Diet pop all you can drink or bad?

the only liquids i have other than water and light soy milk is the occasional sugar free V (energy drink) and thats ONLY when i feel i really need it to give me an extra boost for my workout

Your children will be born sterile if you drink diet soda.

Don't drink it. I read on several sites that diet soda actually causes weight gain in most people

First off... I do drink diet pop. Not necessarily everyday, but if I wanted it, I am sure I would lol. I am not against diet pop, however if you want to educate yourself on why it isn't so great for your body (and this applies to regular pop too) then I suggest you watch this. It talks about all foods/drink falling into 2 categories, acidic or alkaline, and how it plays on your body's PH levels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpoAtwVyzZI

Aspartame is NOT a neurotoxin. It's not a poison. Yes it's an artificial sweetener, but it breaks down into AMINO ACIDS. One of which happens to be an essential amino acid. The other is non-essential. There have been no conclusive studies that have show any danger from aspartame. And no, it wasn't "originally invented as an insecticide." That's an urban myth. It was invented by accident while working on anti-ulcer medications. Aspartame also has the same caloric content as sugar, it becomes calorie free because about 200 times less is needed to sweeten an item.

All in all, I don't drink a ton of diet soda, or soda in general, but my nutritionist told me if I needed soda, diet was healthier than non-diet. If it's good enough for the nutritionist, it's good enough for me.

OK please don't say is "breaks down" into an amino acid like thats all fine and dandy. It actually oxidizes into these amino acids, one of them being methanol, which then further oxidizes into formaldehyde. Aspartame is also a carcinogen due to its chemical structure, you can't truly deny the direct impact of the classic benzene ring. The only reason there has been no "conclusive" evidence to link aspartame to anything harmful is simply because not much has been done on the matter. I believe i read somewhere that the longest study was over 2 or 3 months? Not sure if that's entirely true but when you consider people drink diet drinks EVERY day that's hardly enough time to provide "conclusive" evidence. Perhaps the short term effects aren't fatal but we still are unable to test the long term effects of it. After all, with a society so prone to cancer, how do we reallly know what it came from anymore? Sure there's the obvious culprits like smoking, or over exposure to radiation but what about the little things in our day to day lives that might have prevented it? And as for your nutritionist recommending it, my mother is a nutritionist and I can't remember the last time we had diet pop in our house.


I actually remember having a debate with my lecture group about why it wasn't banned yet, and it all came down to: because it isn't killing us right this moment, it isn't a big enough issue.

And your right about the insecticide thing not sure why that came to mind i just checked my text book though, sorrry! But still the fact that he tasted it.... come on, only a 4 year old would make that kind of mistake in a lab.

In the end, I wouldn't drink it but you won't drop dead the second it touches your lips so if its REALLY helping you get the weight off its clearly the better substitute.( maybe that's what your nutritionist meant!)

I say bad because aspertame works as a preservative (keeps fat from metabolizing properly). Also, the other additives (like flavors, etc) cause the liver to work harder to remove these impurities from your system. Your liver is the organ you want to pamper (not overwork) when losing weight because it is the one that converts body fat to energy. If the liver is too busy getting rid of toxins, your body will use protein (muscle mass) instead for energy. This is the primary reason people who want to lose weight should avoid processed foods.

if you look, almost everything that is artificially sweetened has aspertame! i was on the hcg diet and couldnt have ANYTHING with aspertame, i found ONE pack of sugar free gum without it adn it was trident cinnamon, otherwise everything had it. so whether its in diet coke or not we are still consuming it... =/

That's why it is best to cut out artificial sweeteners as much as possible in general.

I just bought some soda called "Zevia". It uses stevia as a sweetener, which is an extract from the stevia plant. Stevia, in it's raw form, is supposed to be 100-300 times sweeter than sugar, and no ill effects have been found from using it (so far). I haven't tried the soda yet, but when I do I'll post about it.

Diet sodas actually trick your body into wanting to eat more. The fake sugars tell your brain and body that you are about to have a real sugar rush, then when your body realizes that you dont have any sugar to process, it triggers a hunger response.... with that said.. i do down a big gulp a day of diet dr pepper...

This.

Diet soda = bad

I am in favor of moderation. If I have met my water goal, I will have a diet coke. But it is definitely not my drink of choice anymore. Now I find I actually crave water when before I would go for the DC. Don't get me wrong, I still love a DC on occasion, but is on occasion. Not every drink.