So you think you know what you are doing? #1

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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    What bothers me most about this is not the fact that none of it is backed by scientific proof, which it isn't, but that it's the product not the person. When are we going to learn to give up the next fight against "insert chosen food demon here" and actually just take responsibility for our own health and behaviors? If it's not artificial sweeteners, it's sugar, fat, cholesterol, meat, not meat, not enough water, too much water...yada yada. It's our BEHAVIOR around what we put into our bodies.

    It's not the diet coke, it's the ten a day behavior. It's not the cookies, it's the cookies for every meal behavior. We seem to have improperly bought into this societal idea that it's always "something else's" fault. It's not. I don't give a hoot about diet sodas because I don't like them, but if I wanted to drink them I would.

    I think there are far greater things to dedicate my time and health to, beginning with my own mind/body/spirit and what that means for me and my responsibility to myself (but that's me, and hey...I'm not you). So, yes, I do think I know what I'm doing. Thanks for asking.

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  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
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    Those studies suggest a corrolation between diet soda and weight gain.

    But

    Corrolation =/= causation.

    Agreed. :)

    Doesn't hurt the OP to look at the scientific studies herself. Way better reading than Huffington Post. But again...that's my opinion.
  • alska
    alska Posts: 299 Member
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    i don't drink soda at all .... if i want a sugary drink i'll drink sweet tea but that's next to never.
  • ghosthackexe
    ghosthackexe Posts: 181 Member
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    I stopped reading when it said following the calorie in vs calorie out rule was false
  • sarahcakez
    sarahcakez Posts: 30 Member
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    ... actually, you lost me at Huffington Post.

    :laugh:
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
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    ETA: I'm not pro artificial sweeteners, I hate their taste of sadness and socks.

    LOL this is the truest thing I've ever read on this forum. ^^^

    Personally I have read a lot of scientific articles on artificial sweeteners. Several studies (you can look them up on Google scholar) do indicate there is a link between weight gain and drinking diet soda. Other studies say it has little impact. I'd encourage you to look them up and see all the data for yourself in the actual words of scientists. Usually articles in newspapers or online news sites do a poor job of capturing the real results.

    For me personally I crave food after drinking diet soda or eating things with artificial sweeteners. I do have hypoglycemia so I may be more sensitive to it than other people. I have lost weight drinking tons of diet mountain dew but I was also constantly hungry.
    I think for some people its an issue (like me) and other people aren't bothered by it.

    Those studies suggest a corrolation between diet soda and weight gain.

    But

    Corrolation =/= causation.

    Agreed. :)

    Doesn't hurt the OP to look at the scientific studies herself. Way better reading than Huffington Post. But again...that's my opinion.

    Oh I thought you were talking to Gene - who you quoted - my bad :embarassed:
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
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    ETA: I'm not pro artificial sweeteners, I hate their taste of sadness and socks.

    LOL this is the truest thing I've ever read on this forum. ^^^

    Personally I have read a lot of scientific articles on artificial sweeteners. Several studies (you can look them up on Google scholar) do indicate there is a link between weight gain and drinking diet soda. Other studies say it has little impact. I'd encourage you to look them up and see all the data for yourself in the actual words of scientists. Usually articles in newspapers or online news sites do a poor job of capturing the real results.

    For me personally I crave food after drinking diet soda or eating things with artificial sweeteners. I do have hypoglycemia so I may be more sensitive to it than other people. I have lost weight drinking tons of diet mountain dew but I was also constantly hungry.
    I think for some people its an issue (like me) and other people aren't bothered by it.

    Those studies suggest a corrolation between diet soda and weight gain.

    But

    Corrolation =/= causation.

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    Clearly, autism makes people buy organic food.
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    Jordan Posts: 307 MFP Moderator
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