Why don't diet sodas work?

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Anonymous wrote:Without even getting into all the other negative effects of things contained in soda or diet soda (what it does to your teeth, stomach, organs, ingredients in diet soda increasing risk of stroke, etc.), it's thought that the fake "sugar" in diet soda can lead to intense cravings for sweet things and you end up eating more than you otherwise would.

All of these are suppositions or theories. No double blind studies, no hard data. Many people drink diet soda all the day long and have no problems at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Because its full of crap! Just because it has less calories does not mean its good for you.

Read the ingredients....google them...then go from there.

Of course its full of crap... how does that prevent you from losing weight?

If you are truly that stupid to not understand I am not even going to attempt to answer your question.

I am apparently truly that stupid... wouldn't that warrant an explanation? If I already understood, why would I even be asking the question?

She can't answer your question.

Yup I am as dumb as OP.

[Anonymous]

i didnt realize diet soda was suppose to make you lose weight.

thats why all those diet foods ive been eating all this time havent worked. i thought the more diet foods and drinks i consumed that the pounds would just go away.

who knew

[Anonymous]

I drink Diet Soda - one or two a day - and I don't have a sweet tooth. I usually have dessert once a week. I eat fruit but that's about it for sweet things.

If you control the rest of your diet, then the Diet Soda won't have any effect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without even getting into all the other negative effects of things contained in soda or diet soda (what it does to your teeth, stomach, organs, ingredients in diet soda increasing risk of stroke, etc.), it's thought that the fake "sugar" in diet soda can lead to intense cravings for sweet things and you end up eating more than you otherwise would.

All of these are suppositions or theories. No double blind studies, no hard data. Many people drink diet soda all the day long and have no problems at all.

I don't think a double blind study is really necessary, but here are three studies that address the subject. Taken together, they raise some real concerns:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/diet-soda-weight-gain_n_886409.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without even getting into all the other negative effects of things contained in soda or diet soda (what it does to your teeth, stomach, organs, ingredients in diet soda increasing risk of stroke, etc.), it's thought that the fake "sugar" in diet soda can lead to intense cravings for sweet things and you end up eating more than you otherwise would.

All of these are suppositions or theories. No double blind studies, no hard data. Many people drink diet soda all the day long and have no problems at all.

I don't think a double blind study is really necessary, but here are three studies that address the subject. Taken together, they raise some real concerns:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/diet-soda-weight-gain_n_886409.html

The problem withe these studies are the words "linked" and "associated". Correlation is not causation. There are many factors that correlate to obesity. They do not cause obesity.

[Anonymous]

Some studies have linked artificial sweeteners to an increased insulin response similar to sugar consumption that causes your body to go into fat storage mode. So while you aren't consuming calories, if you pair an artificially sweetened food/drink with more calories than your body currently needs, your body possibly generates an insulin spike in response and then your body will start converting whatever glucose that you have consumed into glycogen and glycogen into fat. The supposition is that as long as you pair diet drinks with a low to moderate calorie count, you're okay, but if you are pairing diet drinks with over about 600 calories of starches or sugars, that it will still trigger weight gain. There was one study in Texas in 2005 (there's a link in Wikipedia under Sugar Substitute), but it's not conclusive. Just suggestive.

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Anonymous wrote:Without even getting into all the other negative effects of things contained in soda or diet soda (what it does to your teeth, stomach, organs, ingredients in diet soda increasing risk of stroke, etc.), it's thought that the fake "sugar" in diet soda can lead to intense cravings for sweet things and you end up eating more than you otherwise would.

All of these are suppositions or theories. No double blind studies, no hard data. Many people drink diet soda all the day long and have no problems at all.

I don't think a double blind study is really necessary, but here are three studies that address the subject. Taken together, they raise some real concerns:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/diet-soda-weight-gain_n_886409.html

The problem withe these studies are the words "linked" and "associated". Correlation is not causation. There are many factors that correlate to obesity. They do not cause obesity.

Well that's the same thing the cigarette industry said.

But the fact is that the rat study did determine cause and effect on glucose levels, so it's not all correlation. And while the longitudinal study is an observational study, it's about all we will ever get on long term effects of diet because you can't create a decade-long double blind diet study. There is a reason that we do them, because otherwise we have no data on the long term effects of anything. In fact there is no double blind study that proves consuming soda WITH sugar causes obesity. Yet I am betting you would believe it.

[Anonymous]

It just gets your tastebuds used to tasting sweet things so that you eat more sweet things other than soda. You're better off adjusting your tastebuds to liking plain old water and recognizing sweet things as really sweet.

[Anonymous]

Because it's usually combined with fries and a burger. As if somehow, ordering a diet soda will negate the rest of the person's choices.

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150 calories of sugar is better for you than the 300+ calories that the artificial sweeteners will make you crave. That was my experience. I switched to regular and it satisfied my cravings for fewer calories than I would have eaten otherwise. Again, MY EXPERIENCE. I lost around 10 pounds without any other changes. I haven't ever gone back, and 5 years later, am maintaining my weight.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJ1jpr5c4Y

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Anonymous wrote:It just gets your tastebuds used to tasting sweet things so that you eat more sweet things other than soda. You're better off adjusting your tastebuds to liking plain old water and recognizing sweet things as really sweet.

I think that the biggest concern of the researchers is that it breaks the connection between what you taste and what satisfies your body. Normally you are hungry, you eat something and your brain gets the signal that sugar is coming and it kicks off a chain of events, one of which signals to your body that you are satisfied. But when that system gets tricked over and over again, your brain learns not to trust the signals from your taste buds anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Without even getting into all the other negative effects of things contained in soda or diet soda (what it does to your teeth, stomach, organs, ingredients in diet soda increasing risk of stroke, etc.), it's thought that the fake "sugar" in diet soda can lead to intense cravings for sweet things and you end up eating more than you otherwise would.

All of these are suppositions or theories. No double blind studies, no hard data. Many people drink diet soda all the day long and have no problems at all.

I don't think a double blind study is really necessary, but here are three studies that address the subject. Taken together, they raise some real concerns:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/diet-soda-weight-gain_n_886409.html

The problem withe these studies are the words "linked" and "associated". Correlation is not causation. There are many factors that correlate to obesity. They do not cause obesity.

Well that's the same thing the cigarette industry said.

But the fact is that the rat study did determine cause and effect on glucose levels, so it's not all correlation. And while the longitudinal study is an observational study, it's about all we will ever get on long term effects of diet because you can't create a decade-long double blind diet study. There is a reason that we do them, because otherwise we have no data on the long term effects of anything. In fact there is no double blind study that proves consuming soda WITH sugar causes obesity. Yet I am betting you would believe it.

Here's the thing. If you diet and watch your weight by following dietary and nutritional guidelines, you can drink all the diet soda you want. It's people who overeat and drink diet soda that force this correlation.

[Anonymous]

there is also an issue that diet soda can be dehydrating (caffine, diueretic, sodium, etc). Many people 'confuse' thirst with hunger (they are thirsty but think they are hungry and respond by eating)...so drinking diet soda can also make it harder to stick to eating less, esp if you are going by/learning hunger cues.