Yet another new study confirms fat people drink diet soda...

I will admit I drink too much of it but too many variables in these studies, how many of those people who drank diet pop exercised on a regular basis, how many had family histories of medical issues, what else did they drink and eat blah blah blah.

Fat people are not fat from drinking diet soda.... we are fat from washing down tons of greasy calorie laden rubbish food with diet soda. grrrr

BFDeal wrote: »

These studies never seem to establish a direct link between diet soda and weight gain. Correlation doesn't equal causation.

Random fact about me. I got fat drinking regular soda (2-4 liters a day). I didn't start drinking diet until after I started trying to lose weight.

I'm certainly not fat and even when training for HMs I've drunk Coke Zero. *shrug* Yet another study I don't give a damn about.

Terpnista84 wrote: »

I hear fat people drink regular soda, too.

And some of us don't even drink soda! hmm maybe there should be a study about fat people who don't drink soda.

What's great about the study is that it links it to adults 65 and over increasing their waist size. Not like in the 9 years they studied them that metabolism likely also slowed due to aging.

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I don't think diet soda is innocent, but I don't think it causes weight gain. It might make a switch in our heads that make us eat more, thinking we're doing ok in our diets, but the soda itself doesn't cause it. Other health detriments? Yeah. Probably. They'll nail it for something one day. But I doubt our fat percentage will be one of them.

I've lost 35 pounds of fat over the last year, gone from about 27% body fat to about 12% since September, and the only thing I have left to kick is my Diet Coke addiction.

1960HikerDude wrote: »

The problem with diet soda is that it is contaminated with hydrogen dioxide. Almost all commercially available beverages in the US contain high levels of hydrogen dioxide. Our rivers, lakes and even springs located deep in the wilderness have it too. If that stuff gets into your lungs you can die!

Your mistake was rather ionic.

LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »

1960HikerDude wrote: »

The problem with diet soda is that it is contaminated with hydrogen dioxide. Almost all commercially available beverages in the US contain high levels of hydrogen dioxide. Our rivers, lakes and even springs located deep in the wilderness have it too. If that stuff gets into your lungs you can die!

Your mistake was rather ionic.

I hope there aren't people drinking hydrogen dioxide. That would be...problematic.

LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »

MoiAussi93 wrote: »

I will just say that there have been many studies that have indicated there may be a link between diet soda...more specifically artificial sweeteners...and weight gain, heart disease, stroke, etc.

Oh I'm sure there's a link:

People are overweight.

They don't want to be overweight anymore.

They start drinking "diet soda" thinking it will help them lose weight or prevent them from gaining more.

There's definitely a cause and effect relationship going on in many cases, but drinking diet soda is the effect, not the cause.

I think you are oversimplifying the issue. While the jury is still out, there have been numerous studies indicating artificial sweeteners are not good for health in general. It's more than just weight. Do they, on their own, make you fat? No, of course not. But I think they could quite possibly be detrimental in many cases and most likely contribute to other problems. More research in this area is needed to get a better understanding..and that is why the studies continue.