Diet Soda
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jamie_2216
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I know Soda in any form is not good for you but does anyone know if Diet soda really is worse for you than regular? Diet soda is kind of my guilty pleasure and I always make myself feel better by telling myself its not as bad because it has no calories but ive heard it is worse for you than regular soda and can keep you from losing weight?
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I personally drink diet drinks and haven't found it has affected my weight loss in the slightest! I love fizzy drinks and if i had to give them up i think i would cry!!!0
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Meh.0
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Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
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Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
My day is now complete.0 -
Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
Undeniable proof!0 -
I drink it in addition to my 8+ glasses of water a day... and coffee...and smoke cigarettes...and eat red meat...and... YUP, probably gonna die sooner than some, but damn it, I'm gonna have fun doing it! :flowerforyou:0
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I don't drink a heap of it - but will drink it when I feel like it - possibly a can or two a week. It hasn't interfered with my weight loss at all.. I am now maintaining and have been doing so since the beginning of May this year0
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Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
Undeniable proof!
God I love ya, skitty!!
Ohh and that **** will kill you!0 -
Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
Clearly, there is no argument to be made here.0 -
Bad doesn't cut it.
You WILL Die
Clearly, there is no argument to be made here.
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Nothing wrong with diet soda unless you are sensitive to artificial sweeteners or drink a case a day of it. From a weight loss perspective it is better than non-diet soda as it has no calories.0
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I'd avoid anything other than water.0
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Where there's a Will there's a Weigh?
Seriously, the most at risk part of you are your teeth.
The jury is out (for lunch?) on artificial sweetners. The sucralose ones claim to be the safest.
We all read about how saccharine and aspartame are (probably) destroying the planet, if not the ozone layer and/or your brain. All that is missing is evidence. Anecdotal, over-the-back-fence wisdom is not a valid source any more than pub-science is.
One undeniable factor is the sharp, clean taste of colas (generically) - it is PHOSPHORIC ACID.
Other fizzy drinks contain citric acid and even sparkling water contains a tiny amount of carbonic acid (from dissolving the carbon dioxide that makes the fizz).
Moderation is probably the key. Sugar provides 15 Cals/ tspn of pure energy: it is excess sugar that should be avoided and you are probably "safer" with a limited amount of non-diet soda/pop factored into your daily Calorie allowance.0 -
"They" say diet soda is bad because of the artifical sweeteners in them. The artifical sweeteners mimick sugar and your brain doesn't register that its had something sweet and wants more. So you crave more sweets. Thats what "they" say. I drank diet coke forever, I gave it up this year and I don't feel any different, and I didn't lose insant weight so its a personal choice.0
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If it is harmful, the question is in what dose.0
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Drinking diet soda causes us to hold fuild, so we always feel like we are bloated from all the sodium in the drink. I enjoy my diet pepsi, but personally I cut back on drinking it for a month, felt like my pants weren't so tight around the waist. I allow myself a bottle of diet soda on the weekend.0
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If it is harmful, the question is in what dose.
Probably a fair summation ... Aspartame is a guilty pleasure for me ... In some ways I'd rather be drinking sugar (HFCS in the US).0 -
I drink at least 2 diet cokes daily, I have lost 57lbs and still going. I dont drink coffee or any adult beverages so I say if it is the only "bad" drink I have than so be it. I have altered so many other eating / drinking habits in my life at this point I still need my diet coke fix, maybe once my journey is complete and I have setteled into my new lifestyle I will work on cutting that out.0
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If it is harmful, the question is in what dose.
Probably a fair summation ... Aspartame is a guilty pleasure for me ... In some ways I'd rather be drinking sugar (HFCS in the US).
And, If someone is consuming so much processed crap that they need to worry about it, they've probably got bigger problems to worry about anyway.0 -
It might not affect your weight loss per say but it has a lot of artificial things in it that are not good health wise in the long run. You should switch to flavored sparking water. If there's a Kroger near you or HEB look for a sparking water called ICE. It tastes like soda and is sweetened with Splenda. I honestly prefer stevia to spenda, but it's not bad for a nice little fix. Also...try Vitamin Waters.0
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