Does diet soda raise your blood sugar?

No they do not.

They contain no sugar, and aspartame does not raise your blood sugar. Nor does it cause you to feel hunger. It just tastes sweet.

Enjoy as you wish!


(there's no such thing as "diet sugar")

My grandma was diabetic and her doctor told her that she could drink diet sodas as long as they too were in moderation. She had a lot of other health issues too so she had to watch the amount of fluid she drank in a day. But she found after drinking a diet soda she would sometimes be just as thirsty if not more thirsty than before. This would mean she would either get another diet soda and go over fluid limits or would drink water when we were watching. (She wasn't very compliant with anything)


So I would say yes you are fine with diet sodas as long as they too are in moderation.

A product containing no sugar or carbs to convert can't raise your blood sugar. It has been hypothesized that diet soda and other artificailly sweetened foods "fool" you pancreas into thinkiing you did ingest sugar and cause an increase in insulin. The hypothesis is this causes overeating as the insulin subsides and thus causes just as much of a correlation for diet soda to obesity as regular soda. I recall seeing the hypothesis but not any peer reviewed studies that covered it. There could be some out there though.

I am a Type 2 Diabetic and drink 2-3 24 oz. Diet Pepsi's every single day (I might add I drink 125+ oz. of water a day as well) and it has absolutely no effect on my blood sugars what so ever..... Best of Luck

No. The reason they are diet is because your body can't metabolize them. This means that there is no way for your body to convert these artificial sugars into sugars that your body can use (i.e. glucose) and subsequently, you will not have a rise in your blood sugar.

Well, actually, the body can (and does) metabolize them.

It has to or we'd be peeing it out in the same form as it went in.

Not a savoury thought and potentially very messy.

I'm thinking a lot of froth.

Does diet soda (Coke Zero, Diet Pepsi, etc.) raise your blood sugar?
I am trying to keep my blood sugar spikes low and infrequent and not sure if diet sodas are a safe option.
I also drink lots of water, plain iced and green tea, etc.
Sources to answers appreciated

Thanks!

dunno about diet coke, cuz i dont drink that but i drink diet dr. pepper and it has no sugar

Diet sodas are alright, but don't over-do it. Diet Coke still uses diet sugar I think.

This is either an excellent trolling attempt, or the dumbest thing I've ever read. Ever.

Diet sodas are alright, but don't over-do it. Diet Coke still uses diet sugar I think.

This is either an excellent trolling attempt, or the dumbest thing I've ever read. Ever.

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There are no sugars or carbohydrates in diet soda so your blood sugar is not effected. Cate (Type II diabetes since 2006)

A product containing no sugar or carbs to convert can't raise your blood sugar. It has been hypothesized that diet soda and other artificailly sweetened foods "fool" you pancreas into thinkiing you did ingest sugar and cause an increase in insulin. The hypothesis is this causes overeating as the insulin subsides and thus causes just as much of a correlation for diet soda to obesity as regular soda. I recall seeing the hypothesis but not any peer reviewed studies that covered it. There could be some out there though.

High five!

A reason why moderation is advised is the amount of sodium and caffeine in soda adds up quickly. Cate

In terms of not metabolizing diet sodas, I think the person meant that they aren't metabolized in the same way, which is sort of true. It has more to do with the rate at which they're broken down though.

The word carbohydrate is synonymous with the word sugar, though the connotation people usually use for sugar is glucose, which isn't wrong. It's just misleading. All glucose are carbs, but not all carbs are glucose (upon entrance to the GI system). So while the pancreas is producing insulin to regulate fat and carbs, it's also storing converting then storing the now glycogen where it can. When your body doesn't produce insulin, or it's become insulin-resistant, you're considered diabetic and require an external source, so you don't become hyperglycemic, then ketoacidotic, then die.

So obviously it could be a problem if you're taking in too much glucose.

But guess what? Complex carbs aren't absorbed. They eventually get broken down into simple sugar as well. They're better for you because they take a longer time period to break down. So, don't ever buy into something like my Red Bull "Sugarfree" here which says on the back

Total Carb. 3 g
- Sugar 0 g

Eventually, those 3 g of carbs are going to turn into 3 g of sugar, and guess what? They're absorbed into the blood stream. And what happens to your blood glucose level when more glucose is added? It goes up. At least until your little insulin friends come and take it away.

I feel like it's a conversation I have pretty often with diabetic patients who ask me why they have to take insulin when their food says it contains "0g sugar" or is "sugarfree." lol

My point is, no matter what you do, your blood glucose levels are going to fluctuate. There is no avoiding it. There is always going to be a period of time between absorption by the GI and storage where it's in the blood.

No it doesn't. That's why diabetics drink diet soda, it's SUGAR-free. Aspartame is still very bad for you. Now that i"ve cut out soda completely, I've had it 3 or 4 times in nearly two months and once, I had a Diet Pepsi and it gave me headaches and made me nauseous. Can't believe I used to drink it a lot! I have to have regular soda now when I do drink it. To me, the fake sugar is worse than the real stuff.

No. The reason they are diet is because your body can't metabolize them. This means that there is no way for your body to convert these artificial sugars into sugars that your body can use (i.e. glucose) and subsequently, you will not have a rise in your blood sugar.

Well, actually, the body can (and does) metabolize them.

It has to or we'd be peeing it out in the same form as it went in.

Not a savoury thought and potentially very messy.

I'm thinking a lot of froth.

Could you imagine the feeling of peeing out carbonation bubbles!?!? Idk if it would tickle and make you laugh or what....

Interesting to think about!!!

that's exactly what I was thinking!! How funny would that feel? lol