Diet Soda?

[Mr.X]

seems about right.

pot is bad. alcohol is good. Diet Soda is a good staple of any diet. there is nothing wrong with fast food. Red Bull really does give you magical energy.

really can't trust anything these days. lol.

HAHAHA!

 

[psychedout]

Well Mr.X. If the studies do indeed exist, someone has gone to some pretty great lengths to remove them. I spent about 2 hours trying to find them and couldn't find one of the original animal studies. Only anectodal recreations of them. Perhaps I will check on of the Universities libraries.

 

[Chaddycakes]

Whats worse? A pinch of aspartame or 6 tbsp of sugar?

Why not just cut it out totally? After drinking more water for the past couple months i feel absolutly no urge to drink pop anymore.

Pop has tons of sugar(or aspertame) and has carbon dioxide. Okay lets think of this in a logical way. There are thousands of people on this forum that agree fructose is bad for you. Aspartame is a man made chemical. Man made = processed crap that has to have some effect on the body because it isn't natual. And last but not least carbon dioxide is one of the gases that we breath out of our lungs because our body doesn't accept it. So why would you want to ingest it into your body?

 

[psychedout]

Why not just cut it out totally? After drinking more water for the past couple months i feel absolutly no urge to drink pop anymore.

Pop has tons of sugar(or aspertame) and has carbon dioxide. Okay lets think of this in a logical way. There are thousands of people on this forum that agree fructose is bad for you. Aspartame is a man made chemical. Man made = processed crap that has to have some effect on the body because it isn't natual. And last but not least carbon dioxide is one of the gases that we breath out of our lungs because our body doesn't accept it. So why would you want to ingest it into your body?

Of course water is healthier than diet soda. But diet soda is healthier than regular soda.

Fructose is not bad for you.

 

[The_Chemist]

I consume an average of 2 or 3 cans per week. I do not believe that it will have an apprecaible effect on my health. I do always keep an open mind on issues though. It just so-happens to be that the evidence I see points to aspartame being safe. Can I prove this? No, of course not. Any individual who has any concept of the Nature of Science (NOS) will be able to indenitfy that there is indeed no such concept as proof. There is merely evidence from various sources that get mounded against one another. Do we have to consider bias in research? Certainly. Have I considered it at this point? To an exten yes. And based on what I have seen presented from both sides of the coin, I would contend that aspartame is indeed fine for consumption. The negative effects it may possess are negligble in the short term and long run. Is it healthy? No, I have yet to read anything to suggest that aspartame will yeild some sort of health benefit. This in its own might be enough for people to avoid its useage. However, for the overwhelming majority of people, consider the alternative. A 355ml can of traditional soda contains typically 35-45 grams of sugar. Whats worse? A pinch of aspartame or 6 tbsp of sugar?

well said.

 

[The_Chemist]

I just eat real meals: chicken, beef, fish etc... I started getting away from protein powders recently, but the ones I have are unsweetened.

I avoid all artificial sweetners and suggest the same to all my clients.

Excellent points on both sides. Very interesting thread which I would like to see continued, as I am a consumer of Artificial sweetners. Mostly from Diet pop/crystal light and protien powders.

One point for both of you to consider though: Splenda!

From what Ive read, this is niether sugar nor An artificial sweetner but rather a dehydrated sugar substrate which no study has proved negative results. I would love to hear both of your opinions on this.

 

[Lifterforlife]

I haven't read through this whole post...so if this has been brought up already, my apologies.

Stevia may be a good alternative. Stevia does not affect blood sugar metabolism according to most experts. Some studies even report that Stevia reduces plasma glucose levels in normal adults.

 

[The_Chemist]

bump

red the ingredients in Splenda today. Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Sucralose.


Any thoughts?

 

[NorgePrecision]

My 8th grade Algebra teacher died from a tumor when she was in her early 30's. I remembered that she had a diet coke sitting on her desk every single day I walked in that room. That is sad.

 

[The_Chemist]

bump