Is diet pop REALLY that bad fro you????

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  • rickjohnson67
    rickjohnson67 Posts: 1
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html
  • RobinRunsOnslow
    RobinRunsOnslow Posts: 3
    yes, it is!
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    If you don't have any kidney disorders, if you drink enough water in addition, if it doesn't lead to the consumption of other bad foods, it is a better vice than other. However, if you have been off of it for 7 weeks, why get back on it? More importantly, why are you letting a food/beverage be the thing you look forward to every day.

    Lastly, it's called soda, not pop :)
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    This.

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    actually I am going to disagree with my initial 'this' you should not drink diet pepsi - go with coke zero its way better

    Oooo! I didn't catch that. I have to agree with this this. Although I prefer Cherry Coke Zero, but now we're nit picking.
  • mwelch0212
    mwelch0212 Posts: 11
    I'm not saying that diet soda, or soda in general, is great for you (we've all seen that video where the can of coke cleans the engine gears), but now a days you can find a study to support anything and everything causing cancer, strokes, tumors, death. You name it, something new every day causes it (including the medications to ward off something else!).

    A can of Diet Pepsi at lunch makes me happy and helps me get through my afternoon slump at work. It's mental, and it works for me. So I drink it.

    If it works for you, drink it too :)
  • lilacsun
    lilacsun Posts: 204 Member
    Even though you might not notice the weight loss here are reasons diet soda is soooooo bad for you:
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    stumble How do you lose weight? Substitute diet drinks for sugary drinks. Eat low-fat foods. Just eat less of the bad foods -- it's all about the calories. We are told, "Just have more willpower."

    These ideas are false. They are food and diet industry propaganda that make and keep us fat and sick. Lies by the food industry combined with bad government policy based on food industry lobbying are the major cause of our obesity and diabetes epidemic.

    Now, more than 35 percent of Americans are obese, and almost 70 percent are overweight. This is not an accident but the result of careful marketing and money in politics.

    We are told it is all about making better choices. If we all took more personal responsibility, we could stop this obesity and diabetes epidemic. We have been told there are no good or bad foods, that the key to weight loss is moderation. And, of course, if we all just exercised more, all of us would lose weight. These ideas hold us hostage.

    What the Food and Diet Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
    Diet Soda and Diet Drinks Make You Fat and Cause Type 2 Diabetes

    Diet soda makes people fat? Really? How does that happen?



    If losing weight were all about the calories, then consuming diet drinks would seem like a good idea. That's certainly what Coca-Cola wants us to believe in their new ad highlighting their efforts to fight obesity. They proudly promote the fact that they have 180 low- or no-calorie drinks and that they cut sugared drinks in schools by 90 percent.

    Is that a good thing? In fact, it may be worse than having us all drink regular Coke (and the other food giants making diet drinks also push the same propaganda).

    A new 14-year study of 66,118 women (supported by many other previous studies) found that the opposite seems to be true. Diet drinks may be worse than sugar-sweetened drinks, which are worse than fruit juices (but only fresh-squeezed fruit juices).

    The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, discovered some frightening facts that should make us all swear off diet drinks and products.

    1.Diet sodas raised the risk of diabetes more than sugar-sweetened sodas!
    2.Women who drank one 12-ounce diet soda had a 33 percent increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, and women who drank one 20-ounce soda had a 66 percent increased risk.
    3.Women who drank diet sodas drank twice as much as those who drank sugar-sweetened sodas because artificial sweeteners are more addictive and are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar.
    4.The average diet soda drinker consumes three diet drinks a day.
    You might say that people who are overweight and just about to get diabetes drink more diet soda, but they scientifically controlled for body weight. And they found the artificial sweeteners increased diabetes independent of body weight!

    This and other research shows how diet sodas make people fat and sick.
    And that diet drinks may be even worse than regular sugar-sweetened sodas! How does that happen?

    •Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar, activating our genetically-programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
    •They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
    •It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn fewer calories every day.
    •It makes you hungrier and crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
    •In animal studies, the rats that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14 percent more body fat in just two weeks -- even eating fewer calories.
    •In population studies, there was a 200 percent increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.

    Nonsense.


    Yes, nonsense! I did not end up obese until I ate too much food! Regular soda would put me in a coma. That's why I went to diet to begin with.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    :noway: :noway: :noway: ::laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Hold on while I pull up the Onion.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html

    Strong contribution, thank you
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    This.

    Absolutely this!! Drink that diet soda and enjoy it!
    Exactly. Ignore the orthorexics and enjoy your life.
  • HannahJDiaz25
    HannahJDiaz25 Posts: 329 Member
    Try Pepsi Next. It has 60 percent LESS sugar then regular Pepsi AND it has no artificial sweeteners! Best of both worlds. I drink a couple a month when I am really craving sweet stuff.

    I really don't trust artificial sweeteners. My Grandma used to drink iced tea with Splenda in it through a straw. She drank a couple cups a day. a cancer formed on the roof of her mouth and her Doctor said it was probably from the artificial sweetener hitting that spot when she sucked it through a straw. (The cancer was right where the point of contact would be.) Of course he had no proof, it was just his best guess as to why it happened.

    BUT I say people have been eating sugar for thousands of years...why change that now for an unnatural chemical?? Id rather deal with the calories :-)
  • cheninaerin
    cheninaerin Posts: 86
    Yes, its really that bad for you. No, it doesn't really affect weight loss because its low calorie, but the chemicals are pretty horrid for your body. I'm not trying to be a 'fear monger' or anything- I still drink soda from time to time (i've never liked diet soda, so i just go for the regular), because, hell, it tastes good. But just because you enjoy something & it doesn't affect your weight loss does not mean its perfectly healthy and you should just gung-ho guzzle it down.
  • Docmahi
    Docmahi Posts: 1,603 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    This.

    This

    actually I am going to disagree with my initial 'this' you should not drink diet pepsi - go with coke zero its way better

    Oooo! I didn't catch that. I have to agree with this this. Although I prefer Cherry Coke Zero, but now we're nit picking.

    my only reason I dont like cherry coke zero is cause when im at the hospital the freaking cherry coke zero and cherry coke bottle look too similar so my dumbass picks up cherry coke on accident far too often - otherwise yes cherry coke zero is the ****
  • NaBroski
    NaBroski Posts: 206
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html

    Strong contribution, thank you

    Nothing screams "scientific rigor" like HuffPo
  • kaswich
    kaswich Posts: 1
    It's bad for your teeth, at least. I feel pain when I eat or drink anything too hot or too cold, sometimes when even just inhaling through my mouth on a cold day. My dentist said my enamel has worn away, largely because I used to drink lots of diet coke.
  • lilacsun
    lilacsun Posts: 204 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    This.




    This

    actually I am going to disagree with my initial 'this' you should not drink diet pepsi - go with coke zero its way better

    Lol! I kind of second that. The only good diet Pepsi is wild cherry, otherwise diet coke is better.
  • ThisGirl2013
    ThisGirl2013 Posts: 220 Member
    The only real life bad thing I have heard is from a chiropractor that told me he can tell, every time - by the bad bones, a person who drinks diet soda. Now, I don't know how much diet soda you have to drink to be affected but that is just what I heard. Don't shoot the messenger. *holds hands up* I doubt one a day would really be that harmful but that is just me! I personally think the stuff tastes DISGUSTING!!! *lol* We all have our "naughty" cravings. Every one of us. Even the successsful people ;)
  • smittieaj
    smittieaj Posts: 151 Member
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html

    Strong contribution, thank you

    Nothing screams "scientific rigor" like HuffPo

    I always thought that it screamed "feminism"... perhaps that's just my read.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    yes it sure is, nutra sweet can cause migraines. it is better to drink regular coke or tea with no sugar. artifical sweetners are linked to cancer, migraine headaches etc
    I don't ingest any artificial sweeteners (I hate the taste). I get migraines regularly.

    Chocolate causes my mother's migraines. It does not cause mine.

    Migraines are a complex phenomena that even the best neurologists in the world are still trying to figure out. If the OP does not get migraines from ingesting artificial sweeteners, then the OP should not use that as a reason not to have something the OP loves.

    The cancer link, as far as I know, is unproven.

    OP -- If you enjoy a diet soda a day, have it. Enjoy life.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    This.

    This

    actually I am going to disagree with my initial 'this' you should not drink diet pepsi - go with coke zero its way better

    Oooo! I didn't catch that. I have to agree with this this. Although I prefer Cherry Coke Zero, but now we're nit picking.

    my only reason I dont like cherry coke zero is cause when im at the hospital the freaking cherry coke zero and cherry coke bottle look too similar so my dumbass picks up cherry coke on accident far too often - otherwise yes cherry coke zero is the ****

    Diet Coke and cherry vodka....the bomb diggity, but very dangerous!
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    For weight loss, no. For overall health, in the long run, maybe, but you would have a hard time proving it. For me, it's chemical crap that your body was never designed to deal with, so I avoid it.
  • Turtle003
    Turtle003 Posts: 133 Member
    I love any study that has pirates in it!!! Love this :laugh:
  • RobinRunsOnslow
    RobinRunsOnslow Posts: 3
    Yes, its really that bad for you. No, it doesn't really affect weight loss because its low calorie, but the chemicals are pretty horrid for your body. I'm not trying to be a 'fear monger' or anything- I still drink soda from time to time (i've never liked diet soda, so i just go for the regular), because, hell, it tastes good. But just because you enjoy something & it doesn't affect your weight loss does not mean its perfectly healthy and you should just gung-ho guzzle it down.

    This!!!!
  • emmgetsfit
    emmgetsfit Posts: 203 Member
    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine
    If it doesn't cause you problems and makes you happy, drink up.

    Both of these.

    Personally - I repeat - PERSONALLY I notice the scale goes up when I drink diet, max, or zero, drinks and as soon as I switch back to water the numbers drop... but if you aren't having issues and you want it, drink it. I'll just quietly shoot you evil glances from behind my Dasani bottle.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    omg it is like SO bad for you. the fda and beverage industries are out to get all of us in the most elaborate conspiracy theory in modern history.

    *takes off tinfoil hat and hands it back to coachreddy*
  • lilacsun
    lilacsun Posts: 204 Member
    Try Pepsi Next. It has 60 percent LESS sugar then regular Pepsi AND it has no artificial sweeteners! Best of both worlds. I drink a couple a month when I am really craving sweet stuff.

    I really don't trust artificial sweeteners. My Grandma used to drink iced tea with Splenda in it through a straw. She drank a couple cups a day. a cancer formed on the roof of her mouth and her Doctor said it was probably from the artificial sweetener hitting that spot when she sucked it through a straw. (The cancer was right where the point of contact would be.) Of course he had no proof, it was just his best guess as to why it happened.

    BUT I say people have been eating sugar for thousands of years...why change that now for an unnatural chemical?? Id rather deal with the calories :-)


    Uh oh! Maybe straws cause cancer!
  • lilacsun
    lilacsun Posts: 204 Member
    Try Pepsi Next. It has 60 percent LESS sugar then regular Pepsi AND it has no artificial sweeteners! Best of both worlds. I drink a couple a month when I am really craving sweet stuff.

    I really don't trust artificial sweeteners. My Grandma used to drink iced tea with Splenda in it through a straw. She drank a couple cups a day. a cancer formed on the roof of her mouth and her Doctor said it was probably from the artificial sweetener hitting that spot when she sucked it through a straw. (The cancer was right where the point of contact would be.) Of course he had no proof, it was just his best guess as to why it happened.

    BUT I say people have been eating sugar for thousands of years...why change that now for an unnatural chemical?? Id rather deal with the calories :-)


    Uh oh! Maybe straws cause cancer!

    Seriously though.. I am sorry your Grandma got cancer:(
  • Kaylaef
    Kaylaef Posts: 194 Member
    I cut down, because I find it bloats me a bit. But, I still have one a day. And love it!
  • ThisGirl2013
    ThisGirl2013 Posts: 220 Member
    If you don't have any kidney disorders, if you drink enough water in addition, if it doesn't lead to the consumption of other bad foods, it is a better vice than other. However, if you have been off of it for 7 weeks, why get back on it? More importantly, why are you letting a food/beverage be the thing you look forward to every day.

    Lastly, it's called soda, not pop :)

    She has a good point. To me, I would consider that craving as an indication of something not so good *lol* ESP after THAT long..
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    I have not had my 32OZ Diet Pepsi in over 7 weeks and do not feel any bettter or notice any changes in my weight or cravings. I keep hearing that I shouldn't drink Diet Pepsi it is so bad for you. I really miss it and looked forward to having it every day. Is there really any reason not to have it if I am not noticing any difference? Anyone else experienced this??

    Stop listening to fear mongers and idiots and drink your diet pepsi, you're fine

    I agree with this guy.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    If you don't have any kidney disorders, if you drink enough water in addition, if it doesn't lead to the consumption of other bad foods, it is a better vice than other. However, if you have been off of it for 7 weeks, why get back on it? More importantly, why are you letting a food/beverage be the thing you look forward to every day.

    Lastly, it's called soda, not pop :)

    She has a good point. To me, I would consider that craving as an indication of something not so good *lol* ESP after THAT long..
    I better stop eating salad, then. I crave it often.
  • HannahJDiaz25
    HannahJDiaz25 Posts: 329 Member
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html

    Strong contribution, thank you

    Nothing screams "scientific rigor" like HuffPo

    I always thought that it screamed "feminism"... perhaps that's just my read.


    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Love it!

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