Diet fizzy juice?

Annie3623 wrote: »

If you don't mind drinking chemicals then it's fine for you, anything that can be used to as a household cleaning product in my eyes, is never a good move.

Let's see, water is 2 parts Hydrogen (Chemical) and 1 part Oxygen (Chemical). What do you drink if you don't drink chemicals?

To the OP, it will not impact your weight loss.

SergeantSausage wrote: »

Annie3623 wrote: »

If you don't mind drinking chemicals then it's fine for you, anything that can be used to as a household cleaning product in my eyes, is never a good move.

Everydarnedthing you eat or drink is chemicals.

Everything.

I don't get why people don't understand this. Science for the win.

OP, there's nothing wrong with diet fizzy juice drinks if they make you happy. Some people have a sensitivity to the artificial sweeteners in them. If you don't then don't sweat it. I have a sister who loves to tell me that aspertame is horrible and Diet Coke will be the death of me because I drink one can per day. She smokes cigarettes. I've stopped listening to her.

What is diet fizzy juice?

There is some research that shows zero-calorie sweeteners can raise your blood sugar. That doesn't mean I never drink a diet soda, but I do go for the flavored sparkling waters instead more often, after learning what those sweeteners do to gut flora and blood sugar.
http://todayhealthchannel.com/2014/09/18/research-shows-zero-calorie-sweeteners-can-raise-blood-sugar/

livv365 wrote: »

Thank you everyone! Google made it sound like it was so bad for me and drinking it would mean no weight loss! Lol x

Moving forward on your weight loss journey, only listen to science based research, peer reviewed studies...etc. If you just google something, you will get 10,000 hits from random websites that just write opinion pieces. The diet industry is 99% a scam so always be weary.

If I need a fizzy drink and do not want a soda, I drink sparkling water, like Perrier. I do not like the fruit flavored waters and would rather have plain water with some fizz.

La Croix is a good alternative. Also now Nestle has a similar line of drinks, one is strawberry dragon fruit and quite good. I cannot drink the ICE drinks, the sweetener in it gives me migraines.

You can also make your own as someone suggested by using a sparkling water with fresh slices of lemons, limes, or other fruits.

krisalexine wrote: »

Most people, imo, on MFP lose some weight, hit 1K posts and all of the sudden they're fitness and nutrition experts.

Geez, I hope I don't ever come off that way.

If you like the fizz, you might try sparkling mineral water. It's just carbonated water so no artifical sweetners, no calories. I get this kind that is "lemon" flavored, but it's not sweet. It just tastes like a glass of water with an actual lemon in it.

http://examine.com/faq/is-diet-soda-bad-for-you.html



Ninja Edit: Not calling OP a *kitten*, just enjoying the catchphrase. I actually had Richard Dawkins' quote in mind, but this image will do

jerber160 wrote: »

my 2 cents. I found an article last week that I canNOT relocate-that said artificial sweeteners go straight to your liver. your live then works to metabolize them so it's not doing its real work of breaking down and storing fats and sugars and food. I stopped them all last saturday.. we'll see how it goes

I've heard that about alcohol but never artificial sweeteners. Besides, how long would it take to metabolize a little bit of artificial sweeteners? I can't imagine it would be long enough to make a difference even if this were true.

In Texas many people call it "coke" no matter what actual soda you're drinking. As an Air Force Brat I lived a few places, but soda must be what my parents called it.

livv365 wrote: »

BZAH10 wrote: »

Also, I've never heard diet soda or pop referred to as "diet fizzy juice" but I like it! The next time I hear people debate whether to call it "pop" or "soda" I'm going to insist that "diet fizzy juice" is the proper term. Should make it more interesting.

I'm scottish so if I used the word pop or soda to someone they would probably laugh at me! Haha x

Good to know - thank you! I learn something new here every day.

For the record OP, I just love Irn Bru! It’s so hard to get the original recipe here in Canada!

Anyway, I second the comments that everything we eat is chemicals, and not to worry too much.

I like fizzy drinks myself, and as mineral water is a bit pricey I usually get the naturally-flavoured lemon or lime unsweetened club soda (basically just sparkling water - if memory serves from my study abroad, the Tesco value brand is under 25p for 2l!) If you want to change things up, I reckon you can get a good quality natural squash and mix it with that to make your own fizzy juice, though that would have some calories .