At 04:31 AM 7/15/2005, you wrote:
Why do diet sodas make you gain weight?
Here is what I just tracked down on the internet when I searched 'diet soda
health' ,
This was on the news recently but I didn't hear all the details. Take a
look at this report, and search the internet for more. This was the first
file I looked at.
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: 1) Diet sodas don't do anything to promote health; 2) They seem to
contribute to carbohydrate cravings and difficulty in losing weight for
some people; and 3) Their ingredients may have undesirable and harmful
longterm effects.
They contain phosphoric acid, a concentrated form of phosphorus, which can
upset the body's delicate and important calcium-phosphorus ratio. When you
consume excess phosphorus (along with little calcium), there isn't enough
calcium in the blood to balance the phosphorus, forcing the body to draw
calcium from the bones.
Diet soda does nothing for our nutrient status; in fact, upsets and
depletes it! That's one great reason to stay away from soda. Some [people
on diets] have continued to drink diet soda [against advice]; many found
that their weight loss stalled or they continued to have cravings for
carbohydrates until they gave it up.
For reasons not entirely understood, their urges for carbohydrates were
heightened or perpetuated by sweet foods, even though the sweetness came
from sugar-free sweeteners. When they eliminated diet sodas and other forms
of sugar-free sweeteners, their cravings disappeared and they often lost
the weight they couldn't budge before.
Consider also that most diet sodas contain aspartame, which is considered a
neurotoxin or an excitotoxin because it excites neurons to death. Aspartame
is blamed for at least 70 different side effects, such as fuzzy thinking,
dizziness and headaches. What's more, according to Russell Blaylock, MD,
author of
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0929173252/myriamagazine>Excitotoxins:
The Taste That Kills, consuming aspartame contributes to brain and nervous
system disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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There is no good reason to drink aspartame-sweetened soft drinks and plenty
of reasons to steer clear of them.
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I knew there was a reason that I advoided anything with aspertame in it
ever since it appeared. And I rarely drink a soda of any kind. Water is
my drink addiction.
Alice in Oregon -- where I'm off to another long, hot day at the fair --
but I'll be able to spend much of this one making lace, I think. My
paperwork is mostly done.
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