Diet Pepsi...I'm debunking the opinions...

aha i totally agree with this! everythings bad for us these days anyway. i love diet coke and drink it all the time...the bubbles stop me feeling hungry!

except of the fact I am a Diet Coke person, I agree with you! So many of us are here, not because we drank Diet soda, but because we ate too much and didn't exercise enough. I have tried to shy away from the all in, obessive diet this time and have just tried to make better choices everytime I have the chance. I may still have DC on occasion or a cookie, but I account for it and make sure I have enough water through out the day and it has really worked. Your point is very well taken.:drinker: (diet coke in the cups!)

I'm a Pepsi Max and Coke Zero addict! I will not give those up lol

It really depends on the person and in the end, it's your body to do with how you see fit. I don't personally think that drinking them constantly is good for you, but I had 8oz. of Diet Pepsi with my dinner last night (which was relatively high calorie and I knew it, so I tried to balance it with less calories in my drink) but I drank water as well... so I can't really talk about how awful they are for you.

BUT, I see TOO many people (my boss is one of them) literally guzzling them every 30 minutes and it's NOT healthy. At that rate, you are actually ingesting calories (anything less than 5 calories doesn't have to be reported, they can put 0) and carbs. That's the issue for people who are dieting and drinking tons of diet soda, it may have less calories but there's still about 20g of carb on average per can of soda... carbs are good for you in moderation, yes, but when they're eating a McDonald's meal for lunch and going home to a pound of pasta on their plate... not so much.

Also, for some people, the fake sugar has some negative body effects. Sucralose, for me, has a diuretic effect (not just on the bladder) and sometimes just drinking a can of diet soda will send me to the bathroom numerous times. Not fun.

As for drinking a lot and not drinking water -- I mostly advise against that because I've had kidney problems since I was 14. You don't want a bladder infection nor do you want kidney stones. Drink water, please.

pop is not good for you in any way- there s no many chemicals inside is that screw up your insides. but it definitely won't make you GAIN weight....it's definitely better for you to get without it...i wish i could....its jsut so sweet and fizzy and delicious lol. fake sweeteners and carbonation cause bloat, which is my personal main concern about it.

Same here! Although I'm more of a Diet Sierra Mist or Diet Sunkist drinker... I actually haven't had any full sugar soda since I was a teenager and used to live on Mountain Dew and Cool Ranch Doritos. Soda was never my weight problem - overeating pretty much EVERYTHING was what did it!

As a matter of fact, diet soda is what I turn to when I want something sweet after dinner. It's like my calorie/guilt free dessert!

I'm not living in fear of that increased waist circumference or excess abdominal fat.



/chugs a Pepsi Max.

I hate rocking the boat here...

But I am ( can't say WAS) a fizzy drinks addict. Coke..my goodness, I'd drink at least 8 cans a DAY including 2 for breakfast and couldn't imagine a life without it. Once I decided on this lifestyle, my biggest worry was not living without 'coke'...so I started drinking 'coke zero', figured this was sugar free and literally zero calories. It tastes disgusting to me, but never the less, I drank about 4 cans a week, but the more I learned about the harm artificial sweeteners do, the more I brought into the idea. I noticed that diet sodas made me feel hungrier as well as not tasting 'right' and those cravings were NOT for veggies and fruit...this is my own personal psyche, but there are clinical trials to suggest very serious long-term harm in consuming 'diet sodas'.

In truth, I'd rather drink 4 cans of REAL coke and all the sugar than the 4 cans of zero sugar diet sodas because their long term use isn't as harmful as that of diet sodas. That said, long term consumption, certainly at the rate I consumed it is a one way ticket to suicide!!!

I drink a lot of soda a day (Dt. Mt. Dew is the poison of my choice). Does it cause problems? Well, aside from the occassional Kidney Stone (carbonated drinks are said to contribute to them); I really don't think so. Our bodies are miracles - we can get water from food (watermelon, cantelope - and yes, even soda) and a variety of other sources as well.

I switched to Dt. soda; because I do drink a LOT of soda. I'm saying along the lines of 6 cans a day - every day. Now, if I were to consume regular Mt. Dew; the soda alone would be 1,020 calories a day (6 x 170cal/can). So, I drink the same quantity of soda - get my caffeine addiction - and wind up with 0-10 calories a day.

I got my weight gain, by eating 3-4 Snickers, lots of Big Macs, Whoppers, Pizza and french fries. By gorging at the all-you-can-eat buffet, bypassing the salad bar, requesting basket upon basket of fresh rolls with butter (Red Lobster, Texas Roadhouse, Black-eyed Pea) or unlimited refills of chips and Salsa at the mexican resturants. I did this, all my myself - I didn't need any help.

Correlation does not imply causation.

I looked out the window one day and saw a lot of people using umbrellas, and I also noticed it was raining. So, if people use umbrellas then there is more a risk of it raining?


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