Extra Easy Do you think diet drinks make you fat?

[Rorah]

I drink a can of Sainsbury's NAS cream soda every day on the way to work, have coffee with sweetner in it all day long and then I usually have at least a 1L bottle of slimline tonic in the evening, and maybe some diet lemonade.

It's all 99.9% water anyway, and to be honest if there's no sugar in it I can't see how it would make you fat, other than possibly for people for whom the sweetness stimulates their appetite. It has never stimulated my appetite, and if anything it gives me something to "consume" throughout the day so I think it makes me eat less.

I also don't worry too much about the supposed health risks - for every "trial" that links sweetners to cancer or whatever there's another one proving that they're perfectly safe. And just about everything will give you some form of illness if consumed/done to extreme. I think the health risks of being a fatty "outweigh" the risks of a bit of sweet white powder.

 

[LittleFlutterby]

Yup. I have two or three cans of diet soda every night and just got my 8 stone award this morning If anything they help me by filling my tum up with gas so I feel fuller and giving my mouth something to do rather than eat crap In an ideal world yeah we'd all live on fruit & veg and pure spring water - but this aint an ideal world, and to be frank I wouldnt wanna live in it if it was

Oh well done you! I got mine last night. We could be 8 stone twins!

*high five*

 

[ermintrude]

Oh well done you! I got mine last night. We could be 8 stone twins!

*high five*

Woooo we rock!!!

:8855:

 

[*Emsie*]

I know the correct answer to this for you so I hope it helps. (did a personal training and nutrition course)
Artificial sweetners are hundreds of times sweeter than sugar there for your body gets ready for a major sugar rush, but gets no sugar, areas of the brain then create a desire for this more.. Some of these sweeteners can cause the body to crave high sugar and high carbohydrate foods because phenylalanine(in aspartame) blocks the amino acid serotonin that plays a part in regulation of appetite. When serotonin is lacking it screams out for these foods. (therefore making you eat more) they are chemicals and they're not good for the body. The same

Apologies if taking it off on a tangent slightly this just made me think about the fact that I now seem to crave sugary foods and fizzy drinks more than I used to pre sw could this be down to the fact that my body is looking for a quick fix because it is missing the sugar etc it used to have?

 

[*Emsie*]

I think anyone who thinks artificial sweetner affects weight loss needs a tad of a reality check- SW is based on foods that contain them. Muller lights, low calorie drinks- look at food packaging?

As I said, it makes you bloat. If it made you fat and gain weight I wouldn't of lost 1.5 stone in 7 weeks drinking 6-7 low calorie artificial sweetener drinks a day.

Just like theirs no evidence "theyre dangerous". It that was true, im pretty sure i would be dead right about now. Before SW even I lived on things with artificial sweeteners, at least for the past 8 years.

SW is a weight loss plan so it is going to promote low fat/cal foods some of which willhave sweetners etc in.
Like most things there is 'evidence' for and against them so it can be hard to check the reality other thn if it does or doesn't work for you personally

 

[samjay123]

SW is a weight loss plan so it is going to promote low fat/cal foods some of which willhave sweetners etc in.
Like most things there is 'evidence' for and against them so it can be hard to check the reality other thn if it does or doesn't work for you personally

Very well said

 

[samjay123]

Apologies if taking it off on a tangent slightly this just made me think about the fact that I now seem to crave sugary foods and fizzy drinks more than I used to pre sw could this be down to the fact that my body is looking for a quick fix because it is missing the sugar etc it used to have?

You could be experiencing the effects that artificial sweeteners have on some people. Or if you've recently cut down on the amount of sugar then itll take a little while for your body to get used to it. Could be that because you can't have it whenever u want, you want it more!! Lol. That's when syns are great though. Next time you get a craving for sugar.maybe you could try some fruit. As fruit is full of natural sugar.