Diet Soda correlation to wt gain, diabetes, etc...

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  • gaerielsky
    gaerielsky Posts: 20
    Is it healthy for you to drink Diet Pepsi - no. But it is worse for you to drink regular Pepsi. Best thing is water.

    However, that gets boring and as long as you're responsible for your eating habits and don't "blame the cola" for grabbing a Snickers it's fine. You may get a little bloat or gas from the carbonation but that would happen with seltzer too.

    I love my Diet Pepsi... I lost 172 lbs a few years ago and didn't give it up. But yes, I didn't count it toward my "water" for the day. 8 glasses. It was "extra"
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    FEARMONGER
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    correlation =/ causation
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Can someone tell me how you can stop drinking a caffeinated beverage.

    Get headaches associated with caffeine withdrawal.

    Say it can't be withdrawal from caffeine as caffeine intake is the same. Even though you've just said you've stopped drinking a caffeinated beverage?

    Because I drink coffee?

    Do I need to post my qualifications to have a valid opinion too? let's face it folks we are talking about opinion not fact and that goes for both sides.

    Actually, there is over 4 times as much caffeine per flow ounce of coffee as diet coke. I would say it is much more likely that by increasing your coffee consumption, you gave yourself a headache for 3 days from ODing on caffeine until your body readjusted. But hey, keep fooling yourself that you are the magic-one-man-prove-all of science.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    I know others have already stated this but just to add to the testimonials....I've lost 106 lbs drinking 1-2 diet sodas everyday, plus crystal light, sweet and low in my teas, etc. My husband is type 1 diabetic and intakes more artificial sugar than I do and has perfect A1C readings every 3 months. It still comes down to self control.
  • bellesmama75
    bellesmama75 Posts: 14
    I gave up diet sodas and artificial sweetners in February after a 30 year habit. I drank a cupof coffee a day for a month so I didn't go through caffeine withdrawl. I switched to iced tea and stevia for my sweetner. After the first 2 weeks of everday massive headaches stopped I found that my daily sweet cravings had stopped also, My average 3 to 4 headaches a week stopped. I have lost 10 lbs without even changing my eating habits or exercising (I never was of the attitude that if I drank diet soda, I could eat a Big Mac). This was the easiest weight I have lost (other than childbirth). I'm a beliver in the study only because it reafirms what has happened to me. Everybody is different and food affects them differently. If I ate the way my husband eats, I would have weighed over 400 lbs. He has kept his weight within 15 lbs of the weight he graduated High School almost 40 yrs ago.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    I know others have already stated this but just to add to the testimonials....I've lost 106 lbs drinking 1-2 diet sodas everyday, plus crystal light, sweet and low in my teas, etc. My husband is type 1 diabetic and intakes more artificial sugar than I do and has perfect A1C readings every 3 months. It still comes down to self control.

    ^^ This.
  • di2losew8
    di2losew8 Posts: 131 Member
    Thanks for this topic!!! My SIL keeps telling me that I should quit diet pepsi because of the chemicals in it.......I said 1-2 cans a day will not do anything to me. Now I know many others who agree! :)
  • tundeke
    tundeke Posts: 80
    I drink around 2-3 cans of diet coke a day and i don't crave any food or sweets.

    However, I also have stomach problems (the lining of my stomach is infected). I am not saying that the diet coke caused it, but it might helped damaging it together with other foods, because of the acid that contains.

    Funny enough if i drink any natural, freshly squeezed fruit juices it's worse than coke: i have really bad indigestion; but if i drink coke nothing is wrong with me. How do we explain that?
  • EnchantedEvening
    EnchantedEvening Posts: 671 Member
    The source of the article is "Natural News", not a medical journal.

    The article does not state how much aspartame the rats were given, nor does it compare it to X number of ounces of Diet Coke. How would you even know how much is too much? Real studies provide numbers, not just fearmongering.

    This is why you need to do your research, folks. You can't believe everything you read.
  • _tjejen_
    _tjejen_ Posts: 38
    Actually, there is over 4 times as much caffeine per flow ounce of coffee as diet coke. I would say it is much more likely that by increasing your coffee consumption, you gave yourself a headache for 3 days from ODing on caffeine until your body readjusted. But hey, keep fooling yourself that you are the magic-one-man-prove-all of science.

    actually I increased my caffine consumption...by increasing my coffee consumption. I have it logged if you'd like the numbers. Are you sure you know how to read though? I never said I was proving anything, I never said anything about your 'magic-one-prove-all of science'. I just said what I experienced. Take it or leave it.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    Actually, there is over 4 times as much caffeine per flow ounce of coffee as diet coke. I would say it is much more likely that by increasing your coffee consumption, you gave yourself a headache for 3 days from ODing on caffeine until your body readjusted. But hey, keep fooling yourself that you are the magic-one-man-prove-all of science.

    actually I increased my caffine consumption...by increasing my coffee consumption. I have it logged if you'd like the numbers. Are you sure you know how to read though? I never said I was proving anything, I never said anything about your 'magic-one-prove-all of science'. I just said what I experienced. Take it or leave it.

    Not to get in the middle or anything...but...she said the increased caffeine consumption could have caused the headaches.
  • _tjejen_
    _tjejen_ Posts: 38
    because of the assumption that I drank more than I was used to no?

    I increased my caffine consumption via coffee to match what it would have been from the diet coke...was that not clear?
  • _tjejen_
    _tjejen_ Posts: 38
    look start fresh...

    I personally stopped drinking diet coke because of the studies I read (from scholarly journals that I have access to via university).

    They were not conclusive studies, but I personally decided to see if it made a difference to me...because drinking water instead of soda logically isn't an unhealthy choice.

    To wean myself off the caffine I increased my coffee consumption to match my usual caffine consumption (I dont take sugar in my coffee) I didnt swap my diet coke for coffee.

    I still got a headache.

    Ive gone without diet coke before and had headaches...but I always thought it was the caffine. The changes I made this time made me think it was something else. It could have been chance as someone else mentioned.

    Its not a science of one, it was just my experience. Drink whatever you like. Personally Im enjoying the water and Im glad I switched.
  • mrsmcg97
    mrsmcg97 Posts: 53 Member
    I love those people to sit in and listen on conversations and throw their nonsense at you. I was talking to a friend saying how excited I was to try the new crystal light margarita flavor with my vodka this weekend. This girl who "knows" a lot informed me that I would get cancer from the crystal light and that it is very bad for me. I kindly let her know that there is no way the crystal light will hurt me because I will for sure not out live my booze soaked liver. Baaaahaaaaahaaaaa I will drink what I like Thank You crystal light for giving me a low calorie mixer.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    mmmmmmm A&W diet cream soda (drool puddle)
  • mrsmcg97
    mrsmcg97 Posts: 53 Member
    bump
  • kjw1031
    kjw1031 Posts: 300 Member
    mmmmmmm A&W diet cream soda (drool puddle)

    :love:
  • mulderpf
    mulderpf Posts: 209 Member
    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

    Wikipedia is not a reliable source for anything.

    And you are?

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  • bkesecker
    bkesecker Posts: 163 Member
    Despite the "research", I simply can't and won't give up my Diet Coke. To concur with another writer, I have given up so much, I simply don't want to give up the one thing that has zero calories and I enjoy. I still drink plenty of water and have 2 cups of green tea everyday. I am willing to take my chances and keep the "bad" habit" of drinking my Diet Coke.

    First weigh in on Friday, 8/3. You all have me motivated to stick with things!!!! Thanks.
  • rachael52
    rachael52 Posts: 87 Member
    I quit Diet Coke a month ago when I was put on a jury and was worried about needing to pee. Reading this discussion makes me realize how much I miss my one daily Diet Coke. I'm getting my money and hitting the machine. Don't try to stop me....
    and I have never started eating sweets before when I drink a soda, it's not a trigger for me, fortunately.

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