Diet sodas. Yes or No?

I am anti-regular soda and anti-diet soda. I'm not going to lie, I do drink the occasional diet soda, but I don't think either one is better for you than the other. They are both terrible for your overall health. The only reason I would opt for the diet soda is to save myself the extra calories.

All soda is not really good for you. Especially dark sodas. Regular has loads of sugar and calories and diet has the bad sweeteners. I think it's ok every once in a while, but not as a daily beverage.

My beverages of choice are water, tea, and once a week I'll have a diet coke or two.

I have no problem with artificial sweeteners, so I drink them. At least one a day. My niece gets migraines after consuming it, so she doesn't drink them.

I'm allergic to the glue on Bandaid brand bandages, so I buy Curad instead. I don't tell the world to stop using Bandaids.

I have no problem with artificial sweeteners, so I drink them. At least one a day. My niece gets migraines after consuming it, so she doesn't drink them.

I'm allergic to the glue on Bandaid brand bandages, so I buy Curad instead. I don't tell the world to stop using Bandaids.

But ... but ... but ... chemicals!


(If nothing else, alarmism is funny.)

It ain't gonna kill you any faster than breathing the air will.

I have no problem with artificial sweeteners, so I drink them. At least one a day. My niece gets migraines after consuming it, so she doesn't drink them.

I'm allergic to the glue on Bandaid brand bandages, so I buy Curad instead. I don't tell the world to stop using Bandaids.

Yes! Love your response!

I drink diet soda too. One a day, everything in moderation!

Agree to disagree. I've read plenty of well researched scientific facts about this. My best friend is a biochemist and studies this crap for a living. I also know that my grandmother was diagnosed with dementia and diabetes that the doctors directly correlated to her consistent use of Nutrisweet and other artificial sweeteners.

Food is always a topic of debate but I still believe that if you can't eat it living or raw, or by mildly heating it up without additional chemical processes, you probably shouldn't put it in your body. Oh and by the way, e. coli is a naturally occurring bacteria in the body but that doesn't mean we want to ADD any to our system! That is when people get sick and die.

Same premise with formaldehyde...

Then you might want to stop eating altogether. Formaldehyde is a metabolic byproduct, and is also found in, meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, grains, and fish, in much higher concentrations than you would get from a diet soda. As for aspartame, it's protein, and it's also found in much higher concentrations in many other food sources. In fact, 4 oz of chicken breast contain an equivalent of 25 cans of diet soda. As for dementia and diabetes, I'm sorry for your grandmother's health issues, but as any other scientist will tell you, correlation does not equal causation, and there are myriad other things that can cause those problems.

Just wanted to know your thoughts on whether diet sodas were a good thing or not. Sure a regular soda has plenty of sugar, but at least you know what you're dealing with and so does your body. Diet sodas have sweeteners and supposed negative effects on your health.
Have I answered my own question?

As the first person that responded said, there are studies that show these can make you hungry. Other than that, I still drink it occasionally. I think it's more about the amount and frequency than anything else. Predominately, I drink water but don't avoid caffiene like it's evil, but I don't drink it all day long anymore either. If it's a problem, and it sounds like you might be looking at that for you, then do what you have to. If it's a trigger then I'd consider doing something else.

Read some SCIENCE people.

Read some SCIENCE people.

in support of or against diet pop? Last time I checked there is a scientific study out there proving whatever you want. But I am not a scientist...so who knows.

Ingredients in Eggo Nutri Grain Waffles:

WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL), EGG WHITES, SUGAR, WHEAT BRAN, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, DRIED BLUEBERRIES, APPLE FIBER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MALTODEXTRIN, CELLULOSE GUM, MALT FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID, WHEY, SOY LECITHIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, BLUE #2 LAKE, RED #40 LAKE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12

Um, hello?? I think it's funny that people who bash soda or diet soda because of the "chemicals" would have this in their diary! This is just one example. Saw SO many more hypocritical diaries, lol!

I will have my one Pepsi One a day, thank you very much! Hasn't stopped my loss at all.

I'm amazed at how some people feel the need to personally attack others for their choices. The OP asked a question and I answered it with information I've read. I didn't say don't drink the ****, I gave information on what is in it and pointed out helpful suggestions for people who want soda but want to avoid the chemicals. I am not perfect nor do I always make perfect choices but if you were in my position of being broke and just having moved home, you'd also forgo your beliefs if it meant not eating over eating.

I think it's funny that you went to such great lengths to point out a shortcoming in another person. What does that say about the type of person you are? I am not preaching nor saying anything badly about people and their choices.

Think not only before you act and speak, but also before you type. Not only are you being rude and inconsiderate but you are intentionally hurting people without caring. Also, if you look at the rest of my diary you will see that for the most part I eat clean natural healthy organic home made/grown food.

So what, someone who strives to learn and choose the best path for them is not allowed to have mistakes and setbacks?

It is a terrible thing that our generation has lost the moral foundation of respect for others as well as any charm, ettiquette, or social graces.

Name one sentence from the person you quoted that was a personal attack.

The information you gave was bad. People pointed that out. You may not like that, but it's how we learn. It's important to counter misinformation. Otherwise we'd all be freaking out if we ate after 6pm and trying to eat 6 small meals a day.

It's fine to be wrong, there's nothing better than learning from your mistakes. But you can't tell people "Agree with me, even when I'm wrong, or keep your mouth shut." That helps no one, least of all you.

We are all here to learn about nutrition and healthy living. So learn.

To Brett: For one, you cannot prove that any of the information I gave was wrong. If the jury was out on it, we wouldn't be having this debate.
Two, I did not ask anyone to shut their mouths and not voice their opinion. I pointed out how rude it is to specifically isolate one person's diary and find one entry in it that wasn't healthy and post it up for everyone else as an example. That is not what this site is about. It is not about individually attacking someone and yes, in my opinion when you lack a generalization, it can be considered a personal attack. My point was there was no reason for it. I was not degrading or belittling anyone on here which so many others seem to have no issue doing.

And yes, I do consider prepackaged food extremely unhealthy but as I said before, given the situation I am currently in where I do not currently have the financial means to provide all of the healthy organic farm grown natural food I want, choosing the prepackaged nutrigrain waffles in my parent's freezer was much better than for example picking up a dollar menu item from McD's on my way to work.

As far as name one sentence? She went to my diary, picked out part of my breakfast entry for yesterday, and posted the ingredients to it followed by a comment which if isolated from the fact of the former would be benign. However, she singled one person out and that person was me. That is by definition a personal attack.

To Brett: For one, you cannot prove that any of the information I gave was wrong. If the jury was out on it, we wouldn't be having this debate.
Two, I did not ask anyone to shut their mouths and not voice their opinion. I pointed out how rude it is to specifically isolate one person's diary and find one entry in it that wasn't healthy and post it up for everyone else as an example. That is not what this site is about. It is not about individually attacking someone and yes, in my opinion when you lack a generalization, it can be considered a personal attack. My point was there was no reason for it. I was not degrading or belittling anyone on here which so many others seem to have no issue doing.

And yes, I do consider prepackaged food extremely unhealthy but as I said before, given the situation I am currently in where I do not currently have the financial means to provide all of the healthy organic farm grown natural food I want, choosing the prepackaged nutrigrain waffles in my parent's freezer was much better than for example picking up a dollar menu item from McD's on my way to work.

As far as name one sentence? She went to my diary, picked out part of my breakfast entry for yesterday, and posted the ingredients to it followed by a comment which if isolated from the fact of the former would be benign. However, she singled one person out and that person was me. That is by definition a personal attack.

No one had any clue it was from your diary until you stated that it was. While you may consider such a thing a "personal attack" I think it provides good food for thought for a person who may think diet sodas are terribly unhealthy because of "chemicals" (I so hate people using that word in this way) but take in the same amount of processed additives in other foods.

Like I said before, this could be a wonderful learning opportunity for you. You watched some biased documentaries that filled your head with bad information. You could use this as a chance to learn. But instead you'd rather be hung up on people being polite and not telling you what you don't want to hear.

Good luck to you. I have a feeling you're going to need it.

I drink water 99% of the time, but if I'm craving soda I drink diet. I just prefer it.

COKE ZERO!!! it doesnt have all the crap in it diet coke has,,,, and it wont make u hungry its like under 2 calories a can