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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: flagal on November 26, 2010, 05:44:21 pm
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is diet soda good or bad for you
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Anything is bad if consumed in excessive amounts. Diet soda, though, is ultimately bad for you; it contains aspartame, and unlike high-fructose corn syrup in regular soda (you could develop obesity or diabetes over time), it can instantly kill you. It's a chemical poison.
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Also, I must mention that you've posted this in the wrong category.
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I like to think it is the lesser of the two evils. I don't think any soda's are good for you but I still enjoy them.
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Research what aspartame can do. It's in all diet drinks. It can destroy your brain and has done so in multiple lab scenarios with mice.
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Today everything is supposedly bad for you. I say if you enjoy diet coke drink diet coke.
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Like has been said, all soda is bad for you. Diet soda also tastes nasty, so I say if you're going to drink soda, then go for the real thing lol.
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Also, I must mention that you've posted this in the wrong category.
@Loft, Sorry you are the one who is wrong. The author posted in the right forum.
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Well i will say this my mother is addicted to diet dr.pepper and she goes thru withdrawls from them if she doesn't have her fix. And i recently heard on the news that diet drinks have sacarine in them which make your thirsty, so they drink more. So really whats good for you out there?
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I happen to like coke zero and diet dr pepper. The originals seem far too thick and syrupy to me now. Since the coca cola company has introduced truvia (a natural sugar substitute that is made from the stevia plant with no calories that actually tastes great! :o ) I would not be surprised at all if they went to using truvia in all of their products eventually.
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If its bad for anyone , then i can understand because the taste of it is so , nasty like medicated sryup or something lol
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I do drink alot of diet cokes , I never knew this. Thanks for letting me know.
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all soda is bad for u........i dont drink soda much anymore
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all soda makes me brake out and it is kinda addicting, stay away from soda if you can!
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I drink diet sodas, not the best for me i know, but better than non diet.
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I've heard that about diet soda too, that it's worse than regular soda. Me personally I don't like the way diet sodas taste as opposed to regular soda so I don't drink them. I go through periods where I'm off soda for a while and then I go back. While I'm having a pop a day I am drinking a lot more water these days which I'm proud of. Just need to get back off the soda.
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it contains aspartame, and unlike high-fructose corn syrup in regular soda (you could develop obesity or diabetes over time), it can instantly kill you. It's a chemical poison.
Stop being dramatic. The only way aspartame will kill you is if you consume it in quantities that are impossible for a human to consume in one sitting. All of those tests that say it causes cancer have been shown to be inconclusive. If it wasn't safe, it would have a warning label like cigarettes do.
I say enjoy your Diet Coke, because you may be hit by a bus tomorrow, and then it will never have mattered worrying about "potential" health risks.
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All I really drink is soda and it is regular soda. I drink other things like OJ and milk but mostly Soda..
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I drink diet soda, but only 1-2 servings a WEEK. Remember as long as you consume everything in MODERATION, there is nothing wrong and it won't cause a concern to your health. I agree with Cuppycake and that coke zero has a natural sweetner (Truvia) and it tastes awesome! Now, when I drink regular soda I dislike it and really don't care for it anymore, unless it is a special occasion or family gathering.
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I drink very little soda, but will usually have a diet one when I do indulge. I also don't do caffeine so I am limited to my choices. Regular soda is way too sweet for me.
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good for you? no. but im pretty sure it is better then non diet soda.
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it is in all of what you like - i think diet soda or diet anything tastes flat HAHA
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Bad for you.
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I heard the aspertame can mess with your brain. :/ so it's calories over brain weirdyness? lol. I Drink diet and non diet.
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I drink diet soda and have heard that its bad for you but so is everything else you consume nowadays!
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I've heard that about diet soda too, that it's worse than regular soda. Me personally I don't like the way diet sodas taste as opposed to regular soda so I don't drink them. I go through periods where I'm off soda for a while and then I go back. While I'm having a pop a day I am drinking a lot more water these days which I'm proud of. Just need to get back off the soda.
I've heard diet soda is bad too. I drink a lot of water, but sometimes just want/crave the fizz that a soda has. I drink Diet Coke then.
In moderation, I think it is ok.
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I guess it depends on how your body handles it. I don't do diet sodas because of the after taste.
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I think diet drinks are worse for you than regular soda because of the artificial sweeteners plus I've never had one that tasted good. I would like to see more sodas made with sugar instead of HFCS though.
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Basically Everything in this Life is 'Bad for You'. Scientists are always contradicting themselves and their studies. One minute eggs are the greatest thing for you to consume, next thing you know they're stating that they aren't so good for you. So which is it?!
In my personal opinion, the question of 'Is ____ Good Or Bad For You?' is relative. Many things are neither strictly bad or strictly good, there is a large amount of 'grey area'. So I say, if you enjoy diet soda, drink it; if you enjoy regular soda, drink it. But drink a 'healthy' balance of it along with water. Our bodies need natural products, like water, not tons & tons of artificial or processed nonsense.
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I agree with ShadeTree. In order to stay healthy, we need to get as close as to Monther Nature, not to man-made stuff.
Try to drink more tea made from real tea leaves, and stay away from soft drinks.
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All kinds of soda are pretty bad,but diet soda is probably the best out of the two.