Does diet soda raise your blood sugar?

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  • lilraerae7
    lilraerae7 Posts: 3
    I'm not sure about what it does to your blood sugar but it's very bad to consume. I would do some research on it and get all the facts just to be safe! Heres a good video about it. Sorry it's kinda long...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvFRLIjOLOU
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I'm not sure about what it does to your blood sugar but it's very bad to consume. I would do some research on it and get all the facts just to be safe! Heres a good video about it. Sorry it's kinda long...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvFRLIjOLOU

    Unfortunately the conclusions in the above video are not representative of the actual research.

    Aspartame is composed of Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid (amino acids) and methanol. If you don't have migraines from Aspartame, you're totally fine to consume it in reasonable dosages. You'd have to make a conscious effort to consume dangerous levels of the above listed substances, and natural foods such as a chicken breast and a banana will contain more of the above substances than 1 can of soda.

    Given no intolerance to aspartame, it's perfectly fine in moderation.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    [Aspartame (the sweet tasting chemical in almost all diet sodas) is poisonous. It is toxic, a carcinogen, and ultimately detrimental to your overall health. Natural sugar substitutes such as stevia are a much better choice, which comes from a plant. You can actually grow it in your herb garden. The most famous brand would probably be Truvia, but you can get it for much cheaper in the vitamin section of your local grocer. Central Market, Sprouts, and other healthy grocers carry a diet soda made with it called Zevia. Though sugar substitutes seem like a good choice when weighing calories counts, ultimately the majority of them are laboratory made chemicals not made for human consumption. Watch the documentary Sweet Nothing (try Netflix) about how aspartame was cleared by the FDA; it contains some startling information that will make you think twice before putting it in your body. I quit aspartame entirely about a month ago; my skin has cleared, my cravings (both salty & sweet) have lessened, my breasts no longer ache, and I'm much less moody.

    This is just not true and is not relevent to the question posed.
  • Genericwit
    Genericwit Posts: 70 Member
    You guys are trying to argue the accuracy of an opinion statement, you realize, right? You can't take someone seriously who tries to present factual information using opinion words and phrases like "bad" and "ultimately detrimental to your overall health" and "not made for human consumption." How is 'bad' defined, what does 'ultimately detrimental' mean? Death? Chronic disease? And who decided quality of 'overall health?' Are we including mental status, ADLs, etc.? And lololol at the last example.

    Things like that should trigger you to realize that the person's credibility is shot. So there really isn't a point in debating with said person.

    Trolls be trollin', dawgs. Or at least I hope they're trolls.

    And Dextress, you're flat out wrong. I've seen diet sodas with zero 'sugar' and 'carb' content, but I've also seen diet sodas with zero 'sugar' but carb content, which breaks down into 'sugar,' as you view it, as I explained earlier. Furthermore, FDA guidelines set parameters for what's considered negligible amounts of certain nutritional values based on average daily maximums, determined by them. You'd be surprised how many products that say "0%" of anything have greater than zero but less than 1% in them. Not to argue semantics. The more important part is that diabetics understand that carbs do cause an increase in blood glucose, which is necessary for proper cellular function and metabolism.

    Not all "sugar" is bad. Carbohydrates are relatively vital.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    You guys are trying to argue the accuracy of an opinion statement, you realize, right? You can't take someone seriously who tries to present factual information using opinion words and phrases like "bad" and "ultimately detrimental to your overall health" and "not made for human consumption." How is 'bad' defined, what does 'ultimately detrimental' mean? Death? Chronic disease? And who decided quality of 'overall health?' Are we including mental status, ADLs, etc.? And lololol at the last example.

    Things like that should trigger you to realize that the person's credibility is shot. So there really isn't a point in debating with said person.

    Trolls be trollin', dawgs. Or at least I hope they're trolls.

    The problem is, and I have seen this a lot, many people read this hyperbole and unfortunately believe it.
  • Genericwit
    Genericwit Posts: 70 Member
    You guys are trying to argue the accuracy of an opinion statement, you realize, right? You can't take someone seriously who tries to present factual information using opinion words and phrases like "bad" and "ultimately detrimental to your overall health" and "not made for human consumption." How is 'bad' defined, what does 'ultimately detrimental' mean? Death? Chronic disease? And who decided quality of 'overall health?' Are we including mental status, ADLs, etc.? And lololol at the last example.

    Things like that should trigger you to realize that the person's credibility is shot. So there really isn't a point in debating with said person.

    Trolls be trollin', dawgs. Or at least I hope they're trolls.

    The problem is, and I have seen this a lot, many people read this hyperbole and unfortunately believe it.

    I agree with you, which is why I suggested the initial poster go to a reliable clinical source of information if monitoring types saccharides is important because of a pancreatic disease process. The correct information might be mixed into this jumbled discussion, but it's hard to tune out all the junk that's been said if you don't know that it's junk.
  • twittington
    twittington Posts: 11
    My sister has type 1 diabetes and she drinks diet soda. So I can't imagine it having much of an effect because she has to keep an eye on her blood sugar :smile:
  • McGrew822
    McGrew822 Posts: 17
    My sister has type 1 diabetes and she drinks diet soda. So I can't imagine it having much of an effect because she has to keep an eye on her blood sugar :smile:

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