Thought on diet sodas
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nickssweetheart wrote: »I find that diet soda satisfies me when nothing else will...when I'm feeling snacky in the evening and want to raid the fridge for ice cream or nuts. A diet soda or a zero calorie sparkling water to sip on kills the cravings for me and gives me something to do with my mouth besides eat. Diet soda has saved me many, many calories.
I ALSO occasionally indulge in a Coke with real corn syrup. I've still lost almost 50 lbs. Soda lovers of the world, unite!
Yes! Many times my craving for sweets at night is alleviated by flavored sparkling water...0 -
The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing
This goes beyond weight.
This is why so many of us recommend ignoring nutritional advice from personal trainers.25 -
Artificial sweeteners are the new villains in the diet game. Just like some years ago fat was the villain - remember that? - everyone was running around eating Snackwell cookies and cooking without fat. Then it was decided that carbs were the villain so people started eating fat and cutting out the carbs.
Now it's artificial sweeteners. I use a lot of them. They've never impacted my weight loss or gain the way sitting down and eating a whole pint of ice cream does. I predict that ten years from now the nutritionists and personal trainers will be off artificial sweeteners and on some other bandwagon - "Dateline: 2028 - researchers say air conditioning causes weight gain!"
Sorry, I refuse to buy the hype in spite of the pseudoscienterrific frame that's been put around it. Everything as they say in moderation.8 -
I'm more worried about my teeth than anything...but, yeah, no one's taking my Diet Coke away. I'm down nearly 30 pounds and drink about one Diet Coke a day with lunch.3
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I always order Diet Coke with my Big Mac meals...1
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Artificial sweeteners are the new villains in the diet game. Just like some years ago fat was the villain - remember that? - everyone was running around eating Snackwell cookies and cooking without fat. Then it was decided that carbs were the villain so people started eating fat and cutting out the carbs.
Now it's artificial sweeteners. I use a lot of them. They've never impacted my weight loss or gain the way sitting down and eating a whole pint of ice cream does. I predict that ten years from now the nutritionists and personal trainers will be off artificial sweeteners and on some other bandwagon - "Dateline: 2028 - researchers say air conditioning causes weight gain!"
Sorry, I refuse to buy the hype in spite of the pseudoscienterrific frame that's been put around it. Everything as they say in moderation.
I actually don’t think artificial sweeteners get the same widespread mainstream demonization that fat did and that carbs and sugar now currently seems to be the target of. I think there are a number of misinformed zealots who fear artificial sweeteners simply because OMG CHEMIKALS and that those folks pop in with junk science and correlation studies or my favorite, “do your own research”.
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I had to cut sugar from my diet, I find diet soda very sweet now. I like to have about 1 a day with lunch or after dinner. I've read mixed stories on the effects of artificial sugar on your system and how your body copes with the false impulses it sends.0
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People don't drink soda, diet or full sugar, for it's health benfits lol. I simply choose diet because if I'm gonna drink calories, it better be alcoholic.7
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The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
How about citing some of the through research you've done. Peer reviewed studies or Dr Oz?15 -
Soda is junk, and I know better than to drink it........but I refuse to give it up! It's one of my few guilty pleasures. I do at least drink diet soda, and only get it when we go out to eat, but still. Could I give it up? Sure. But right now, I just don't want to.
And no, it won't inhibit your weightloss.15 -
The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
The aspartame causes no detectable effects to the gut microbiome, which has no impact on weight management.
As a Microbiologist specializing in metabolics I welcome any studies to the contrary to review.28 -
joemac1988 wrote: »People don't drink soda, diet or full sugar, for it's health benfits lol. I simply choose diet because if I'm gonna drink calories, it better be alcoholic.
I hear that. I seldom drink alcohol (unless we're talking a quarter-shot glass of wine for religious reasons, and even then I'd prefer grape juice). But when I'm out with friends, I will sometimes get a mulled cider at Timothy's, which is worth every one of its scrumptious 230 calories.3 -
6 years ago I lost 90 lbs & drank Diet Coke with each meal..now I've lost 19 lbs & still drinking my Diet Coke..I have heard tons of bad things about Aspartame, but I also drink plenty of water in between meals. So far so good..Knock on wood! lol0
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The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
That is a brilliant business strategy!! Because if your clients buy that line of BS, they are sure to buy your line of MLM super-food, fat-burning, muscle-building protein powder weight loss miracle in a box (auto-shipped for your convenience, of course.)27 -
Calliope610 wrote: »The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
That is a brilliant business strategy!! Because if your clients buy that line of BS, they are sure to buy your line of MLM super-food fat-burning muscle-building powdered weight loss miracle in a bag (auto-shipped for your convenience, of course.)
Also, if someone tells me that they can't help me achieve my fitness goals because I'm consuming a zero-calorie product that has no impact on my weight or fitness, it's a refreshing disclosure of total incompetence. I appreciate people who let me know right off the bat that they're a terrible choice for professional services.23 -
And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
You say you're not here to argue, but you make absolute claims based on your "authority" as a personal trainer and nutritionist and your research without citing where you got this research. Give me a break. If you're as well read as you claim, you should be aware there are people in medical research who would read your post and label it woo. If they were as harmful for weight loss as you claim, all the people here who have used them for weight loss and maintenance would not have succeeded in their efforts.
"There’s a potential, and probably real, harm from consuming added sugars; there are most likely none from artificial sweeteners." Dr. Aaron Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/upshot/the-evidence-supports-artificial-sweeteners-over-sugar.html
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I'ma big fan of diet Dr. Pepper and Southern Comfort. Diet Canada Dry and some whiskey is also very nice. Diet tonic and gin is always a crowd pleaser. And who could forget Diet Coke and rum?!?!3
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Hmmm, I have been drinking diet pop since I was a teenager.
Wonder why it is that I am still here (67 in 3 months) and still drinking diet pop every day.7 -
Soda is terrible. Simple.35
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The aspartame in diet sodas causes devastating effects to the gut microbiome, which in turn leads to weight gain. I’ve researched this thoroughly and there are many scientific studies to back it up; do the research. This is not a simple correlation issue. Many factors go into weight gain/loss...and diet soda plays into them. As a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, I will not work with clients who will not surrender their soda, as it is #1 offender in my book for health and weight issues. Spend the 5 min online, at the science, to look for oneself before echoing bogus, deflective rhetoric. And, just to add to the conversation, Diet Soda May be zero calorie, but it is disease inducing and destructive to health. I would never drink it, ever, if one can resist. Again, not here to argue, please just do the simple research and decide for yourself if a moments taste is worth your wellbeing This goes beyond weight.
I must be some kind of special then...
I think if you think diet soda is the #1 offender for weight issues, you probably need to do a bit more studying.
ETA: the only way I could see diet soda having "devastating" effects to the gut microbiome is if it was consumed in mass quantities...somehow I don't think my one or maybe two Frescas are having any devastating effect on anything...8 -
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missysippy930 wrote: »Hmmm, I have been drinking diet pop since I was a teenager.
Wonder why it is that I am still here (67 in 3 months) and still drinking diet pop every day.
You've obviously been preserved.
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By the formaldehyde?nutmegoreo wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Hmmm, I have been drinking diet pop since I was a teenager.
Wonder why it is that I am still here (67 in 3 months) and still drinking diet pop every day.
You've obviously been preserved. 
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lhebert1969 wrote: »6 years ago I lost 90 lbs & drank Diet Coke with each meal..now I've lost 19 lbs & still drinking my Diet Coke..I have heard tons of bad things about Aspartame, but I also drink plenty of water in between meals. So far so good..Knock on wood! lol
Good news - read this thread and rest assured - all the bad things about Aspartame have been debunked, it is one of the most studied substances on the planet in the last several decades and time and again has been proven safe for consumption.
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I love Fanta zero it helps me to keep my cravings for sweet stuff and/or alcoholic drinks at bay . At moment I am just counting the kcal not yet eating healthy all the time , 1 step for time! I have 20 kg to loose i.e. 7 stones1
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quiksylver296 wrote: »
Same. Love me some DDP with my lunch. I'm also another one who has been drinking diet soda since she was a teen. Still going strong at 32, and I lost all my weight while drinking diet sodas too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯2 -
Big fan of diet Pepsi and Diet Coke.2
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giulianabruce28 wrote: »I love Fanta zero it helps me to keep my cravings for sweet stuff and/or alcoholic drinks at bay . At moment I am just counting the kcal not yet eating healthy all the time , 1 step for time! I have 20 kg to loose i.e. 7 stones
They're making Fanta 0 now? I need to find this.
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