What are your opinions on diet soda?

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  • FitForLife81
    FitForLife81 Posts: 372 Member
    I use to drink 4+ cans a day but since then maybe have 1-2 a week. I dont think it is good for you but everything in moderation......
  • CynGoddess
    CynGoddess Posts: 188 Member
    honestly I think it is poison and don't touch it.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    Garbage!! Dont drink soda at all! Just my opinion:huh:


    agree
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    I drink it.. Its not everyday, I normally buy a 600ml bottle once a week, and that bottle lasts for 2 days.
  • craniallili89
    craniallili89 Posts: 12 Member
    I enjoy my diet soda all the time. water is way better but nothing compared to DIET COKE!
  • kjerstenkipp
    kjerstenkipp Posts: 139 Member
    It has aspartame in it which many studies have proven to cause cancer. (aspartame is also used in rat poison...). It has also been linked to alzheimers. Also, some people say that your body responds to sweetness the same way regardless of if its real sugar. This is because digestions starts in your mouth with your taste buds...idk if i believe that one. Additionally, they have done studies and people who drink diet soda are not thinner than people who drink regular soda.

    The aspartame-cancer link is a myth...
    http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/AtHome/aspartame

    Drink diet soda if you want...it won't make you thin, but it will save you some calories. Just don't fall for the "I had diet coke so I can have the fries" trap :-)
  • danithegirl89
    danithegirl89 Posts: 203 Member
    It's the devil. No joke.

    I used to drink diet soda and use fake sugar all the time. Now that I quit, I rarely ever get headaches and I have lost more weight. I try to stick to water (once in awhile with lemon, but not all the time because it's bad for your teeth), iced tea and coffee (plain of course). Once in awhile, I will have a regular soda as a treat. Fake sugar screws your body up. I would give it up if you can.
  • CrazyGraciegirl
    CrazyGraciegirl Posts: 227
    If I go out to eat and have to get a drink from a soda fountain and water is not available, I usually get diet soda. :embarassed: I have been trying to take in more water but I still have diet soda often. :grumble: I guess it's alright every once in a while though!
    I have taken up drinking decaf tea because it doesn't have any calories and I get water this way, but I've been using artificial sweetners (splenda) with it because plain tea tastes bland.
  • MsMargie1116
    MsMargie1116 Posts: 323 Member
    Do you drink it? Why or why not? Why is it so bad for you/worse than regular soda?

    Thanks!

    I allow myself one can a day sometimes more, but I'd say about 90% of my week is good ole' H2O!!!
  • helenprimorac
    helenprimorac Posts: 14
    I used to love Diet Coke and drank it once a day. I read that aspartame causes tumours, cancer and migraines amont other things. So, I stopped drinking soda pop altogether in February. Except last week, I had a gin and 7.
    I can't say that I miss it much. I even stopped drinking Perrier because the bubbles give me burps and its very annoying. Water is my choice and I found out that juice is okay.
  • sem41278
    sem41278 Posts: 89 Member
    I quit it for about 5 weeks and now just have one once a week or so. I find drinking seltzer helps avoid. I just love the bubbles!
  • SuzyLy
    SuzyLy Posts: 133 Member
    I drink it regularly, but am trying to totally switch over to flavored seltzer.
  • Jenlgoody
    Jenlgoody Posts: 1
    I read it actually makes you hungry.
  • majones_orl
    majones_orl Posts: 195 Member
    I am a diet coke drinker. I work to keep myself at 1 per day. Some days I don't have any at all.

    As everyone says they are not good for you, but we have have our weaknesses, diet coke is mine. But I am getting better.
  • wildhehr2
    wildhehr2 Posts: 122 Member
    Gave up my diet mountain dew from jan. 1, 2012 until may 3, 2012. That's 124 days, if you are curious. Was drinking 2L day before I stopped. I did not lose any weight when I stopped drinking soda...and actually gained, because I ate a LOT of crap trying to not give into my soda craving. I love the taste, and I enjoy relaxing with a can at lunch. My skin DID clear up and look better when I was off the soda, but it wasn't enough for me. I will drink my diet dew (trying to keep it to weekends, as the caffeine does affect my sleep), and drink my water, and be happy.
  • wtdia
    wtdia Posts: 68 Member
    Gave up my diet mountain dew from jan. 1, 2012 until may 3, 2012. That's 124 days, if you are curious. Was drinking 2L day before I stopped. I did not lose any weight when I stopped drinking soda...and actually gained, because I ate a LOT of crap trying to not give into my soda craving. I love the taste, and I enjoy relaxing with a can at lunch. My skin DID clear up and look better when I was off the soda, but it wasn't enough for me. I will drink my diet dew (trying to keep it to weekends, as the caffeine does affect my sleep), and drink my water, and be happy.

    Have you tried the caffeine free diet mountain dew? I think it tastes the same as the caffeinated diet mountain dew. They sell it at Walmart...but I agree it is probably a good idea to stick to NOT drinking 2L per day.....all those chemicals can't be good in that quantity.
  • mcfish618
    mcfish618 Posts: 48 Member
    I used to regular soda and knew I had to stop drinking it as I was drinking a full 2 liter a day and on the weekends would drink 2- 2 liters a day. So I gave it up cold turkey for about 8 months, so then I was craving it again so bad I decided to start drinking diet soda and I did not lose any more weight while drinking diet soda and also would get headaches from it. I then stopped drinking diet soda and went back to just water and unsweetned tea and the weight started coming off again. In my opinion even though I love it I know for me to lose weight it does not matter if it is regular or diet it is not worth drinking it and stalls your weight lose......one thing that has really helped me is I started drinking seltzer water and would add a couple of lemon or lime or orange slices and that has helped me soooo much for giving me that carbonated burn factor that I love from soda.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Gave up diet soda because of the sodium. If I want a carbonated drink I go for the real thing. Would really just prefer water or ice tea.

    I just checked the nutritional label for diet coke - there is only 40mg of sodium in a can.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I used to love Diet Coke and drank it once a day. I read that aspartame causes tumours, cancer and migraines amont other things. So, I stopped drinking soda pop altogether in February. Except last week, I had a gin and 7.
    I can't say that I miss it much. I even stopped drinking Perrier because the bubbles give me burps and its very annoying. Water is my choice and I found out that juice is okay.

    See all the above posts that show that this is a myth.
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