Does diet pop make you fat?

[dmclone]

I've been drinking Diet Mt Dew like no other for about 15 years. I'm also fat. I guess I'll blame the Diet Dew not the whole medium pizza hut pizza I consumed last night.

 

[cloneswereall]

I am 100% sure that I have already said I was 100% wrong. But, thanks for letting me know again.

I think he just wanted you to know that he was right.

 

[Bubbahotep]

I've been drinking Diet Mt Dew like no other for about 15 years. I'm also fat. I guess I'll blame the Diet Dew not the whole medium pizza hut pizza I consumed last night.

It was a medium? Can't blame the pizza!

 

[Rhoadhoused]

I firmly believe that there are...last summer I was 28 and had been switched to diet pop for a few months and was drinking a lot of it (5-6 cans worth a day at least). I woke up one morning with my left arm tingling and slightly numb. I didn't think much of it until it continued all day and the next day I couldn't feel much at all with it and then it started in my other extremities until I couldn't hardly pick up my toddler or tie my shoes.

I did a lot of online research (with lots of mistakes in typing due to my numb fingers :sad and saw studies from other countries that have banned aspartame where people had similar symptoms. After 3-4 days I finally went to the doctor and they ran a few tests and ended up just saying that they thought the aspartame thing could be it. I quit drinking diet pop and slowly got rid of all the numbness/tingling. Since then I haven't touched any diet pop and have had none of the symptoms again either.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. The human body is so complex chemically that putting something in it that has never been put in it for all of human history is just too risky. (BTW high fructose corn syrup is just about half normal sugar (sucrose) and half fructose.)

 

[DurangoCy]

I firmly believe that there are...last summer I was 28 and had been switched to diet pop for a few months and was drinking a lot of it (5-6 cans worth a day at least). I woke up one morning with my left arm tingling and slightly numb. I didn't think much of it until it continued all day and the next day I couldn't feel much at all with it and then it started in my other extremities until I couldn't hardly pick up my toddler or tie my shoes.

I did a lot of online research (with lots of mistakes in typing due to my numb fingers :sad and saw studies from other countries that have banned aspartame where people had similar symptoms. After 3-4 days I finally went to the doctor and they ran a few tests and ended up just saying that they thought the aspartame thing could be it. I quit drinking diet pop and slowly got rid of all the numbness/tingling. Since then I haven't touched any diet pop and have had none of the symptoms again either.

Holy ****, I thought my 1-2 sodas a day was way too much. I'm no doctor and didn't stay in a Holiday Inn either, but I would've been surprise if you didn't have health problems. Glad to hear that you've made a change for the better.

 

[baller21]

I firmly believe that there are...last summer I was 28 and had been switched to diet pop for a few months and was drinking a lot of it (5-6 cans worth a day at least). I woke up one morning with my left arm tingling and slightly numb. I didn't think much of it until it continued all day and the next day I couldn't feel much at all with it and then it started in my other extremities until I couldn't hardly pick up my toddler or tie my shoes.

I did a lot of online research (with lots of mistakes in typing due to my numb fingers :sad and saw studies from other countries that have banned aspartame where people had similar symptoms. After 3-4 days I finally went to the doctor and they ran a few tests and ended up just saying that they thought the aspartame thing could be it. I quit drinking diet pop and slowly got rid of all the numbness/tingling. Since then I haven't touched any diet pop and have had none of the symptoms again either.

You need to learn to switch hands while holding it...the pop can people, the pop can! All kidding aside, this sounds scary.

 

[dmclone]

5-6 cans a day is considered a lot?

I drink a minimum of 4 a day and probably 6 on the weekends.

 

[tigershoops31]

Holy ****, I thought my 1-2 sodas a day was way too much. I'm no doctor and didn't stay in a Holiday Inn either, but I would've been surprise if you didn't have health problems. Glad to hear that you've made a change for the better.

Yeah the 5-6 regular Dews have been a great step in the right direction :wink:

kidding (kind of)...I did switch back to regular but only 1-2 a day.

 

[3TrueFans]

5-6 cans a day is considered a lot?

I drink a minimum of 4 a day and probably 6 on the weekends.

That's definitely a lot.

 

[ajk4st8]

Literally write down all your calories you consume every day. From the slices of bread, to mayo, to butter, milk, meat, and drinks.

Now, make sure you burn that much.

You wont gain weight. Its the easiest formula in the world.

 

[dmclone]

That's definitely a lot.

I forgot to mention that 2 of those are 20 0z. So 64oz a day. I think I'll cut back in 2011 and just have one 2 liter

 

[tigershoops31]

5-6 cans a day is considered a lot?

I drink a minimum of 4 a day and probably 6 on the weekends.

Agreed...My problem in the summer (I'm a teacher) is the dang 49 or 59 cent 32 oz fountain pops...I would regularly have 2 of those a day and then a couple whiskey and cokes in the evening pretty often. You do the math and that's 5 1/4 cans for the two 32 oz and then another one (at least) for each mixed drink.

I should volunteer for scientific studies on body changes...

 

[rebecacy]

This is exactly what I'm talking about. The human body is so complex chemically that putting something in it that has never been put in it for all of human history is just too risky. (BTW high fructose corn syrup is just about half normal sugar (sucrose) and half fructose.)

Aspartame is made up of 2 amino acids -- two of the same amino acids you eat whenever you eat protein. The same amino acids eaten since the beginning of time. READ THIS: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4127

and this: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4157

 

[harty83]

I drink diet, but I have found that if I don't watch myself, diet doesn't make me feel full and if I'm not careful I will replace the calories with something else. That could be the issue. In general my personal observation is that in order of most filling to least is regular sugar>HFCS>artificial sweetners.

 

[CycloneErik]

I'm not positive, but I believe it is in diet pop. If anybody has a diet soda laying around, check the ingrediants for me and see if its in there. TIA.

It is not in Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper.

I switched to diet pop in January when we started losing weight. I've lost about 50 pounds this year.
I don't think diet pop is the problem. It's just a variable to consider, but not the variable that would cause a person to gain weight.

Now, if someone drank diet pop in place of water as a habit, that could help, since they might end up eating more. But eating more would be the weight-causer, not the diet pop.

 

[tigershoops31]

Aspartame is made up of 2 amino acids -- two of the same amino acids you eat whenever you eat protein. The same amino acids eaten since the beginning of time. READ THIS: The Truth about Aspartame

and this: High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame?

Dude, you just proved my point as soon as you said "ACIDS"

 

[CyPogue]

I do know that diet soda with caffeine will raise my blood sugar and caffeine free diet pop won't.

 

[clonechemist]

Diet pop uses asparteme or some other artificial sweetener that tastes sweet to your tongue, but is useless to you body as energy. Your body doesn't break it down, which means it doesn't get energy out of it, which means it receives to calories from the sweetener.

You are not gonna convince me that it doesn't have other biochemical ramifications though.

Wrong.

Artificial sweeteners, including aspartame, have just as many calories per gram as table sugar, HFCS, etc. The trick is that they taste so much sweeter on your tongue compared to regular sugars that the soda makers can add so much less that a can of pop contains less than 1 calorie.

 

[tman24]

5-6 cans a day is considered a lot?

I drink a minimum of 4 a day and probably 6 on the weekends.

I drink 8-10 cans a week. just saying

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Wrong.

Artificial sweeteners, including aspartame, have just as many calories per gram as table sugar, HFCS, etc. The trick is that they taste so much sweeter on your tongue compared to regular sugars that the soda makers can add so much less that a can of pop contains less than 1 calorie.

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't even think of that as a possibility.