Question...

All sodas are not alike.

SOOOO WEIRD that you bring this up! I JUST had this debate with my husband Sunday...

We got no where...LOL. I was just told by someone well you HAVE to be careful of diet pop because of the sodium and I replied oh I figured there had to be a catch (just to get out of the ridiculous debate) but in the back of my mind going...Um...what? I've looked at my labels a million times and never seen anything I would consider high.

Sorry to only add to the confused side of this question!!! lol! )

SOOOO WEIRD that you bring this up! I JUST had this debate with my husband Sunday...

We got no where...LOL. I was just told by someone well you HAVE to be careful of diet pop because of the sodium and I replied oh I figured there had to be a catch (just to get out of the ridiculous debate) but in the back of my mind going...Um...what? I've looked at my labels a million times and never seen anything I would consider high.

Sorry to only add to the confused side of this question!!! lol! )

yah you call it pop tooo hahahah!!!

i have always been told its the artificial sweetner in the diet pop... aspertamine... it is not the best... its almost as bad as sugar!

Because you drink it when you're thirsty, and when you're body's telling you your thirsty you need water. Than you drink the pop and get thirstier and bloated, than you need the water. (sips her diet coke)

When I switched from Coke to Diet Coke, I gained 40+ lbs, without changing my eating habits. For some people the chemicals in the diet drinks do a real number on them. Giving up Diet Coke was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I did it and only 13 peole had to die because of it.......jk on the 13 people.

LOL! Pop, Soda, Coke...I went from a pop household into a soda household...and guess who converted who? Mwhahaha!
Pop won. )

Anyways, weird side note. When I first met my husband he was very overweight from the large amounts of mountain dew and Mickey D's he consumed. Then I came into the picture and said stop drinking so much pop! So he did! And dropped 100 pounds. In about 3 months.

Over the past 6 years he had built up the habit again and gained around 50 pounds back. I told him that he should knock it off again and maybe try to replace the hard core pop with diet...so he obliged. Its been a month and he has lost 4 pounds.
4 pounds. He has been so confused because last time he didn't even stop drinking it altogether, he just cut back. This time, he has stopped with the regular pop and replaced it with diet. And he is drinking much less.

After reading this, I'm beginning to wonder if his body just doesn't like the diet pop. Because otherwise? He eats within his calories. He doesn't have much time for exercise but he has a very active lifestyle. Hmmm...pop for thought...

It's not that 40mg is "high" but it is high for the 0 calories. When we recommend to cut out sodium for people who need to be lower in sodium (like people with high blood pressure or heart disease), a lot of nutritionists and dietitians tell them to only consume products that have lower sodium mg then calories. That is because we know that if they do that, then they will get close to the actual amount they are suppose to have (1500mg) because sodium is in everything so it is really hard to get sodium free foods unless you eat nothing but fresh fruits and veggies. Telling them to just go lower in sodium then calories makes them read labels and pick lower sodium foods but keep them from feeling deprived by not being able to eat anything they are use to eating. So, the 40mg of sodium to 0 calories makes it a high sodium product in relation to calories, not in relation to the amount of sodium you are suppose to have in a day. If you are eating a lot of foods that are lower in sodium then calories, you are probably still find on sodium. But if you are eating a lot of other foods that are more sodium then calories, you might want to keep a check on your sodium levels, blood pressure, and such.

As diet pop is my last vice. . . and I'm now trying to cut back on that, it isn't that the amount of sodium in a serving is bad. But, what about when ALL the fluid you drink is pop?
To put that in perspective, for years, I have drank an average of 4 2-liter bottles of diet pop per week at home, in addition the 2-3 glasses while out to dinner or on the go.
That's a lot of pop and quite a lot of sodium, with very little other fluids to offset it.
I have high blood pressure, and I didn't think that the sodium from diet pop would be a problem (and considering some of processed crap I've had over the years, it probably wasn't really a problem), but in an effort to get off the blood pressure meds, I am making a good effort to drink water and cut back on the pop. Not only will this decrease some of my sodium intake, but it gets me away from the artificial crap they put in the pop and gets me used to turning to water when I'm thirsty.

i gave up all sodas 11 months ago. the chemicals are just not worth it for me.

and recently i heard a doctor refer to all soda/pop, diet and regular, as the equivalent to liquid cigarettes. i have up smoking 11.5 years ago. thankful i gave up the liquid form almost a year ago.

i now feel like i am in my early 20's again. lots of energy and enthusiasm. and i'm 43! wooohooo!

i encourage you to give up all sodas/pop.

cheering you on!
jane

As diet pop is my last vice. . . and I'm now trying to cut back on that, it isn't that the amount of sodium in a serving is bad. But, what about when ALL the fluid you drink is pop?
To put that in perspective, for years, I have drank an average of 4 2-liter bottles of diet pop per week at home, in addition the 2-3 glasses while out to dinner or on the go.
That's a lot of pop and quite a lot of sodium, with very little other fluids to offset it.
I have high blood pressure, and I didn't think that the sodium from diet pop would be a problem (and considering some of processed crap I've had over the years, it probably wasn't really a problem), but in an effort to get off the blood pressure meds, I am making a good effort to drink water and cut back on the pop. Not only will this decrease some of my sodium intake, but it gets me away from the artificial crap they put in the pop and gets me used to turning to water when I'm thirsty.

I think your cut back/sub water plan is just right! Just make sure to slowly but surely change the ratio and continue adding more and more water with less and less soda. I'm at the point where I plrimarily drink water while eating at home, but I usually still drink soda whenever I eat out. I've even been known to add a little regular soda in my diet to help the taste. I know, so scandalous! I also have some diet soda at home, but hardly ever drink one with a meal. I find I actually eat more when I drink soda as opposed to water with a meal while at home.

When I go out for the evening (roughly once per week, on a Saturday or Friday, sometimes a Sunday - just letting you all know :laugh: ), I drink vodka and with my vodka I like diet coke.

That's all I have to say really, apart from the fact that I do not like vodka with any other drink except fresh orange juice, but seeing as to how some of the pubs I frequent do not stock fresh orange juice, diet coke will have to do.

The sodium in diet coke is (just had a look on the back of a bottle of the stuff) listed as "a trace" - how much "a trace" is is anybody's guess, but I think I can safely accept that it is less than the amount of sodium contained in my omelette that I had that morning or my cod in breadcrumbs that I had for tea.

People seemed obsessed with sodium, I wouldn't mind, but it is usually the same people that add salt to their food! We do need sodium (minimum of 500mg per day to be exact), however to say that diet sodas contain sodium and should be steered clear of is a little ridiculous, because they contain just "a trace"......