ABC News: Can Diet Soda Make You Fat?

[rossjfxyv]

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[jalit]

Lol. It's one biased study against another.

[joshie902100]

@poopalisk yeah it's not going to taste like pop or juice because there's not a load awful ingredients in water to give you that flavour

[nigsplzz]

Water is not disgusting. Go work out real hard, then drink Pop, you'll realize how bad it is for you.

[BestWayToLoseWeightH]

I stopped drinking diet soda years ago. I also avoid anything with artificial sweeteners. I drink water instead. Sometimes, I drink carbonated water like Perrier. There are studies you can read about at the American Diabetes Association Web site that suggest people gain weight, especially stomach fat, by drinking diet soda.

[wadehjb]

This study says x another study says the opposite....basically none of these studies can be taken as fact. I wish they would do bigger studies and come up with more conclusive results before going to the press.

[zLUVSGAGA]

My favorite drink is water :) I'm so glad it's water.

[CoachTomFitness]

beer is better

[weirdalguy360]

@fretburn100 sorry if I came off as an ass in my last comment. I get the fact that soda in general, diet or not isn't good for you. However, I do think that further research needs to be done regarding these issues. I like having one or diet sodas as a way of relaxing. I'm currently trying to live a healthier lifestyle in general, and that's why I came to this video. I think that in moderation diet sodas are okay. It's when you go overboard with 5 or 6 per day that it becomes unhealthy.

[weirdalguy360]

What's pretty funny is the fact that diet soda actually decreases my appetite rather than make me hungry. Whatever its my body I'll do whatever the hell I want with it.

[fretburn100]

@weirdalguy360 What's funny is you drink diet soda. Drinking diet soda makes no sense, people pretend that calories are the only things that matter. It makes as much sense as a cigarette that doesn't make your breath smell, but kill you just as quickly. People lose focus of the big picture if they benefit from something instantly.

[KezoZydis]

The human body doesn't like to be treated like a dumbass.  But that is exactly what we're doing when we eat foods with low calorie chemical sweetners.

[gotanmp3]

I swear, so-called "experts" can be real morons sometimes. It takes more self control to give up soda completely than it does to switch to a zero calorie version that tastes more-or-less the same. And, real shocker here: people with better self control are more likely to succeed at sticking to their diet.

The problem is that there is no such thing as a zero calorie Big Mac.

[RecessionProofFree]

Obviously, just look at all the fat people dowing a dozen diet sodas a day. Sick, but expected given the greed of soda manufacturers. Free-Life-Benefits . com

[34099832]

its like when i drink diet coke i can tastes the yummy sugary sweetness and sometimes i often found myself after drinking diet coke that i wanted to eat more sugary foods and i couldnt control myself sometimes its like when i ingest it my body is asking for more sugar. when i drink coca cola zero i dont feel like eating more sugary foods than when i drink regular diet coke i dont know what it is but its like its to much sweetner in diet coke than in coca cola zero.

[katie910324]

well, i've lost 60 lbs in 6 months on my diet so far and i drink diet soda every day to every other day. i'm not saying that it's good or bad for you, but there's proof in the pudding that you CAN still lose weight while drinking diet sodas. 

[hootyhaha]

When I diet with ATKINS (which works and is not unhealthy if done right).. I just go with Water. Other times I'd rather just drink the normal coke, dr pepper, mt dew, etc. etc. In moderation. Diet drinks just suck. The only diet drinks I can tolerate are the citrus ones which seem to cancel the diet taste out (the citrus). Careful Diet CRUSH has sugar and carbs in it look at the label and serving size. Plus I dont like all the artificial stuff, it tastes awful to me. All of it I can taste it.

[captain3xtreme]

LOL @ the freaking aspartame conspiracy theorists.

Bottom line is that meta studies have been done regarding the effects of aspartame on metabolism and there is no scientific consensus.

There is a good deal of evidence however to suggest that aspartame does not effect appetite or satiation. I think it is most likely that people who drink diet soda are not concerned with their overall health while people who are, tend to steer clear of diet soda due to perceptions of it being unhealthy.

[nicolamurph]

What's wrong with you zombies saying you all lost weight drinking toxic diet sodas? You're only drinking that shit BECAUSE you're fighting weight-gain. Who are you all trying to kid?! Brain cancer setting in early.

[Iwuzhere321]

The only reason why is the Artificial Sweetners is it makes the body crave sweets which we give into. "We don't know" No shit. I've been using diet soda to help myself loose weight. 1 Diet soda is just as pleasing as 160 calorie chocolate bar. I have lost 10 pounds in 2 months. It doesn't sound like a lot but it is because I started the diet at a healthy weight.

[Unexpec7ed]

The only liquid you need is pure water ...

[shfbdfi1273]

I love fat.

[jackdevanie]

I'm drinking a gallon of coke zero a day and have lost 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I have lost 100 pounds and approaching 20% bodyfat. I believe in calories in and calories out. I'm not going to bother making up a diet myth and preaching it as the truth for example that the artificial sweetness causes a reaction identical to its caloric dense counter part, so I'll simply say my goals are to lose body fat and gain strength and have been succeeding in both so far.

[bigedseattle]

@jackdevanie Hello, I am very glad you have lost that much weight. But I truly believe that you are drinking to much diet soda. I drink a 2 liter bottle a day and worry about over loading on aspartame. I read somewhere that someone put aspartame on a ant hill and it killed all the ants (sweet ants?) Any way. I thought you would like to know this.

[ahhcrap101]

i drank diet soda like two cups and nothing is wrong with me

[RoxBro182]

im 5"7, 112 pounds.. i drink like 3 diet sodas a day.. i dont gain weight .

[soulplatos]

it changes it because the body has NOTHING to break down....the fake sweetner causes your body to produce a huge amount of glycose...when there is nothing to digest your body makes you hungry to deal with the axccess glycuse and you over eat...making you fat~

Im hypo glecimic....it sucks but its the truth.

[entropym]

Aren't these the guys that rigged the truck to explode for a "news" story? I question anything that they report.

[duffypinecrest]

Diet soda = 0 calories.

[DaxterRules]

Ya right moron

[tomrei]

she is full of it

[MissMaryAnneWilson]

Green Tea is a great substitute and my brother just lost 82 pounds and has a great why to help people learn about why this is happening to us. And has a great approach for anyone who needs to loose more than 30 pounds. And I think he should be interview, so others can learn and be healthy too. He just helped my younger brother loose over 80 pounds.

[kingatube]

@MissMaryAnneWilson I just want to say... I am truly happy for your brother :)

[Tomboybaby101]

@MissMaryAnneWilson just normal green tea or lipton green tea?

[MissMaryAnneWilson]

@Tomboybaby101 I have lost 50 lbs and drink several glasses of Lipton Green Tea All Natural/day (Naturally Decaffeinated) I make my own . . .

[RickHorsman]

Upon tasting the sweetness your body releases insulin to match up and neutralize the "sugar" when no sugar is there in reality to match up with this load of insulin the insulin which is also known as the "fat hormone" then stores itself as fat.... generally stomach fat.

[klahrissa]

I stopped drinking soda when I went to boarding school. The cafeteria only had juice and water. Now it been 3 years since leaving highschool and my main drink is water. I probaby drink 1or 2 cocacolas a year(no pepsi or anything flavored or clear) Its a bit refreshing. Because I drink it so infrequently it burns the back of my throat but usually thats exactly what i'm looking for when I start itching to drink it. I am wary of anything diet or sugar free.

[grambo22]

Careful with juice, it has about the same amount of sugar per serving as soda (~30-35g), most companies add various types of sugar as well to make it taste better/be more addictive. Water is the best.

[095034006]

@klahrissa this is because of iodide. More diet soda reduces iodide absorbtion and iodide helps incease metabolism which regulated my the thyroid glande. this is why some people find it hard to lose weight even when they reduce cal intake

[BamBoomJingle]

were humans there rats T.T

[notrandom2]

This is a fallacious statement - to ignore such a study because the test subject is not human, is to embrace stupidity or denial. We werent taught as children, the base of earth life is carbon, only to ignore studies like these as adults. Simple as that.

If something is poisoning your rat or bird, or dog, logically youd distance yourself as far from the source of poison as possible. So what is the difference with this study?

[verily59]

Lots of people are talking about this and the artificial sweetner "Aspartame" in particular and how it is effecting them negatively. Everyone has reports and studies. You just have to decide what is right for you.

[chrislovessum1]

all you have to do is exercise and sweat alot, and not eat anything at night !!

[ChryslerCruiser]

I'm a testimony for artificial sweeteners causing weight gain.

For a while, I was using them alot. Pretty much everyday, I was drinking 4 diet drinks or cans of diet soda per day.

As a result of using these, I've gained 15 lbs. These sweeteners changed my metabolism and boosted my appetite.

I just quit artificial sweeteners, and my appetite is lower now, and my metabolism seems to be going back up.

[M1GreenEagle]

im the opposite, i went from regular coke to coke zero and lost 15lbs in 6 weeks.

im drinking like 2 cans a day tho not 4 like you.

[CooperLee]

When I was 12 my Dad made me eat a rat. I didn't like it even though he let me use ketchup on it. Seriously.

[ajp135212]

@CooperLee that has to be one of the funnnniest most random comments ive ever seen....lol im laughing rite now

[verryberrypink11]

wow... my mom only buys diet soda! good thing i don't drink it :]