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08-11-2005, 05:05 PM
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| | | Diet Pepsi and Water..Same thing..right?
Is their a diffrence (health-wise) between drinking Diet pepsi (soooo much better then Diet Coke  ohh yeah..i said it!) and drinking water?
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08-11-2005, 05:09 PM
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| | | Sorry, but I like diet coke much better than diet pepsi, although I like regular pepsi better than regular coke. Go figger.
Anyway, is there a difference? Not to your records or counting, but the sodas have sodium in them, and depending on the sweetener, may have some other effects. Water is better for you.
I will admit that I've gotten around my habitual soda drinking somewhat by drinking mineral water. I get the fizz and the sodium, but not sweetener. I find that the stuff sweetened with aspartame/nutri-sweet gives me headaches, while too much Splenda causes stomach upset.
I prefer saccharin I think. Still waiting to hear what's wrong with that old cure, though.
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08-11-2005, 05:17 PM
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| | | I drink about 2-3 cans of diet soda a day....please tell me thats ok...
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08-11-2005, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GregGolden I drink about 2-3 cans of diet soda a day....please tell me thats ok... | Greg - It's your body, your life, and your choice. I often drink 2 or 3 in a day, too. It's the easiest cold drink to find these days.
However, you are adding sodium into your diet, you are adding a sweetener with odd consequences (Splenda = laxative; aspartame/nutrasweet = all kinds of theorized risks; saccharin = possible cancer risk) into your system, and you will be more thirsty. There's another thread on here somewhere saying that if you drink 2 or more diet sodas a day, your odds of being overweight go up strongly. I've heard, but never actually read nor seen, that aspartame gives you the same sugar craving result and calorie craving result as real sugar, so it isn't a good weight loss solution overall.
Are you happy with life as it is? If so, then you're fine. If you're not losing weight and feel sick, headache prone, or like you have some laxatives at work, then cut back. It's your body and your life.
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08-11-2005, 06:13 PM
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| | | You'll find websites that say diet sodas are killing you...You'll also find sites that say the same about milk, or even water nowadays, so.
My rule of thumb is every diet soda I consume I try to at least consume the same amount of water to flush it out. Does that make sense?
Also, T2 (Middle aged Man) hits on something--some people here will tell you diet drinks hose their sugars like pure sugar would, so be careful. TEST TEST TEST!
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08-11-2005, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GregGolden I drink about 2-3 cans of diet soda a day....please tell me thats ok... |
I need to cut down on my diet pepsi intake, as I drink between 8 and 12 cans a day 
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08-11-2005, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jeggeman31 I need to cut down on my diet pepsi intake, as I drink between 8 and 12 cans a day | I can do the same thing, with no problem at all. I love the stuff. Diet Coke is like watered air to me.
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08-12-2005, 01:27 AM
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| | I drink 3 glasses of water or more a day and sometimes have a glass of Orange juice. I used to drink one 600 ml diet coke a day, but now thats every 1-2 weeks. I'll have the occasional coke or rasberry drink when low. Im proud of myself!  |
08-12-2005, 03:23 AM
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| | | For obvious reasons water is better than diet drinks but being a diabetic can be a bit limiting so the occasional glass of diet pepsi or others will do you no harm.
I hate it when people say to me "oh you shouldn't drink that diet drink just think of all the chemicals" I'm like "well, you're not dibetic and can drink anything you want so give me a break!!"
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08-12-2005, 04:30 AM
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| | I agree with klpants, when you have diabetes there's not alot of choices for things to drink. Common sense says that water's the best but there's only so much I can stand. If I had other choices no, I wouldn't drink things with aspertame and the like but come on..some times there's just no way around it. I've heard that you have to ingest metric tons of the fake stuff to do any harm. So, drink, enjoy and there are bigger things to worry about.  |
08-12-2005, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by liz32 I agree with klpants, when you have diabetes there's not alot of choices for things to drink. Common sense says that water's the best but there's only so much I can stand. If I had other choices no, I wouldn't drink things with aspertame and the like but come on..some times there's just no way around it. I've heard that you have to ingest metric tons of the fake stuff to do any harm. So, drink, enjoy and there are bigger things to worry about. |
I have found, though, that I can drink more water if it's cold and clean. I live in Fairfax County, VA which has no reservoirs . . . we drink reconstituted river water. I added an undersink filter PLUS a Brita pitcher and thus double filter the water and keep it cold. I find it much easier to drink a lot of it now as a result.
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08-12-2005, 09:17 AM
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| | hey fairfax county im in like Richmond Va  Our water is from a well where we live so its good.
now i prefer to drink diet coke with lime is the best drink EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
obviously water is the best choice. i drink anywhere from 2-4 bottles of water and 2-4 cans of diet pop. it all just depends.
as i always say nothing is good for you and everything is bad for you. you read one week something is bad for you this way but then its good for you the next week. so just live life as you want.
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08-12-2005, 09:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Virginia
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| | | oh i can't stand regular coke or pepsi or anything after drinking diet for almost 10years its way to sweet and gross.
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08-12-2005, 09:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lexington KY
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| | | I don't think any one else mentioned it but don't forget about the caffeine in a lot of the diet sodas.
In some people caffeine has a mild diuretic effect and as a result won't get the same hydration effect as one would from plain water. The studies on how caffeine effects glucose have been mixed but many recent studies seem to indicate it impairs glucose metabolism.
Some people also have problems with the acid and phosphorus content of some sodas.
That being said ... I'll put my vote in for diet pepsi, caffeine free of course.
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08-12-2005, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by amccrazgrl hey fairfax county im in like Richmond Va Our water is from a well where we live so its good.
now i prefer to drink diet coke with lime is the best drink EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
obviously water is the best choice. i drink anywhere from 2-4 bottles of water and 2-4 cans of diet pop. it all just depends.
as i always say nothing is good for you and everything is bad for you. you read one week something is bad for you this way but then its good for you the next week. so just live life as you want. |
Loved your response! I always joke that with so many studies telling us what causes cancer in lab rats, I think it's actually the labs causing the cancer.
Frankly I'm a diet doctor pepper or diet cherry coke fan. I enjoy the vanilla version. Just not a big lemon/lime fan. I do like the diet coke with splenda, but find too much splenda messes up digestion.
BTW, I've never gotten to know Richmond. Looks like a neat city from times I've driven through it. Someday . . . .
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T2 diagnosed November, 2004 - Taking Metformin and Actos
Wishing Carwy great success in a new life and the defeat of cancer.
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