My dad drinks these things like they're water; are they better than the regular stuff or just as bad?
2006-10-13 04:57:37 · 9 answers · asked by chrstnwrtr 7 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
No, they are not AS bad but they are still wasted calories and don't give you anything nutritious in return. Useless/needless calories will turn to fat.
Sodas are worse because they don't even contain regular sugar. They contain High Fructose Corn Syrup which is a sugar substitute that is sweeter than sugar and also 80% more likely to cause diabetes. Such a substance should be outlawed in the United States but it would have such a huge impact on the corn industry and faces huge resistance as it is (in just labeling issues) on restricting things like this.
They should go back to putting cocaine in the drinks or arsenic.
HFCS is addictive as it stimulates our desire for sweet fruits which has nutrients and vitamins that are actually good for us.
2006-10-13 05:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
diet soda is alot worse than regular... the fake sugar in it is known to cause cancer even the they deny it... many people get cancer from their eating habits.
of course you should drink caffiene free soda. the caffiene in the soda is bad for you. really, how could they get real caffiene out of coffee and put it in cola?? they cant. whatever drug they put in the soda is not really caffiene and caffiene is just another word for "cheap crappy cocain rip offs" its some weird drugs some mad scientists make up. and also, one of the requirements for a drug to pass as caffiene is it has to make you sick to your stomache... so maybe they put another drug in it to make you sick so you will think its all the same. its not.
dont ever eat anything with no calleries or lowered callerries cuz it could lead to cancer. and it will prolly taste like ****. just eat healthy foods and exercise... you can be the most healthiest eater in the world for 20 years and still be very out of shape and die at 30 or 40 from heart discease. you gotta get that cardio work out. its the best way to not be fat too...
you could eat the most fattening food and eat 5000 calleries a day and be skinny and in good shape if you exercise..
diets with little food are very unhealthy... and also, if you dont eat, you wont have enough energy and you will be tired and it could lead to accidents and diabetes
aspartame is very bad i think, but, there is a new fake diet no callorie sugar called phelylaninine im not sure how its spelled but it is being used in many diet products and even in gum thats not even diet and food thats not even diet food.. it must be cheap and crappy... i read a label from a thing that had this new "sugar" and it said that it can cause cancer
2006-10-13 05:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by impossiblestrength 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on what kind of diet soda it is. If the diet soda contain aspartame then it is just as bad for him. If they don't then they are relatively healthier all though too much of anything can be a bad thing. If he isn't drinking some water everyday to balance it out then it wouldn't matter what type of soda he's drinking.
2006-10-13 05:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by Laura D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...in fact you could argue that they're worse.
Artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame, NutraSweet, Splenda, etc. have been shown to be neurotoxins. You are actually poisoning yourself by consuming them.
If you ever look at the packaging of 'Sweet & Low', you'll see the warning that the substance has been shown to cause
cancer in laboratory animals.
The 'experts' will argue that the harmful side effects of these sweeteners is insignificant due to their low concentrations. The scarry thing is that people consume cases of these soft drinks every month.
I have no doubt that the rise in cancer rates that we see is in no small part attributable to the massive consumption of diet sodas, and all of the crap that's in them.
So...do we take the sugar (which is natural and that the body knows how to handle) or do we poison ourselves?
Or maybe...just maybe...drink water.
2006-10-13 05:08:24 · answer #4 · answered by Kamda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there became a study launched these days exhibiting that human beings who drink foodstuff ordinary soda frequently are greater possibly to be pre-diabetic or improve style II diabetes. even with the undeniable fact that, the authors of the study suggested that they do no longer understand if the foodstuff ordinary soda is a reason or a symptom -- meaning they do no longer understand if ingesting lots of foodstuff ordinary soda contributes to coming up diabetes, or if people who're in threat of coming up diabetes tend to drink lots of foodstuff ordinary soda. i've got constantly theory myself (in a thoroughly unscientific way) that there might desire to be some correlation, on the grounds that ingesting some thing that tastes candy yet is composed of no sugar might desire to by some ability trick the physique into freeing some small volume of insulin, that would construction up an insulin resistance over the years. the terrific liquid interior the worldwide on your physique is water, so i could play it secure and drink as a number of of that as you are able to.
2016-10-02 06:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Nutrition experts who are soured on soda often take a sweeter view of diet soda, which doesn't contain the sugar calories that many of them blame for weight problems.
Barbara Rolls, an author and nutrition expert at Penn State, is among its fans.
"Diet soda gives you a tool if you use it right" to wean off sweets and reduce calorie intake, she said.
However, others think it may encourage people to feel they've "earned" more dessert because they've cut calories from beverages. Although diet soda consumption is soaring, "we haven't seen the benefit" in lower rates of obesity yet, noted Dr. Louis Aronne, a Weill-Cornell Medical School nutrition expert who is president of the Obesity Society.
Harvard pediatrician Dr. David Ludwig worries that diet soda is causing "infantilization of taste buds."
From: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060305/ai_n16186767
Also see the article "Too many colas sap bone strength - Eat Right News" from Shape magazine, Feb. 2004
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_6_23/ai_112318558
"In the Drink - how beverages contribute to obesity"
Nutrition Action Healthletter, Nov, 2000, by Jackie Adriano
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0813/is_9_27/ai_66664743
2006-10-13 05:09:53 · answer #6 · answered by dontknow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diet pops are poison. I am kind of addicted to them but I try to cut down as much as possible. As soon as I drink one, within minutes I get a headache. Aspartame is terrible. You should do some research on the net and show it to your Dad if he cares about his health at all.
2006-10-13 05:02:13 · answer #7 · answered by Lonelyplanet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pop is bad all together...diet soda's or most sugar free things have aspartame in them, which can have pretty bad side effects...so encourage him to stop drinking diet soda...i've been drinking regular soda off and on just to encourage myself not to drink the diet stuff...here is an article on the aspartame that my dad sent me...
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html
2006-10-13 05:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by *<3_Gizmo* 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they're often worse. Here's the breakdown:
Sugar = Linked to obesity, diabetes
Aspartame = Linked to brain lesions
Saccharine = Possibly linked to cancer
If he drinks them like they're water, maybe you could suggest drinking water?
2006-10-13 05:06:19 · answer #9 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋