How bad is it to dink Diet Coke??

It sounds really dramatic but I see synthetic sugars as poison. Mainly because when I injest them I feel as though I've been poisoned. 1 diet soda will keep me in pain for up to a week.

Yes, they do care about your health, because killing your customers isn't a good business strategy.

Tell that to the tobacco companies.

You should have replied with funeral home owners instead.

I can't get past the chemical taste of any diet drink. But I'm assuming its like alcohol, the more you drink the better it taste?

Actually, yeah. LOL Well and some diet drinks have a better flavor than others. I can't stand diet coke or diet pepsi, but I love diet mt dew and coke zero. After drinking diet sodas for years, I can't stand the taste of regular sodas now, too much sugar.

Yes, they do care about your health, because killing your customers isn't a good business strategy.

Tell that to the tobacco companies.

You should have replied with funeral home owners instead.

Nah, the tobacco companies don't care if you die. The funeral directors just wait it out. They don't really profit by expediting what's going to happen eventually - the potential legal trouble wouldn't be worth it.

Be honest, I lost 50lbs within 6 months about 4 years ago and I drunk Diet Pepsi. Biggest loser book said that were a loud to drink 1 diet soda a day, but i think i did about 2 or 3 a day. I still drink about 6 glasses of water too.

I gave up all sodas, diet and otherwise, as well as those creepy sports drinks and buzz drinks several years ago. They have no real redeeming nutritional qualities, and the ingredients they do have are of questionable value.

After leaving them alone for a few months I happened to taste a real Coke. It tasted like cough syrup. And not long after that, I sipped my DH's diet pepsi. That was even worse; the chemical aftertaste was horrid. I can't believe I drank it for so many years.

I do like fizzy though; I'll have some Perrier or a good microbrewery beer. But no more soda pop. My body thanks me, and so does my budget. I enjoy coffee and tea, both of which contain lots of antioxidants, water, and raw milk. That's about it. No juices either; just whole foods.

Okay, here's the scoop. I'm going to clean this up for everyone. Apparently, diet soda tricks the pancreas into thinking it's not making enough sugar (hey, I'm just quoting a doctor from TV here!!!) and causes it to work overtime WHEN IT'S DRANK IN LARGE AMOUNTS!!!! One diet soda a day will not kill you. A diet cola will do two things though. It will do as I just mentioned, and, also when drank in large amounts, will give you gall stones. Know that for a fact, because that's what happened to me. I now drink other diet drinks (without caffeine) and will have a coffee and a cup of tea per day, with the occasional Diet Pepsi once in a blue moon. Diet drinks won't kill you, but in excess they will do that. Don't believe me? Watch the Doctors, that's where I found this out.

And lots of chemicals. Why do people think we can continue to alter our food supply and not have negative effects? Our society is flooded with healthy issues that were almost non-existent 50 years ago. If it is not connected to our food supply, what is causing Americans (and people around the world) to have all these new health issues?

Obama said it is Bush's fault.

Okay, here's the scoop. I'm going to clean this up for everyone. Apparently, diet soda tricks the pancreas into thinking it's not making enough sugar (hey, I'm just quoting a doctor from TV here!!!) and causes it to work overtime WHEN IT'S DRANK IN LARGE AMOUNTS!!!! One diet soda a day will not kill you. A diet cola will do two things though. It will do as I just mentioned, and, also when drank in large amounts, will give you gall stones. Know that for a fact, because that's what happened to me. I now drink other diet drinks (without caffeine) and will have a coffee and a cup of tea per day, with the occasional Diet Pepsi once in a blue moon. Diet drinks won't kill you, but in excess they will do that. Don't believe me? Watch the Doctors, that's where I found this out.

Ah! The TV doctor knows all. *quits diet soda and starts raspberry keytones immediately* Now I will live forever!

Studies have shown that there are ingredients in diet drinks that aren't good for you, but that's what i've heard, I haven't seen the studies myself. I honestly believe any soda drink is bad for you. But being the stubborn person I am, I still drink them haha! I can go without it, but I like my occasional diet coke. I wouldn't drink it everyday.

Very bad. It eats up your insides... Have you ever put a steak in a bowl of coke? That coke will tear it up. GROSS.

perfektfox wrote:

There are no studies showing that diet drinks cause weight gain.

Just wanted to point out that this is not in fact a true statement, as evidence by this study that shows a link between diet soda and weight gain:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627183944.htm

Educate yourself and make your own decisions. I have never felt better in my life than since I eliminated chemicals like aspartame from my diet.

The study doesn't show that diet drinks cause weight gain, it shows that people that drink diet drinks are likely to be overweight. Those are two very different things. If you're not overweight and like the taste of regular soda better, why would you drink diet drinks?

I can't state factually, but I'm reasonably certain there aren't studies showing that aspartame or diet foods generally cause weight gain, either directly or indirectly (by increasing calorie consumption via raised insulin... whey protein raises insulin and blunts hunger btw).

I stopped drinking diet soda, and I feel great. I now drink Honest ade and Honest tea. They are just a tad sweet and i now find some things too sugary! Seems like a good switch to me.

My Dr. says it's fine and i drink maybe 1 a day or everyother day.I LOVE DIET COKE!!!!!!!

I am actually in school to become a registered dietitian and so far the most amazing thing I've learned is that most physicians don't know any more about nutrition than what they read in the Prevention magazines in their own waiting room

I was raised to believe that only men should dink women, and vice versa. Since then, I've realized that it doesn't matter who you dink, or what you dink, for that matter. If you want to dink Diet Coke, go for it. To each his own.