Your thoughts on Diet Soda

**DavidJr74** · 01-19-2009, 04:25 PM

For me- It has 0 calories so I don't see it as a bad thing when bodybuilding. But something tells me though it will get me in the long run for some reason. I drink about 3-4 cans a day.

**Blindead** · 01-19-2009, 04:29 PM

There's some studies saying it makes you crave sugary foods more and thus gain more weight. It's not going to hurt you unless you're downing a case a day every day for a few years.

**willldabeast** · 01-19-2009, 04:31 PM

im having one right now. dont neglect water though

**martina92685** · 01-19-2009, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by willldabeast

dont neglect water though

This.

I used to have a 2-liter a day habit, and I have since found that it bloated me like no other. People respond differently, so go by how you feel. You won't die from drinking it, but you may not feel fantastic either.

**determined4000** · 01-19-2009, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by pac8x8

fast food doesn't phase you, but the diet sodas eventually will.

let me get this straight
Diet Coke will make you fat not a bigmac and large fry
yeah, ok

**pac8x8** · 01-19-2009, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by jmanjman47

For me- It has 0 calories so I don't see it as a bad thing when bodybuilding. But something tells me though it will get me in the long run for some reason. I drink about 3-4 cans a day.

The aspartame in diet and sugarless gum can screw with your glucose metabolism causing you to not be able to properly synthesize CHO for energy.
Say you order a burger and fries, you're having your diet soda/pop to save on calories waiting for your meal to come.. those fries and bun won't be metabolized for energy as efficiently causing them to be stored as fat (MSG has a same end result).

Granted, fast food was a bad example but if your metabolism is functioning correctly and training regimen is on par....fast food doesn't phase you, but the diet sodas eventually will.

Most individuals that I've come across that have been drinking it for a long time (2-3 a day) for years (some 15-20 years straight) thinking they are helping themselves to save on calories.. have been sadly fooled by the marketeers and our own gov(FDA). Many of these people I've dealt with have become grossly obese from consuming frequent diet sodas and sugarless gum, when they weren't predestined to be.

I suggest you research aspartame and the side effects.

**pac8x8** · 01-19-2009, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by determined4000

let me get this straight
Diet Coke will make you fat not a bigmac and large fry
yeah, ok

Not right away, over time of consuming it regularly -diet soda can alter your metabolism. If you consume one once in a while.. it won't be devastating to your health. Just like eating fast food once in a while isn't too terrible.

**Bodom X** · 01-19-2009, 05:52 PM

Well, for me I'll have a cup at night because it helps me not want other sugary stuff. That is just me though, and it makes me feel full too.

**gainmusclefast** · 01-19-2009, 05:53 PM

i drink about 5 a day

**vitaminjunkie** · 01-19-2009, 05:53 PM

Other than the aspartame, it's ok. Why not water?

**cmamath13** · 01-19-2009, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by pac8x8

The aspartame in diet and sugarless gum can screw with your glucose metabolism causing you to not be able to properly synthesize CHO for energy.
Say you order a burger and fries, you're having your diet soda/pop to save on calories waiting for your meal to come.. those fries and bun won't be metabolized for energy as efficiently causing them to be stored as fat (MSG has a same end result).

Granted, fast food was a bad example but if your metabolism is functioning correctly and training regimen is on par....fast food doesn't phase you, but the diet sodas eventually will.

Most individuals that I've come across that have been drinking it for a long time (2-3 a day) for years (some 15-20 years straight) thinking they are helping themselves to save on calories.. have been sadly fooled by the marketeers and our own gov(FDA). Many of these people I've dealt with have become grossly obese from consuming frequent diet sodas and sugarless gum, when they weren't predestined to be.

I suggest you research aspartame and the side effects.

Could you point us in the direction of the research to back up the information you have posted in this post? Or is this just your personal opinion?

**soakupknowledge** · 01-19-2009, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by jmanjman47

For me- It has 0 calories so I don't see it as a bad thing when bodybuilding. But something tells me though it will get me in the long run for some reason. I drink about 3-4 cans a day.

Soda is useless....Diet or not.

**ScarredApollo** · 01-19-2009, 05:57 PM

I used to drink a ton of it. After getting to 1+ gallons of water a day though I have found my craving for it reduced. I can keep it to 2 cans now, maybe 3. I tend to drink them when I am bored too....

**Neopragmatist** · 01-19-2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by pac8x8

I suggest you research aspartame and the side effects.

**IrockZ** · 01-19-2009, 06:03 PM

wtf where is the research Pac? thats a pile of sh**t bro.? where did you hear that aspertame alters glucose metabolism

**SeaHawk22** · 01-19-2009, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by pac8x8

Not right away, over time of consuming it regularly -diet soda can alter your metabolism.

I am not disagreeing with you, but I would like a link to this study please.

**terminaltorture** · 01-19-2009, 06:14 PM

I don't know about the metabolism alteration, but there's plenty of information out there on Aspartame and it's negative effects for me to want to avoid it. I wouldn't trust the FDA as far as I could kick their building.

**Distance** · 01-19-2009, 06:22 PM

My thoughts are that Diet Soda is worthless. It has no nutritional value and does nothing but cost you money. It also contains chemicals and additives that we do not know the life-long effects of.

**vitaminjunkie** · 01-19-2009, 06:26 PM

10% of aspartame is methanol, scroll down and see how the body metabolizes methanol.

http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

**backherms** · 01-19-2009, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Distance

My thoughts are that Diet Soda is worthless. It has no nutritional value and does nothing but cost you money. It also contains chemicals and additives that we do not know the life-long effects of.

It tastes good.

**Opies** · 01-19-2009, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by vitaminjunkie

10% of aspartame is methanol, scroll down and see how the body metabolizes methanol.

http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

Metabolism is a little more complicated than 'it produces this so it's bad'
Linking the metabolism of a compound to a byproduct in 1 stage of metabolism and calling the compounds bad is extraordinarily farfetched conclusion and some of the worst science possible.

Hey, fermentation glycolosis produces ethanol, a poison, therefore we should not participate in anaerobic workouts because ethanol is toxic to cells.

**TheDude1387** · 01-19-2009, 06:49 PM

I had a bad habit for a while, drinking about 6 cans a day.

I have since limited my intake (cold turkey...) and I only consume about 2 cans per week.

Like another person mentioned, it depends on what your comfortable with. For me personally, I never really knew any other feeling. I grew up drinking my mother's Tab sodas and then developed a craving for Diet Coke ALL THE TIME.

After I stopped drinking the brown Splenda water with no nutritional value, I noticed that I didn't feel as heavy or groggy. Drinking water instead of drinking that soda will make you feel lighter, help clean out your waste (both ways), and it is by far the best thing your body can consume.

I would say ditch the soda...there's just no need.

**Neopragmatist** · 01-19-2009, 06:50 PM

The aspartame debate has been beaten to death. I'll save you the trouble...

Originally Posted by Mr. Horse

**Djin** · 01-19-2009, 06:50 PM

I found flavored seltzer water is just as good and it's just water with bubbles... and 90% of the time it has 0 of everything... so drink all that you want.

**THE_TRUTH86** · 01-19-2009, 07:12 PM

all men that drink diet soda are weak minded. Just stick to water and green tea and stop trying to drink carbonated water.. Satisfy yourself with water and lemon

**Djin** · 01-19-2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by tjperez86

all men that drink diet soda are weak minded. Just stick to water and green tea and stop trying to drink carbonated water.. Satisfy yourself with water and lemon

Um... yeah. Club soda in my whey! That ****'s hardcore!

**thebasil** · 01-19-2009, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by soakupknowledge

Soda is useless....Diet or not.

best appetite suppressant i've ever come across.

Originally Posted by tjperez86

all men that drink diet soda are weak minded. Just stick to water and green tea and stop trying to drink carbonated water.. Satisfy yourself with water and lemon

you are fcuking retarded.

**pac8x8** · 01-19-2009, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Neopragmatist

The aspartame debate has been beaten to death. I'll save you the trouble..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
.

that's pubmed.gov .oh I guess that settles it!

Originally Posted by Djin

Um... yeah. Club soda in my whey! That ****'s hardcore!

I wholeheartedly agree with the the seltzer water, bubbly yet clean and doesn't cause toxicity all over your bodie.

Cannot find the research on glucose metabolism/sensitivity on the web, but I came across this plethora of anti-aspartames if you believe 'em or not -the choice is yours, either Donald Rumsfield or a bunch of Doctors...you decide who's the quack? (and don't say me)

http://www.321recipes.com/aspartame.html

I'm heading out for a smoke

**backherms** · 01-19-2009, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by thebasil

you are fcuking retarded.

Repped for the truth

**Distance** · 01-19-2009, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Neopragmatist

The aspartame debate has been beaten to death. I'll save you the trouble...

has anybody criticaly looked into these pub med articles ?

just from my glancing over the abstracts

#2, #3 and #6 were associated with Nutrasweet company so they should be discarded

Of the rest all but two of them are meta-analysis or reviews of other research. Of these two one of them focuses on blood sugar control in subjects with diabetes and merely drops a line saying nothing abnormal was reported in the non-diabetic group.

I don't mean to be overly critical as I don't personally care whether people on the internet consume aspartame or not, but I just think that a lot people see a list containing 8-9 pubmed links and go "oh my gosh it must be true" without even taking the time to even look over the research.

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