Aspartame: inhibits seratonin

ZombieKitten said:

WHAT!

Oh I am not enduring another moment of mild depression for a sip of diet soda or Dentyne Ice sugarless gum.

Everyone I know that drinks diet sodas complain about always being hungry and thirsty.

shanti0608 said:

Having a diet soda still sends the "sweet" signal to your brain which then prepares your body to consume a bunch of calories. When your body does not receive the calories, you'll find yourself consuming perhaps even MORE food later.



Funny thing is my cousin (fitness guru) told me this and then one week later a study was published.... maybe I can find the link... a study done on rats where the ones that had diet soda actually gained more weight in a week than the rats having normal soda.

maybe I can find the link... a study done on rats where the ones that had diet soda actually gained more weight in a week than the rats having normal soda.

Aside from the fact that you're ingesting toxic stew that you have no clue what it's affects will be down the road, your ingesting huge doses of salt.

Cinnie said:

http://blog.wired.com/wir...-coul.html

One of the ways in which diet sodas can make a person at is that, for some people, aspartame (and other artificial sweeteners, for that matter) causes an insulin spike. In other words, even though it technically has no calories, your body thinks it's just had a big hit of sugar and reacts accordingly.

Upon ingestion, aspartame breaks down into several residual chemicals, including aspartic acid, phenylalanine, methanol, and further breakdown products including formaldehyde,[14] formic acid, and a diketopiperazine. There is some controversy surrounding the rate of breakdown into these various products and the effects that they have on those that consume aspartame-sweetened foods (from wikipedia)




Also, just because the FDA approves a substance for use doesn't mean that it's 'safe'.


Just look at the shit that we're drinking when it comes to dairy...

shanti0608 said:

Having a diet soda still sends the "sweet" signal to your brain which then prepares your body to consume a bunch of calories. When your body does not receive the calories, you'll find yourself consuming perhaps even MORE food later.



Funny thing is my cousin (fitness guru) told me this and then one week later a study was published.... maybe I can find the link... a study done on rats where the ones that had diet soda actually gained more weight in a week than the rats having normal soda.

Genesia said:

Truth. I wouldn't say for "some" people.

Upon ingestion, aspartame breaks down into several residual chemicals, including aspartic acid, phenylalanine, methanol, and further breakdown products including formaldehyde,[14] formic acid, and a diketopiperazine. There is some controversy surrounding the rate of breakdown into these various products and the effects that they have on those that consume aspartame-sweetened foods (from wikipedia)




Also, just because the FDA approves a substance for use doesn't mean that it's 'safe'.


Just look at the shit that we're drinking when it comes to dairy...

ok i'll admit i'm hopelessly addicted to pop.
i used to be able to put away 6-8 cans of coke a day without even thinking about it.... its the bubbles and the 'burn' on the way down that get me, LOVE IT! but then i switched to diet coke because i realize i could be putting away nearly 1000 calories a day just from pop! i lost about 30 lbs over the course of about 3 months or so after i switched, but dont worry, enventually i found them again

im straight up addicted to diet coke now, i KNOW that its not good for me. i am going to try to switch over to carbonated water now im sure that is going to take some getting used to....

i cant STAND water, as i told bluesbaby, its like drinking air

I like sparkling water too, and I drink that in the afternoon. But I need the caffeine from the diet Coke in the morning. I guess my obit will read: "Death from diet Coke ingestion."

I'm of the completely non-scientific opinion that everything is OK in moderation. I drink diet soft drinks a few times a week. Why? Because I have to seriously, seriously watch my calorie intake. I gain weight just by looking at food. I drink lots and lots and lots of water. But sometimes I want something with a little flavor, so I grab a diet soda or make a pitcher of crystal light. I drink the caffeine-free ones, though, as I'm super caffeine sensitive.

And caffeine is actually an appetite-suppressant. Caffeine has been a main ingredient in diet pills for a looooong time. Aspartame may be what causes you to feel hungry. Kind of like gum. Your body is getting ready to process calories cause you're consuming something but since there's nothing there to turn into energy, you want more.