How do you feel about Diet Soda?

iuew

I've heard so many different views on drinking Diet Soda. How do you feel about it and why do you feel that way?

-- gatorgirlyyy

i feel i could use one right now. preferably mixed with vanilla vodka.

Mustangsally1000

wish i could completely kick the habit and not drink it any more!

yo_andi

I see what you did there...

Would you call that drink a "Jack *kitten*?"
sorry, somebody had to say it...

SilentRenegade

I mainly drink diet soda when I'm drinking alcohol as a mixer. If I have sugary mixers I get a major headache the next day. Vodka and diet cokes, or rum and diet cokes, or jack and diet cokes, that does not happen with me.

DataBased

My favorite diet soda is Diet Dr Pepper. From the company''s website:

Diet Dr Pepper
Nutritional Facts

Size: 8 FL OZ (240ML)

Calories: 0
Total Fat (g): 0
Sodium (mg): 35
Total Carbs (g): 0
Sugars (g): 0
Protien (g): 0

So the questions for me personally are:

1. How do caramel colored drinks affect my urinary tract?
2. How does aspartame affect my body?
3. How does the sound of burping affect my co-workers? <grin>

I personally have to choose my caramel colored drinks because of a predisposition to UTIs and kidney stones. Also, since I quit drinking or eating foods with equal or splenda type sweeteners, I seem to have developed some adverse reactions to them when I introduce them into my diet again. So I don't.

My co-workers? They put up with my burping because they don't want my job. LOL!

princessdracos

I work in a restaurant, so when I want a cold drink, I usually choose Diet Coke. It just takes too much time (that I don't have when we're busy) to make unsweet tea taste the way I like it. That being said, I consume an insane amount of black coffee. I'm diabetic, and I've found that consuming coffee keeps me away from full-sugar sodas. This is a choice I make based on my personal needs, and I feel that should be the case for everyone. I also find that I drink far less soda when I choose diet; regular soda makes me want more and more because the taste is so good. Not the best idea for my blood sugar!

SaSSyhasCurls

I'm not drinking caffeine right now so that sums up my answer.

bcattoes

I don't like the taste so rarely drink it (only at an event where there was little else offered). The limited research showing risks from too much soda worry me because my husband drinks Diet Coke like they are about stop making it. I really don't know if it's harmful or not, which is what is so worrisome.

montana_girl

I had to cut back on diet soda once I realized the aspartame was one of the things causing my migraines.

Noticed I said "cut back"! Still have it when whenever dine out (two or three times a week) and will have a can of diet coke w/ Splenda when I need a caffeine kick.

lripson28

I don't mind Diet Coke. It certainly tastes a lot sweeter than regular Coke and leaves a weird aftertaste sometimes. I only drink it once in awhile, if I'm eating something and I get thirsty for something other than pop. I'll want the carbination and Coke taste but don't want the extra calories. But like I said, it's extremely rare when I drink Diet Coke or Pepsi.

drtim12760

Diet soda is horrible for you. The artificial sweeteners make you retain water to "flush" the toxins associated with the chemicals out of your tissues, therefore it takes longer to see weight loss on the scale and it causes an imbalance of acids in the muscles when you exercise which makes you more sore.
There is nothing healthy in diet soda.

Zalovar

who loves (diet) orange soda?!!

I used to but I found out recently that the Diet Orange Crush actually has 25 calories a can (and corresponding sugar)...shows you how important it is to read labels. I drink about 2-3 diet sodas a day, usually at meal time. For some reason, I'm not a big fan of drinking water while I'm eating (although I often drink a glass before my meal). I asked my Dr. about diet sodas some time ago and he had no problem with them. Only thing he said was that for some people, drinking diet soda can increase sugar cravings. Luckily, I don't have that problem.

ebaymommy

The way I feel about diet soda is that nobody better get between me and my daily can of Diet Mt Dew with lunch or there will be hell to pay!

jtheiss

I used to drink about 3-4 cans of diet coke a day. When I got serious about losing weight, I drank up what was left in the house and I stopped buying it. I find that if it's in the house I will usually have that instead of water, and we all know water is better for you and an important element to weight loss. And since I've stopped drinking it I find that I feel a lot better and I don't crave as many sweets. I will occasionally buy a 20oz bottle of Diet Coke when checking out at the grocery store if I"m really craving it, and I typically drink it when we go out to eat, but I find that after I have it I often feel bloated and gross. Just a good reminder that I'm doing what's right for my body by sticking to H2O.

jennyjo79

Before I started my weight loss journey, I thought giving up regular soda was going to be the hardest thing ever. Needless to say, I made the switch to Diet (sometimes even Caffeine Free Diet) and haven't looked back. I love me some Diet Mountain Dew. Probably sometimes a little too much.

I know they say diet soda isn't good for you either because of the aspartame, so I try not to drink *too* much of it, but SO many things have that in it ... even if I'm trying to be 'good' and drinking Crystal Light or flavored water, it has the same thing in there.

I figure there are definitely worse habits I could have ...

tsh0ck

Diet soda is horrible for you. The artificial sweeteners make you retain water to "flush" the toxins associated with the chemicals out of your tissues, therefore it takes longer to see weight loss on the scale and it causes an imbalance of acids in the muscles when you exercise which makes you more sore.
There is nothing healthy in diet soda.

wow. that's a lot of wrong to cram into one post.

EoinMag

I don't personally drink it - but, it isn't because I think it is poison or whatever. I don't drink it because it makes me have terrible headaches and stomach issues (I have a sensitivity to aspartame). I do occasionally drink sugar free energy drinks (with sucrose), but I've been trying to limit those too.

Sop it gives you bad headaches and stomach issues but it's not because it's a poison? Weird that. You really do like to sit on the the fence, what?

lk227

I just think diet soda is nasty. It tastes gross. My husband prefers it over regular soda and I just don't get it.

Cathyvil

I hate diet soda. Tastes like chemicals to me. But if I did enjoy it, I'd drink it in moderation. Everything is pretty much bad for you. If you enjoy something I see no reason to cut it out completely.

sweetpickle66

who loves (diet) orange soda?!!

I DO! I DO!