Diet Soda on a diet?

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  • buffalobill41
    buffalobill41 Posts: 72 Member
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    nodoz is about the same as a large coffee, not sure how that's so terrible. don't abuse it and it's fine
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    So if tooth demineralization starts with a pH level less than 5.5 and diet soda is around 3.5 (actually, that depends on the specific diet soda and many are lower), then OMG, we are all going to lose our teeth.

    Except there are a lot of other "healthy" beverages that are in the same category (pH lower than 5.5). Lime juice is far lower than diet soda, as is lemonade, apple juice, and cranberry juice. Let's not forget Lipton Brisk, Nestea, V8, Propel, Snapple Tea for some specific brands.

    In fact, acidophilus milk and buttermilk have a pH less than 5.5.

    I think I'll take my chances...
  • rhyolite_
    rhyolite_ Posts: 188 Member
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    maplehouse200 wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    HowlinAl wrote: »
    It isn't good for you. But it isn't going to hinder weight loss either. I drink a can or two a day.

    Why isn't it good for you?

    Ask your Dentist.

    My dentist thinks I have great teeth, and I went three years+ drinking soda only.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    OP I love Diet Coke, you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands before I give it up.

    I've been drinking it for 20+ years. I drank it when I was gaining weight, I drank it when I was losing weight. As a zero calorie beverage, it has no bearing on weight loss.

  • chaoticdreams
    chaoticdreams Posts: 447 Member
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    WinoGelato wrote: »
    OP I love Diet Coke, you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands before I give it up.

    +1

    Yep..... I tried to give it up, I missed it. In fact I'm drinking it right now..... Yum.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
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    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    maplehouse200 wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    HowlinAl wrote: »
    It isn't good for you. But it isn't going to hinder weight loss either. I drink a can or two a day.

    Why isn't it good for you?

    Ask your Dentist.

    I drank diet soda for nearly 20 years (and a lot of it each day for that time) and never took very good care of my teeth. My first cavity wasn't until 19 years after drinking diet soda. It's not scientific, but my experience says it doesn't matter.

    And I'm the opposite, acidic foods and beverages wreak havoc on my teeth. I suspect that individual experiences are going to vary based on genetics.
  • louise5779
    louise5779 Posts: 82 Member
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    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    Wut?
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    What?! LOL!
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    That is the kind of old-wives tale my grandmother would've believed.... in the 1950s.
  • hproctor02
    hproctor02 Posts: 20 Member
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    Thanks Guys! Appreciate it!
  • Venus_Red
    Venus_Red Posts: 209 Member
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    I drink TAB - and according to sources (THEY, you know) I should have died from saccharine consumption about 25 years ago.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited September 2015
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    LOl. First time I have ever heard THAT one. Where on earth did you come up with it?

    (and here I thought I had heard it all)

  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
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    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    It does not affect weight loss.

    Drink your diet soda.

    Except it tastes nasty.....shiver.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    No, just no.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

    That is the kind of old-wives tale my grandmother would've believed.... in the 1950s.

    Like this one

    Don't swallow gum or it will stay in your stomach for seven years
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    It does not affect weight loss.

    Drink your diet soda.

    Except it tastes nasty.....shiver.

    Yeah... it doesn't taste great.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
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    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    It does not affect weight loss.

    Drink your diet soda.

    Except it tastes nasty.....shiver.

    Them's fightin' words, lady. :angry:

    (Seriously though, the new formula for Diet Pepsi with the sucralose is pretty nasty imo)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
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    louise5779 wrote: »
    Weight loss no. Plus Carbonated drinks cause cellulite.

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