Diet Coke ok. Right...?

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jennis82
jennis82 Posts: 76
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So, I drink one Diet Sprite or Dt. Mt. Dew, or Dr. Pepper, (just depending on what I want) a day on my drive home. Since those diet drinks have no cals, or carbs, and I think the sugar is pretty low, if not 0, their ok right? It's one a day, and shouldn't stop me from loosing....???
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  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
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    It probably won't stop you from losing, but my own personal opinion is that diet drinks aren't the best for you................why put extra chemicals in your body?

    Just my own view, though.
  • chris5389
    chris5389 Posts: 9
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    Look up Aspartame... It's TOXIC... Diet sodas ALWAYS stall me, ALWAYS. Your body is better off without any artificial sweeteners whatsoever.
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
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    I have to have 1 diet coke a day...usually at lunch time. It's probably the one thing I will NOT give up. It's only 1 per day, so I'm not worried about it.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
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    It's fine.

    Ever pound I lost was soaked, saturated, marinated in Coke Zero. I PROMISE it won't slow your results.
  • pholbert
    pholbert Posts: 575 Member
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    Yes it is fine.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    I agree with the people who say it's fine, because it is.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    You'll be fine! Enjoy!
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,522 Member
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    It's fine.

    Ever pound I lost was soaked, saturated, marinated in Coke Zero. I PROMISE it won't slow your results.

    sounds tasty
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Hell I have 2 a day!
  • chris5389
    chris5389 Posts: 9
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    I'm sorry but y'all are crazy... Aspartame is terrible for you. It's a toxic chemical.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    I drink diet soda too. It's ok in moderation (IMO).
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
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    I'm sorry but y'all are crazy... Aspartame is terrible for you. It's a toxic chemical.

    Honestly...EVERYTHING these days is "toxic". Seriously, every time I turn on the news, something else is bad for you. If I'm going to die anytime soon....my 1 diet coke a day is NOT what's going to kill me!
  • missyyclaire
    missyyclaire Posts: 572 Member
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    Some say that artificial sweeteners trick your body into releasing insulin. When insulin is running through your veins (about 3 hours after a high glycemic meal) your body only burns sugar as energy and can't burn fat. So, I'm staying away from sweeteners, including diet sodas. Plus, I have a hard time staying asleep after a day that I've had a diet soda. Gave them up in January. If nothing else, I'm savin $2-5/day
  • Lorleee
    Lorleee Posts: 369 Member
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    Nothing wrong with it in moderation.:smile:
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
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    aspertame (sp?) is super bad for you
    it can cause memory loss (okay in large doses)

    and I find that it makes my back hurt more, if i decide i want a soda drink i just get the actual drink, as long as it's once in a while, not very often, rarely even.
  • nwg74
    nwg74 Posts: 360 Member
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    Look up Aspartame... It's TOXIC... Diet sodas ALWAYS stall me, ALWAYS. Your body is better off without any artificial sweeteners whatsoever.

    It gets a lot of bad press but food has much more aspartic acid than anything in drinks. Chicken for example.

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000092000000000000000.html

    Diet drinks is still better than full calorie sugar versions.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
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    One a day is probably fine if you can't stomach anything else, but when I saw dietician a few years ago, she said to try to avoid diet drinks. Apparently, they're not completely benign, or maybe the thought is that not enough is known about them.
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
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    I'm sorry but y'all are crazy... Aspartame is terrible for you. It's a toxic chemical.

    Their are alot of things when taken too much of it is toxc. Water can be toxic also if you drink too much of it water intoxication, Anything in moderation I drink it also. probably too much but I am ok with it today. Those studies that link those side effects you would have to drink like 100 diet sodas a day to repicate that. Granted it may not be all that great for me either along with too much caffine I drink. Along with alcohol that most ppl drink talk about toxic. I dont drink alcohol anymore I eat right and I excercise 4-6 days a week. So I am ok with Diet Soda today anyways.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
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    Some say that artificial sweeteners trick your body into releasing insulin. When insulin is running through your veins (about 3 hours after a high glycemic meal) your body only burns sugar as energy and can't burn fat. So, I'm staying away from sweeteners, including diet sodas. Plus, I have a hard time staying asleep after a day that I've had a diet soda. Gave them up in January. If nothing else, I'm savin $2-5/day

    Says who, exactly? There are studies which show the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas have no effect at all on insulin levels. As for the trouble sleeping part - caffeine?
  • CallieM15
    CallieM15 Posts: 910 Member
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    Its fine. BUT


    Some people find that diet drinks keep thier sweet tooth going, therefore they was sweeter things...

    I drink Diet drinks all the time :)

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