Diet Pops good??? NOT

I can't have any fake sweetner anyway. as it gives me really bad migraines. did you know that in some people it can't even digest and sits in your brain that is what causes headaches? I am one of those people. when the fake stuff first came out I went to my grandma's house and she offered me tea well I thought nothing of it and drank it got an instant headache. my mom asked my step grandma what she put in her tea and she said nutra sweet. anytime someone offers me gum, mints etc and I eat one with fake sweetner I get the same effect. I am probably one of the only people in the store checking for products that do not say sugar free.

Sits in your brain? Heck, the last time I had something sitting in my brain I was in emergency for a ct scan, an mri, a spinal tap and a week of observation to make sure I didn't go blind and od on the ridiculous amount of opiates and anti-emetics I needed just to sit up.

Good times.

If it sits in your brain I think you're drinking it wrong.

If it sits in your brain I think you're drinking it wrong.

LOL! ^^This.

2. Diet sodas are billed as being good for type 2 diabetics and other blood-sugar- challenged types, but they aren’t. Because of something called the “cephalic phase response,” your body tastes the sweetness, and even though there are no calories to shuttle, the brain triggers a release of insulin from the pancreas and also a “Sugar is coming! Stop-burning fat” response from the liver.

Happy to see research on this if you have anything to support the above. I'm cherry picking here but it's because I've not read a lot of studies on this, so if you have anything that is even remotely causative I'd love to see it.

Food for thought:

Ingestion of Diet Soda Before a Glucose Load Augments Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Secretion
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782974/

Results:
Glucose excursions were similar after ingestion of carbonated water and diet soda. Serum insulin levels tended to be higher after diet soda, without statistical significance

Although insulin responses tended to be more pronounced 20 and 25 min after glucose ingestion in the diet soda condition, these differences did not reach statistical significance (20′ P = 0.20; 25′ P = 0.28). Insulin AUCs were not statistically different (carbonated water 62,540 ± 7,646 pmol/l per 180 min vs. diet soda 62,164 ± 7,688 pmol/l per 180 min; P = 0.75). Peak insulin levels occurred 12.3 min earlier in the diet soda condition; however, again this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.12).
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Effects of diet soda on gut hormones in youths with diabetes.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22410815

CONCLUSIONS:

Ingestion of diet soda before a glucose load augmented GLP-1 secretion in type 1 diabetic and control subjects but not type 2 diabetic subjects . GIP and PYY secretion were not affected by diet soda.

TL;DR

I just drink diet water instead.

My recommendation: For a week, start each day with a big bottle full of pure water with a slice of cucumber or orange or lemon floating in it. Sip away, avoid the soda aisles and vending machines, and just see if you don’t start feeling better yourself.

Thank you very much OP, I think I will stop drinking Diet soda right away. I've only lost 64 lbs since January and I have been drinking diet soda the whole time. I feel terrible that I could have lost soo much more if I would have just cut that out!

What University did you get your degree from? I love when nutritionist come on the forums and give me their informed recommendations!

Thanks again!

Your source is Fox News. Just sayin'.

If CNN does a simular study, then I will listen.

(Actually, they probably have but I LOVE my diet soda, so there.)

you can LOVE your diet soda if you like -no skin off my nose- people have known for years that Coke can eat a nail but yet we drank it anyway lol they have proven that ground hamburger can set in your colon for years but we still eat it lol its life...everyone for themselves
and yes its actually been on various news and talk shows as well. You simply have to watch the news or the health shows to learn more about it and other health issues today.

...and it's been argued on these forums ad nauseum for the past several years. Nobody is going to change minds by posting here.

It's well documented that diet soda will, indeed, KILL YOU!!!

Holy Faerie Balls I love you!

It's well documented that diet soda will, indeed, KILL YOU!!!

Skitty, I love you even more than before! :-P

Counterpoint: Diet soda is amazing and delicious and I'm not reading that giant wall of text.

My hero.

Counterpoint: Diet soda is amazing and delicious and I'm not reading that giant wall of text.

I love this!

Thank you, OP. Thanks to your anonymous-self and that ginormous wall of completely unfabricated, fear-mongering twaddle, I'm going to: make my toddler cut back on her 6-pack a day habit; eliminate my "diet pop fridge" lest it leads to me writing Sylvia Plath-like poetry and experimenting with sharp objects; and start purchasing fizzy water and fruit juice in bulk. :flowerforyou:

Just drink water Aspartame is TERRIBLE