Diet sodas are not bad after all!!!
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Soda is still acidic diet or not which can affect the human body if you drink too much.
If you eat or drink way more acidic foods then alkaline foods then you run the risk for health problems and at the same time lower your body's metabolism.
In order for the body to be in fat burning mode it needs to be in the alkaline range.
ex.)
Chart:
1=Most Acidic
7=Neutral.
14=Too Alkaline.
(As long as you stay in the neutral and slightly alkaline range you'll still be in fat burning mode.)0 -
Soda is still acidic diet or not which can affect the human body if you drink too much.
If you eat or drink way more acidic foods then alkaline foods then you run the risk for health problems and at the same time lower your body's metabolism.
In order for the body to be in fat burning mode it needs to be in the alkaline range.
ex.)
Chart:
1=Most Acidic
7=Neutral.
14=Too Alkaline.
(As long as you stay in the neutral and slightly alkaline range you'll still be in fat burning mode.)
LOL if you ate something with a pH of 14 or 1 you'd be quite dead.
A pH of 7.35 is human blood. So we should all strive to have the same pH as blood.0 -
I get a chuckle about all the formaldehyde claims, claims of neurological deficits, and people claiming "studies show..."For those of you who love and drink diet, look at the ingredients....ASPARTAME!!!! Do you know what is in it..Formaldehyde!!!!!!! Who wants to drink that???? Just something for you to think about. I would rather drink regular, take the extra calories and work a little harder then drink that stuff and put it in my body.
This. Apartame.
Yes, it breaks down into the same ingredients as most citrus fruits and foods such as chicken. Do I need more punctuation or randomly capitalized words to make it true? No. Why? Because science.
The TRUTH is there is not a single clinical study done with aspartame/nutrasweet that show evidence of any such ill.
There are people everywhere - on the internet and in real life making these claims that "studies show..." when there are no studies that show this. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
Please, if you think you KNOW that aspartame/nutrasweet are causing all manner of ills, show your study that validates your knowledge. Please. If not, put your tinfoil hat away and go to bed.0 -
oh, thank god...because my refrigerator is constantly stocked and then getting re-stocked with diet pepsi. haha.0
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Lots of anti aspartame proponents use articles, blogs, google, write ups from "natural" sites, etc. as their resources instead of actual studies.
I get a chuckle about all the formaldehyde claims, claims of neurological deficits, and people claiming "studies show..."For those of you who love and drink diet, look at the ingredients....ASPARTAME!!!! Do you know what is in it..Formaldehyde!!!!!!! Who wants to drink that???? Just something for you to think about. I would rather drink regular, take the extra calories and work a little harder then drink that stuff and put it in my body.
This. Apartame.
Yes, it breaks down into the same ingredients as most citrus fruits and foods such as chicken. Do I need more punctuation or randomly capitalized words to make it true? No. Why? Because science.
The TRUTH is there is not a single clinical study done with aspartame/nutrasweet that show evidence of any such ill.
There are people everywhere - on the internet and in real life making these claims that "studies show..." when there are no studies that show this. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
Please, if you think you KNOW that aspartame/nutrasweet are causing all manner of ills, show your study that validates your knowledge. Please. If not, put your tinfoil hat away and go to bed.
It's like taking sides during an election. You're Republican and vote Republican even if you didn't read what an actual proposition may entail. Same with Democrat.
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Well, technically, it 'breaks down' into methanol, then further into formaldehyde, if we're being technical.Quote it correctly. There is NO FORMALDEHYDE in it. It converts to formaldehyde in the body. As do citrus fruits. Think about it.
But you're correct, it breaks down to methanol just as do citrus fruits and tomatoes, and we humans are well-equipped to use small amounts of methanol produced from foods and beverages, as well as from aspartame.
There you have it.Science:
The metabolic pathway is well-understood and well-documented in the scientific literature. First, the methanol from the intestinal tract goes to the liver via portal blood, where the liver enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase converts methanol into formaldehyde. The body very rapidly uses formaldehyde and so formaldehyde never builds up in the body. If the body doesn't need it, formaldehyde is converted to formic acid within seconds. The formic acid will be either excreted in the urine or broken down to carbon dioxide and water.
The bottom line? Citrus fruits and tomatoes, especially their juices, are just as bad as aspartame! I'm assuming you'll all now avoid those at all costs.0 -
It's not about finding studies that support "any view," it's about finding the MOST studies that have the same finding. This increases the reliability. So, I would go with what do studies show more, diet pop increases cravings or doesn't?
There are NO clinical studies that show diet pop increases cravings.
There are NO clinical studies that show aspartame/nutrasweet or the diet soda/pop they sweeten cause any health risks to humans.
If people think there are, please, post them.0 -
LOL nice....0 -
Oh, some even quote studies on 'aspartate' instead of 'aspartame' ... these studies would be completely irrelevant to aspartame.Lots of anti aspartame proponents use articles, blogs, google, write ups from "natural" sites, etc. as their resources instead of actual studies.
Why fact check when you can fear-monger? Especially if the fear-mongering lets you sell a safe, natural, homeopathic remedy?0 -
Just a thought from my own personal experience, I recently started drinking a gallon of water day, or as close to it as I can get. I still have a diet soda about every other day and my sweet cravings are diminishing, I think that it is possible that drinking more water keeps us fuller and makes us think about food less, therefore craving less sweets. I still treat myself to my diet soda and will continue to since I like the taste and deprevation would only make me binge drink it when I do give in. I say do whatever works for you.0
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My husband loveddddddd his zero coke then he went on to Lipton peach light as his a diabetic. It is true these are addictive and no amount of talking would he stop taking these until he saw this.
http://www.infowars.com/food-the-ultimate-secret-exposed/
To know what is in diet coke is discussing!!!! This actually breaks down the ingredients so you really know what is in these drinks and foods.
My husband now drinks spring water and will a little diet he has dropped 2 of the 3 insulin injections.0 -
So does water. H20 is a chemical compound.LOL
They have zero nutrition and are all chemicals. Thats not okay for my body.
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theres an actual study that suggests people who drink diet drinks are actually more prone to have be overweight and have diabetes later on in their lives... but dont take my word for it and keep drinking diet sodas!0
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You are so correct!!! Getting caught up in the all or nothing heath mentality on the posts is why I lost track and had to start over on my weight loss journey. Every now and then it is ok to have a treat as long as it's with in limits and all other vital nutrients are met. I think you are awesome by the way, thank you for your post.
Eating "healthy" means getting in your essentials and staying within a calorie limit. If there's room for non essentials that don't cause calorie surplus, then have fun consuming it. IIFYM eating rules.It's full of chemical junk. Doesn't eating healthy means trying to stay away from that crap?
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Ninerbuff, thanks for being the voice of moderation and reason:flowerforyou: You obviously have some common sense. I don't think diet coke is the best choice, but its not going to make me drop over dead if I have diet Dr. Pepper occasionally.0
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Diet Coke is pretty good with rum or bourbon. I've never tried it with both.
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No.theres an actual study that suggests people who drink diet drinks are actually more prone to have be overweight and have diabetes later on in their lives... but dont take my word for it and keep drinking diet sodas!
The study was an epidemiological study (not a randomized controlled trial) that CORRELATED diet soda consumption to obesity, not that it causes it.
It's every bit as plausible (if not moreso) that people drinking diet sodas started AFTER they became obese, and switched to diet soda consumption to save calories.0 -
Aspartame
Monsanto
FDA
Arrogance
Tin foil hats
This thread has it all.
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It's correlation not causation. There's an actual graph out there that shows that the rise in the Earth's temperature is associated with the increase in the pirate population too.theres an actual study that suggests people who drink diet drinks are actually more prone to have be overweight and have diabetes later on in their lives... but dont take my word for it and keep drinking diet sodas!
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Did you read anything that was posted about science and truth before you posted this? Did you research the science for yourself before taking the fear-mongering tinfoil-hat guy's word for things?My husband loveddddddd his zero coke then he went on to Lipton peach light as his a diabetic. It is true these are addictive and no amount of talking would he stop taking these until he saw this.
http://www.infowars.com/food-the-ultimate-secret-exposed/
To know what is in diet coke is discussing!!!! This actually breaks down the ingredients so you really know what is in these drinks and foods.
My husband now drinks spring water and will a little diet he has dropped 2 of the 3 insulin injections.
I'm guessing not.0
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