For you diet soda drinkers out there...

I think it is great that you are concerned about the health of your family members. People need to remember that a view that is different than their own is not an attic on them, their choices, or their lifestyle. Nowhere in the original post did I see anything to indicate that the poster was accusing diet soda drinkers of being fat idiots.
There are many sites that link artificial sweeteners with migraines, chronic fatigue, and yes even weight gain. Each of these sites mention that SOME people are more susceptible to these affects than others. Because I DO sometimes get migraines from them, and yet I still enjoy soda pop and can't make myself consume the 220+ calories of full flavor, I limit myself to one at a movie theater and none any other time.
By the way, I believe the poster was merely saying that, IF you are having trouble losing weight that you MIGHT choose to take a look at your diet soda intake. If the poster had said, if you aren't losing weight as fast as you like it could be that you are improperly measuring your food, would people have reacted as defensively?
I agree with the poster who said to listen to your body and do what's best for you. Incidentally, I remember talking with people who smoked cigarettes to keep their weight down.............not my choice, but it's their business.

I get so angry when people don't understand science! There is no evidence that diet sodas are bad for you!

For this 'you' it really is bad for me. I react quite badly to aspartame, saccharin and sucralose. REALLY badly. Even a tiny bit of cross-contamination gets me.

It was part of my incentive of giving up all sodas, because every now and then I would get the faintest hint of artificial sweetener flavor in regular soda and would react.

I get so angry when people don't understand science! There is no evidence that diet sodas are bad for you!

For this 'you' it really is bad for me. I react quite badly to aspartame, saccharin and sucralose. REALLY badly. Even a tiny bit of cross-contamination gets me.

It was part of my incentive of giving up all sodas, because every now and then I would get the faintest hint of artificial sweetener flavor in regular soda and would react.

Some people are also allergic to shellfish, strawberries, bananas, soy, pitted fruits, etc., but these foods are generally prescribed as healthy for most of the population. Shrimp would be deadly to a friend of mine if he ate it, but it's an awesome source of protein for me.

Just replaced diet Dr. Pepper with diet Cherry Pepsi. Still cutting out 40 grams of sugar a day. Love the bite carbonation gives me. To each his own but for now..... diet Cherry Pepsi wins. And I usually like coke. Hum. The competition is stiff out there.

Ha i dont dont drink soda at all..
Cutt it out you will be healthier without that
.and yes the diet soda is worse for you.
so if you do need one just have the regular but i would cuttitout.

I dont understand why anybody would want to put all those chemicals in their body in the first place.

That I agree with.

There is a notable amount of research regarding aspartame. It's not good. At all. However, there is little convincing evidence that aspartame will outright kill you.

I enjoy Diet Dr. Pepper every now and then. It is what it is.

All that said, there are three things that bother me about this particular debate.

1. No one can effectively argue that "diet soda" is "healthy." At best, "diet soda" is a null consideration. As in, on its VERY BEST DAY, it's probably not going to make you sick, fat nor immediately kill you.

That's far from ideal.

2. Why are people so easily riled-up by food discussions? One camp will condemn a particular food, for 1 of a million different reasons. And, right on cue, another camp of "e-scholars" will jump up to defend that food, as though the first group just b!tch-smacked their grandma.

Take a breath and relax. It's f**king soda.

3. There is nothing compelling about a list of "articles" from Google search. The fact that you Googled YOUR chosen sequence of words to support YOUR opinion, means absolutely nothing. I have no doubt that if I wanted to prove that farting in my own mouth aided in building calf muscles, somewhere on the Net, some dinglesh!t has posted something to support the theory.

Take everything you read online with a grain of salt.

And keep being awesome.

Hasnt had a negative impact on my weight loss.

Mine either. However ^ this guys is way more impressive.

What they said. I'm currently drinking a can of Diet Dew that's bigger than my head.

All this. I drink it everyday and freely admit I'm addicted to it.

ALL soda is bad for you. Regular and diet. If I'm going to drink it, might as well get the one with zero calories. And I do. Almost every day. So there. :-P

Diet Soda (or any soda for that matter) is good for you -- especially dieters!!! I mean just think of how many pounds you can lose from all the teeth it rots out of your head...lol!!! You would think that alone would be incentive enough for anyone trying to lose weight...how could that be bad for you???

I am no diet soda hater, but my teeth are...lol. I am addicted like most people. However, I have been "thin" all of my life and have only just now gained five unwanted pounds due to my metabolism finally slowing down at the tender age of 45. I don't know about all the science stuff, but it doesn't seem to make me want to run out and eat junk food. I've always been a very healthy eater and still am.

I can say, though, that whenever I drink a lot of water (and I mean a lot of water - like 1 gallon a day), the taste of Diet Coke (at least) becomes so unappealing to me, that I don't even want to drink it. It is just gross to me. It tastes so stale and syrupy..lol. You should try it and see. Just wanted to throw that out there for anyone who might want to kick the habit but is having a hard time. It was effortless for me, when drinking lots of water. I didn't even miss it. It was revolting...lol. Who knows, it might just work for you until they create a Diet Coke patch...like the smoking ones...lol.

Best wishes to each of you in your weight loss efforts!

3. There is nothing compelling about a list of "articles" from Google search. The fact that you Googled YOUR chosen sequence of words to support YOUR opinion, means absolutely nothing. I have no doubt that if I wanted to prove that farting in my own mouth aided in building calf muscles, somewhere on the Net, some dinglesh!t has posted something to support the theory.

We need more research.

And then research in the best way to far in one's own mouth. My dog gets startled and spins around fast every time he farts, so that might be one way. I don't know if dogs even HAVE calf muscles, but the canine equivalent on his body is remarkably well-developed.

A little food for thought:

The two main components of aspartame are found in chicken breast. In fact a typical 4 oz serving of chicken breast contains about 25 cans of diet soda worth of the stuff.

A little food for thought:

The two main components of aspartame are found in chicken breast. In fact a typical 4 oz serving of chicken breast contains about 25 cans of diet soda worth of the stuff.

Yeah I copied and pasted this from a post I made on another Diet Soda thread from a week ago:

Aspartame has been around in many of our foods for decades now. The ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) for aspartame (which is 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight), an average adult would have to consume about 20 cans of diet soft drink, or 42 servings of sugar-free gelatin,or 97 packets of an aspartame-containing tabletop sweetener each day—which is obviously not likely. The main make up of Aspartame is Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, and Methanol in that order. A 12 oz. can of diet soda contains (Phenylalanine 90mg, Aspartic Acid 72mg and Methanol 18mg) in comparison a 3 oz. Chicken Breast has (Phenylalanine 1,059mg, Aspartic Acid 2,377mg and Methanol 0mg) knowing this will you stop eating chicken (that is if you currently are??) No disrespect but diet soda gets more of a knock than other foods we probably consume more of that contains a lot more aspartame... I just don't see the risk....

This is ho-science at its finest.

I drink WAAAAAY too much diet soda!! But that's not causing me to gain weight, or hinder my weight loss... but yes, I'm concerned about the chemicals and how they affect my body.. something I want to work on..

I do suggest switching to diet vs. regular if you have to have some

Not losing weight fast enough? Diet soda is worse for you than regular soda. Anyone wanting a healthy life style shouldn't drink any sodas. If you must, at least stay away from the fake sugar. The aspartame used in diet sodas also causes vitamins to be leached from your bodies and it is also highly carcinogenic. Studies have found that bodies react to fake sugar in the same way as real sugar. It might not have as many calories but your body still creates fat in response.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41479869/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/daily-diet-soda-tied-higher-risk-stroke-heart-attack/#.UEJIpdZlSDk

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-diet-drinks-health-idUSBRE82R1BL20120328

I'm posting this for my mom and aunts who are diet coke addicts.

Diet soda causes your body to create matter. Cool.