why do ppl say diet soda is so bad for you?

Answer 1

Well, A lot of things we put in our bodies is bad for us. Artifical sweetens are no exception.

Aspertame, what we call NutraSweet, has a chemical reaction that causes it to turn into fermaldehide (ie..embalming fluid) in our bloodstreams. You'll find all kinds of information about this online. Just look it up at Google.com.

Also, they toss the out of date ones quickly, because it also turns into fermaldehide on the shelves.

Splenda, is not much better. Splenda, while made from real sugar, is made basically by using chlorine too change its structure. Chlorine is also a poison to our systems.

Answer 2

im not sure, but normal soda is bad too but i dont think its AS bad

Health Concerns:

While these drinks are marketed to those who are weight conscious, no published study has shown that drinking diet soda will cause a person to lose weight. Changing the food energy intake from one food will not necessarily change a person's overall food energy intake, or cause a person to lose weight. One study [1], at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, reported by Sharon Fowler at the ADA annual meeting, actually suggested the opposite, where consumption of diet soda was correlated with weight gain. While Fowler did suggest that the undelivered expected calories from diet soda may stimulate the appetite, the correlation does not prove that consumption of diet soda caused the weight gain. The weight gain may have caused the consumption of diet soda. The ADA has yet to issue an updated policy concerning diet soda, and may face a conflict of interest in doing so, as they are now in partnership with candy and soda companies
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Answer 3

Check this out!
Aspartame/Nutrasweet is not very sweet in itself, that may be why Equal puts Dextrose (sugar) and maltodextrin as the first ingredients, so that it tastes sweet.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet is a brain drug that stimulates your brain so you think that the food you're eating tastes sweet. If you pay attention you'll notice that when using Aspartame/Nutrasweet, everything you eat at the same time also tastes sweet! This may be why Aspartame/Nutrasweet causes you to crave carbohydrates. Hence, you won't lose weight using it.
BTW, cyclamates got pulled off the market in the 70's in the US (but not Canada or the rest of the world) because the sugar industry saw too much of their market disappear.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet (aspartylphenylalanine-methyl-ester) breaks down to its poison constituents at 86 degrees (Aspartic Acid 40%, Phenylalanine 50%, and Methanol 10%). Remember your stomach is at 98.6 degrees! Therefore you should never use Aspartame/Nutrasweet in hot beverages or cooked foods such as Jello. How the FDA allows this remains a mystery. There is mounting evidence that the "Burning Mouth Syndrome" experienced by the Desert Storm troops was actually Methanol poisoning from the Diet Coke they drank lots of, after being exposed to desert temperatures.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet's 10% Methanol appears in the body quickly and is the same alcohol (wood alcohol also in lacquer thinner), that your mother correctly warned you could make you blind. Many skid-row alcoholics had major problems with this cheap but deadly form of alcohol.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet's 40% Aspartic Acid is an "excitotoxin" in the brain and excites neurons to death, i.e. it kills brain cells and causes other nerve damage.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet triggers Migraine Headaches This even happened to me!. The Usenet is filled with posts by people who have pinned their migraines down to aspartame/Nutrasweet consumption.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet's breakdown products attack the bodies tissues and create Formaldehyde which builds up in the tissues forever. Remember the smelly, eye watering fumes from the frogs you dissected in school? They were preserved with Formaldehyde! Formaldehyde is thought to cause cancer.
The American Bottlers Association did not want the FDA to approve Aspartame/Nutrasweet because of what the test report showed. But the FDA approved it anyway!
Airline pilots stay away from Aspartame/Nutrasweet because they are well aware of the documented dangers.
Aspartame/Nutrasweet also breaks down to diketopiperazine [DKP] which is proven to cause Brain Tumors! Brain Tumors used to be rare. Several of the rats in the original study formed brain tumors during their Aspartame/Nutrasweet exposure. The researchers surgically removed the tumors and returned the rats to the study and discounted the tumors.

Answer 4

It's because of the food colorings and preservatives which some claim to be bad. If you also have AD(H)D you might have troubles (for real) with those substances. Check the FDA info to see which ones, if any, are cancerogenic. Don't buy into "fads".

Answer 5

All artificial sweeteners (including splenda) are man-made chemicals. The human body does not know how to handle these chemicals. However, in limited amounts, they should not be harmful. Too much of the stuff can lead to kidney and liver problems. If you're that worried about it, just stick with water.

Answer 6

Pop is filled with sugar and other useless ingredients that add to your body fat percentage. Diet, isn't that much healthier either. Try out Lipton Green Tea, it's so good, and has antioxidants to help out your body.

Answer 7

The sugar substitutes that they use to keep the soda calorie-free (aspertame) is bad for your liver. Try diet sodas made with splenda

Answer 8

In women a recent study found that it dissolves bones, all types of cola. Lucky it does not affect us men but best avoided for women likely to suffer loss of bone.

Answer 9

soda period is bad.
but the diet stuff has fake sweetener that supposodly causes cancer.
we put too many things in our stomachs that are man made and synthetic, and we wonder why we are fat, getting cancer and different sicknesses, etc. it is from all the crap we ingest.

Answer 10

Because it contains Phenylalanine.