Diet Soda

Eh, there are folks who say the sweeteners in diet pop are bad for you, either cancerous or making you still want something sweet because you're being tricked. I'm a recovering Diet Coke addict. I bought a small pack of 7oz cans of "high test" Coke to try.., "only" 90 calories. It took me 3 hours to drink it, and I didn't even finish it. So maybe that's a good thing??

I can assure you that there is nothing healthy about the science experiment known as diet soda. saying that, you will read conflicting information/responses as to whether diet soda impedes weight loss. recent studies suggest that diet soda does impede weight loss for various physiological reasons that are better left to the actual report to understand.

congrats on sticking to water for 2 weeks. try to stick with water. for the last 5 months, there have been fewer than 10 occasions where I have had something other than water or sobe lifewater. true lemon is something you could add to your water to add some flavor.

But take everything you see in thread with a pinch of salt.

but track your sodium.

I would say that if you're interested in trying to kick the diet soda, do your best to push through this craving period. I used to crave soda back when I drank it. Now I only drink water and when I'm thirsty? Water is the only thing that'll do. Like others have said, I don't think diet soda is the worst thing you could do to your body, but if it's something you want to give up, work for it!

I am a true d. pepsi aholic or was...I started drinking ZEVIA. It's sweetened with Stevia instead of aspartame. You can get it at most health food stores. They have all different flavors. At least with the zevia you can get the "feeling" of drinking a diet soda without the aspartame.

Yet people have been drinking diet sodas will no ill effects for years.

You'll get a lot of negativity on this subject, but it's different for each person. On the whole it's fine however. But take everything you see in thread with a pinch of salt.

I know some folks want to dis the "negativity on this subject", but really, do any of us really know the long term impact of various artificial sweeteners? Wikipedia reports that asparthame (the most common artificial sweetener used in diet sodas today) was first approved for soft drinks in 1983, and in 1993 for other foods. Some of you may believe that 28 years in use is long enough to understand a product's long term impact on the human body. I'm going to suggest that this is still a relatively new product for which there hasn't been enough time to determine long term impact on the human body.

I'm not a scientist and I'm not going to state that artificial sweeteners will or will not increase the risk of cancer and other diseases, but I am curious to learn one day whether there is a higher rate of cancer and other disease in the next 20+ years as a result of the increase in artificial products that people are ingesting.

for me, I know how much better I feel since I kicked diet soda to the curb. I can feel legitiimately better since drinking primarily water. I have no reason to put the long term impact of artificial sweeteners to the test. I will let some of you be the guinea pigs.

I love my Diet Pepsi!

me too! and diet dr. pepper. i don't drink too many though, maybe on every few days, but from what i've read, you'd have to pretty much be drinking artificial sweeteners all day everyday in order to suffer the effects brought on. moderation is key as with everything else