Diet soda and gum

[euro7muscle]

In this day and age where you see bodybuilders completely addicted to diet soda and gum in order to survive grueling prep; anyone else completely drop the two and notice how much better digestion is?

[WeeRocket]

I dropped them all several weeks ago...not so much for digestion but because I wanted to take my focus off of food.

When you're constantly feeling the need to satisfy your sugar cravings with artificial sweeteners, I find you can become a bit nutty.

Plus it makes plain meals like turkey and rice seem so BLAH.

[bunkrd you]

I dropped artificial sweeteners outside of a preworkout product. Bloating dropped considerably especially throughout the day. I was eating and drinking quite a few artificial sweeteners through sparkling water and monster ultra zeros.

[ThePinsir]

I don't know how you could really tell, tbh. How do you know your digestion is actually better?

I don't know how I'd survive prep without them. Give me all the digestion issues!!

[OutdoorsinCO]

Ive been drinking a diet soda here and there, maybe one a week and haven't noticed it. But I'm addicted to chewing gum, but I make sure it's sugar free.

I've never had any real digestions issues, I'm a little too natural at times lol TMI I know

[SUTTER3]

I only drink one or two diet sodas a week, but I have two or three coffees with splenda in them a day... Never thought about gum before, but I almost never chew it, so this is a non-issue.

[Garage Rat]

It would depend on how strict you want to be with your diet protocol.
Diet sodas have a lot of sodium in them along with chemicals that could effect your look.
Gum may also but some chew it and look good.
You have to make your own judgment on that.