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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19918336/
"Prior studies have linked consumption of sugar-laden sodas with multiple risk factors for heart disease, but Vasan and colleagues also found the link extends to diet sodas." [face=times new roman,times,roman]Ha! [/face] This is what I've been saying for years. (And often ridiculed for it.) I don't care if diet sodas have no calories - they condition you to expect sweet things in your diet. “On average, soda drinkers tend to eat more calories, consume more saturated fat and trans fat, eat less fiber, exercise less and be more sedentary.” Fake foods are bad for you. |
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Diet soda tastes like •••• anyway. :puke0000:
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I'd be willing to bet it's not because of them eating more, it's because of some unknown effect the stupid artificial sweeteners have on our bodies.
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I drink the occasional soda, more often than not it's a diet version. I eat clean 80% for the time, maybe more. I'm lean.
I have some overweight friends. The suck down diet coke with their cheese burgers. Maybe it the aspartame but personally I think it's the burgers. I think the effect is psychological. By drinking a diet drinking people think they are making a positive impact to their diet. They ignore the small print "only works as part of a calorie controlled diet." |
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It's all psychological. There are people that think it's called Diet Coke because it somehow helps you diet.
There's nothing inherently wrong with diet sodas. If you think the chemicals in them are harmful...it's only because they would be if taken in extremely high dosages. Such as pounds and pounds of the artificial sweetener all by itself for days on end. EDITED TO ADD: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-23-diet-soda-study_N.htm?csp=34 The title of this article is "Study: Diet Sodas Linked to Heart Risk" Then read the 4th sentence. Ugh. (Message edited by nardpuncher on July 24, 2007) |
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It may have zero calories but it still has a large chemical makeup not found in nature. The caramel color is even suspect in insulin resistance. I loved this part (for the source as much as the naivete):
Susan Neely, president of the American Beverage Association, said the notion that diet drinks are associated with bulging waistlines defies common sense. "How can something with zero calories that's 99% water with a little flavoring in it ... cause weight gain?" she said. |
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I disagree Sean that there is nothing wrong with diet sodas, or soda in general.
List of chemicals and what they do (w/f safe): Sodium Benzoate: http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/summary.tcl?edf_substance_id=532-32-1 #hazards Potassium Benzoate: http://www.ukfoodguide.net/e212.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_benzoate Thats just two, the most common preservatives found in sodas, diet or regular. 9 years straight now of no soda, and I do not miss it at all. The inherent problem with soda is it doesn't provide the body with any nutrients other then sugar, and in the case of diet soda, nothing. |
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Of course, this isn't a finding of causation, simply correlation.
Perhaps if causation is found, the word "Diet" should be banned on pop (that's Canadianese for 'soda'). Much the way we banned the word "Light" from cigarettes. Light implies the cigarettes are healthier (or not as bad), which isn't the case. Too many people think that diet pop is healthy. |
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I think the causation is the psychological effect, at the very least.
I also think that the body becomes accustomed to certain types and tastes of food after a few years. Mexicans like hot food, English like bland food, mid-westerners like meat & potatoes, etc. The Scots develop a taste for haggis, for crying out loud! These palates are not genetic, they are are developed. Those who drink sodas - diet or regular - develop a palate that is accustomed to sweet food. And so that becomes the type of food they seek - sweet, bland foods empty of nutrition. That's my theory anyway. |
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Sean, Lincoln: all those links up there are work and family safe (or not), RIGHT??
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