Is it worth it to quit diet soda? Have you?

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  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    I drink 3-5 cans of diet soda a day, depending on my mood. It helps keep my sweet tooth at bay for almost zero calories. I don't see a problem at all.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    edited June 2015
    gothchiq wrote: »
    Soda is very acidic on your tooth enamel. I would recommend cutting back to one a day.

    Or drink your 6 a day through a straw.
  • TnTWalter
    TnTWalter Posts: 345 Member
    edited June 2015
    it seems like coke's ad campaign to discredit all the research against asparatame in diet coke starting in 2013 has worked. I'm not going to link studies. You can research and decide for yourself. I used to drink 4-5 cans of it a day. I still crave a fountain diet coke from McDonalds on occasion. But I know it's not good for me just as I know oreos are not good for me. But boy do they taste yummy.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    TnTWalter wrote: »
    it seems like coke's ad campaign to discredit all the research against asparatame in diet coke starting in 2013 has worked. I'm not going to link studies. You can research and decide for yourself. I used to drink 4-5 cans of it a day. I still crave a fountain diet coke from McDonalds on occasion. But I know it's not good for me just as I know oreos are not good for me. But boy do they taste yummy.

    That's actually a thing?

    Sorry, I didn't realize there was an ad campaign, I just did my normal research through actual studies.

    Nice passive-aggressive shot at the rest of the people who do their own research as well.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    TnTWalter wrote: »
    it seems like coke's ad campaign to discredit all the research against asparatame in diet coke starting in 2013 has worked. I'm not going to link studies. You can research and decide for yourself. I used to drink 4-5 cans of it a day. I still crave a fountain diet coke from McDonalds on occasion. But I know it's not good for me just as I know oreos are not good for me. But boy do they taste yummy.

    Take off your tinfoil hat and read this:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1

    Some "chemikillz" are a little less scary when you understand what they actually are.
  • tanyamclattenburg
    tanyamclattenburg Posts: 51 Member
    I used to drink 2L of Pepsi then to diet Pepsi a day. My sisters teased me I had "blood in my pepsi stream" I drank it so much. Just 3 weeks ago I cut it out completely, cold turkey. Suffered with headaches for the entire time then they just went away. The caffeine didn't affect me, energy drinks I laugh at them. But I needed to get a handle on the addiction.

    I've been doing great the last 3 weeks and on occasion still have a diet 7-up to get that pop fix. My son calls it my "fizzy stuff" when he goes to the store for me. I don't even keep it in the house anymore to reduce the cravings. If I want it I have to go to the store to get it.

    Nothing wrong with that. As long as it fits into my calories and other measures I'm happy.
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
    TnTWalter wrote: »
    it seems like coke's ad campaign to discredit all the research against asparatame in diet coke starting in 2013 has worked. I'm not going to link studies. You can research and decide for yourself. I used to drink 4-5 cans of it a day. I still crave a fountain diet coke from McDonalds on occasion. But I know it's not good for me just as I know oreos are not good for me. But boy do they taste yummy.

    Nothing wrong with soda OR Oreos in moderation :)
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 778 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    After giving up all artificial sweeteners (Diet Soda / Crystal Light etc.) two years ago, my body cannot tolerate any of those anymore. They make me very ill. I drink herbal tea in the AM, water & Kombucha.

    Funny how people who never had it before and drink it for the first time don't get ill from it.

    Probably the same way when people eat gluten & highly processed foods & it doesn't bother them. I've become very sensitive to all of it since eliminating it from my diet.
  • lau_rolypoly2holymoly
    lau_rolypoly2holymoly Posts: 21 Member
    Think you would notice a difference and feel less bloated if had it less regularly
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
    laurief86 wrote: »
    Think you would notice a difference and feel less bloated if had it less regularly

    I keep reading about the bloating/soda connection and I'm genuinely confused by it. I realize everyone is different, but I've had NO issues with bloating and I drink 2-4 cans of diet soda a day. My profile picture was actually taken just after I had drank a can of diet soda.
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    After giving up all artificial sweeteners (Diet Soda / Crystal Light etc.) two years ago, my body cannot tolerate any of those anymore. They make me very ill. I drink herbal tea in the AM, water & Kombucha.

    Funny how people who never had it before and drink it for the first time don't get ill from it.

    Probably the same way when people eat gluten & highly processed foods & it doesn't bother them. I've become very sensitive to all of it since eliminating it from my diet.

    See that's why I'd never want to eliminate things I enjoy from my diet, because I'd never want to get to the point where I can't eat them without having issues. That's just not feasible for me, for long term success. To each their own I guess :)
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 778 Member
    Sarasmaintaining wrote: »
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    After giving up all artificial sweeteners (Diet Soda / Crystal Light etc.) two years ago, my body cannot tolerate any of those anymore. They make me very ill. I drink herbal tea in the AM, water & Kombucha.

    Funny how people who never had it before and drink it for the first time don't get ill from it.

    Probably the same way when people eat gluten & highly processed foods & it doesn't bother them. I've become very sensitive to all of it since eliminating it from my diet.

    See that's why I'd never want to eliminate things I enjoy from my diet, because I'd never want to get to the point where I can't eat them without having issues. That's just not feasible for me, for long term success. To each their own I guess :)

    Oh, I dream about a big juicy cheeseburger & a couple of dressed Dos Equis, but the fear of the aftermath has kept me from indulging. I don't crave it, just fantasize! :p I have set some high goals for myself & this is working for me. :)
  • ScreeField
    ScreeField Posts: 180 Member
    staceyseeger wrote: »
    Probably the same way when people eat gluten & highly processed foods & it doesn't bother them. I've become very sensitive to all of it since eliminating it from my diet.

    It may be that eliminating gluten from your diet also eliminates the bacteria in your gut that digests gluten--you eliminate their source of food and the bacteria that live off of that food die. Once you lose those gluten-eating bacteria, gluten becomes much more difficult to digest in the future. (Not to be confused with celiac disease which is a negative immune response to the proteins in gluten.)
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Leslierussell4134 wrote: »
    I'm not rating one artifical sweetener over another, but as a group, I've come to understand that consuming them fools the body into thinking we are taking in sugar, stimulating insulin production and excretion. When the blood sugar doesn't go up, the brain does kind of a double take and say to the liver...there's no sugar, quick give us some sugar to meet the insulin we just made so we don't crash into hypoglycemia. Well some doctors believe, I believe Dr. Oz mentions this on his show as well, I'm that it may lead to a rebound type to diabetes from liver and pancreas over stimulation. I tend to believe this theory.

    The only references to the supposed "fool the body" theory are opinion pieces. I tested my blood sugar for years and I can definitely tell you that my body did not respond to aspartame the same way it did to sugar. Diet drinks did not spike my blood sugar at all.
  • allbarrett
    allbarrett Posts: 159 Member
    If I gave up diet soft drinks, I wouldn't be able to have my gin (+tonic) or rye (+Coke) either. That would make me sad. Watch the caffeine intake, and take good care of your teeth, anything else is either personal preference or between you and your doctor.

    I must applaud all the virtuous people here who apparently only have water when they go out for dinner too. I must be singlehandedly supporting the wine and beer industries around here.
  • AmorAguacate
    AmorAguacate Posts: 40 Member
    allbarrett wrote: »
    If I gave up diet soft drinks, I wouldn't be able to have my gin (+tonic) or rye (+Coke) either. That would make me sad. Watch the caffeine intake, and take good care of your teeth, anything else is either personal preference or between you and your doctor.

    I must applaud all the virtuous people here who apparently only have water when they go out for dinner too. I must be singlehandedly supporting the wine and beer industries around here.

    You are not alone :smile: I promise to continue helping you support the industry.

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