Regular soda vs diet soda

jdubz18
jdubz18 Posts: 18 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so we all know that soda is bad for us....period. There's no getting around it. And for those of us counting calories, we all reach for the diet soda so we don't have to count those in our daily intake. But I've read several articles that diet soda is actually worse for you than regular soda....any thoughts? I am going on day three of no soda at all, but once I'm a ways down the road, I may want to have a few on occasion and wanted to know if I should go for a regular soda or diet soda.

Let me know what you all think/have read, etc...I'm curious :)

THANKS!!!
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  • oldmanstauf
    oldmanstauf Posts: 202 Member
    I honestly don't have a problem with diet soda. My only gripe about regular is that it's just too much of a waste of calories. I typically drink diet, but don't drink nearly as much as I used to. I'd go with diet for the sole reason of barely any calories.
  • LydsVille77
    LydsVille77 Posts: 126 Member
    All of the studies and research is very early. Theres no hard evidence that it directly causes anything bad. Studies show a correlation between bad health and diet soda, but thats more because of lifestyles that go with soda. And im sure if youre drinking a multitude of cans a day of course it cant be good because of sodium and other things, but generally speaking, theres no proof that one here and there will hurt. Heres a helpful link: http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/03/whats-so-bad-about-diet-soda.html
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Diet soda, FTW.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Calculate the ADI for artificial sweeteners based on your bodyweight: http://www.nafwa.org/sweetener.php
  • sarahjdodson
    sarahjdodson Posts: 2 Member
    Hmmm... I'm going to have to watch this post!! My FH is CONSTANTLY drinking diet pepsi... i have never been a big carbonated drink person, so i consume soda very rarely (it burns!!). but we are constantly getting into debates about diet sodas being "bad" for you. From everything I have always read, diet soda is just as bad as regular soda... I vaguely remember Dr. Oz doing a show about diet drinks and did a presentation with the amounts of artificial sweetner in them and i remember being very surprised by what he was saying- I may ahve to do some digging on his site...
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Calculate the ADI for artificial sweeteners based on your bodyweight: http://www.nafwa.org/sweetener.php

    ^ This.

    I do believe soda (even diet) is bad for tooth enamel. I'm not even the slightest bit concerned about artificial sweeteners for anyone that's consuming a few sodas per day.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    Calculate the ADI for artificial sweeteners based on your bodyweight: http://www.nafwa.org/sweetener.php

    ^ This.

    I do believe soda (even diet) is bad for tooth enamel. I'm not even the slightest bit concerned about artificial sweeteners for anyone that's consuming a few sodas per day.

    in other words, dont bathe in it and drink it all?
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
    I don't drink soda. Not because I think it's bad for me, I just really don't like it. However, given all the research I've read about pros and cons of soda/diet soda, I don't think there is enough evidence to label it as "bad for you."

    If you are able to fit it into your day and stay under your calories while getting proper nutrition, then there's no reason not to have it if you prefer.
  • _skittybang
    _skittybang Posts: 970 Member
    Diet soda

    Will

    Kill you.

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  • tynishabeezfit
    tynishabeezfit Posts: 154 Member
    ^^^^lol.

    I like my teeth and pop has a lot of sugar, but so does juice and other things. I'll stick with water, almond milk and tea. :)
  • CrisN99
    CrisN99 Posts: 159 Member
    ^^^^lol.

    I like my teeth and pop has a lot of sugar, but so does juice and other things. I'll stick with water, almond milk and tea. :)

    The chemicals in diet soda will strip the enamel off your teeth- making cavities just as possible. If you want to save your teeth- ditch the soda, even if it is diet.
  • amydee714
    amydee714 Posts: 232 Member
    For some people the caffeine in soda (or coffee for that matter) can act as an appetite stimulant.
  • skipperlk
    skipperlk Posts: 72
    I need to follow this thread, I drink diet soda all the time. I've been thinking about giving it up but seem to be addicted.
  • x_ItNeverEnds_x
    x_ItNeverEnds_x Posts: 134
    I don't like carbonated drinks, beer, soda what ever it is. So I don't drink them, lucky me I guess. If I did drink them I would Probably go with regular soda because artificial sweeteners give me horrible headaches. I think I may be allergic to them. You can have the real thing just use moderation. 1 small can a day wont kill you or make you gain weight as long as all your diet is balanced.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I have 8 to 12 ounces of diet soda a day. I don't care for the taste of regular soda or the calories in it. Do I think diet soda is unhealthy?...yea probably, but you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. At least I'm keeping it in moderation :drinker:
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Ok so we all know that soda is bad for us....period.
    Not me.

    Non-diet is sugary, but not as sugary as pure fruit juice.
    However sucrose rather than a mix with I believe mostly fructose.

    If your body has problems with the sweeteners used then it's probably not a good idea.
    But the same for any other allergies etc.

    I've yet to see any good research that shows a direct link between diet soda and 'badness'.
    The vast majority of stuff written on the internet seems pretty pure woo.
  • nonstopper
    nonstopper Posts: 1,108 Member
    The best one would be ....... NONE, stop drinking SODA!
  • Zomoniac
    Zomoniac Posts: 1,169 Member
    The research on diet sodas causing weight gain are largely based around the concept that the illusion of sugar creates a need to fill that void and people will snack more. Maybe there's evidence to suggest that amongst the general population, I haven't looked at the studies in a huge amount of depth, but as with all the studies that say "x makes you gain weight because it leads to snacking" (like the idea that people who don't eat first thing eat more because they are more likely to snack) if you're on here and tracking everything then it's all immaterial. Maybe a study suggests I will be more likely to snack if I have a diet Coke or two one day, but I track every thing that goes into me and can am quite certain that I don't.

    Regular, on the other hand, is just drinking sugar. No two ways about it really.
  • MagicWhispers
    MagicWhispers Posts: 43
    i personally hate the taste of all diet sodas. Every day i open a can of mountain dew and split it with my 26 year old daughter.. i love the taste, and just that little bit satisfies me.
  • SavageFeast
    SavageFeast Posts: 325 Member
    I have no plans to stop drinking soda. Sometimes diet, sometimes regular, but always ice-cold and delicious. :drinker:
  • Crayvn
    Crayvn Posts: 390 Member
    i drink my 8 glasses of water at work.. at nite i drink my coke zero. I used to drink coke zero day and nite.
  • QuietLegs
    QuietLegs Posts: 42
    A lot of studies indicate a CORRELATION between diet soda drinking and being overweight. As yet, there are no studies that show that diet soda drinking *causes* weight gain.

    Me? I've cut back on my diet soda drinking, but not by a lot. I still have 1-2 cans of diet soda a day, sometimes more. I've lost 70+ pounds in the last year. Take that as you will; anecdotal evidence being not particularly helpful.

    But that *is* to say that there's no absolute certainty that drinking diet soda will hinder or harm your efforts.

    Still, all things are best in moderation, no?
  • TuDominicano
    TuDominicano Posts: 120 Member
    Per Muscle and Fitness magazine, diet soda may be good post workout, but it's too drink once in a great while, not all the time.

    Plus looking at the ingredients, Caramel Color, Aspertame, none of it is good. Drink in moderation as a treat.
  • lewcompton
    lewcompton Posts: 881 Member
    My students used to call me Diet Pepsi! I have not had any sodas since I started in July and I will not have them again... kidney stones (calcium phosphate - phosphoric acid/artificial sweeteners), weight gain (artificial sweeteners), high blood pressure (caffeine) and other health issues that I point toward sodas as a primary culprit... If it contains something that you can't pronouce it probably isn't really fit for human consumption, but it is rather an addiction promoting agent dumped in by a very devious industry.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    If it contains something that you can't pronouce it probably isn't really fit for human consumption, but it is rather an addiction promoting agent dumped in by a very devious industry.
    So you wouldn't be having one of these then?
    (I'm presuming you'd have trouble somewhere there, I certainly do.)

    Ingredients:
    water, glucose, fructose, galactose, phenolic glycosides, 6-deoxyaldohexoses (fuctose and rhamnose), saccharose, galacturonans, (1-4) linked D-galactopiranuronic acid, pectin, pectinic acids, polygalacturonic acids, pectinestarase, Citric Acid, L-Malic Acid, D-Isocitric Acid, Oxalic Acid, Succinic Acid, Malonic Acid, Quinic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Adipic Acid, 2-ketogluratic Acid, praline, asparagines, aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid and arginine. oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases and lyases, isomerases and ligases, glucosilglucerides, Carotenoids, tetraterpenes, limonin, aslimonoic acid A-ring lactone, neohesperidosides, flavones (3-hydroxyflavanones, 3-dydroxyflavones, O-glycosyl, aglycones C-glycosylflavones, Anthocyanins, (hesperidin, naringin, poncirin, neoheriocitrin, neohesperidin, rhoifolin, rutin, diosmin, sinensetin, auranetin, tangeritin, hydroxyethylrutinosideres, nobiletin cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidina-3.5-diglucoside, peonidin-5-glucoside, delphinidin-3-glucoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Pholacine, Vitamin B6, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pantotenic acid, Vitamin A.

    I had three yesterday.
    Bloody devious industry and their addicting agents!

    (Yes, ingredients list copied from another poster on here.)
  • mommyof4adorablekids
    mommyof4adorablekids Posts: 14 Member
    Day 4 with no soda! I used to drink diet soda all day long and nothing else and im considered obese. I drink water and crystal light and I will never go back!
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    I stopped drinking all sodas for about two months. I didn't notice any weightloss benefits (but I never drank very much to begin with). I found that the only time I really missed it is when I was going out to eat. So I don't have any at home or work now, just when I go out to eat and then it is diet soda so I don't waste calories on it. As far as the diet soda causing weight gain, I have read that some studies show that drinking it causes sugar cravings in some people, causing them to eat more. I doesn't seem to have that effect on me.
  • tynishabeezfit
    tynishabeezfit Posts: 154 Member
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  • tynishabeezfit
    tynishabeezfit Posts: 154 Member
    ^^^^lol.

    I like my teeth and pop has a lot of sugar, but so does juice and other things. I'll stick with water, almond milk and tea. :)

    The chemicals in diet soda will strip the enamel off your teeth- making cavities just as possible. If you want to save your teeth- ditch the soda, even if it is diet.


    I think I wrote that a little wrong. I DON'T like soda. I like my teeth and didn't have braces for 2 years for them all to fall out. lol
  • RixxyRikaa
    RixxyRikaa Posts: 71 Member
    Ever since I got to college, I have stopped drinking all types of soda. Water is free!
    I did drink a lot of diet soda in the last 2 years of high school. My mom was crazy about it and that's pretty much all we ever had to drink. I honestly hate the taste. I'm sensitive to certain artificial sweeteners, and I don't have too much of a sweet tooth to begin with. Besides saving some money, I ended up with clearer skin, but I never noticed a huge difference in my weight. What I lost by drinking water was probably all the unhealthy buildup being flushed out.

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