Diet Soda, bad? 7 theories discussed/debunked?

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  • anifani4
    anifani4 Posts: 457 Member
    Why not decide on the basis of things that are proven?

    A) it screws up your teeth as a result of being acidic

    B) caffeine screws with your sleep


    These both apply to diet and full sugar ones.

    If I'm going to have soda, I'm taking the one that doesn't add a bazillion calories to everything else about it, though.


    ^^^^^^^ Totally agree. It makes the most sense and is based on real evidence, not myths.
  • anifani4
    anifani4 Posts: 457 Member
    Diet soda has been my last "hold out" when it came to my dietary choices/lifestyle. I didn't need hard and fast science to tell me that constantly loading my body with artificial sweetener (which I'd been doing for almost 25 years) wasn't ideal. So, as of the 1st of the year, I started to lower my daily intake of my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper (former flame was diet Coke). It is my morning "cup of joe" and my afternoon pick-me up at work. I reduced to my morning serving and one right after work. As of Sunday, I am diet Soda free. I replaced the caffeine with home brewed tea, and my next goal will be to eliminate (or at least reduce) the caffeine.

    It's more of a control issue for me. I don't want to "have" to have this that or the other thing. I am assuming there are health benefits to ridding my daily life of artificial sweeteners. But, like I said, hard science wasn't the motivator here. And, I won't "shame" people who do enjoy their diet soda. I enjoy it, too!!

    ^^^^^^^^^ Another very sensible answer. Way to go.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Been drinking it for 25 years with no issues that are perpetrated by anti aspartame constituents.

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  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    Diet soda is sooo bad for you! First Aspartame is bad for you, they even tell women who are pregnant to stay away from it. Diet drinks have artifical sweetner in them, which is worse for you then the real stuff. Diet is also sweeter then regular, becasue of the aspartame and the "fake" sugar. Pop is bad for you either way, but with diet, you are taking in extra additives that your body doesnt need. The artificial sweetners also trick your body into thinking you are not giving it sugar, therefore you go for the candy bar or something that has real sugar in it. Another reason to stay away from diet formaldehyde, its in the artificial sweetners. Now, if thats not a reason to stop drinking diet then I dont know what is. Your body, your choice, but for me I will drink regular and take in those extra calories.

    The tell pregnant women with phenylketonuria to avoid aspartame in pregnancy. I am on my third pregnancy right now and ironically, with three different OBs, that is probably the only thing that they all agreed was ok during pregnancy. I don't drink diet because I think it tastes like !@#$!@#$!, but I will have the deadly sugary stuff about once a week when I am sick of water.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    First Aspartame is bad for you, they even tell women who are pregnant to stay away from it.

    When I was pregnant I was encouraged by my OB to drink crystal light instead of soda. Crystal Light has Aspartame in it. I was told aspartame was okay, but to avoid Sucralose.
  • creatureofthewind
    creatureofthewind Posts: 34
    Isn't any soda, when you drink a lot of it, harder for your kidneys to filter?

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