Comments on: Is Your Diet Coke Making You Fat?

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:41:55 +0000

That makes perfect sense to me. The backlash is the same reason why I didn’t try to quit smoking and go on a diet simultaneously at New Years.

By: Mad William Flint

Mad William Flint — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:33:49 +0000

Well I’ve been hitting a couple red bulls in the morning.

Hell, on the bad days I’ll pop a nodoz. I have an EPIC caffeine problem. But I figure the right thing is to make one change at a time.

Cutting out diet soda and caffeine at the same time would work for about 3 weeks then cause a “to hell with it!” backlash.

What I have to do is make one change, then wait to see how well I rebalance around it before tweaking something else.

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:31:06 +0000

Well, there’s always the option to drink water and, if you absolutely MUST get your caffeine fix, drink a regular Red Bull or Jolt, but just one per day.

By: Mad William Flint

Mad William Flint — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:23:40 +0000

I’d already had plans of cutting back on the aspartame as it was when I read this. But this whole affair convinced me to nix it entirely.

Aside from the caffeine problem (I just can’t stand coffee) I’ve gotta say it hasn’t been THAT bad. I do really miss the consistency and flavor of diet coke/dew and am having trouble finding substitutes.

Seltzers (flavored or not) just don’t cut it. Water’s got nothing to it, though it’ll do in a pinch. Regular soda has FAR too much sugar given the volume I drink.

Damnit! It was such a good fit!

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:35:44 +0000

You read it first here at ChubbyMommy.com. I love it!

I’m not clear whether it’s physiological or mental, either. I’ve got a feeling it’s more the latter since there are plenty of people out there who don’t fall for that mental trap.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:06:34 +0000

Dr. Manny talked about this on Fox and Friends this morning. Thanks to Chubby Mommy, I already knew about it. The way he described it artificial sweeteners upset our bodies' abilities to discern calories so we overeat. I was a little confused on whether it was physiological or mental. The "I had a Diet Coke so I can have a brownie" mentality vs. "Calories? What calories! The stomach says keep going." Anne's last blog post..Just In: Toxins Can Be Toxic

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:54:55 +0000

I literally switch from coffee around noon to iced tea until 4, with water interspersed throughout as necessary. I have tea at 4 every day, rain or shine, then water until Martini o’clock (which, now that I’m 40, doesn’t last longer than it takes to drink one martini).

After that?

Nothing.

Did I mention I’m 40 now? So is my bladder.

Liquids after 7 p.m. are baaaaad news.

By: Mad William Flint

Mad William Flint — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:35:30 +0000

Yeah I’m without soda of any kind since i read this. Unfortunately I’ve gone to much stranger measures for my daily caffeine intake. But one thing at a time.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:50:37 +0000

I missed that piece of news. Thanks for putting it here. Wow. That's just awful. Really bad news for me -- I'm seriously addicted to Diet Coke with Lime. I've been a heavy DC drinker for decades. Wish I could develop a liking for green tea. Anne's last blog post..Fat Can Help You Live Longer

By: Chubby Mommy

Chubby Mommy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:04:40 +0000

Keep in mind that Sweet & Low is saccharin which, while having its own health implications, doesn’t share aspartame’s problems.

Equal, however, is aspartame so it would be among the sweeteners implicated in this study.