I have heard that drinking diet coke (or other diet soft drinks) actually makes you gain weight. is this true?

Question

and if so why? anyone have any sort of study to back this up?

Diet pop does NOT have sugar in it! It is sweetened with an artificial sweetener called aspartame. I read labels obsessively.

But I have heard of people talking about studies on artificial sweeteners causing a chemical imbalance and making you gain weight. This would seem contrary to the purpose of saving calories by drinking diet.

Answer 1

Yes. Since your body is expecting the sugar in the soda and doesn't get it, it needs to compensate for the loss, which makes you eat real sugarry things like chocolate to meet your fix. Also, the artificial sweeteners in diet soda messes with your saratonin and makes you depressed. Last one... diet soda weakens your bones.

Answer 2

Apparently this is because the sweeteners used (sucralose or some other types) can trigger sweet cravings because they are so concentrated (anywhere from about 60 - a few thousand times sweeter than sugar), so people will be tempted to consume sugary foods afterwards. There is also studies that show people lose their ability to judge the number of calories in sweet foods after long term consumption of artificially sweetened foods. So if you replace your regualr coke with diet and don't compensate by eating more calories somewhere else you're probably fine.

Answer 3

When you drink diet soda it makes your body think that other sweet things that have cals in them dont. So in turn you will not lose weight if you switch to diet, and it could help you gain weight. Remember reading in I think it was Health magazine or Fitness

Answer 4

Absolutely not. I use to drink regular drinks and I had gained a lot of weight. I switched to diet coke and diet Mountain dew (my favorite) and i lost a lot of the weight. Believe me if you switch you will see a reduction in your weight.

Answer 5

diet coke is higher in sugar than regular coke is.
take bouth cans and do a check it out thing. u may just be shocked at what you find out.
people think just because something says diet it is good for you. that is not so true.

Answer 6

I have never heard of anyone losing weight drinking diet sodas, especially if it is accompanied by a whopper and onion rings!!!

Answer 7

bodyweight will variety to and fro, it really is maximum acceptable to in common words weigh your self once each couple weeks or so. that promises you with a extra valuable image of your progression. eating routine coke gained't make you benefit any weight (except the burden of the soda itself.) Edit: Unblack eating routine soda has no corn syrup. It has synthetic sweetener that's undesirable for you on a diverse element.

Answer 8

pick up a 5 or 10 pound weight at the gym and visualize that weight coming off holding the weight in your hands helps bring home just how heavy even 5 pounds of extra fat can be

Answer 9

any soda with caffeine will make u eat less and lose weight not just diet...besides most fat people kid themselves with diet-mania anyway...you want to lose weight? start eating incrementally less each day until you see ur weight start to drop then hold ur food intake at about that level ...you have to exercize in some way also. bottom line is fat people stuff their face with too much food they dont need. metabolism? watever...if urs is slow eat less ...

Answer 10

enjoy fried chicken but without the skin