cyanasaurus_vix's Journal, 02 March 2016

For starters, read the label ;-) I'm going to go look for an old thread that is sticking in my mind. Will link it here as soon as I find it.  

It will not effect ur calories but will insert pressure on your kidneys and if you will go for more than 330 ml a day then it can result in kidney failure.... if you are not worried about kidneys then enjoy :) 

What? How will it insert pressure on my kidneys? 

Label read...what am I looking for? 

What is the artificial sweetener being used? Secondly, you are perpetuating a sugar addiction the same way heroin addicts become addicted to methadone. Diet Sodas tell your brain that sugar is coming, cells ready themselves, insulin is prepped but the reward doesn't arrive.... Your brain is not happy, it wants it's fix and drives you towards actual sugars.. 

Artificial sweeteners: Sucralose and Acesulfame. I guess I maybe should not have said that 'I'm addicted'. I was drinking over 128oz of Pepsi a day before I quit soda again 6 weeks ago. I was craving a Pepsi earlier...opted for a Diet Pepsi, and found that I actually like it. Even if I chose to drink 1 can of Diet Pepsi a day. The end results are going to be less damaging than drinking 4 32oz regular Pepsis a day, right? 

OH! And I think a Diet Pepsi addiction is going be better for me than a heroin addiction. Or even a methadone addiction. I guess if I get to pick my poison, I'd take the soda over illegal drugs. 

I couldn't find the discussion here I was looking for - but I remember it mentioning that the Carmel Coloring used in ANY dark soda pop posed a cancer risk and my recollection was that Diet Pepsi was one of the highest. Here's a consumer reports article that discusses the issue. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/caramel-color-the-health-risk-that-may-be-in-your-soda/index.htm As far as the label - sorry...I rushed what I said. As Majohn mentions, look for the sweetener. My recollection though is that they switched from aspartame last year due to public pressure.  

Also, google side effects from artificial sweeteners 

Where to start? The aspartame turns into formeldehyde at body temperature, which your body can neither break down completely nor excrete without damage. Virtually all of it accumulates in brain tissues etc, and has been shown to literally take years to be detoxified out of the system once laid down in the brain. All the "broken sugars" and sugar alcohols like "sucralose" type sweeteners disrupt and kill off your good gut bacteria. The sodium benzoate is linked to cancer, attention and memory issues, also wreaks havoc on the gut, and the sodium in it increases kidney blood pressure and depletes the opposing minerals to neutralize it when finally excreted. And the benzene in it? Active and harmful when you are metabolizing it. The caramel coloring is carcinogenic. At least you are avoiding the gmo'd high fructose sugar syrup, which is exempted from the normal restrictions on allowable mercury levels, because to process it in the way that does not require mercury is more expensive.....Been 4 years soda free. I gag on a mouthful of the disgustingly sweet stuff, just like all my friends from overseas...  

On the bright side, if you cut the other sugary stuff too, in about 3-6 months of abstaining, soda will taste gross, and no longer be the temptation it once was (ex-DR Pepper lover).  

Misuse of illegal drugs well kill you quickly.... Misuse of sugar well kill you slowly. Coming from 6 cans of Pepsi per day, it is unlikely that you will be able to stay with 1 Diet Pepsi per day. Things you should look for but may not associate is the desire for sugar foods, I.e carbs.... And if drinking the diet soda while eating, you may eat more. Vaping is better than smoking, and Diet Soda is better than real soda, but either way you're waking a fine line to slipping back to your old habits. 

check the link http://www.livestrong.com/article/428411-bad-side-effects-of-drinking-diet-coke/ 

I'm sure I can find SOMETHING bad about everything I do. The things I eat. The things I drink. Anything I put in my body, I'm sure I can find something bad about it all. I don't feed into the bullshit that I read on the internet, because not everything that is published on the internet is true. Vaping does not cause popcorn lung. Diet Soda will not kill me tomorrow. Swallowing lake water will not give me tapeworms. I could be doing a lot worse things than vaping, drinking diet soda, and accidently swallowing lake water. I don't want to live to 100+ years old. Hell I'm not sure I wanna live past 70. The way our world is turning out, it might be better to not make it that long. But the way I see it...if aspartame turns to formaldehyde, I guess that's just less of the preservative that the coroner has to put into my body when die. I'll keep ya'll posted on my slow dying situation. *high fives* 

I am sorry - it seems your question within your journal was likely rhetorical. I can understand you may feel defensive at people's responses. I think you wanted to hear you have done a great job quitting the sugared soda - and you have! Try to understand people here have your best interest at heart though - they want you to be truly healthy in the end. I wish you good luck! 

I loved diet soda and drank probably up to 3 to 6 a day. My diet says they are the worst of all, including candy because they spur your hunger pangs. I'm drinking a Talking Rain carbonated water as I speak, it has an essence of peach or tangerine. I like them better, but chech out other no calorie, no sweetener, no anything drinks. 

There is no good reason not to drink diet soda. Just my opinion. 

ummm chemical shit storm.  

try club soda with essential oils lemon and lime. Makes a passable "7up" I like rose and chamomile soda too.  

Obesity isn't a problem because of diet soda. It's a problem of energy imbalance. There is no reason to believe that drinking diet soda is going to make you revert back to drinking regular soda. The evidence isn't there. There are millions of people who drink diet soda daily who are not obese or overweight. Making the step from regular soda to diet soda is a perfectly reasonable transition, and not one that you should be scared of or feel bad about.