Crystal Light or Diet Cola healthier?

I wouldn't say either of them are "healthy" but they wont hurt you either (assuming you have no reactions from the aspartame). I drink both, with no problems.

Take some big old pasta sauce jars (or other big jars, or a pitcher, whatever), clean them out, put your favourite tea bags in 'em, add boiling water, let cool (or use ice if impatient), take out tea bag and store in fridge for delicious iced tea. It's much much healthier and there are a million different tea flavours so you must like one.

Neither one is very good for you. There have been talks about colas linked to bone density decrease but its not from the carbonation or it has not been proven to do so under clinical trial. Caffeine is not terrible to you, but too much caffeine has harmful side effects like sleeplessness, nervousness, headaches etc, and that's a good reason to cut back. But for perspective, understand that coffee has way more caffeine than soda, so caveat if you are a coffee drinker trying to cut back on soda.

Apartame, sacarin, sugar alcohols also have their own set of problems but that is a whole other can of worms. I would say to cut back on diet soda and replace it with soda water (also called sparkling water.) if you need taste to quench your thirst..You will fair better not to take in the sodium from soda anyways.

Neither.

Neither one! They are both a chemical ****storm. Your body doesn't know how to process that stuff, and it will end up being tossed into your cells as FAT. DON'T use no fat, "lite", Lo fat, or diet stuff. Furthermore, if you have to drink soda, drink soda WATER, and add fruit juice to it. Try to find ones that don't have a lot of sugar.
Read labels. Avoid artificial sweeteners (even "splenda, which claims to be "natural") and Lo-fat foods.

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Neither one! They are both a chemical ****storm. Your body doesn't know how to process that stuff, and it will end up being tossed into your cells as FAT. DON'T use no fat, "lite", Lo fat, or diet stuff. Furthermore, if you have to drink soda, drink soda WATER, and add fruit juice to it. Try to find ones that don't have a lot of sugar.
Read labels. Avoid artificial sweeteners (even "splenda, which claims to be "natural") and Lo-fat foods.

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NO.

This.

To OP:
The water at my work tastes ****ty... so in order to mask the taste, I add the crystal lite drops. Not may but enough.

I also drink Pespi Next which has splenda and I haven't experienced any adverse affects. If you are looking for caffeine, and a more natural tasting soda, then Pepsi Next is it.

I would speculate that the crystal light would be less harmful to tooth enamel.

Assuming you're drinking relatively "normal" amounts of it I wouldn't be concerned about aspartame.

This.

If you have crappy tasting water, filter it with a pitcher. It tastes SO much better, you will find yourself craving water because its' so delicious. Add a little lemon juice. It drop kicks your metabolism, and cleans your kidneys. I even drink hot lemon water sometimes instead of coffee. It gives me energy, and it gets rid of kidney stones (which I am prone to.)

Soda contains tons of sugar in the form of corn syrup which is now 90% GMO. GMO corn has been shown to cause enormous tumors in mice and rats. I quit drinking soda or any beverage that has corn syrup in it, and I'm trying to eliminate it from my diet all together, but it's hard. It's in everything--even things like ketchup! I'm making more and more of my own stuff from scratch. But back to soda--I bought a soda stream machine, and I make my own and add non-corn syrup juice to it. It's delicious and refreshing just by itself, or with lemon, too.

The caffeine and phosphoric acid in the Diet Coke are what cause leaching of calcium from your bones in your body's effort to maintain a very slightly alkaline pH. However, both DC and CL contain artificial sweeteners, which can (depending on in the individual) increase cravings for sweet foods.

The bottom line - drink water. Soak it in fruit for flavour if you're looking for a boost, eg:

~slices of lemon
~slices of lemon, cucumber, and whole fresh mint leaves if you have them in your garden
~melon and/or cucumber slices
~slices of strawberry and kiwi, or just strawberry
~whole raspberries and blueberries

etc. Throw a big pitcher of water and sliced fruit in the fridge overnight, then sip from it all day. Deelish. I often do this on weekends just for fun. The lemon in particular is very cleansing.

Honestly I stay away from both. Aspartame is not good for the body and has been linked (mostly unofficially but the anecdotal evidence is there) to many ailments. Soda is the worst of the two though because of the chemicals and coloring agents. Better choices are water --flavor it with fruit or cucumbers if you dont like the taste of plain. That's what I do. Also, herbal teas, sweetened with a little honey, stevia or even sugar. But if you're going to have either the soda or the Crystal Light, go for the Crystal Light.

I have lost 30 pounds since last year and I drink Diet Coke with Splenda and I don't have any problems.

Neither one! They are both a chemical ****storm. Your body doesn't know how to process that stuff, and it will end up being tossed into your cells as FAT. DON'T use no fat, "lite", Lo fat, or diet stuff. Furthermore, if you have to drink soda, drink soda WATER, and add fruit juice to it. Try to find ones that don't have a lot of sugar.
Read labels. Avoid artificial sweeteners (even "splenda, which claims to be "natural") and Lo-fat foods.

Please don't spread false information that has absolutely no research or merit. One person whispers this crap then another will think it was true. No part of this is true.


Diet soda is worse because it reduced bone density. But if you don't have to worry about potential osteoporosis you're perfectly fine with a little diet soda.

Moderation is the key. One 8oz can of diet soda a day as a treat isn't doing to be terrible. Drinking it in place of water, IS.

Get some cucumbers, limes, and lemons. Add a slice of cumber to a glass of water. Or a slice of lemon, or lime. Or if you really want to change it squeeze some lime or lemon into the water. All of this will make water really enjoyable and make you want to drink more of it (at least, it works like this for me).

water. Read Skinny ***** and you will never touch soda or aspartame again.

Or you could read peer reviewed studies and not worry about consuming reasonable amounts.

neither.
drink plain water, that other crap won't hydrate you properly
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I agree with the majority of commenters here that water is the best of the three. While it is true that people can lose weight drinking diet vs regular soda, and using crystal light or mio, I don't understand why they would. I know that we all want to lose weight, but shouldn't we all be looking at what got us to be too heavy in the first place? Poor food choices and lack of movement. I don't understand how any of us could just want to force the weight off without fundamentally changing what we put into our bodies. This means we have to change our mindsets about it. For me, what has been successful (and painfully damned slow, mind you. I know I could do this a lot more quickly with shortcuts) is throwing out all processed foods and eating "clean". There are lots of ways to go about that, but for me, I just don't eat anything, A-N-Y-thing from a box or a can. Nothing frozen. I make soups from real ingredients. I eat real ingredients. I personally don't eat meat, but I think people can eat lean, grass fed meat and be just fine with losing weight.

Yep, I'm a busy mofo too. I own a restaurant with two locations and my day starts at stupid o'clock and ends at stupid o'clock. I have to do a LOT of planning to make each day successful. At first, it was a nightmare and very difficult. Then, I just decided what I wanted my life to look like and it became just as much a part of how I'd approach different projects at work. The whole thing for me is that I DECIDED I wanted something different. And have done it. Life just keeps getting better.