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Studies have shown diet soda is worse than regular soda for people to consume. 

Glad I didn't hop on the diet train. 😅 

<-- Still an occasional diet soda drinker.

It's the acesulfame potassium in it that might trigger an insulin response. Saccharin and Sucralose also raise insulin. Believe it or not, Apartame does not, but then again it has been shown to alter gut bacteria. 

I cut out my 6 can a day Diet Coke habit a little over a month ago. I will still drink it in social situations but I’m working on completing eliminating it, as well as all artificial sweeteners. It’s hard though, it’s been such a big part of my diet for the last 12 years (when I was in my active weight loss phase and switched from regular soda to diet). I’ve added flavored sparkling water that is sweetener free and that’s helping with my cravings for something fizzy. The electrolyte packets I use have small amounts of artificial sweetener, I’m working towards the unsweetened version. Baby steps lol. 

eta: I have not experienced weight gain while drinking diet soda, so the video has not been my experience. During my active weight loss phase I lost 50+lbs while drinking 4-6 cans a day. I also normalized pre-diabetic glucose numbers during this time. I’ve been maintaining the weight loss within 15lbs for 12 years now, and with 4-6 cans of Diet Coke every single day during that time, up until a month ago. 
I cut it out because it’s now $8 for a 12 pack, and I realized how much of an addiction it actually was for me. Like I’d get anxiety if I was getting low and if I ran out I had to make a special trip to the store to make sure I had it. Was tired of being tethered to it so I cut it out.

Edited October 7, 20241 yr by Saravzee

I cut out my 6 can a day Diet Coke habit a little over a month ago. I will still drink it in social situations but I’m working on completing eliminating it, as well as all artificial sweeteners. It’s hard though, it’s been such a big part of my diet for the last 12 years (when I was in my active weight loss phase and switched from regular soda to diet). I’ve added flavored sparkling water that is sweetener free and that’s helping with my cravings for something fizzy. The electrolyte packets I use have small amounts of artificial sweetener, I’m working towards the unsweetened version. Baby steps lol. 

eta: I have not experienced weight gain while drinking diet soda, so the video has not been my experience. During my active weight loss phase I lost 50+lbs while drinking 4-6 cans a day. I also normalized pre-diabetic glucose numbers during this time. I’ve been maintaining the weight loss within 15lbs for 12 years now, and with 4-6 cans of Diet Coke every single day during that time, up until a month ago. 
I cut it out because it’s now $8 for a 12 pack, and I realized how much of an addiction it actually was for me. Like I’d get anxiety if I was getting low and if I ran out I had to make a special trip to the store to make sure I had it. Was tired of being tethered to it so I cut it out.

I’m a firm believer that everyone has a different physiology so I don’t really care for the blanket statements that say something is definitive for each and every one of us.
Something like this video is more of a guideline on what could happen for some people in my opinion and I wish that would be emphasized in these kinds of videos.
The cautionary message I get from this is that if a person is struggling with their diet, if they are still experiencing metabolic problems or struggling with weight loss this is one area they should look at that may be the problem.
It sounds like you’ve got a really good handle on your diet and goals.
I think you’re doing great.


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On 10/7/2024 at 6:08 PM, Saravzee said:

I’d get anxiety if I was getting low and if I ran out I had to make a special trip to the store to make sure I had it.

I was the same way with Diet Coke. I had to go out and buy some and have it in the fridge, even if I didn't open any and drink them, they HAD to be there. I couldn't go a night knowing they weren't there, lol.

I no longer stock diet coke. I only get once in awhile when I'm out. But the reason for this was my kidney disease. My phosphorous numbers would run high, so I started drinking other soda's and bubbly drinks that don't contain phosphoric acid.

I could easily drink 6-8-10 20oz. Dews in a day, especially on night shift. Since May I am assuming Pepsi stock dropped. 

I have cut them out completely and have not had any cravings or yearnings since the first week. 

I worked with a nutrition scientist for a stretch in the early 90's. He had invented and was researching a chemical/enzyme to make bread stay fresh longer. They actually use it in Europe and Asia, but it never faired well with our FDA. We preserved a lot of enzymes with large quantities of salt and sugar which came in 50lb bags. 

We were at break once and I had my Dew. He read the label, broke out his calculator and did the "Engineering/Chemistry conversion type math" and his calculations were absolutely wild. Every other month I was eating a 50lb bag of granulated sugar via the mass amount of Mountain Dews. 

Math is crazy. 

Scott