Do you drink any diet soda?

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  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    I drink it regularly.

    I know for me, at least, the whole thing about "your body thinks it's sugar and releases insulin!" simply isn't true. I'm type 1 diabetic, and I don't make insulin, period. Likewise, my blood sugar never goes *up* when I drink it, and therefore isn't recognizing it as sugar.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I don't drink pop, but that's because I don't like it much. If I liked it, I'd drink it.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    A Registered Dietician told me to avoid Diet Coke. I think she thought the chemicals are questionable. I try to keep down my consumption of all diet sodas.
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    Nothing "makes" you fat really. Drinking regular soda has a lot of calories and sugar, and since it's a liquid people will usually dismiss the impact of those calories. I drink diet when I want a soda, but it'd be unwise for your teeth and your self-control to replace water with diet pop, as I know many people will do and then they are addicted to the sweetness of them. As a treat though I like that there are no calories.
  • Masterdo
    Masterdo Posts: 331 Member

    Tinfoil hat much?

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    you should consider adding something constructive to the conversation next time you post. ;)

    Calling out broscience is very constructive in fact. This graph is just a very nice example of the fact that you can get data to say pretty much whatever you want, when you don't have to apply statistical tests to it or convince anyone that it's relevant. That's why claims that can be substantiated are peer reviewed and pass those statistical tests, and why broscience authors can't find such an article to save their lives :p Very relevant.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I drink 2 - 4 a day. No issues here
  • JlenniferL
    JlenniferL Posts: 48 Member
    I tried diet soda but didn't like the taste. Gave up on soda all together. Drink crystal lite raspberry lemonaide or tea. I don't miss the soda.
  • DarkLuca
    DarkLuca Posts: 58 Member
    Bump.
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
    I lost 28 lbs. all the while drinking 4-5 diet pepsi cans a day. In the last few weeks I quit cold turkey and decided to drink water and have been consuming around 8 or 9 glasses a day and feel a million times better. As far as weight loss rate, I have yet to notice a difference, still losing around 1-1.5 lbs per week.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I don't drink it because I don't really like it. It's too sweet and tastes really fake to me. On the off chance that I actually do crave a diet soda it's because it's really hot out and I'm dehydrated which I find weird.

    I personally like seltzer because you get the fizz of the soda but it's not sweet and nasty.
  • paleirishmother
    paleirishmother Posts: 242
    I drink it, I still lose weight just fine.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    Hey, I was wondering if its Okay to drink diet Pepsi, diet soda while trying to lose weight..
    I read some people say it's still will make you fat and some says its Okay.
    So i decided to ask you guys!
    :D

    Like it's my job. I weigh in the low 100's.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member


    Easy there slugger

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    This! I know financially and even probably from a health perspective, I'd be better off drinking water. Every attempt, even with trying to switch to carbonated water, has been a dismal failure. It just makes me instantly happy, just about every time I drink one. My preferred diet beverages have stevia or some other "natural" sweetener, but as long as a drink is vegan, I'll usually drink it.
  • ChasingStarlight
    ChasingStarlight Posts: 424 Member
    I drink a coke zero every day or so, usually in the late afternoon to distract me from snacking before dinner. I don't find it makes me hungry. I'm not thrilled with the chemicals in it, but I don't smoke, I barely drink alcohol, I otherwise don't each much processed food and I'm vegetarian, I can have one vice!
  • Ninjoe42
    Ninjoe42 Posts: 17
    I drink diet soda, literally nothing to it, it's basically just carbonated sugar water. People are gonna tell you its not natural, and that there's chemicals. But check the ingredients, its just caramel coloring, CO2, and Aspertane (which is an artificial sweetener you don't even digest). I've seen conflicting reports of it causing any behavioral changes in how you eat, but it wont cause any harm all on its own.
  • mhanley1961
    mhanley1961 Posts: 35
    Guilty as charged here. I am a diet pepsi freak, and the only drawback I see are the elevated sodium levels, but they dont effect me very much. BTW, I lost 70 pounds in 2008 and I was drinking 2 liters of diet pepsi a day. Back to taking 20 pounds off, but not due to drinking diet sode :)
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    Hey, I was wondering if its Okay to drink diet Pepsi, diet soda while trying to lose weight..
    I read some people say it's still will make you fat and some says its Okay.
    So i decided to ask you guys!
    :D


    water water water is your BFF for loosing wt and feeling good and health...
    i have ice tea at times.. hot tea and like once a wk if that soda.. (regular) diet is bad for you w/chemicals n such and makes u more hungry and also has the chemical in you that reacts like sugar anyway! so i venture the regular.. also cuz i think diet tastes like shi* LOL
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Hey, I was wondering if its Okay to drink diet Pepsi, diet soda while trying to lose weight..
    I read some people say it's still will make you fat and some says its Okay.
    So i decided to ask you guys!
    :D


    I drink coke zero. there are lots of people who will tell you diet soda will kill you but they casually forget to mention that crossing the road might kill you, too.

    This, on both counts. I love some Coke Zero and the cherry variation. I take in around 5 cans per day, and I've lost nearly 20 pounds in two months. Your mileage may vary. I love caffeine, and had to find something to replace the coffee I was drinking all day every day, as the creamer was destroying my caloric intake every day.
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    I drink diet coke all day when i'm at my primary job location and coke zero when i'm at my secondary location (both have coke products just different selections). in fact i drink so much diet coke my manager has started threatening to make me pay for the syrup boxes! the only side effect i experience is headaches on my off days.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    Everyone keeps talking about the sodium in diet pop--which brands are you talking about? I've never noticed much sodium if any in my drinks.
  • thingeringer
    thingeringer Posts: 241 Member
    Only when I want one.
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    What I've heard is it's okay to drink diet soda pop in moderation, so I do. I've also heard it's not okay to drink it on an empty stomach, so I don't. If I do have some diet soda pop I make sure I'm eating food with it! :-)
  • denam2000
    denam2000 Posts: 3
    I was hooked on pepsi and then started packing on the pounds and the Doctor told me that pop, soda (whatever people call it) was the number on cause of weight gain! So I told him I would go to diet and he said that could almost me worse then regular. So all in all it isn't good for you diet or no diet! It was hard for the first week, week and a half but I have not had one in almost 3 years!! You can do and it is well worth it!!
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    I drink diet coke, not everyday, but ill have a can or two a week.
  • wjniii
    wjniii Posts: 110 Member
    I tried to stop drinking my diet coke and I found it was one of the main things keeping me hydrated. I have been drinking diet coke throughout my weight loss journey and the pounds keep coming off...
  • twingirlsmommy
    twingirlsmommy Posts: 111 Member
    No. None. Just Water and 1 coffee in the morning, that's it!
  • manda1978
    manda1978 Posts: 525 Member
    No I don't as it makes me very bloated, plus i"m not a fan of artifical sweeteners (chemicals)
  • SWilkins75
    SWilkins75 Posts: 277 Member
    I don't drink diet pop. But then again I am not a big fan of sodas anyway. I'll take cool refreshing water over anything else.
  • CalJur
    CalJur Posts: 627 Member
    Been soda free (and I loved diet Pepsi) since 8/1/12. It may be low cal but there is other crap in it that is no good for you. I miss it at times but have found healthy replacements.
  • Nikki31104
    Nikki31104 Posts: 816 Member
    Hey, I was wondering if its Okay to drink diet Pepsi, diet soda while trying to lose weight..
    I read some people say it's still will make you fat and some says its Okay.
    So i decided to ask you guys!
    :D

    I am not sure how it will affect you weight BUT...I have Epilepsy and my Neurologist strongly urged me to stay away from anything with artificial sweeteners in it. Lucky for me I hate the taste of it. I have never been a diet soda fan but I used to drink regular Coke like it was going out of style. It didn't help my waist line that is for sure.

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