Diet Soda Anyone?

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  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Sooo...diet soda is a no in your diet? Or is it ok since it has no calories? It has no nutritional value. Do you guys drink it?

    In reasonable moderation, it's fine. Shoot, I'm obsessed with coke zero and diet dr pepper. However, it should never be a substitute for pure water. Make sure you get your water alotment in for the day without counting any diet soda drinks.
    Why do you think this makes any difference?
  • kit_liu
    kit_liu Posts: 22 Member
    Never drank it or plan to start. I drink water, green tea or coffee (with *shock* 1 tsp real sugar*). Got the idea that diet drinks were bad for me as it contained a lot of chemicals, forgot where I got the advice from but I stuck with it. But then, my diet is only in it's 2nd week.
    Green tea and coffee contain "a lot of chemicals." In fact, they both have more chemicals than diet sodas. Everything you eat or drink is made of chemicals. Your entire body is composed of chemicals.

    Stop throwing the word chemicals around like it means something bad or scary. It's an argument people use out of fear, rather than informing themselves.

    We are surrounded by chemicals. Everything has to be made of chemicals. Some which are the building blocks of life, in a healthy diet and some which are not - some which the body need in order to live and some which does absolutely nothing for the body. As a biochemist, when I 'throw around the word chemicals', I know what I'm talking about,but I don't intend to give a lesson here.
  • gypsycaravan
    gypsycaravan Posts: 12
    i went completely off any sort of sweet "diet" drink loaded with garbage a few years ago. there was a time i used to drink 4 diet sodas a day and i stopped cold turkey. it was really hard at first, but it gets easier after a few weeks and eventually you won't want them anymore. any rare time that i do drink one nowadays, my body feels pretty crappy afterwards and i can't stand the taste. i think it's better to try to avoid them altogether.
  • myfitnesspalsavvy
    myfitnesspalsavvy Posts: 26 Member
    I find diet soda helps curb my sweet cravings... psychologically. When I want something sweet instead of eating a high calorie cake or something like that, I drink a diet soda. It helps.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Never drank it or plan to start. I drink water, green tea or coffee (with *shock* 1 tsp real sugar*). Got the idea that diet drinks were bad for me as it contained a lot of chemicals, forgot where I got the advice from but I stuck with it. But then, my diet is only in it's 2nd week.
    Green tea and coffee contain "a lot of chemicals." In fact, they both have more chemicals than diet sodas. Everything you eat or drink is made of chemicals. Your entire body is composed of chemicals.

    Stop throwing the word chemicals around like it means something bad or scary. It's an argument people use out of fear, rather than informing themselves.

    We are surrounded by chemicals. Everything has to be made of chemicals. Some which are the building blocks of life, in a healthy diet and some which are not - some which the body need in order to live and some which does absolutely nothing for the body. As a biochemist, when I 'throw around the word chemicals', I know what I'm talking about,but I don't intend to give a lesson here.

    So... You're a biochemist but stopped drinking diet soda because you got random "advice" that told you it had "chemicals" in it. Seems legit.
  • Bobbie8786
    Bobbie8786 Posts: 202 Member
    Twice a day Vanilla Coke Zero or Diet Dr. Pepper. I don't drink coffee (no crazy reason, I just hate the way it tastes) so I have to get my caffeine fix somehow. It hasn't hurt my ability to lose weight and I like it, so I am drinking it.
  • discoveredamber
    discoveredamber Posts: 379 Member
    I drink coke zero pretty much every day.
  • awilsonpnb
    awilsonpnb Posts: 14
    Does anyone drink Diet Dr. Thunder from Wal-Mart/Sam's? I think it's even better than Diet Dr. Pepper. Apparently others do to because I can never find any left at the local Wal-Mart!

    I try to drink one glass of water for every diet soda. Seems like a reasonable compromise.
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    i've never enjoyed water, my parents never made me drink it growing up so im really not used to it. i never liked diet drinks either, because i preferred all my sugary iced teas etc. now after dieting etc it's literally a must in my life and i have a cup or two a day (diet sprite, 7up and mountain dew are the bomb dot com)
  • rileyhunter169
    rileyhunter169 Posts: 150
    Dietary Soda on the daily.
  • tiadotson40
    tiadotson40 Posts: 162
    Ahh I wish i could stop drinking diet soda its such a bad addiction.
  • EMTFreakGirl
    EMTFreakGirl Posts: 597 Member
    My mom was type one diabetic. I grew up in a house that had lots of diet coke and I got used to the taste early. I still drank the sugary stuff with my dad, but if that wasn't available the diet versions were fine. Then I stopped consuming sugar period for 6 months and now I can't even taste a regular soda without gagging. All I taste is corn syrup. Same with sweet tea..... Yuck. And as a southern girl, turning down sweet tea gets you some interesting looks LOL.

    I allow myself one to two diet sodas a day though. Usually at lunch and when I get home in the evening. The rest of the time I drink water and green tea or unsweet black tea. This compared to the fact ALL I drank was diet coke previously. I think it is a great improvement compared to past habits. However, past diet experience I still lived on diet coke and no, it did not impede my weight loss. It did not make me crave sweets. It did not make me over eat. Everyone is different, but no, it did not hinder my effort to lose weight at all.

    My mother is a type 1 as well and I grew up with diet coke! Also from the south. I know how you feel - regular coke is just too sweet.

    AMEN to Sweet Tea in the South. I use to drink a pitcher of sweet tea a day!! Yeap, it was good too!! :bigsmile: January 2011 I gave it up cold turkey!! I haven't had one sip since then. However, you know how they say you substitute one bad behavior for another....Yeap Diet Mt. Dew!! I keep telling myself I don't need that and should be drinking WATER!! But, it helps me so much when I think i'm hungry!! :bigsmile: One day I told myself, Okay you have to drink a glass of water before you can have a soda. Well, I did it for a day!! Next day, back to same old same old!! For now, I don't want to give it up....maybe one day!! :drinker:

    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,200 Member
    Citric Acid is a "weak" acid, meaning once it's done it's job in providing energy in metabolism it's eliminated easily via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body. Calcium carbonate then neutralizes the "Strong" acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism. Lemons also have many alkaline minerals.

    Is the phosphoric acid in Coke good for you too? The big problem with acid in food isn't so much when it hits the stomach, which has real acid of its own, but while it's being swilled around the mouth. If you're drinking a bucket of weak acid every day your mouth hardly gets a chance to return to a neutral state and the teeth suffer.
    The answer is "anything in moderation", even very healthy foods eaten to excess can have quite unpleasant side effects.
    Which is why dental hygiene is important. People who don't take care of their teeth correctly suffer from eating or drinking anything. Coffee stains teeth. So does chewing beetlenut. Neither is as "bad" as phosphoric acid.

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Citric Acid is a "weak" acid, meaning once it's done it's job in providing energy in metabolism it's eliminated easily via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body. Calcium carbonate then neutralizes the "Strong" acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism. Lemons also have many alkaline minerals.

    Is the phosphoric acid in Coke good for you too? The big problem with acid in food isn't so much when it hits the stomach, which has real acid of its own, but while it's being swilled around the mouth. If you're drinking a bucket of weak acid every day your mouth hardly gets a chance to return to a neutral state and the teeth suffer.
    The answer is "anything in moderation", even very healthy foods eaten to excess can have quite unpleasant side effects.
    Which is why dental hygiene is important. People who don't take care of their teeth correctly suffer from eating or drinking anything. Coffee stains teeth. So does chewing beetlenut. Neither is as "bad" as phosphoric acid.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    Strawberries and tomatoes are actually some of the worst foods for your teeth. Like you said, dental hygiene eliminates the entire issue.
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!

    They make the flavor enhancers in the tea flavor. Just add some Splenda/fake sugar.
  • EMTFreakGirl
    EMTFreakGirl Posts: 597 Member
    Got to say that the MIO Sweet Tea Water Enhancer is amazing! No, it's not the same as a good pitcher of AUTHENTIC southern sweet tea but it satisfies the NEED!!!!

    They make the flavor enhancers in the tea flavor. Just add some Splenda/fake sugar.

    I find the MIO Sweet Tea flavor PLENTY sweet enough. :smile: It is so yummy!
  • DorisInTheDena
    DorisInTheDena Posts: 150 Member
    Yes! I drink diet soda. :drinker:
  • MrsK20141004
    MrsK20141004 Posts: 489 Member
    there will be MFPers who say its poison, and others who think its fine as long as its not all you are drinking.

    i love a can or two of coke zero/cherry coke zero almost every day. i drink plenty of water, but i enjoy my diet sodas too (i pretty much only drink water, diet soda, coffee and wine :-) )

    We should be friends. Thats basically all I drink too except substitute Coke Zero for Diet Coke and Cherry Coke Zero for Diet Dr. Pepper or Diet A&W.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I have some Diet Coke every day. However...

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-who-drinks-5-diet-cokes-per-day-hoping-doctors,34570/
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I don't. The jury is still out (that's debatable for some) as to whether or not it is safe.

    I don't like the taste and they never seem to satisfy. If I'm having such a bad craving for soda I will just reach for the real stuff.

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