Diet Sodas Make You Fat

Executive summary about Diet Soda By Scott Malin

diet soda weight gain

Diet drinks are marketed to be calorie free or very low in calories, but there are factors that must be taken into consideration. Diet soda is 100 percent nutrition free as well as calorie free. Artificial sweeteners used in diet drinks are made of chemicals that are designed to trick the body into thinking it is getting something sweet. Aspartame, for example, is 180 times sweeter than sugar. New research suggests that consuming sugary drinks, even if they are artificially sweetened, may lead to cravings for sweet items in general.  The body requires pure water to flush out toxins and fat.  The water from a can of soda is barely adequate to flush out the toxins inside that can of soda!  The bottom line is this; diet soda’s do no good and may actually end up preventing weight loss.  So, start drinking clean water as a major step to a healthier lifestyle and losing weight.

Eliminate Diet Soda From Your Diet If You Are Trying to Lose Weight

Executive summary about Diet Soda By Dara Torrin

Since 1948 the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has been studying the factors that contribute to heart disease by observing and monitoring the residents of Framingham, Massachusetts. Over the last four years they have observed around 6,000 middle-aged men and women. Initially, they were healthy. Over this time they noted the following:

* Those participants who drank one or more sodas (diet or regular) a day had a 31%    greater risk of becoming obese.

* They had a 30% chance of developing an increased waist circumference.

* There was a 25% chance they would develop high triglycerides.

* And, they had a 50 to 60% chance of developing metabolic syndrome regardless of whether they drank regular or diet soda.

Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of factors that can include obesity in an apple distribution (around the middle), high triglycerides, low HDL, insulin resistance and high blood pressure. Those with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk for developing heart disease.

It is understandable how sugary soda can increase abdominal girth and the other factors, but diet sodas have no calories! Why do the people who drank diet sodas also develop the same problems?

One answer might be that those who drank diet soda had similar eating and exercise habits to those who drank regular soda. There is also a theory that the substance that gives some sodas their caramel color may promote insulin resistance. The truth is that no one knows exactly how or why this happened. Till we get to the bottom of it, I would advise cutting out the sugary soda altogether and drinking diet soda in moderation