Comments on: Can Diet Coke Make You Fat?

By: fatty12

fatty12 — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:00 +0000

i was a very big caffeine person..then i got pregnant and had to cut back but still couldn’t quiet kick the habit. now 2 months after giving birth i have switched to diet mt dew and diet dr. pepper. i’m not saying it is better for me but it isn’t any worse and i can control how much i consume better. i only drink 1 can a day!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:39:00 +0000

I was a huge drinker of Diet Coke for years until I realized that artificial sweeteners were giving me headaches BECAUSE THEY ARE POISON. I gave up diet everything and I felt so. Much. Cleaner! It was on the same level as how I felt when I quit smoking. I do still indulge in a regular soda every once in a while but 98% of my liquid intake right now is water. I’m just starting on my get-in-shape journey (I’m more than 100 lbs over weight… Joe’s transformation was so inspiring to read about!) so I have a long way to go but I’m so glad I found your site. FINALLY A FITNESS WEBSITE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME (nerdy)!

By: Susan Thatcher

Susan Thatcher — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:19:00 +0000

I forwarded the link to a friend who is good for a six pack of Diet Pepsi daily. I could hear the “Nooooo” from across the country. I once asked her, if she had a 9 mm Glock in one hand and a Diet Pepsi in the other and had to drop one, which one would she choose. That was two weeks ago and I still haven’t gotten an answer.

By: akimbo

akimbo — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:35:00 +0000

And another thought: Would the addition of lemon juice to water have a similar effect on the thyroid, considering its acidity? Recently, I’ve been adding about a tablespoon to my glass of water a few times per day. I do drink a lot of plain water as well. I’ll have to get some of those pH testing strips, fuh sho.

By: akimbo

akimbo — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:31:00 +0000

Intriguing stuff… I’ve heard the science before, but I suppose I’ve also been in denial, and so continue to drink diet soda and sometimes use artificial sweetener in coffee. But I think I must end it now. I notice the hunger after a diet soda, and, thinking back on dinners with family at restaurants, I find another messed up aspect to the diet sodapop: Nearly every time we went out to eat (though we only went weekly) I’d order a diet soda. And you know they give free refills. I’d finish my first glass before the meal came. My second glass would probably be gone halfway through the meal. And I’d always want a final glass at the end. Usually we’d go home and have ice cream. It seems like I used the diet soda as an appetizer; It literally prepared my body for the consumption of food. I don’t think I ever thought of it this way, but that’s really how it was. There’s something about the refreshing, bubbly quality that makes me feel like there’s nothing in my stomach. Oh, it’s so strange!
I typically drink diet soda at work, but today I actually didn’t feel like it (for the first time). I’m not sure if it’s the awareness of what I’m putting in my body since starting the paleo diet 5 days ago, or a natural reaction from treating my body better. But I know I have to try to keep it out of my system from now on. It’s a slippery slope with that stuff, too, because it’s refreshing and so easy to guzzle. If only the FDA actually wanted people to be healthy, maybe they’d ban such useless products.
Thanks for the interesting read, everyone.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:56:00 +0000

I am definitely not a fan of diet soda, for many reasons. Research studies pointing to dangerous side effects of aspartame are one.

I was tipped on to some serious issues with diet soda came from an awesome book by Jillian Micheals, Master Your Metabolism. Diet soda tricks our bodies (like so many other chemical-laden “foods” our there). Here’s what I mean. Our bodies are rigged to react a certain way when we consume (and consequently taste) sugar – our bodies kick into action at the cellular level and the sugar converts to glucose, etc. Our taste buds link with this process, so when we taste “sweet” diet soda, our bodies gear up for those sugary calories. But here’s the thing…no calories come, and our bodies are confused. Sweet doesn’t equate with calories anymore.

So, what happens when a diet coke addict breaks down and eats 3 fudge brownies? Sweet goes in, but the body doesn’t react the way it’s supposed to because it doesn’t think we’ve consumed any calories. We literally trick our bodies, which you can image leads to all kinds of whacked out consequences.

Enough said. Read Jillian’s book.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Dakao – I have been looking for an option to get more water into my system, without having to resort to plain water all the time. Right now I’m drinking diet drinks, but I feel horrible about all the artificial sweetners I take in everyday. I never thought about adding a little fruit juice to my water to give it some flavor. How simple a suggestion, but an amazing one. Thank you for posting!!

By: Zachary Aletheia

Zachary Aletheia — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:32:00 +0000

Further i see nothing necessarily wrong with a synthetic chemical.

By: Zachary Aletheia

Zachary Aletheia — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Because you like the taste of it and all evidence points it it not being harmful (and its strong evidence).

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:01:00 +0000

Just my two cents, in my experience the further i stay away from overly processed anything the healthier I have been. As a psychologist I can tell you it is possible to almost get addicted to anything and that anything you are addicted to regardless of how harmless it seem is a bad idea.(Drinking even too much water can be bad for you) Not to sound too cliche but balance is key,do you really need it and how much do you really need?Addiction messes with our common sense in those situations. Also the link between chemicals like Aspartame and cancer is very fuzzy so here is my advice for what its worth. Water will always be better than processed products such as fizzy drinks. Maybe diet coke is the lesser of two evils and maybe aspartame does or does not cause cancer. Is it really worth it to find out?We definitely know its not good for you?Why waste your time drinking either until someone can prove that it really is bad for you as opposed to only being just not particularly good for you.The only reason i could think of drinking diet coke would be in a process to wean myself entirely off these products all together.