Overweight people are more likely to drink diet sodas...

_noob_
_noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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Why do we need billions in research to confirm this?
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    To make sure the underweight people are drinking non diet soda....
  • Rosplosion
    Rosplosion Posts: 739 Member
    DOI.
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    So when I throw a barbeque, I know to plan my drink menu based on the average weight of my guests. Duh...
  • brattyworm
    brattyworm Posts: 2,137 Member
    cant stand diet soda.... why torture yourself with it... its all equally bad, so go for the good tasting stuff.
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  • lizsmith1976
    lizsmith1976 Posts: 497 Member
    << Drinks 4 diet mountain dews a day. Not overweight.

    I also am not worried about getting diabetes because of it!
  • brattyworm
    brattyworm Posts: 2,137 Member
    isn't this like saying short people are more likely to buy high heels?

    wait... i'm supposed to be doing that too.... who makes up these rules??? how does one keep up with all of them
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    isn't this like saying short people are more likely to buy high heels?

    wait... i'm supposed to be doing that too.... who makes up these rules??? how does one keep up with all of them

    I don't know, but I'm tall. Should I stop buying high heels? I'm so confused! :cry:
  • LAMAnRLA91909
    LAMAnRLA91909 Posts: 40
    I am overweight and the only beverages I drink are water and unsweetened almond milk.
  • mcn79
    mcn79 Posts: 112 Member
    Before I joined MFP and realy started adjusting my diet and lifestyle, I drank regular pop. I cut out pop completely for awhile (which was the best option) but now I drink only diet. I know none of it is good for me and I'm sure I'm going to die of diabetes, cancer, etc. because of my soda consumption but at least I won't die of obesity related symptoms.... ;)
  • tatd_820
    tatd_820 Posts: 573 Member
    I was overweight and drank diet cokes all the time. Now I'm not overweight and I still drink diet cokes all the time! I'm just more aware now =) I drink a lot of water and at lunch and dinner I have a diet soda. So be it!
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    << Drinks 4 diet mountain dews a day. Not overweight.

    I also am not worried about getting diabetes because of it!

    But what about the sugar diabeetus?
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    isn't this like saying short people are more likely to buy high heels?

    I prefer underheight.
  • holly1283
    holly1283 Posts: 741 Member
    I think the statement was backwards. The more a person drinks diet drinks the tendency is to be overweight. AS was said, "It's all bad." I enjoy a diet Mt. Dew once a week. I like the taste. I like to drink it at my grandchildren's ball games. However, I was not obese because of soda. It was overeating. Never drank much of any kind of soda. It's all relative.
  • thecakelocker
    thecakelocker Posts: 407 Member
    I like diet ginger ale 1000000x more than regular ginger ale.

    All other diet sodas are rat poison and I'm soda shaming everyone that drinks them
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I was fat long before I started drinking diet sodas.
  • fairykelly13
    fairykelly13 Posts: 79 Member
    << Drinks 4 diet mountain dews a day. Not overweight.

    I also am not worried about getting diabetes because of it!

    Also, yes. But make my diet coke :-)
  • ChloeRoseLejeune
    ChloeRoseLejeune Posts: 488
    I was fat long before I started drinking diet sodas.

    Meow
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    I can attest to this, as I was drinking 2+ liters a day when I was at 200 lbs. Though now I'm at 150 and still drink 2+ liters a day, so im not sure what that proves :)
  • crubinetti
    crubinetti Posts: 53 Member
    I was fat long before I started drinking diet sodas.

    That is awesome! Made me laugh out loud cause that is what my first thought was!
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    In my experience as a server, fat people drink diet soda or sweet tea, young people drink regular soda, and thin people drink unsweet tea, coffee, and water. Some thin people drink diet soda and regular soda, but they usually only drink one glass. The overweight people drink 4-6.
  • juliegrey1
    juliegrey1 Posts: 202 Member
    Diet drinks contain aspartame one of the most dangerous food additives known non diet drinks contain sugar,a good answer might be to drink regular drinks but not as many,I dont drink any of this stuff anyway! Google Aspartame its really frightening!
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I was fat long before I started drinking diet sodas.

    Meow

    Sup girl, watch me sip my coke zero while I bend over and look back at you.
  • homerjspartan
    homerjspartan Posts: 1,893 Member
    Married guys watch more porn. Fact.
  • maiaroman18
    maiaroman18 Posts: 460 Member
    isn't this like saying short people are more likely to buy high heels?

    wait... i'm supposed to be doing that too.... who makes up these rules??? how does one keep up with all of them

    I don't know, but I'm tall. Should I stop buying high heels? I'm so confused! :cry:
    I'm quite tall as well, and I just bought a few pair of heels. Do I need to return them?

    Also, I've never drank diet soda; I'd rather drink water.
  • _DaniD_
    _DaniD_ Posts: 2,186 Member
    This can't be true. Where did you get your information?
  • Amberlynnek
    Amberlynnek Posts: 405 Member
    I used to bartend/serve and this was a common theme among my larger guests, " Let's start with some fried mozzorella and the beer cheese soup and for me meal I'd like the double bacon cheeseburger with mayo and fries, side of ranch. Oh and a diet coke. Thanks" hmmmmmmm.....
  • bethanylaugh
    bethanylaugh Posts: 237
    lol the posts on this thread are why they spend the billions
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I don't drink a lot of soda but I have been drinking Diet Soda of one type or another for so long that regular soda is cloying.

    The one exception is bonafide ginger beer (not ginger ale) For that I want the real thing and it doesn't take a lot of effort to find it made with cane sugar and not HFCS.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I used to bartend/serve and this was a common theme among my larger guests, " Let's start with some fried mozzorella and the beer cheese soup and for me meal I'd like the double bacon cheeseburger with mayo and fries, side of ranch. Oh and a diet coke. Thanks" hmmmmmmm.....

    Oh hai Ms Judgy. Please tell me more why it would be better to compound that heart attack with an additional 300-400 calories.

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