Diet pop - is it really bad for you?
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Soda is mainly bad for your bones whether it is diet or regular. It has high levels of phosphates which decrease the Calcium levels in your plasma, so your body responds by releasing parathyroid hormone. This works at the bones to release calcium. The hormone also inhibits your kidney's ability to reabsorb the calcium in the plasma, so basically you are peeing out your bones.
Always choose water!
I think sodas in moderation dont really impact on osteoporosis.
The other thing is your "always drink water" statement - is there anyone out there who really ALWAYS drinks water - no coffee, tea, fruit juice, soda, wine, beer, milk etc?
I would venture to say very few.
So whilst drinking water is good, there is no reason to see it in such extreme "only": terms - most people manage to drink water and also drink other beverages, which may or may not include soft drinks.
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Carbonation can affect your teeth.0
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I stopped drinking soda because of my lack of trust in anything made by man and laced with tons of strange chemicals. The scientific egg-heads debate this issue with little resolution. Who knows if its healthy or not?
I just choose to drink water and green tea each dashed with lemon juice. To each his own.
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Anyone here really know how many chemicals are added to your municipal water supply?
But at least there are more regulations governing the content and quality of tap water than there are for bottled water (in my country anyway).
Diet pop is fine, unless you are sensitive to one of the additives. It's mostly carbonated WATER.0 -
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Yes it's bad. Give it all to me.0
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i thought the topic said diet poop ...0
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If you have been making progress drinking the diet soda, why would you feel the need to change that? It is a no calorie drink. Treat it as such.0
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I was a diet pop addict for years. I liked the kind with caffeine. I feel better not drinking it; that kind of tummy bloating feeling. I replaced the addiction to pop with an addiction to black tea0
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Yes. It corrodes your bones.0
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Explore more options than diet soda or water. Personally I find it helpful to drink teas (many different types). This helps me to not drink diet sodas any more and not miss flavoured no cal drinks as I have healthier ones now.0
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I love diet coke and I will never give it up. If I gave it up, it would only be for cost reasons. I drink a lot of it.0
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drink more, totes good to go. It's made from water afterall.0
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Why not just drink water? Much more satisfying.0
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Put it this way. Tipping coke down your toilet helps to remove limescale, so imagine what these drinks might do to your teeth if you drink them too much........0
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paperpudding wrote: »
Not the point is it? i.e. diet drinks are conceived by many as healthy based on their low calorie content and therefore because they have no sugar. So what's not to like? Well......0 -
paperpudding wrote: »
Please use a bit of common sense. My post does not suggest specifically restricting oneself to water now, does it?0 -
paperpudding wrote: »
Please use a bit of common sense. My post does not suggest specifically restricting oneself to water now, does it?
Well, yes it does to me - "why not just drink water" seems to be saying specifically restricting oneself to water to me.
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