Will DIET sodas cause me to gain weight?

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  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    yes
    Diet soda might not help you stay trim after all, new research suggests.

    And killing turkeys is associated with the onset of Winter.

    A study presented at a American Diabetes Association meeting this week shows that drinking diet soda is associated with a wider waist in humans. And a second study shows that aspartame -- an artificial sweetener in diet soda -- actually raises blood sugar in mice prone to diabetes.

    When the ingest the human equivalent of 10 lbs of aspartame.
    what makes you think I wont eat 10 lbs of it? you challenging me?

    Yes, yes I am.
  • maryrosenavoa
    maryrosenavoa Posts: 53 Member
    oh it doesn't matter if it's diet soda ... u should go for water:D
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    oh it doesn't matter if it's diet soda ... u should go for water:D
    Why? They both hydrate the same.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    yes
    Diet soda might not help you stay trim after all, new research suggests.

    A study presented at a American Diabetes Association meeting this week shows that drinking diet soda is associated with a wider waist in humans....
    Correlation =/= causation.

    I see a lot of fat people on treadmills; therefore, treadmills are associated with being fat. Causation, or correlation?

    The answer to OP's question is no. Weight gain comes from caloric surplus, not drinking diet soda.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,152 Member
    yes
    Diet soda might not help you stay trim after all, new research suggests.

    A study presented at a American Diabetes Association meeting this week shows that drinking diet soda is associated with a wider waist in humans....
    Correlation =/= causation.

    I see a lot of fat people on treadmills; therefore, treadmills are associated with being fat. Causation, or correlation?

    The answer to OP's question is no. Weight gain comes from caloric surplus, not drinking diet soda.
    Your just making sense..............again.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    No.

    /end thread
  • tatd_820
    tatd_820 Posts: 573 Member
    Ive lost 80lbs and drink diet sodas every day. Wish I could kick the habbit and only drink water.
  • dsakpa
    dsakpa Posts: 1
    Weight gain, by themselves no. Cause and effect, studies seem to be showing that they may indeed be bad. Not only bad in the sense that they make you "crave" sweets, the artificial sweeteners are now linked to possibly causing additional health risks. Specifics are yet to be proven, such as joint pain, headaches, mood issues, sluggishness, etc. That all said, you do need water for your health and you don't need soda, well unless you have corrosion on your car battery, then soda comes in handy to eat away at all that gunk.
  • meandmyface
    meandmyface Posts: 328
    Everything in moderation, I used to be a huge diet soda drinker, now I have one between 3-5 times a week, for me I find it's nice to feel like i'm treating myself when it's something that has no calories :)
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    ...That all said, you do need water for your health and you don't need soda, well unless you have corrosion on your car battery, then soda comes in handy to eat away at all that gunk.
    Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon??? Dangerous stuff. It's also used in nuclear reactors. Ugh.
  • tatd_820
    tatd_820 Posts: 573 Member
    ...That all said, you do need water for your health and you don't need soda, well unless you have corrosion on your car battery, then soda comes in handy to eat away at all that gunk.
    Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon??? Dangerous stuff. It's also used in nuclear reactors. Ugh.

    LOL! Water also causes drowning and gives people frequent urges to potty.
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    yes
    Diet soda might not help you stay trim after all, new research suggests.

    A study presented at a American Diabetes Association meeting this week shows that drinking diet soda is associated with a wider waist in humans....
    Correlation =/= causation.

    I see a lot of fat people on treadmills; therefore, treadmills are associated with being fat. Causation, or correlation?

    The answer to OP's question is no. Weight gain comes from caloric surplus, not drinking diet soda.
    Your just making sense..............again.

    Yeah stop that!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    Weight gain, by themselves no. Cause and effect, studies seem to be showing that they may indeed be bad. Not only bad in the sense that they make you "crave" sweets, the artificial sweeteners are now linked to possibly causing additional health risks. Specifics are yet to be proven, such as joint pain, headaches, mood issues, sluggishness, etc. That all said, you do need water for your health and you don't need soda, well unless you have corrosion on your car battery, then soda comes in handy to eat away at all that gunk.
    I'm not talking about an increase an appetite or long term weight gain. I'm asking if the soda contains 0 calories will and I drink bottles of it will I gain weight?

    Someone didn't read the post.....
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    All this Diet soda talk made me thirsty

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  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    Gain weight...Yes, BUT MORE Importantly the ph level for soda is about 2 - 2.5. RIGHT in there with battery acid. What a GREAT set-up for Disease.

    ETA: So is Gatorade, and the rest of those so called energy and hydration drinks. Even most of the bottled waters are acidic (not as bad as soda, but bad). And just think, Athletes and people drink these things for performance, and all the while they are killing them! WOW!!!
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Gain weight...Yes, BUT MORE Importantly the ph level for soda is about 2 - 2.5. RIGHT in there with battery acid. What a GREAT set-up for Disease.

    Yes! If you drink that acidic diet soda, it'll go straight to your stomach with acid that has a PH of 2.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    Gain weight...Yes, BUT MORE Importantly the ph level for soda is about 2 - 2.5. RIGHT in there with battery acid. What a GREAT set-up for Disease.


    Right up there with battery acid? Battery acid has a pH of around 0.5. Most diet sodas have a pH in the vicinity of 3.

    So battery acid is over 300 times more acidic than soda.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,152 Member
    Gain weight...Yes, BUT MORE Importantly the ph level for soda is about 2 - 2.5. RIGHT in there with battery acid. What a GREAT set-up for Disease.

    ETA: So is Gatorade, and the rest of those so called energy and hydration drinks. Even most of the bottled waters are acidic (not as bad as soda, but bad). And just think, Athletes and people drink these things for performance, and all the while they are killing them! WOW!!!
    The acid is neutralized when consumed out of a tinfoil cup, surprised your source didn't mention that, considering it's common knowledge. As far as the weight gain is concerned, yes, the 0 calories does cause weight gain if we're to stay consistent with that logic.......great post otherwise. :happy:
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    Gain weight...Yes, BUT MORE Importantly the ph level for soda is about 2 - 2.5. RIGHT in there with battery acid. What a GREAT set-up for Disease.

    ETA: So is Gatorade, and the rest of those so called energy and hydration drinks. Even most of the bottled waters are acidic (not as bad as soda, but bad). And just think, Athletes and people drink these things for performance, and all the while they are killing them! WOW!!!

    omg lemon has a ph of 2

    all this time we been drinking lemonade we have been killing ourselves.


    please go take a high school level science class about acids and bases before you come to a conclusion such as this
  • runfrazierrun
    runfrazierrun Posts: 36
    Studies have shown that the added preservatives in Diet sodas actually increase your insulin levels and add 10 inches to your waist within 10 years. So basically an inch a year. Not to mention diet sodas have been linked to raise the risk of heart disease, fibro pain etc. Oh and the artificial sweeteners increase appetite and make you crave sugar a lot more.

    I would try to steer clear from soda in general.

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