There’s Nothing ‘Diet’ About Diet Soda

I was thinking about some of the old habits I used to have years ago when I was fatter and unhealthier (the average American really), and I remember one of those habits was downing several cans of soda pop each day.

Of course this is a terrible habit for someone trying to stay lean and healthy, and I eventually cut it out of my diet completely. But you know what, I quickly switched to another dietary devil, diet soda.

And man was I hooked…

All of my favorite sodas were available in diet varieties and I thought since I cut out all of the sugar and extra calories in regular soda, by drinking diet pop, I could have a couple diet pops each day and be much better off.

Well, I did start to lose fat after making the switch, due to the drop in calories and sugar each day. But I really became addicted to the artificial sweeteners in this stuff. After a few months, I was having a diet pop with every meal and snack. When I went out to eat, I’d drink all the refills I probably downed about 70-90 ounces each day, and guess what?

I started gaining fat again. I then began investigating the artificial sweeteners and some of the longer term studies that had been done. Well, some of the results I read about regarding what happens to these things after they enter your body literally scared me to drop diet soda drinking immediately.

On top of that a recent 8 year study showed that those who drink even 2 cans each day of this stuff are 57% more likely to become overweight.

Why the weight gain from something with 0 calories?

The exact reasons aren’t conclusive at this point, though one of the primary concerns is the false sense of security that the habit of diet soda drinking can give. In other words, you’ll tend to get extra loose with your diet because you feel you’re making up for it with the diet pop.

Another problem is that when anything other than water hits your stomach, you get an up tick in the hunger response…so if you grab a diet soda instead of water, there’s a good chance you’re going to want to eat something with it.

Bottom line, diet soda is another one of these ‘diet products’ that are loaded with bad chemicals your body doesn’t want or need. In most cases, these just foster a yo yo method of dieting…trying to lose fat through short term solutions that usually just magnify the problem.

The secret to attaining life time health and fitness starts with the right mind set…when you’re in the right frame of mind, ridding your life of nasty habits like diet soda becomes a natural consequence of the way you choose to eat…and live.


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