Diet soda - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

mike8378 · 12-10-2002, 02:20 PM

Is it not a good idea to drink diet soda if you are trying to loose weight?

Chum · 12-10-2002, 04:26 PM

I dont consume aspartame so it cuts the diet sodas out for the most part. Artifical sweetner can raise insulin which causes cravings.

sean · 12-10-2002, 07:31 PM

after reviewing all the reserwach i could find--admitedly i am an amateur and may have missed something--i cannot find any support for the notion that aspartame or other artificial sweeterners raise insulin level. this has been much studied, and no rigorous reserach study has found this effect when it went looking for it.

i think dropping sugared soda (and other sugared drinks) is one of the easiest and most obvious steps to improving one's health and controlling weight. I drink tea, cause i like the research finidngs on that very much, but i get artificially sweetended iced tea for a cold drink, since sugar is such a must-to-avoid.

sean

Chum · 12-11-2002, 01:47 PM

Artificial sweetner really gives me cravings just as if I ate real sugar. From what I understand our body releases insulin when we eat the sweetners thinking its sugar.

Magpiezoe · 12-12-2002, 06:44 AM

Hello, There will always be controversy over artifical sweetners. Everyone knows they're bad, but they still sell. I refuse to give my child sugar free gum, because there was a study on nutrisweet a long time ago that suggested it interferes with children's brain development. Anyhow, this does not answer your question.

In answer to your question, I'd say it depends on your body...Especially if you are a woman. Diet sodas have high sodium(salt) content, which means that they can cause you to retain a lot of water. (Water weight.) This will make it hard for you to loose weight the amount of weight you really can. Also, there's the gassy, bloating issue. Some people just get gassy on the stuff and others don't. Flavored seltzer water has a lot less sodium. I'm looking at a can of Vintage Raspberry flavored brand and it has 5 g. of sodium, 0 fat, 0 cal., 0 carbs, no artifical sweetners...the ingredients are carbonated water and natural flavor. If you don't want the carbonation, you can try plain water with a little squeeze of real lemon in it.

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Magpie