Why does Coke Zero make my hungry?

ASPARTAME!!

...IS FRIGGIN' BRILLIANT!

Since Dr Oz has been mentioned, it is probably safe to say the bubbles in the drink work their way to your stomach and the extra bubblyness of your stomach acid makes your stomach grumble more.

Or if you want my serious opinion - if you were to drink water instead of eating you would probably also feel hungry after an hour if it was food you needed. From experience, if I drink water instead of eating for several hours I start to feel nauseous and if I then don't eat it will get to the point of wanting to vomit but not having anything other than stomach acid to expel (or whatever the clinical term is).

A quick Google test - 41,400,000 results for 'drinking water makes me nauseous'. Probably not all results are for the same reason, but the answer to some of those is probably "try eating something instead".

ASPARTAME!!

What is it sweetened with? Aspartame? I dunno for sure, I'm not a big soda fan anymore but all to say that artificial sweeteners, all the so-called diet or sugar free products tend to make me hungry, if not bloated too! Not sure how it all works out in the body but I'm sure it can't be all that good.

But with your hungry issue, isn't Coke Zero supposed to be 0 calories? Just eat then! Or drink water if you need to delay the moment when you'll be eating, it's not very complicated to be honest!

I heard this on "Science Friday" on NPR a few months ago and gave them up then. they make me hungry too. I've wondered for awhile if it's added to my eating too much but I loved my Diet Coke!

I just drank two of them and I'm starving now!!! Does that acid break down the food in my stomach more quickly?

Is Coke zero without sugar or without caffeine? The reason I ask is because when I drank loads of diet coke, the caffeine had me starving! I only figured this out AFTER I figured out that I was getting way too much caffeine and eliminated it from my eating plan. I haven't been that hungry since.

There has been a lot on the news lately about diet sodas and their effect on people who drink them.
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Mehmet Oz, MD, Cardiology, answered
Many people use artificial sweeteners to cut their caloric intake, but the very opposite effect can occur. New research shows that artificial sweeteners stimulate taste receptors that sense sweetness in both the esophagus and stomach. Anticipating energy, the pancreas releases insulin, an important hormone for accumulating body fat. At the same time, chemicals are sent to the brain’s satiety center, which becomes confused as to whether or not the body is actually receiving calories. The result? You feel even hungrier and less full, which can lead to weight gain.

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basically drink water instead

Oz is fictional place not a nutritionist.

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Actually, it has nothing to do with the acid. IT is very well documented that artificial sweeteners make you crave more calories!!!
I used to have such a huge problem binge eating and was considering seeing a therpaist to determine if I had an eating disorder because I genuinely felt out of control. I could inhale 2000 calories in one sitting.
Turned out, it was all the splenda I was using in my coffee!!!! (the same sweetener used in diet coke). After reading all of the studies on SPlenda and others, I decided to stop using it a few months ago, literally have not had a single binge since then!!

Actually, it has nothing to do with the acid. IT is very well documented that artificial sweeteners make you crave more calories!!!

Those lying peer reviewed clinical studies!!!! They claim that it's more psychological than physical.

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It didn't. Not eating recently did.

have you actually read anything recently? I posted quotes including names of papers to a Yale neuroscience journal paper referencing several 'real' peer reviewed studies (in another aspartame hater thread) showing regardless of the artificial sweetener ( I drink diet coke with aspartame I am not a hater ) you experience a sweet taste but your brain doesn't understand it has had something sweet so you are still hungry and because sweetness (and high fat foods) increase your desire for more of the same you crave sweetness until you consume a natural sweetener that tells your brain you have had some.

edited cos I forgot to say I quoted it in another thread... That you were also posting similarly in

Actually, it has nothing to do with the acid. IT is very well documented that artificial sweeteners make you crave more calories!!!

Those lying peer reviewed clinical studies!!!! They claim that it's more psychological than physical.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

There has been a lot on the news lately about diet sodas and their effect on people who drink them.
Mehmet Oz, MD Follow
Mehmet Oz, MD, Cardiology, answered
Many people use artificial sweeteners to cut their caloric intake, but the very opposite effect can occur. New research shows that artificial sweeteners stimulate taste receptors that sense sweetness in both the esophagus and stomach. Anticipating energy, the pancreas releases insulin, an important hormone for accumulating body fat. At the same time, chemicals are sent to the brain’s satiety center, which becomes confused as to whether or not the body is actually receiving calories. The result? You feel even hungrier and less full, which can lead to weight gain.

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basically drink water instead

^^this. (Even if it's Dr. Oz who basically uses his show to endorse products, IMO)

The long and short of it is "fake sugar". The body doesn't know what to do with it.

Like, why does cleaning my ears with a cotton bud nearly make me orgasm??? One of life's great mysteries my friend. Let it go

Finally, some solid info from these forums.....














.... are there pics, by any chance?

whatever the reason, you should listen to your body. Coke Zero leaves your feeling hungry soon afterwards, so your body is not happy with that choice. try something else.