Diet Coke, friend or foe?
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paperpudding wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »extra_medium wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »Hi, I am determined to lose all this weight this time. My husband is convinced, from all the internet stuff he reads, that Diet Coke is the most evil of things you can ingest. According to him it will cause all kinds of trouble, from making me gain weight, destroying my pancreas, to bloating my stomach. I love the taste, and feel it is a great sweet treat with no calories.
What do you all think?
Tell your husband to consider how many millions of gallons of diet coke that have been consumed over the decades it has been available...If it actually caused any of these issues, it would be well documented and people would not buy it. There would be nothing to debate. Also ask how something with zero calories would make you gain weight.
Yah. You may think nothing is wrong when a 3rd of all american adults are obese.
LMAO oh yeah nothing is wrong
Because a 3rd of americans is obese because of a 0 calorie drink. Yeah...
And your link is a blog post.
Other factors too. But it's a part of the problem.
Diet Coke isn't directly responsible inmo but it is indirectly certainly responsible.
Haha so yah millions of people are fine because millions of people drink it, right? I don't think so.
Thing is. If you're healthy and you drink diet Coke once in a while, it's fine. If youre not healthy, you crave sweeter things and you become addicted to the artificial sweetner.
I have no problem with people drinking diet Cole because we'll... YOLO but this is what happens, ... Yes with a 0 calorie sweetener
I dont know what YOLO stands for.
But most people do not crave sweeter things when they drink diet soda nor do they become addicted to it.
So how is it responsible, directly or indirectly??
I believe the research that suggests that diet soda causes some people to eat more or to stay overweight comes from two factors that have nothing to do with artificial sweeteners.
1. Overweight unhealthy people who aren't ready to admit they eat too much start with the path of least resistance - switch from sugary drinks to diet. But they don't control anything else so they stay overweight.
2. Drinking diet makes some people feel virtuous so they figure they can fit in a little more food and end up eating back all the calories they saved.
While that may be true (it has not been true in my case, but maybe in general it is), if you are counting and tracking your calorie intake, as most of us are doing on this site, then that risk is mitigated. There are many things that causes people to eat more such as stress, sorrow, and boredom.
I feel that a sweet, bubbly, cold glass of no calorie goodness would be a great way to start my day (the jolt of caffeine is an additional bonus). I don't like coffee, wouldn't know how our what to order order at Starbucks, but I sure love that fizzy sound when I crack open that Diet Coke bottle. Especially when it has those tiny ice particles that form on the surface. Yummmmm!3 -
For what it's worth!
(does anyone remember the experiment from science class where you stick the penny in the coke and let it sit for a few days and the penny eventually erodes??)
https://search.nih.gov/search?utf8=✓&affiliate=nih&query=effects+of+diet+sodas&commit=Search
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/well/diet-sodas-tied-to-dementia-and-stroke.html
https://www.quora.com/Is-Diet-Coke-or-other-diet-sodas-good-or-bad-for-dieting-and-weight-loss-Does-diet-soda-cause-people-to-gain-weight-If-so-why10 -
A personal foe for me. Once I start drinking them, I can't stop and I forget water. So like when I quit smoking, I had to quit the diet Coke. One of those things I can not moderate. I'm fine when I don't start the habit.6
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PiscesSoul8 wrote: »For what it's worth! (does anyone remember the experiment from science class where you stick the penny in the coke and let it sit for a few days and the penny eventually erodes??)
https://search.nih.gov/search?utf8=✓&affiliate=nih&query=effects+of+diet+sodas&commit=Search
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/well/diet-sodas-tied-to-dementia-and-stroke.html
https://www.quora.com/Is-Diet-Coke-or-other-diet-sodas-good-or-bad-for-dieting-and-weight-loss-Does-diet-soda-cause-people-to-gain-weight-If-so-why
No I don't remember a science class experiment where a penny literally erodes within a few days. I do remember one where the rust and dirt on it gets cleaned off by the soda though.
And also two more experiments, one with vinegar and another with lemon juice where the exact same thing happens... say you wouldn't by any chance be avoiding citrus fruits or foods containing vinegar would you?10 -
Team Diet Mountain Dew!
I wish I could find the Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew for days I don't want/need caffeine.3 -
One of the glories of a healthy marriage is to agree to disagree. You will lose all the weight you want to by paying attention to everything else you are eating.
If it were me, I'd get myself a lovely glass, a funky straw, add ice and my diet PEPSI and drink it VERY SLOWLY in front of him. Daily.
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Cola has phosphoric acid, and it will leach the calcium from your bones. If you must drink diet soda instead of the best hydration drink there is, water, at least switch to different soda types. Ginger ale is even medicinal.19
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Witchdoctor58 wrote: »Cola has phosphoric acid, and it will leach the calcium from your bones. If you must drink diet soda instead of the best hydration drink there is, water, at least switch to different soda types. Ginger ale is even medicinal.
Relevant username is relevant.21 -
Well I like to drink maybe 1 a day just when I want a little something. I like the sparkling Ice drinks so far so good- for me at least2
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I drink mostly water, but usually have one or two diet A&W root beers, cream soda, or a diet Fresca...not a cola guy. I think I'll be ok...1
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I've lived a soda free life for 36 years. And was terrified of any diet things (still grossed out by fake salt and fake butter) but my parents taught us that aspartame was poison. Even regular soda was to be avoided except really special occasions.
Thanks to this forum, I'm now freely stocking up on my Diet Cherry Pepsi and having one everyday. And just in case I drink 1,650 cans 1 day... Diet Pepsi is aspartame-free anyway. So... thanks MFP!! And seeing my parents' horror when I drank one on the 4th of July was priceless, too.6 -
stevencloser wrote: »extra_medium wrote: »J9LynnHelton wrote: »Hi, I am determined to lose all this weight this time. My husband is convinced, from all the internet stuff he reads, that Diet Coke is the most evil of things you can ingest. According to him it will cause all kinds of trouble, from making me gain weight, destroying my pancreas, to bloating my stomach. I love the taste, and feel it is a great sweet treat with no calories.
What do you all think?
Tell your husband to consider how many millions of gallons of diet coke that have been consumed over the decades it has been available...If it actually caused any of these issues, it would be well documented and people would not buy it. There would be nothing to debate. Also ask how something with zero calories would make you gain weight.
Yah. You may think nothing is wrong when a 3rd of all american adults are obese.
LMAO oh yeah nothing is wrong
Because a 3rd of americans is obese because of a 0 calorie drink. Yeah...
And your link is a blog post.
Other factors too. But it's a part of the problem.
Diet Coke isn't directly responsible inmo but it is indirectly certainly responsible.
Haha so yah millions of people are fine because millions of people drink it, right? I don't think so.
Thing is. If you're healthy and you drink diet Coke once in a while, it's fine. If youre not healthy, you crave sweeter things and you become addicted to the artificial sweetner.
I have no problem with people drinking diet Cole because we'll... YOLO but this is what happens, ... Yes with a 0 calorie sweetener
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've been drinking diet coke for about 25 years, and not just "once in a while" so I just did a quick calculation on how many cans I have drunk over that time. I drink anything between 7 and 14 cans a week so I've probably consumed between 63,875 and 127,750 cans of diet coke or at least 21 thousand litres (if my maths is accurate
). My favourite snack is crisps, I never crave sweeter things and I'm not addicted to artificial sweetener...
Similar situation here. I've been drinking Diet Coke for about 25 years. I drank it when I was an underweight teenager, when I put weight on in college, when I lost weight after college, during my two pregnancies (mostly caffeine free DC) and when I was the highest weight I've been, and then when I've lost weight since joining MFP and now while I'm maintaining. It has never caused me to have additional cravings, particularly for sweet things.
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And I can never resist posting my favorite Diet Coke meme in threads like this...
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Foe. No nutritional value. Artificial.19
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I just Googled it and there is nothing good about it. I'll share the link if your interested in the read. What blew me away is that it actually makes you gain weight because of how your body assimilate it. Ugh! I'll stick with water.
http://www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748
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Designer20698 wrote: »I just Googled it and there is nothing good about it. I'll share the link if your interested in the read. What blew me away is that it actually makes you gain weight because of how your body assimilate it. Ugh! I'll stick with water.
http://www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748
How did I lose over 200lbs drinking lots of coke zero every single day?
That article is garbage.13 -
It's a zero-calorie drink. It doesn't make you gain. Or, at least, it doesn't make me gain. I have over a quart a day (I don't drink coffee; it's my caffeine source) and I've dropped almost 70 lbs in 8 months.6
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It can be useful in weight loss, especially if you have a habit of drinking sugar-sweetened drinks or eating sweets. It's certainly not a health food, but in moderate amounts it seems pretty harmless.
It's probably a good idea not to make it a habit to drink a lot of the stuff regularly though. If you're doing that, it might be a good idea to cut back. The caramel coloring that's used in it it might not be very good for you, and it's certainly very acidic, so too much can cause dental problems.3 -
Soda, juice, ACV, lemonade, or any other liquid high in acid is bad for your teeth. The sodium could give you problems if you have high blood pressure or are prone to bloat from sodium. The only way diet soda will effect your body fat is if you are switching from regular, but that will result in less calories, so weight loss.6
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