CNN article: 10 Reasons To Give Up Diet Soda
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Diet Soda makes me eat out of control0
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How about "10 Reasons To Give Up CNN" ?0
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Oh yeah, lets give a BLOG a cute little important sounding name and every one believe it. RME
Funny thing is, most people refuse to believe all that crap is bad for you until something bad happens to them.
I have an auto immune disease, if I drink a diet soda my pain levels go from a 3 to an 8. No one can convince me that that crap is not bad for you when it gives me pain.
But of course if all you people are worried about is the way you look, carry on.
yes but you have a disease. just because it hurts you with your disease doesn't mean that it's bad for everyone else who dont have that disease.
i mean c'mon by your logic doing cardio workouts or any workouts that raise your heart rate are bad for everyone just because people with cogenital heart issues can't do it.
likewise it doesn't mean that it isn't :-) I think this is horses for courses again (a bit like much of the debate on MFP where there is an artificial dichotomy) . Like SS said, Cheese gives me migraine - is cheese bad - yes it is for me and many other people, likewise it isn't bad form many other people to :-). I think the important thing to do is work out what is good for ourselves and realize that because something is good/bad for us it doesn't mean it is good/bad for someone else.0 -
How about "10 Reasons To Give Up CNN" ?
It would be difficult to fit it all into just 10 :-)0 -
*disregards post*
^this0 -
How about "10 Reasons To Give Up CNN" ?
It would be difficult to fit it all into just 10 :-)
Okay, how about ten reasons just for this hour of the day?0 -
I don't drink sodas period. They are all bad for our bodies, regular and diet.
Not really.
Yes, really. lol But hey, DO YOU!
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I don't drink sodas period. They are all bad for our bodies, regular and diet.
You're pretty.:flowerforyou:
Thanks! Congrats on your progress thus far!0 -
When I started Plexus Slim it totallllllly helped me kick drinking soda completely. The thought of it, or any sweets really, honestly makes me sick to my stomach. [snipped contact info]
Indeed, the thought of spamming MFP forums trying to sell Plexus Slim makes me sick to my stomach.0 -
I don't drink sodas period. They are all bad for our bodies, regular and diet.
You're pretty.:flowerforyou:
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^^This...I won't be drinking it in excess, but I won't be giving it up, either.
This and there was just an article the other day that says you would have to drink about 20 a day for the adverse effects to start.
Plus just because it effects some people with headaches and other problems that means I shouldn't be allowed to drink it even though it has no effect on me?
(not directed at the OP) If people have a problem drinking diet soda then they should stop. Leave the rest of us alone who enjoy it with no problems.
^This. I have to definitely stop before 20 b/c my headaches are sensitive to it. But to other things with artifical sweeteners as well. I have to limit my daily splenda and etc. That does NOT mean I'd go around telling other ppl this or any other reason to quit drinking it. I hate when I see someone shamed while eating or drinking something they enjoy. It's like not even cool. If this guy and I were at a party and he were having his 4th diet coke in a row and I were only partaking of one with rum b/c of splenda and maybe I'd had a skinny latte earlier with artificial sweetener, I'd feel no need to divulge my problems on him,....I'd keep my lip zipped b/c my headaches are MY problem NOT his. Enjoy your diet cokes, dude.0 -
I'm fairly certain that the fizzy part is messing with my tooth enamel and the brown coloring stains them. Plus, it would be a lot better for the environment and my finances if I stopped. But, I'm an addict.
Well when I drink Fizzy perrier or pelligrino it does nothing harmful to my tooth enamel? Also eating Brown chocolate does not seem to stain my teeth? The environment hasn't returned my call yet but I know my finances would suffer b/c I'd just exchange diet soda for those horribly expensive starbuckses. 0 -
When I was at a very low point in my life, I heard that drinking diet soda can kill you. I decided that was the answer. Sadly, I'm still here.
Seriously the best quote I have read In a long time. You need to put this on a t-shirt. You'd make a fortune (I'd buy it).0 -
Well, I know I feel 100% better since I haven't had any for 3 months.:happy:0
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I'm giving up soda for one reason, and that is my teeth. I have bad enamel with my teeth, wherein it is very thin and very susceptible to acid attacks. And soda is so so so acidic. I'll take the other benefits as they come, but my dentist said I pretty much had to give up soda if I want to keep my teeth. =/0
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I'm giving up soda for one reason, and that is my teeth. I have bad enamel with my teeth, wherein it is very thin and very susceptible to acid attacks. And soda is so so so acidic. I'll take the other benefits as they come, but my dentist said I pretty much had to give up soda if I want to keep my teeth. =/
^ Totally reasonable. Along with many other foods, phosphoric acid and citric acid are added to diet soft drinks.0 -
I had given up diet soda a little two years ago and I have not looked back.
Same.
I'm not telling anyone else to do it. It's purely a personal choice. But I was shocked at how easy it was.
At the time that I did it, it was just sort of a personal experiment and nothing more. I honestly didn't think I could do it. I drank several a day and thought it would be virtually impossible for me to truly give up drinking them daily. Too my amazement, it actually turned out to be very easy. I was shocked. Never expected I could go off cold turkey and...just not miss them. However, that turned out to be the case. The number of diet (and non-diet) sodas that I've had in last three years could be counted on one hand, and I haven't felt deprived. Who knew that I'd find them to be superfluous.0 -
This is all crap...nowhere is it even mentioned the true and number 1 reason to giving up diet soda...it is frackin' nasty.0
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I gave up diet pop for one of the reasons listed: the headaches.
I used to drink Diet Coke/Pepsi at a mimimum of once a day and got headaches 3-4x per week including at least 1 migraine. Since I gave it up over a year ago I've had maybe 3 headaches and not a single migraine.0 -
"Artificial sweeteners trigger insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain,"
That's in the CNN article. I wonder how my body has survived being in fat storage mode its whole adult life? I wonder if I could eat twice as many calories without diet soda?
Why haven't they invented something that puts my car in 'gas storage mode' and lets it run on nothing?0 -
I have an auto immune disease, if I drink a diet soda my pain levels go from a 3 to an 8. No one can convince me that that crap is not bad for you when it gives me pain.
So, if something adverse happens to YOU because of a specific thing, then it's bad for all of us. Got it.0 -
I have an auto immune disease, if I drink a diet soda my pain levels go from a 3 to an 8. No one can convince me that that crap is not bad for you when it gives me pain.
So, if something adverse happens to YOU because of a specific thing, then it's bad for all of us. Got it.
Indeed, I'm lactose intolerant...
...so *no one* should drink milk...ever...
...because why would anyone want to drink something that makes my stomach swell up like a balloon???0 -
I have an auto immune disease, if I drink a diet soda my pain levels go from a 3 to an 8. No one can convince me that that crap is not bad for you when it gives me pain.
So, if something adverse happens to YOU because of a specific thing, then it's bad for all of us. Got it.
Indeed, I'm lactose intolerant...
...so *no one* should drink milk...ever...
...because why would anyone want to drink something that makes my stomach swell up like a balloon???
RME....who mentioned an intolerance? I did not say I am intolerant, I have a disease that gives me joint pain when I eat or drink a substance that causes inflammation in the body. There are so many different reports on this subject and it seems that people only want to accept the ones that they want to agree with. I love diet soda, I love processed food, I love a whole bunch of things that are the list of "inflammatory foods" and can not eat them because they indeed give me pain due to inflammation. My point is that there are people that do not believe that processed foods are unhealthy because of the science they choose to follow. I see so many people on here start talking "the science" and have no earthly idea what they are talking about. They get their information from a dude that has posted 3000k forum posts a year with a profile pic of ripped abs and no face. There are nutrition courses on line and for free. People need to actually educate themselves instead of getting their phd from MFP Forum University.
Jim Cramer, a billionaire who has some of the best doctors in the world just instructed him to give up diet soda, and he did. Now if it is not bad for you, why would a dr do this? And why are artificial sweeteners on the list of things for pregnant women NOT to consume?
Case in point, most people do not get serious about health until something bad happens to them. I am not eating healthy so I will look different, cause I look damm good. I am eating healthy so I can live a long life with good quality. What we do to our bodies between the ages of 18 and 50 is going to dictate what we are doing between 65 and 80. I, personally do not want to be sitting in a dr office, I would rather be on a hike on the side of a mountain.0 -
Aspartame is the single most researched food additive in the history of ever.
http://andevidencelibrary.com/topic.cfm?cat=4089
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Did you get that from a headless guy with ripped abs?0 -
Did you get that from a headless guy with ripped abs?
His forum post count was high so it must be true. Nevermind the fact that there's an overwhelming amount of peer reviewed research evaluating safety, or the lack of evidence of harmful effects at normal dosages in people who do not have PKU, because that's science and that clearly doesn't matter.0 -
I have an auto immune disease, if I drink a diet soda my pain levels go from a 3 to an 8. No one can convince me that that crap is not bad for you when it gives me pain.
So, if something adverse happens to YOU because of a specific thing, then it's bad for all of us. Got it.
Indeed, I'm lactose intolerant...
...so *no one* should drink milk...ever...
...because why would anyone want to drink something that makes my stomach swell up like a balloon???
RME....who mentioned an intolerance? I did not say I am intolerant, I have a disease that gives me joint pain when I eat or drink a substance that causes inflammation in the body. There are so many different reports on this subject and it seems that people only want to accept the ones that they want to agree with. I love diet soda, I love processed food, I love a whole bunch of things that are the list of "inflammatory foods" and can not eat them because they indeed give me pain due to inflammation. My point is that there are people that do not believe that processed foods are unhealthy because of the science they choose to follow. I see so many people on here start talking "the science" and have no earthly idea what they are talking about. They get their information from a dude that has posted 3000k forum posts a year with a profile pic of ripped abs and no face. There are nutrition courses on line and for free. People need to actually educate themselves instead of getting their phd from MFP Forum University.
Jim Cramer, a billionaire who has some of the best doctors in the world just instructed him to give up diet soda, and he did. Now if it is not bad for you, why would a dr do this? And why are artificial sweeteners on the list of things for pregnant women NOT to consume?
Case in point, most people do not get serious about health until something bad happens to them. I am not eating healthy so I will look different, cause I look damm good. I am eating healthy so I can live a long life with good quality. What we do to our bodies between the ages of 18 and 50 is going to dictate what we are doing between 65 and 80. I, personally do not want to be sitting in a dr office, I would rather be on a hike on the side of a mountain.
I think you missed the point. I'll trust that most everyone else did not.
Nonetheless, I'll simplify it for you: If a substance is bad for one person, that does not mean it is bad for all people. I am not saying that *you* should consume something that causes *you* problems. That's silly. What I am saying is that it is ludicrous to extrapolate your experience to mean that everyone else for whom it doesn't cause problems should also stop consuming it.
If it's any consolation, I don't drink diet soda...ever. If I want a soda, I drink a regular soda...with a regular sweetener with calories...the way God intended.0 -
Am I the only one terrified that the OP works in the space launch industry?0
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How?When taken at face value, diet soda seems like a health-conscious choice. It saves you the 140-plus calories you'd find in a sugary soft drink while still satisfying your urge for something sweet with artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. But there's more to this chemical cocktail than meets the eye.
It confuses your body
Explain how a 0 calorie drinks increases weight.It could lead to weight gain, not weight loss
Yet the diabetes association and diabetes.org say it's fine to drink if you have it.It's associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Neither does water. Or spices. Or hot sauce.It has no nutritional value
A link isn't a "cause".Its sweetener is linked to headaches ( aspartame )
Only if you don't have good dental hygiene. In fact bad dental hygiene is the main reason for "bad" smiles.It'll ruin your smile over time
Wut? Where's the scientific evidence for this?It makes drinking more dangerous (Using diet soda as a low-calorie cocktail mixer has the dangerous effect of getting you drunk faster )
Higher temperatures are associated with increase in pirates.It's associated with depression
Lack of physical activity is bad for bones. Bones get strong due to stress on them regardless of what you're drinking.It may be bad for your bones - (Women over 60 are already at a greater risk for osteoporosis than men, and Tufts University researchers found that drinking soda, including diet soda, compounds the problem. )
Lol, so could watching a scary movie, or running too hard.It may hurt your heart - (Just one diet soft drink a day could boost your risk of having a vascular event such as stroke, heart attack, or vascular death, according to researchers from the University of Miami and Columbia University)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/health/gallery/10-reasons-diet-soda/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
The reasons aren't strong. They are just fodder to think about.
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