Diet soda is hazardous to your health??

[Last Conformist]

I'd just like to repeat that all low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, low-cal, diet, etc products are evil, and make Baby Jesus cry.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
I'd just like to repeat that all low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, low-cal, diet, etc products are evil, and make Baby Jesus cry.

I'd rather eat/drink what I like and let the chips fall where they may.

[Theben]

Where'd your thread go, Sava?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MrFun
I've never been overweight, but given what you have said, maybe I should just forego all types of soda altogether.

Spendid idea. I stopped drinking soda constantly a few years after graduating from uni. Now I only drink soda on occasion, less than once a month.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Theben
Where'd your thread go, Sava?

[Lefty Scaevola]

Diet Dr Pepper is the magic elixir that keeps my undead flesh from dropping off.

[:) Smiley]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


You don't think that people in Abu Dhabi or Kuwait don't accidentally leave their Diet drinks outside every once in a while?

Only Americans seem to be big on drinking diet soda.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Az
While the doses are very very low, I still would avoid it while I can ( though I don't consume sugar-substitute products usually)

So I take it you don't eat any fruits, since fruit naturally has far more methanol in it that you can get from consuming aspartame.

[rah]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
The thing that's bad about diet soda is that it can be unhelpful in losing weight, despite the lack of calories. Apparently artificial sweeteners "trick" the body into thinking that sugars are coming into the system, so it gears up to process them, but then they don't actually come, and the body gets an increased craving for sugars as a result.

It's best just to drink water anyway.

I saw something real similar to this on the news the other night.

Which makes sense, since when you don't count super models, 98% of the people you see drinking diet soda are over-weight.

[chequita guevara]

Well, thin people don't need to drink diet-soda, do they?

[Az]

So I take it you don't eat any fruits, since fruit naturally has far more methanol in it that you can get from consuming aspartame.

I had no idea fruit had any methanol in them. I am no biologist.

[Sava]

Originally posted by rah


I saw something real similar to this on the news the other night.

Which makes sense, since when you don't count super models, 98% of the people you see drinking diet soda are over-weight.

I love the people that go to McDonalds and order the double cheeseburger, super sized fries , 2 apple pies, but a diet coke...

[rah]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Well, thin people don't need to drink diet-soda, do they?

In reference to the news items I mentioned, look at it from the other side. Thin people that drink regular soda stay thin, and heavy people that drink diet soda get heavier. That was the point of the story.


and yes, I always chuckle when I see that type of order.
2 big macs, fries, and a diet coke. (supersize that please)

[Urban Ranger]

You shave off seven tablespoonful of calories when you drink diet soda, still a significant chunk. Even though it would only help them to gain weight slower, not lose weight.

[chequita guevara]

I actually prefer the taste of diet soda to regular. Regular soda is way too sweet for my tastes.