How do you feel about Diet Soda?

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  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    I only drink it if I have to belch LOL ya now if you get an air pocket that wont come out other than that I only drink water and wine and i've been known to hit the Vodka (my weakness) which I am trying to control oh I forgot Im a big coffee drinker too :)

    :drinker: ginandtonic ginandtonic ginandtonic....
  • yoli_bee
    yoli_bee Posts: 27
    I'm not that into soda, but I have a diet cherry coke about once every few months, they're pretty good. I was going to buy one today but decided to get a diet sprite instead--they're awesome! Tastes just like regular sprite. I wouldn't make it a habit of drinking diet soda daily because they're still very high in sugar.
  • maf66
    maf66 Posts: 211 Member
    I feel that diet soda is bad for me because it tastes like *kitten*. That, and it doesn't go well with Jack.

    Doesn't go well with rum either

    Or Tequila... Plus it tastes like *kitten*.
  • sparklefly74
    sparklefly74 Posts: 40 Member
    I just don't like soda in general because the carbonation bloats me. Otherwise, I don't have a problem with it, although I tend to just ignore what the news says about it.
  • crimsontech
    crimsontech Posts: 234 Member
    Aspartame has documented side effects for many (not all) people. Some people can drink it without a problem, and others (like me) have problems. I used to be a religious Diet Pepsi drinker and when I read about all the problems it can cause (especially the website with the rat tumors), I gave it up cold turkey and only then did I realize what it did to me. It made me crave (and therefore eat) significantly more food, more often. I also got dizzy spells that vanished a few days after I quit. My dad gets bad kidney pain when he drinks anything with aspartame or neotame.

    If you carefully listen to your body and be on the lookout for negative changes in appetite and overall health, a couple diet sodas a day is probably going to be just fine. Personally, I can have a diet soda once in a while and not have any of the problems I used to have. But, I prefer full sugar drinks so I budget in the calories for a regular Pepsi once in a while.

    I guess it's just "your mileage my vary". We're all different.
  • eleslie1989
    eleslie1989 Posts: 57 Member
    who loves (diet) orange soda?!!


    kelllll loves (diet) orange soda!
    I do, I do, I DO OOOO!!!!
  • jbuntu
    jbuntu Posts: 54 Member
    Lot of experts here on *kitten* tasting. jk :-)

    I had to give it up because I couldn't drink it in moderation. I used to drink 6 or 8 20oz. bottles of Diet Dr Pepper per day. It was probably either the aspartame or caffeine, but now that I'm on mostly lemon water I have far fewer headaches.

    Like most everything else, it's probably fine in moderation.
  • It's fine for those who enjoy it and don't suffer any ill effects, but since I'm highly allergic to the artificial sweetners in it I'm content with water, flavored with a lemon slice and someimes a cucumber slice. Having continued to read about many reasons to avoid diet soda, i.e. in "The Blood Sugar Solution" and other published research, I'm happy to treat myself a couple of times a month with a small regular soda.
  • Elle_Jamaicangirl81
    Elle_Jamaicangirl81 Posts: 418 Member
    once in a WHILE i'll drink one if i feel for the fizz... but i usually stay away from alll soda. good for me, i've never really been a soda person
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Useless substance. Has no nutritional value or benefit. The caffeine dehydrates the body, causing more thirst. I will stick with water, almond milk, protein shakes. But do whatever you want. Whatever works for you.

    well, no ...

    everything you put into your body is broken down and used as fuel. diet soda is no different.

    and then the whole dehydration thing? not so much. take this, for example, from the mayo clinic:
    It is true. Researchers used to believe that caffeinated drinks had a diuretic effect. This means that you would urinate more after drinking them, which could increase your risk of becoming dehydrated. Recent research shows that this is not true and that caffeine has a diuretic effect only if you consume large amounts of it — more than 500 to 600 milligrams (the equivalent of 5 to 7 cups of coffee) a day.

    or this, from the New York Times:
    Medical experts have been saying for years that caffeine acts as a potent diuretic. Consume too many caffeinated beverages, and you end up drinking yourself into dehydration.

    But research has not confirmed that notion. Most studies have found that in moderate amounts, caffeine has only mild diuretic effects — much like water.

    One report, by a scientist at the University of Connecticut who reviewed 10 previous studies, appeared in June 2002 in The International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.

    Investigations comparing caffeine with water or placebo seldom found a statistical difference in urine volume, the author wrote. “In the 10 studies reviewed, consumption of a caffeinated beverage resulted in 0 to 84 percent retention of the initial volume ingested, whereas consumption of water resulted in 0 to 81 percent retention.”

    Another study, in the same journal in 2005, involved scientists following 59 active adults over 11 days while controlling their caffeine intake. They were given caffeine in capsule form on some days and on other days were given a placebo. Researchers found no significant differences in levels of excreted electrolytes or urine volume.

    Other recent studies have found similar results.

    want more?
    In his review, “Caffeine, Body Fluid-Electrolyte Balance, and Exercise Performance,” Lawrence E. Armstrong, a professor of exercise physiology at the University of Connecticut disproves the notion that caffeinated beverages rob us of our precious fluids. By reviewing the scientific research on the subject, he concludes that although caffeine, like water, is a mild diuresis (it increases excretion of urine), moderate caffeine consumption does not produce a “fluid-electrolyte imbalance” that can affect health or exercise performance. Furthermore, we retain roughly the same amount of fluid after drinking a caffeinated beverage as we do after drinking water.

    Even more encouraging for habitual coffee consumers is the finding that those with caffeine tolerance have reduced likelihood that a fluid electrolyte imbalance will occur. The more regular your caffeine habit, the more fluid your body is conditioned to retain.

    Other findings support his conclusions. A small study done at the University of Nebraska tested the body weight, urine output, and blood of eighteen subjects after they consumed caffeinated and non-caffeinated beverages. They determined that there was “no significant differences in the effect of various combinations of beverages on hydration status of healthy adult males.” The Institute of Medicine expert panel on water and electrolyte intake asserts that the diuretic effects of caffeine are transient, and that coffee, tea, and colas can contribute to total water intake.
  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    I feel that diet soda is bad for me because it tastes like *kitten*. That, and it doesn't go well with Jack.

    Doesn't go well with rum either

    Or Tequila... Plus it tastes like *kitten*.

    How do all you people know what *kitten* tastes like anyway?
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    I'm not that into soda, but I have a diet cherry coke about once every few months, they're pretty good. I was going to buy one today but decided to get a diet sprite instead--they're awesome! Tastes just like regular sprite. I wouldn't make it a habit of drinking diet soda daily because they're still very high in sugar.

    uh ... diet soda doesn't have sugar.
  • 51tolose
    51tolose Posts: 15 Member
    When I was pregnant I craved diet Coke mixed with soda water with plenty ice (think a cinema diet coke).

    All the rest of the time I drink Sugar Free Irn Bru or normal Irn Bru (kicks Coke/Pepsi's *kitten* IMO). Probably about 1 glass a week. I prefer plain water, cordial or wine!
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    My blood bubbles with diet coke.
  • Pifflesmom
    Pifflesmom Posts: 134 Member
    My own personal experience is that I can't tolerate anything with aspartame in it. I was addicted to Crystal Light and suffered from all sorts of delightful things - hot flashes, digestive issues, headaches, lethargy - I've been off of it now for about 1.5 years and it's made a HUGE difference. But that's just me.
  • annabellio
    annabellio Posts: 127 Member
    I think it is evil.
    Though I think most things with fake sugar are evil.
  • i figure i made so many great healthy changes in my life why would i continue to drink chemicals. to each their own. i know many elders who still smoke and never get cancer, just as there are 30 somethings fighting it. all our bodies are different, my philosophy is why chance it.

    Well said!!
  • I enjoy diet 7up because it looks how it tastes. I drink diet Coke and contrasting the taste with the appearance creates the illusion of something being seriously afoul. Either way, I prefer juice or water.
  • realme56
    realme56 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Not giving it up, studies are done at ridiculously high levels of ingredients that just do not represent true intake in humans.
  • realme56
    realme56 Posts: 1,093 Member
    My blood bubbles with diet coke.

    :drinker: :laugh:
  • Diet Pepsi & I are good buds.
    Sometimes that's all I have for breakfast(all I have time for)
    So I'm kinda in love with diet soda. I've actually grown to dislike regular. too sweet.
  • I hate diet drinks but I love Coke Zero....I know there is a lot of controversy about artificial sweeteners but I love it anyway. I am sure if the truth was known you could find controversy in a lot of what people eat including medications. So, drink up and enjoy~ :drinker:
  • liveonlocation
    liveonlocation Posts: 90 Member
    I feel that diet soda is bad for me because it tastes like *kitten*. That, and it doesn't go well with Jack.

    I beg to differ. Jack and Diet is one is my staples. Unless there is none around and then it's Jack and Water.
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    Diet soda is my one true love and the one "food" (I see it as a snack, it feeds my need for sweets) that I don't have to feel guilty about. I crave carbs and eat a lot more food when I don't drink soda.

    I'm still cutting back on it and drinking iced green tea too, since my stomach seems flatter when I drink less soda... :grumble: (don't like admitting this!)
  • ValHallaGirl
    ValHallaGirl Posts: 73 Member
    Haven't drank any in 4 months. ^.^
    I don't think i could drink it now without my stomach being upset. The only think i drink lots of is water.
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    I'm not that into soda, but I have a diet cherry coke about once every few months, they're pretty good. I was going to buy one today but decided to get a diet sprite instead--they're awesome! Tastes just like regular sprite. I wouldn't make it a habit of drinking diet soda daily because they're still very high in sugar.
    They have no sugar. That's why they are diet.
  • ttaylor68913
    ttaylor68913 Posts: 320 Member
    diet soda= EVIL... fake sugar= EVIL. you drank soda because you craved sugar, diet soda and fake sugars coat your tongue and actually make you crave MORE sugar and since you didn't get the sugar you were craving when you had a soda you're more likely to go eat ie a candy bar to get that sugar you were actually craving
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    I love Sprite Zero, and wish they still made Diet Fanta here in NZ. I know they aren't the healthiest choice and I do drink my water, but I like my diet soft drinks, and they make for lower calorie choices when I go out and want something alcoholic to drink.
  • momof8munchkins
    momof8munchkins Posts: 1,167 Member
    I drink it occasionally.. only about 5 times a year.. I used to drink tons of it. I think it is unhealthy as a general rule but once in a while won't kill you. Most of the time if I want something fizzy i drink sparkling water with lemon
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    diet soda= EVIL... fake sugar= EVIL. you drank soda because you craved sugar, diet soda and fake sugars coat your tongue and actually make you crave MORE sugar and since you didn't get the sugar you were craving when you had a soda you're more likely to go eat ie a candy bar to get that sugar you were actually craving

    maybe you are. I'm not. and even if I was, I have self control. personal responsibility. it's a thing.

    (and I had a candy bar yesterday. still finished under calories.)