Thoughts on Diet Coke

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  • dvnjustina
    dvnjustina Posts: 114 Member
    I don't drink soda often, and if I do it's ginger ale or regular drinks. I find all diet drinks to taste fake, and I really don't like the whole artificial sweetener and colorings in my diet.
  • amy0975
    amy0975 Posts: 22 Member
    I have found that Diet Soda's cause me to retain water really bad. The sodium is terrible in those things. I am guilty of having one ever so often, but I try to stay away. I would rather see weight loss than have a soda.
  • basillowe66
    basillowe66 Posts: 432 Member
    I prefer diet pepsi, but I am slowing changing to Propel Zero flavored water, with no sugar, no calories!
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    Diet coke is something I will not give up, now I just have 1 a day instead of 3 LOL!!
  • Squeezalsize10
    Squeezalsize10 Posts: 109
    Diet Pepsi tastes better...................................2-3 cans a day for me over the last 25 years.

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    Yeah pepsi is way better! i'm also into kinesiology and nutrition, nice!
  • Genem30
    Genem30 Posts: 431 Member
    I would go for something with less real sugar as opposed to more sugar substitute. Pepsi Next is 60 calories, but it's 60 calories of natural sugar, not the stuff that turns your kidneys into a fine leather handbag.
  • Sahri21
    Sahri21 Posts: 21 Member
    Aspertame can cause an allergic reaction in certain people. My stepmom went on Atikins and started drinking all sorts of diet pepsi and got horribly sick after a while, now she can't even chew sugar free gum (most contain aspertame) without getting sick. But I eat yoplait light yogurt (I like how it tastes better than the normal) and it doesn't bother me at all.

    Though as far as health is concerned, eating less processed man-made food is probably going to be much better for your health.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I have found that Diet Soda's cause me to retain water really bad. The sodium is terrible in those things. I am guilty of having one ever so often, but I try to stay away. I would rather see weight loss than have a soda.

    Actually diet sodas are low in sodium.
  • chrismamao
    chrismamao Posts: 5 Member
    Moderation, moderation, moderation!
    I drink it about 4-5x a week. Especially if I'm out to dinner.
    I'm a fan of Diet Dr. Pepper & Coke Zero.
  • julepgirl
    julepgirl Posts: 55 Member
    It's not part of eating clean - basically a chemical cocktail. Better to do a nice herb tea or of you want fizz do a carbonated water.

    Posts like this crack me up. People are so good at coming up with scaaaary sounding stuff that means absolutely nothing.

    "Chemical cocktail". Well, so is tea. Steeping herbs or tea leaves requires the chemical properties of the water and of the substances (tannins, flavanoids, polyphenols, antioxidants, caffeine, etc) in the leaf to interact.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Pepsi Max, Diet Dew, Diet A&W & the best of all, the 10 manly calories in Dr. Pepper 10! Regular pop tastes like crap with all that sugar!

    Whatever happened to what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger? Everything is bad for you in one way or another, & remember, it's not the years in your life, but the life in your years!

    Funny, I love Diet Dr Pepper, I dig Regular Dr Pepper (though I generally don't drink it anymore) and if I can score it, Dr Pepper made with SUGAR and not HFCS is awesome because you can slowly heat it and the Maillard reaction transforms it into liquid gold (figuratively speaking)

    But the 10 calorie Dr Pepper tastes like they took normal Dr Pepper and added water to it until it was only 10 calories a serving. Awful awful stuff.


    Oh and pick up your can and look at the logo, it's Dr Pepper and not Dr. Pepper :tongue:
  • 1Cor1510
    1Cor1510 Posts: 413 Member
    I drink 2-3 a day. That said, my husband used it to remove battery acid corrosion from my car last night. Worked like a charm :smile:
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    The latest I have read is they have found a link btw diet soda drinkers and obesity by way of cravings for carbs (I believe)

    There's nothing conclusive to that. There's been a lot of speculation, but no link.

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast

    I find that there is a link.. for me. There may or may not be a link for you. Not TASTING sweet constantly allowed me to better control my cravings for sweet, and I find that a much smaller amount of sweet now satisfies me and the kind of amounts I used to have of it I now find revolting.

    But that's me. I make no claims about how giving up a constant input of sweet flavor might affect anyone else's dietary preferences. I'd urge you to experiment with it for yourself if you have an interest in it.
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
    I've actually learned that diet sodas are worse for you than regulars. The "0 calorie" kind of fools you. In diet sodas, the synthetic sugars don't mesh well with the enzymes you have in your stomach. This causes you to bloat and expand in your waist, and you'll gain the weight in your mid-section, which is the worst part of your body to carry your weight. Just saying :)
  • beccahummel423
    beccahummel423 Posts: 72 Member
    I drink Tab. Two cans a day. Flame away. :-)
  • missymuffet459
    missymuffet459 Posts: 162
    I drink diet pop all the time.
    My sister drank it all the time while PREGNANT and her kids have all their toes.
    My Grandmother drinks it and she is 95 living on her own.

    I dislike the diet pop nazis :)

    MMMMMM mcdonalds fountain pop!!


    I agree that Mcd's has the best Diet Coke. I get it with lemon and it is DIVINE!!!

    I am currently drinking 1-2 cans a day, down from 4-5. I wasn't even drinking water then. In an ideal world I would not drink it at all, but I don't see that happening anytime soon!
  • colpol1
    colpol1 Posts: 59 Member
    I hate diet coke, but I am a sucker for regular coke, something I seriously need to cut down on!
  • BOLO4Hagtha
    BOLO4Hagtha Posts: 396 Member
    A Sugar is natural. Aspartame is not.

    Your body can't tell natural sugar from artificial sugar, to it, sugar is sugar.
    PS I stay away from drinking my calories in general. Your body doesn't register it as food so you're still hungry. The only thing I drink is water.
    ^^^yes!
    Your body can tell sugar from uranium. (Ha.)

    And neither will kill you...in moderation! I don't necessarily advocate eating heaping amounts of either.
  • bionicrooster
    bionicrooster Posts: 353 Member
    I drink it all the time, mixed with a little bacardi it is my beer subsitute :-) But serisouly as stated before no harm, but moderation is the key word.
  • Akijade
    Akijade Posts: 210 Member
    I usually drink one or two diet drinks a day. Diet Dr. Pepper is my favorite of the diet sodas. :)
  • xipow
    xipow Posts: 58
    Probably harmless, the FDA is happy with it.

    I will, however, state a non-medical personal two-part opinion on sweet drinks which you may take or ignore as you like.

    Chemicals are our friends. We use chemicals every day for a variety of ways to benefit our bodies. I submit that using a chemical to make a drink sweet may not be an optimal use if you can learn to do without it. There's a near-zero chance that aspartame is hurting your weight loss, but a zero chance that unsweetened water would.

    I found when I was drinking soda frequently that the daily ingestion of something sweet exacerbated my cravings for other sweet things, even if that sweet was from a zero-calorie sweetener. I switched from full-sugar soda to diet, and didn't notice much of a difference. When I gave up soda entirely, my outlook on food underwent a pretty dramatic change for the better. In my personal experience, which may or may not match yours, I find things like donuts and sweets a lot easier to resist now that the diet soda monkey is off my back. I also enjoy the actual taste of sweet things more but get tired of the sweetness sooner, and therefore can get by with a lot less of them to satisfy what cravings I do have. My overall diet is a lot cleaner, and it wasn't really much of a conscious effort on my part once the diet soda went bye-bye.

    I agree with this perspective. Thanks
  • xipow
    xipow Posts: 58
    That stuff is not good for you. It's pretty much like drinking liquid chemicals - not good for your body! There are 'soda' like drinks that are made from all natural sweetener, like zevia. You should look into those :)
    Everything you drink is a chemical (from a scientific standpoint). Now dependent on how your body reacts to it is how you gauge if it's good for you or not.

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    Seriously, why would you, as a health and fitness professional, advocate processed drinks?
    You should be encouraging people to strive for an ideal - not some chemical laced soda.
    Seriously, it is not your credentials that have credibility it is what you say.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Aspartame isn't natural. I read that it is somehow related to formeldahyde. If you want the Coke just drink the Coke. At least your body knows how to deal with sugar. Sugar is natural. Aspartame is not.

    PS I stay away from drinking my calories in general. Your body doesn't register it as food so you're still hungry. The only thing I drink is water.
    Misinformation is why people get confused. Formaldehyde is also formed from eating fruits and vegetables. Your body knows how to deal with anything it ingests. It doesn't "choose".
    As for drinking calories, there millions of people that drink protein shakes that use them as meals or snacks. Do some peer reviewed research and you can learn more.

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  • BigRich822
    BigRich822 Posts: 681
    Its Garbage
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    It's not part of eating clean - basically a chemical cocktail. Better to do a nice herb tea or of you want fizz do a carbonated water.
    Yep it's not. But clean eating isn't the only way to be healthy.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    At what dosage is this poisonous or toxic and at what dosage does it cause problems?

    Go ahead, I'll wait.
    It's the dosage equal to drinking 20 12 oz cans a day. Hell, I know people who drink more beer than that.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    I've actually learned that diet sodas are worse for you than regulars. The "0 calorie" kind of fools you. In diet sodas, the synthetic sugars don't mesh well with the enzymes you have in your stomach. This causes you to bloat and expand in your waist, and you'll gain the weight in your mid-section, which is the worst part of your body to carry your weight. Just saying :)
    You don't have enzymes in your stomach. The hydrochloric acid would devour it. Just sayin'. Lol, lots of pseudoscience here.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    I have found that Diet Soda's cause me to retain water really bad. The sodium is terrible in those things. I am guilty of having one ever so often, but I try to stay away. I would rather see weight loss than have a soda.
    35 mg of sodium bad? There's more in chicken breast.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    That stuff is not good for you. It's pretty much like drinking liquid chemicals - not good for your body! There are 'soda' like drinks that are made from all natural sweetener, like zevia. You should look into those :)
    Everything you drink is a chemical (from a scientific standpoint). Now dependent on how your body reacts to it is how you gauge if it's good for you or not.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
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    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    Seriously, why would you, as a health and fitness professional, advocate processed drinks?
    You should be encouraging people to strive for an ideal - not some chemical laced soda.
    Seriously, it is not your credentials that have credibility it is what you say.
    We all could list stuff.
    Been in fitness for 48 years
    College Level Athlete
    Coached Seven children through High School Athletics
    BS in Health
    RN
    ETC.
    Strawman argument. Are you able to dispute what I post with evidence to refute it? By all means please post opposing peer reviewed clinical study and I'll be more than happy to read it. I only echo research that has actually been done, peer reviewed and done several times not just once.

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  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
    I love diet coke, I don't have it every day and mainly drink it if I am socialising as I don't drink alcohol very often. Fruit juices just have too many calories in them, and to be honest I'm sure the acid in them is just as bad for your teeth as fizzy drinks!

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