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Even if they don't hinder my progress, I can't bring myself to drink sodas like I do water. I only drink one diet soda can a week.3
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Apparently, the sweetness in them kids the body to think it's eating sugar, therefore gives an insulin spike. There's no sugar in the bloodstream, so the blood sugar drops and you get hungry. This encourages eating more.
Except diabetics who routinely monitor their BG levels do not see this mythical spike. Insulin is released when it senses BG in the blood, not from taste.
Some people do say that artificial sweeteners increase their appetite. Since each sweetener is a different chemical compound, it's most likely this is a psychological or habitual issue, and it's definitely not universal.
OP, lots of us rely on diet drinks or sweetener in our coffee or tea to save calories, and have lost weight as expected. Health concerns related to artificial sweeteners are also mostly myth and only a concern if one particular sweetener is a migraine trigger for you personally or you have some kind of rare reaction. The typically cited "evidence" is rat studies, and has not been duplicated in human studies.17 -
I drink a Coke Zero everyday and have recently lost 10 lbs cutting calories. I also work in a hospital and we do glucose checks on diabetics every day. Diet soda doesn't spike insulin. Switching to diet drinks for soda drinkers is a basic part of diabetic education.
"Also, with the exception of aspartame, all of the sweeteners listed below cannot be broken down by the body. They pass through our systems without being digested so they provide no extra calories."
http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/artificial-sweeteners/13 -
Coke zero has actually helped me so far. I have one every day at work in the afternoon.2
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Hello,
Over the past year I have lost about 70 pounds, (250lbs to 177ish) and every single day since then I have been drinking 2-3 16.9oz bottles of diet soda. I feel fine, have good energy, my health is normal. I love soda when playing xbox so it's not something I will stop. Diet soda will not hinder your weight loss at all.6 -
I drink diet soda every single day and I'm losing weight steadily. It doesn't have any impact on my blood sugar.1
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Diet soda is made of stuff your body can't recognize or use, so it gets passed as waste. If nothing is used, how can it be bad?
Is it great for you? Not really. But mostly because the acidity is not ideal for your teeth and stomach. There's no influence on weight loss.
Sucralose (Splenda) would be stuff your body can't use. Aspartame, on the other hand, is a peptide and metabolizes to fairly innocuous waste products.4 -
Diet Coke is life. They just started making an orange vanilla flavor that tastes just like a Creamsicle. It's like a zero calorie dessert in a can.9
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Yes, but I mixed that sugar free coke flavor with a quart of vanilla ice cream and have had it for dessert nightly.Clarisse_McClellan wrote: »Diet Coke is life. They just started making an orange vanilla flavor that tastes just like a Creamsicle. It's like a zero calorie dessert in a can.
No weight lost. I think diet coke is incompatible with my blood type or something.
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Kittyy1994 wrote: »But surely they can’t be good for weight loss.
Why do you think that? Weight gain comes from more calories than you are burning. Something that has no calories has no bearing on weight gain. I drink at least one diet soda a day when I prep for bikini shows, and clearly it's had no negative effect on my progress. (When I'm not in prep I have ~2 a week)
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Apparently, the sweetness in them kids the body to think it's eating sugar, therefore gives an insulin spike. There's no sugar in the bloodstream, so the blood sugar drops and you get hungry. This encourages eating more.
That absolutely does not happen. Nothing in the body is being "kidded" into believing anything, and it doesn't spike insulin at all. Please check your sources before spreading misinformation.16 -
I definitely need to start adding in Diet Coke/Pepsi when I get that need/urge to eat; maybe it will stop my searching for food I do not want to eat; fill me up, I like the taste so I think it will be good for me. Thank you. I was trying to stay away but see no need to. I do try to stay away from the caffeine ones, I don't even know why I do that (I thought that caffeine is bad for you).0
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Caffeine is subjective - but for most people in moderate amounts, not bad.
If you are an individual who has some ill effect from it - sure, avoid it - but it isnt 'bad for you', as in general everybody you.1 -
Apparently, the sweetness in them kids the body to think it's eating sugar, therefore gives an insulin spike. There's no sugar in the bloodstream, so the blood sugar drops and you get hungry. This encourages eating more.
This is a myth.
Your body responds to what you actually ingest, not taste. Insulin is secreted according to the amount of sugar actually in your bloodstream, not blindly according to the taste of your food.7 -
Kittyy1994 wrote: »Diet drinks are not supposed to have any calories! But surely they can’t be good for weight loss. Anyone drinking them and losing weight?
(Not a regular drinker less than once a week when I eat out I’ll order a Diet Coke or Coke Zero).... any thoughts?
Why would a drink with virtually no calories not be good for weight loss?
With no calories, the only way it could be bad for weight loss is if it causes you to burn fewer calories. Diet pop doesn't have that ability so there's no method for it to hinder weight loss.6 -
I drink two Coke Zeros per day and I've lost 100lbs and kept off for almost two years.3
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I drink 2 20 oz diet cokes every day as my treat after work. No impact on my weight. I look forward to my 2 sodas.0
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Carlos_421 wrote: »Apparently, the sweetness in them kids the body to think it's eating sugar, therefore gives an insulin spike. There's no sugar in the bloodstream, so the blood sugar drops and you get hungry. This encourages eating more.
This is a myth.
Your body responds to what you actually ingest, not taste. Insulin is secreted according to the amount of sugar actually in your bloodstream, not blindly according to the taste of your food.
I don't think this is entirely correctly. I recall endocrinologists stating your body can secrete insulin in anticipation of foods. People with fairly fixed eating schedules will see their insulin rise ahead of their meal.0 -
Pavlov ( was that his name?) dogs response?
Sounds possible - we do get in anticipation physical symptoms. Sometimes, for example, on weekend I glance at the clock and notice it is 2 pm and then I feel hungry because it is past my lunch time.
Before noticing the time, I wasn't hungry
But still, the body isn't tricked into thinking sweeteners are sugar and thus magically causing weight gain from an almost no calorie food.3
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