Mend Your Diet

Are there any real dangers in drinking too much Diet Soda?

Public Comments

1. How about death??? Some artificial sweeteners may cause cancer.
2. yes. Soda is nothing but chemicals...caffeine...sugar or sugar substitutes...phosphates...carbonation. There is NOTHING healthy in soda, regardless of whether it's diet or not. It has damaging effects on the body. Causes dehydration. Depletes the body of calcium. Puts stress on the kidneys. Weakens the bones. Want me to keep going?!
3. Yes, depending on the drink. 1) If it contains Aspartame, this has been shown to cause headaches and act as a depressent. Obviously, neither are good effects of a soft drink. This only realy comes into play if you have 5 or more cans of soda containing aspartame in a day. 2) If you drink to much carbonic acid (carbonated water, which is acidic), you can do damage to your esophagus and stomach lining. 3) By drinking soda instead of water, you will dehydrate. Soda does not hydrate you, as the carbonation forces you to have to urinate quicker than normally. Thus, it acts like a diuretic (sp?). Drink water. It is clean, calorie free, sugar free, sodium free, and a necessary part of every diet.
4. Not at all, unless one of the following is true: (a) You are an animal smaller than a common housecat, and you drink 10 per day. (b) You are a normal-sized human, and have a high-speed intravenous drip of diet soda directly to your veins. The reports about the stuff causing cancer in lab rats is true, but extremely exaggerated. It's the saccharine that does it, and the rats are fed the equivalent of several pounds at a time with nothing else to wash it out. There are no known instances of someone getting cancer attributable solely to drinking diet soda. However, if it worries you, know that many drinks now use Splenda as the sweetener, which is sugar-based, and thus is more healthy on the whole than saccharine.
5. yeah the soda contains aspertame (not sure if it is spelled right) that causes cancer
6. I think this is very informative, I imagine diet is only worse because of the stuff that makes it diet. > > >WATER OR COKE? > > > > > >This is really an eye opener... Water or Coke? We > > >all know that water is important but I've never seen > > >it written down like this before. > > >WATER > > > > > >1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. > > > > > >2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so > > >weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. > > > > > >3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's > > >metabolism as much as 3%. > > > > > >4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger > > >pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a > > >University of Washington study. > > > > > >5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue. > > > > > >6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses > > >of water a day could significantly ease back and > > >joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. > > > > > >7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy > > >short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and > > >difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a > > >printed page. > > > > > >8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the > > >risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the > > >risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less > > >likely to develop bladder cancer. > > > > > >And now for the properties of COKE: > > > > > >1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol > > >carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove > > >blood from the highway after a car accident. > > > > > >2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and > > >it will be gone in two days. > > > > > >3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola in! to > > >the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one > > >hour, th en flush clean. The citric acid in Coke > > >removes stains from vitreous China. > > > > > >4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub > > >the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap > > >aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola. > > > > > >5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: > > >Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble > > >away the corrosion. > > > > > >6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked > > >in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes. > > > > > >7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into > > >the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and > > >bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, > > >remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix > > >with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy. > > > > > >8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke > > >into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run > > >through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help > > >loosen grease stains. > > > > > >9. It will also clean road haze from your windshield. > > > > > >For Your Info: > > > > > >1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. > > >Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4days. > > >Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones > > >and is a major contributor to the rising increase in > > >osteoporosis. > > > > > >2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the > > >commercial truck must use the Hazardous material > > >place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials. > > > > > >3. The distributors of coke have been using it to > > >clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years! > > > > > >Now the question is, would you like a coke or a glass > > >of water?
7. not for everyone but I have an aspertane sensitivity and it feels like I have a bad hangover if I drink it the night before. no vomit just head and body aches. Drink water
8. If you drink like 100 oz. a day for the rest of your life and it is filled with aspartame, yes. Because aspartame can raise the glucose levels in the brain.
9. just try to cut out soda completely
10. AVOID DRINKING SODA TOO OFTEN. JUST TRY TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT. TAKE AN EGG SHELF AND DIP THAT IN SODA AND LEAVE IT FOR SOME TIME(FEW DAYS AND U CAN CHANGE THE SODA FROM TIME TO TIME). SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE SAME THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR BONES. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE BRITTLE... BUT I MA NOT TOO SURE
11. I know when I diet and drink alot of diet pop I get major major headaches! I dont know if its from the lack of caffeine which Im use to having or due to the sweetner in the diet pop. I just know as soon as I quit drinking it- headache goes completely away! soooooo Im gonna say its not the best thing in the world for ya! But u could have worse habits!
12. I think the acid in carbonated drinks can rot your teeth and there are also links to the benzoate in soda causing cancer
13. I drink diet soda every day and I am 61 years old and still kicking.