all. Since it is just CO2 and tap water there is nearly no sodium that way.0 -
I have a soda stream too! I love it, for the control it gives me, for the environmental aspects and for the cost control. I recommend she try lime juice! I like it even better than lemon juice.0
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*banging head against wall*
No - No it wont, just effing drink it if you want, I drink a f*ckload of coke zero a day - I have lost a ****load of weight
things like consistency, watching your diet, realizing this **** takes time are what matter
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Unless you distill the water, tap water has roughly the same amount of sodium, if not more, than soda does. Water is treated with sodium to soften it, and chlorine to kill germs. Most water filters don't filter sodium.If you are prone to retaining water, then cutting 30mg of sodium on average from your diet for every diet drink you normally consume and replacing it with water would lead to water weight being lost.
We have a strict no artificial sweeteners policy in our house because I am severely allergic to them. However, when my spouse and I met she was a diet coke junky. While cutting them out didn't cause her to lose weight, (she replaced them with regular soda) it did have a striking effect on her health. She takes several medications for an illness and had suffered for years with nearly debilitating side effects. Almost as soon as she cut out the artificial sweeteners the side effects stopped. Turns out after discussing it with her dr. and dietician the chemicals in artificial sweeteners can interact with certain medications and cause increased toxicity.
Since she was addicted to soda, mostly for the bubbles, I bought her a soda stream last year for her birthday. Best investment I ever made. It gave us total control over the amount of syrup and therefore the amount of sugar in her soda's. She has been gradually cutting back the amount of syrup each week for several months now and just recently started putting a squeeze of fresh lemon in her glass instead of syrup at all. Since it is just CO2 and tap water there is nearly no sodium that way.0 -
*banging head against wall*
No - No it wont, just effing drink it if you want, I drink a f*ckload of coke zero a day - I have lost a ****load of weight
things like consistency, watching your diet, realizing this **** takes time are what matter
*head explodes*
hahahahaha...
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I think some people have misunderstood this. The research, and there's lots, is saying that taking artificial sweeteners (diet coke, no sugar added drinks etc etc huge list!) can effect what happens in the brain. As I understand it when we eat the reward part of the brain says thank you we've had enough calories now. However with these sweeteners the brain works out over time that it is not getting the calories to match the sweetness and turns it down or off. Therefore you crave more carbs. That can be sweets or bread etc.
Now I am a firm believer in calories in calories out and yes there are zero calories in coke zero. But if drinking it means we then go and eat someone else because we have cravings is it really zero. Why are we on MFP? Is it because we have failed to control our craving and is some of that because of these sweeteners.
I don't know the answer but I know this. This I was feeling unwell and having problems with my waterworks. I had blood tests for prostrate cancer and other tests. Whilst reading a booklet from the doctors about it one section talked about those who drink lots of diet coke etc. For two weeks I did not drink diet coke and it went away! Yes I was drinking 3 or 4 a day but even if you only drink 1 it may well be one too many. Until recently I was still drinking the odd one but not now.
After the BSE and horsemeat problems do we trust the food industry to sell us something that is good for us or for THEM! they make billions on diet drinks and you can see from the responses that people are very keen to believe that they are ok.
Have a search for artificial sweeteners, there are a few, and then see just what products you have with them in. You will be eating lots of them i'm sure, it's not just about diet drinks but everything you eat.
MFP is great because it helps to ensure you don't overeat and for most of us that will be working because of the calories in/out theory. But how many of us still crave food when we're not hungry. Why is that....................?0 -
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Our bodies have taste receptors throughout our gut and endocrine systems. These are used for (among other functions) feedback to regulate hormones in the body. Some of these receptors detect bitter, savory, or salt while still others detect sweet. The sweetness that theses cells are meant respond to is not from ingested sugars but rather other compounds resulting from metabolic processes. simple sugars in our foods will break down before reaching many of these taste receptors, however, some molecules like aspartame are long lived in our GI tract and blood stream. These molecules are not toxic and are harmless in most people except those who lack an enzyme to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, a condition called Phenylketonuria. However, since molecules like Phenylalanine dipeptide (Nutra Sweet) survive longer in our bodies than sugars, they will encounter and trigger sweet taste receptors elsewhere in our bodies and alter our hormone regulation. This may lead to weight gain or other unforeseen issues in some people, especially those consuming large amounts over long time duration.0
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Exactly how is the reaction in the gut from phenylalanine in aspartame different from the reaction in the gut from phenylalanine in any protein source, considering the fact that phenylalanine is an amino acid found in all animal, dairy, and most vegetable proteins? Also keeping in mind that consuming 4 oz of chicken is the equivalent in phenylalanine of 24 cans of diet soda.Our bodies have taste receptors throughout our gut and endocrine systems. These are used for (among other functions) feedback to regulate hormones in the body. Some of these receptors detect bitter, savory, or salt while still others detect sweet. The sweetness that theses cells are meant respond to is not from ingested sugars but rather other compounds resulting from metabolic processes. simple sugars in our foods will break down before reaching many of these taste receptors, however, some molecules like aspartame are long lived in our GI tract and blood stream. These molecules are not toxic and are harmless in most people except those who lack an enzyme to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, a condition called Phenylketonuria. However, since molecules like Phenylalanine dipeptide (Nutra Sweet) survive longer in our bodies than sugars, they will encounter and trigger sweet taste receptors elsewhere in our bodies and alter our hormone regulation. This may lead to weight gain or other unforeseen issues in some people, especially those consuming large amounts over long time duration.0 -
So what science journal is stating this BS? Don't tell me it's another "psychology" journal on nutrition. It's already failed at somatotyping.Our bodies have taste receptors throughout our gut and endocrine systems. These are used for (among other functions) feedback to regulate hormones in the body. Some of these receptors detect bitter, savory, or salt while still others detect sweet. The sweetness that theses cells are meant respond to is not from ingested sugars but rather other compounds resulting from metabolic processes. simple sugars in our foods will break down before reaching many of these taste receptors, however, some molecules like aspartame are long lived in our GI tract and blood stream. These molecules are not toxic and are harmless in most people except those who lack an enzyme to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, a condition called Phenylketonuria. However, since molecules like Phenylalanine dipeptide (Nutra Sweet) survive longer in our bodies than sugars, they will encounter and trigger sweet taste receptors elsewhere in our bodies and alter our hormone regulation. This may lead to weight gain or other unforeseen issues in some people, especially those consuming large amounts over long time duration.
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I lost over 50lb in under 6 months eating at a deficit and exercising daily. I also drank daily 3 cups of instant coffee black with 3 packets of aspartame each. Now i am aware aspartame probably isnt healthy for me, but in no way did it effect my weight loss and any article suggesting otherwise is complete garbage. Calories in calories out.0
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