Aspertame

Sobeys sells flavoured carbonated water and they are super yummy

welch's has caronated fruit juices tht r natural

NO JUDGMENT!

I LOVE diet dr pepper!
I love it by itself or on ice cream (haha)... but it is terrible for us so I just have maybe 500ml per month as a treat

I found a Schweppes Diet Ginger Ale - it is made with Spenda
Nestea also makes an iced tea and a green tea iced tea with Splenda - I mix that with low sodium club soda

The jury is out over whether it matters if you drink diet soda. I doubt it makes much of a difference if you are logging your calories.

any fake sugar is not good for you- well I will expand that to anyfoods or liquids that have been twisted into something they are not by man is not good for you....but I have read also that says anything with carbonation is not good for you either??idk
but I would suggest just water with lemon, cucumber or lime....strawberries etc

Every time I read one of these sorts of threads about "manmade foods," it makes me think of hybrid tomatoes and other man-altered foods. Just because we did something to change (or even create) a food does not make it bad. Oh, and hemlock is alllll-natural... for the record. Mercury is naturally occuring too, by the way...

I know what you mean, and I'm a Diet Dr. Pepper fan myself. Actually my favorite tasting diet soda. But I don't drink it anymore because I read enough about aspartame that I swore off it entirely even before I started MFP. I really don't like sucralose ("Splenda"), either, but if it doesn't fill you with gas, a little isn't as bad as aspartame. So, I look for diet drinks made with sucralose instead of aspartame. I found Diet RC Cola to be the best tasting of all the diet cola drinks, but it's really, really difficult to find in my area at least (Colorado Springs). In fact, I haven't found a place to buy it yet. When I visit my mom in Texas, I bring back a stash. Diet Rite sodas use sucralose and no aspartame and I really enjoy their tangerine (orange) flavored soda, but to me, the cola tastes flat. Also, if you want to taste others with sucralose, many store-brand or "non-major" brand sodas use it instead of aspartame. Namely Shasta. I find them fair and drink a few each week if I can't find the others. Also, I do limit mine to a total of a few a week as I understand that the carbonation is even harmful. So, I'm trying to develop a really strong affinity for good ól H2O! A little lime juice and a wee-bit of sweetener (Stevia being the best of all sweetners health-wise) in each glass makes for an almost good substitute lemonade. You CAN find Stevia-sweetened colas (most preferred for health) at health-food stores and occasionally other places, but it is quite expensive and to me, their taste is not so good. I hope this helps!

any fake sugar is not good for you- well I will expand that to anyfoods or liquids that have been twisted into something they are not by man is not good for you....but I have read also that says anything with carbonation is not good for you either??idk
but I would suggest just water with lemon, cucumber or lime....strawberries etc

Water!? Water has hydrogen, which is a chemical and flammable. therefore it should be avoided

O good God man really?!?! lmbo you always have something good to say- such an icon!

What about seltzer? If you can find Polar seltzer in stores, try any flavor other than lime. My absolute favorite is pomegranate. I try to drink 1 cup of green tea and then water the rest of the day but sometimes if I get really sick of just drinking water, I pick up seltzer...it's zero calories and the Polar one is just water and natural flavors. Orange vanilla is also a good one.

Heyman09 - Honestly, the aspartame is probably worse on your body than the sugar. Seriously! I have learned this one the hard way. Once I dropped my favorite (Splenda) from my coffees every day, my body has quit rebelling. The Splenda was making me have an allergic reaction to almost any food I ate - now that I've quit the splenda and have been using sugar in my coffee in the morning, I can now eat food again without the allergic reaction (my lips would swell and stay chapped/irritated.)

If you must, go back to the the regular soda - drop the diet like a bad habit.

Cut back as much as you can, but keep track of them in your MFP. As long as you are not going over your allotted calorie intake - don't feel bad! Sugar is WAY better for you than those fake sweeteners!