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But wasn't there a study on mice? And it gave them cancer, I THINK. I know there was a whole court case and all, for sure. So the creator of aspartame literally bought his way into the market.

Toujours said:

So you're basing your opinion on aspartame on a study you can barely even remember?

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/AtHome/aspartame

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I didn't have an opinion in that post. I was just saying/asking. Meh, I don't like taking risks. So I don't drink them. But hey, to each his own, no?

Well sugar is bad for you, and in diet sodas they put chemical sweeteners which are worse for your health than sugar, right.

Well, maybe, but I guess it's a generally common thing that artificial things usually aren't better than natural things, food wise and stuff. I don't know whether there are studies or not but I can understand if there aren't really because it seems logical because it is the case with most other things.

Oh didn't know that, well if it's been proven to not be worse than regular soda then that's solved I guess lol. That doesn't make it healthy though obviously, soda is still really bad XD We have some organic sodas here though I guess they're a bit better.

Toujours said:

I know people say that diet soda is bad for you but tbh it's hard for me to believe until I see a real study that was performed the way a study should be performed, which is really near impossible. And then I see things like "how do you gain weight from diet soda? Find out at 11!" and it's always something dumb like "diet soda makes you want to each refined sugars more!". I don't eat refined sugars, so diet soda doesn't make me gain weight.

I think doctors hate diet soda but they don't have any really good studies backing them up so they just think of everything possible to make people not drink it. :/

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I used to drink soda every day (diet one mostly but sometimes regular) and cut it out cold turkey and completely. I had soonafter lost 20 lbs and my face was less red and less prone to breakouts.

:/ Dunno about doctor stuff but.. speaking from personal experience the truth is I felt much better after..

I think if you're gonna drink soda, you should also drink the equivalent of water too. Caffeine is a diuretic after all.


That being said, I do have pop occassionally. Today I had a jones soda.. which is sweetened with organic cane sugar. But I do have coke or sprite once in a while too.

I used to drink a lot of soda. I am trying to cut it out and since I have done that I have lost a lot of weight, although I changed my diet aswell, which also impacted.

Soda for me made me very bad at sleeping. I mean I'm pretty bad now I don't sleep till around 6/7am anyway, I definitely got addicted to the caffeine and was noticeable when I stopped drinking so much of it.

They say one of the first things you should do when you try and lose weight is to cut out all soda, because it just has heaps of sugar and it doesn't really fill you up anymore than water does. I really wish all the food and drink companies would just reduce the amount of sugar they use in everything, because a lot of the time, it isn't needed.

That's the reason why I like to cook my own food, it's like when my dad used to make me vegetables, he'd always cook them in oil in the frypan. I just put down some baking paper before I cook them, they taste cleaner, they're healthier, and I don't even need to wash up afterwards.

Also the amount of sugar my sister has on her cereal...

All I really drink anymore is beer, lots of water, and coffee. I'll have the occasional Pepsi... or Dr. Pepper, but it has to be the stuff with cane sugar. I don't know if I can tell a difference or not, but it makes me feel better about it. Or something.

I actually don't like sweet things all that much, which is weird I guess. I guess that's why I've gained such a liking of beer.