Can you still drink DIET pepsi or coke while on a diet?

mph323 · April 2017

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

water has no nutritional value and is calorie free or empty calories,is that unhealthy too?

I always wanted to say that!

midlomel1971 · April 2017

I love Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi, but I have to give it up. For me, the artificial sweetness triggers my monster sweet tooth and makes me crave sweet things. I found that I had to give it up completely. And yes, I miss it. (I have never drank regular soda.)

Jthanmyfitnesspal · April 2017

I used to drink diet soda to kill my appetite, and it worked pretty well. It never "gave me cravings," as some people suggest. This is a great chance to be your own scientist using yourself as the subject: drink some and see if you have cravings. If it is a big effect, it should be easy to detect, as they say.

Anyway, now diet soda just upsets my stomach. Maybe that's what it was doing all along. When I want caffeine, I drink tea.

TR0berts · April 2017

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

water has no nutritional value and is calorie free or empty calories,is that unhealthy too?

ActivatedAlm0nds · April 2017

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

water has no nutritional value and is calorie free or empty calories,is that unhealthy too?

I guess you could say water SHOULDN'T b our best friend

KhaleesiBlue · April 2017

Diet Dr. Pepper is life. If it's wrong, I really don't want to be right.

kimny72 · April 2017

ActivatedAlm0nds wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

water has no nutritional value and is calorie free or empty calories,is that unhealthy too?

I guess you could say water SHOULDN'T b our best friend

Oooooh, cross-pollinating threads A+

rileysowner · April 2017

DamieBird wrote: »

@SusanMFindlay, @cwolfman13, @kimny72
I apologize for being misleading - I didn't mean to imply that people on this thread had called diet sodas healthy, I was just curious as to why the debate was centered around the weight effects as opposed a debate on whether diet sodas were healthy in general with regards to nutrition and body function, etc. I do see a lot of people in my personal life who think that low-fat/low-cal is synonymous with "healthy" at all costs and they get next to no nutrition. The mindset drives me nuts!

As I said, I'm no stickler for health foods and I love my Diet Dr. Peppers (and Diet Cherry Vanilla Coke Zeros if I'm lucky enough to find a Moon Machine!!), I just know that they are NOT a healthy choice and I enjoy them anyway .

Thanks for the feedback.

You are implying they are an unhealthy choice. They are not unless person drinks huge amounts of it while neglecting nutritious foods. While there are a very small number of people who do this, no one he is advocating it. Frankly, in terms of health for those who are obese, losing fat is the number one thing they can do to improve their health markers. If diet drinks help them achieve that goal, and they do, it would seem they are healthy.

Can you still drink DIET pepsi or coke while on a diet?

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