Are diet drinks really calorie free?

[emptywallet]

Do this drinks such as diet coke and such really contain no carbs at all? No sugar ect? If one were cutting carbs would it still be ok to drink diet coke or diet Dr pepper, ect?

 

[Redshoteye]

yes.

and usually theyre good aides to keep you on your diet

 

[ex0Tic_island_girl]

diet sodas are just as bad as the regular sodas

 

[emptywallet]

Uh what, ok, so i have two conflicting responses here. I'm inclined to believe the first one however, so island girl explain how they are just as bad.

 

[ex0Tic_island_girl]

Diet sodas contain phosphorus, and a high phosphorus intake. beverages that contain phosphorus adds to the problem of good calcium balance, and this can be a problem for those prone to osteoporosis. diet sodas often contain caffeine, which is de-hydrating and adds to the challenge of replacing lost fluids.


here a news about it ( to prove that diet sodas is just as bad as the regular sodas)


Diet sodas linked to obesity


Just when you thought the news about losing weight couldn't get any worse, try this: A review of 26 years of patient data found that people who drink diet soft drinks were more likely to become overweight.

Not only that, but the more diet sodas they drank, the higher their risk of later becoming overweight or obese - 65 percent more likely for each diet drink per day.

The findings, the latest from the long-term San Antonio Heart Study, took even the researchers by surprise.
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"I was baffled," said Sharon Fowler, a faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center, who presented the data Saturday at the American Diabetes Association's 65th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, Calif.

Researchers looked at questionnaires and medical records for 1,177 patients who began enrolling in the study in 1979. All had weights considered either normal or overweight, but not obese.

The volunteers were asked how many soft drinks per day they usually drank and whether they were regular or diet - or a combination of each. The researchers followed up with them over the years.

Drinking any soda - regular or diet - was linked to a higher risk of becoming overweight. But when the researchers adjusted the data to account for differences in age, sex and ethnicity, they found that regular soft drinks had very little connection with serious weight gain.

Diet drinks, however, did.

The researchers are quick to point out that their findings are not proof that drinking diet soft drinks causes people to become heavy. It could be that as they began gaining weight, they switched from regular to diet drinks.

"People who were normal weight, one out of four of them at the time of our study were drinking diet drinks," Fowler said. "People who were overweight but not obese, one out of three of them were drinking the diet drinks. Definitely they were voting with their feet. They were obviously trying to avoid gaining further weight or repeating a family history."

However, the idea that diet sodas can lead to weight gain isn't new. Last year, a group from Purdue University found that when rats were fed the equivalent of diet soda, they ate more high-calorie food afterwards than did rats fed the same amount of a drink sweetened with high-calorie sweetener.

The group hypothesized that the body regulates its energy needs through appetite and that it learns to associate sweetness with a lot of calories. But when fed artificially sweetened foods and drinks on a regular basis, the body figures it can no longer use taste to estimate calorie consumption. It assumes that it can eat all the sweets it wants, without consequences.

But noted obesity researcher Barry M. Popkin cautioned that the San Antonio researchers don't have enough information to draw conclusions about diet soft drink consumption and obesity risk.

"One needs to study in a complex, sequential way how earlier diet drink intake affects subsequent weight changes, but these scholars have not done that," said Popkin, head of nutrition epidemiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

UTHSC's Fowler acknowledged that the findings raise more questions than they answer. However, she pointed out that when people drink any kind of soda, it is instead of healthier beverages.

"I don't think it's a strong enough association to make a public health recommendation, but personally, I think people would be much healthier drinking water."

 

[emptywallet]

Basically all that says as that the people aren't getting fat from the diet drinks themselves, but from the eating afterwards. I do eat shit afterwards so I should be fine. I was simply wondering if the diet drinks themselves caused weight gain, not the food afterwards.

 

[bas4lizzife]

i know putting a soda of any kind in my body isnt the most healthy of choices, but i love diet drinks when trying to cut up. Decent taste, and the carbonation fucks up my stomach making me feel full and bloated.

 

[Karmic Pendulum]

If you want to drink the soda then drink it. She provided proof of her argument. Say thank you and be on your way.

 

[jenscats5]

Diet sodas contain phosphorus, and a high phosphorus intake. beverages that contain phosphorus adds to the problem of good calcium balance, and this can be a problem for those prone to osteoporosis. diet sodas often contain caffeine, which is de-hydrating and adds to the challenge of replacing lost fluids.


here a news about it ( to prove that diet sodas is just as bad as the regular sodas)


Diet sodas linked to obesity


Just when you thought the news about losing weight couldn't get any worse, try this: A review of 26 years of patient data found that people who drink diet soft drinks were more likely to become overweight.

Not only that, but the more diet sodas they drank, the higher their risk of later becoming overweight or obese - 65 percent more likely for each diet drink per day.

The findings, the latest from the long-term San Antonio Heart Study, took even the researchers by surprise.
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"I was baffled," said Sharon Fowler, a faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center, who presented the data Saturday at the American Diabetes Association's 65th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, Calif.

Researchers looked at questionnaires and medical records for 1,177 patients who began enrolling in the study in 1979. All had weights considered either normal or overweight, but not obese.

The volunteers were asked how many soft drinks per day they usually drank and whether they were regular or diet - or a combination of each. The researchers followed up with them over the years.

Drinking any soda - regular or diet - was linked to a higher risk of becoming overweight. But when the researchers adjusted the data to account for differences in age, sex and ethnicity, they found that regular soft drinks had very little connection with serious weight gain.

Diet drinks, however, did.

The researchers are quick to point out that their findings are not proof that drinking diet soft drinks causes people to become heavy. It could be that as they began gaining weight, they switched from regular to diet drinks.

"People who were normal weight, one out of four of them at the time of our study were drinking diet drinks," Fowler said. "People who were overweight but not obese, one out of three of them were drinking the diet drinks. Definitely they were voting with their feet. They were obviously trying to avoid gaining further weight or repeating a family history."

However, the idea that diet sodas can lead to weight gain isn't new. Last year, a group from Purdue University found that when rats were fed the equivalent of diet soda, they ate more high-calorie food afterwards than did rats fed the same amount of a drink sweetened with high-calorie sweetener.

The group hypothesized that the body regulates its energy needs through appetite and that it learns to associate sweetness with a lot of calories. But when fed artificially sweetened foods and drinks on a regular basis, the body figures it can no longer use taste to estimate calorie consumption. It assumes that it can eat all the sweets it wants, without consequences.

But noted obesity researcher Barry M. Popkin cautioned that the San Antonio researchers don't have enough information to draw conclusions about diet soft drink consumption and obesity risk.

"One needs to study in a complex, sequential way how earlier diet drink intake affects subsequent weight changes, but these scholars have not done that," said Popkin, head of nutrition epidemiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

UTHSC's Fowler acknowledged that the findings raise more questions than they answer. However, she pointed out that when people drink any kind of soda, it is instead of healthier beverages.

"I don't think it's a strong enough association to make a public health recommendation, but personally, I think people would be much healthier drinking water."

The phosphorous issue is mostly a concern in colas, not clear drinks.....as the colas contain the highest levels of phosphorous....just make sure you take a calcium supp. And FYI -- red meat is also high in phosphorous.

And the caffeine is a non-issue in people who normally consume caffeine -- it doesn't have as much of an effect in those who regularly consume it.....

And I feel that study is highly flawed & am taking the report with a grain of salt.....

 

[sublime35]

Yeah that study is fine for people who don't count calories, but if you maintain your normal calorie range for the day and drink a diet soda every day, you're not going to get fat. That study implies that drinking the diet soda triggers the body to want more food because the d. soda is sweet but offers no nutrients and calories. And while diet sodas do claim to be calorie "free" they do actually contain about 1 or 1.5 cals. but since its around .5 per serving they can claim it calorie free by FDA standards.