No more soda! Risk of obesity jumps 41% with each daily can of diet soda.
To anyone trying to lose weight,
If you drink diet soda (or any kind of soda) regularly, please stop it. In fact, please avoid any kind of soda at all. Also, don't drink too much juice. Check how much sugar is on the nutrition label first. I used to work for a doctor who would tell diabetic patients to cut down on eating bananas and drinking orange juice.
Raymond
Drink More Diet Soda, Gain More Weight? Overweight Risk Soars 41% With Each Daily Can of Diet Soft Drink
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight
Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/nutrition/05symp.html
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and elevated blood pressure. The scientists gathered dietary information on more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 and tracked their health for nine years. Over all, a Western dietary pattern high intakes of refined grains, fried foods and red meat was associated with an 18 percent increased risk for metabolic syndrome, while a prudent diet dominated by fruits, vegetables, fish and poultry correlated with neither an increased nor a decreased risk. But the one-third who ate the most fried food increased their risk by 25 percent compared with the one-third who ate the least, and surprisingly, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome was 34 percent higher among those who drank one can of diet soda a day compared with those who drank none.
The Dangers of Diet Soda
http://www.getfitslowly.com/2008/02/12/the-dangers-of-diet-soda/
The Truth About Diet Soda
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/22630/the-truth-about-diet-soda/
Skip the Diet Soda
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/371/skip-the-diet-soda/
Recent research has shown that artificial sweeteners in soda may interfere with your body's ability to estimate how many calories you've ingested, so you eat more than you need. In a new rat study, animals that ate fake sugar consumed more calories overall and gained weight, compared to those that didn't eat artificially sweetened treats.
This is just one study, but it's enough to make me want to kick the can habit. Need more convincing? For every diet soda you sip daily, your risk of becoming overweight can rise by 37 percent, according to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
10 Healthy Foods that Will Make You Fat
http://www.goldsgym.com/healthy/newsletter/2009-01/10-healthy-foods.php
1. Diet soda.
Soda is never good for you, but diet sodas create more insulin in your body, which means more sugar. Diet soda also inhibits the hormone leptin, which regulates your metabolism and appetite. Try a glass of water with your meal instead.
Study: Artificial Sweeteners Increase Weight Gain Odds
Fake Sweeteners, Lack of Calories May Trick Brain
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4271246
Calorie-conscious consumers who opt for diet sodas may gain more weight than if they drank sugary drinks because of artificial sweeteners contained in the diet sodas, according to a new study.
A Purdue University study released Sunday in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience reported that rats on diets containing the artificial sweetener saccharin gained more weight than rats given sugary food, casting doubt on the benefits of low-calorie sweeteners.
"There's something about diet foods that changes your metabolic limit, your brain chemistry," said ABC News' medical contributor Dr. Marie Savard.
Though Savard said more research needs to be done to uncover more information, the study does hint at the idea that the sweeteners alter a person's metabolism.
Savard said another recent study, which included more than 18,000 people, found healthy adults who consumed at least one diet drink a day could increase their chance for weight gain.
In the Purdue study, the rats whose diets contained artificial sweeteners appeared to experience a physiological connection between sweet tastes and calories, which drove them to overeat.
"The taste buds taste sweet, but there's no calorie load that comes with it. There's a mismatch here. It seems it changes your brain chemistry in some way," Savard said. "Anything you put in your mouth, your body has a strong reaction to it. It's much more than counting calories. It seems normally with sweet foods that we rev up our metabolism."
If you drink diet soda (or any kind of soda) regularly, please stop it. In fact, please avoid any kind of soda at all. Also, don't drink too much juice. Check how much sugar is on the nutrition label first. I used to work for a doctor who would tell diabetic patients to cut down on eating bananas and drinking orange juice.
Raymond
Drink More Diet Soda, Gain More Weight? Overweight Risk Soars 41% With Each Daily Can of Diet Soft Drink
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight
Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/nutrition/05symp.html
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and elevated blood pressure. The scientists gathered dietary information on more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 and tracked their health for nine years. Over all, a Western dietary pattern high intakes of refined grains, fried foods and red meat was associated with an 18 percent increased risk for metabolic syndrome, while a prudent diet dominated by fruits, vegetables, fish and poultry correlated with neither an increased nor a decreased risk. But the one-third who ate the most fried food increased their risk by 25 percent compared with the one-third who ate the least, and surprisingly, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome was 34 percent higher among those who drank one can of diet soda a day compared with those who drank none.
The Dangers of Diet Soda
http://www.getfitslowly.com/2008/02/12/the-dangers-of-diet-soda/
The Truth About Diet Soda
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/22630/the-truth-about-diet-soda/
Skip the Diet Soda
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/371/skip-the-diet-soda/
Recent research has shown that artificial sweeteners in soda may interfere with your body's ability to estimate how many calories you've ingested, so you eat more than you need. In a new rat study, animals that ate fake sugar consumed more calories overall and gained weight, compared to those that didn't eat artificially sweetened treats.
This is just one study, but it's enough to make me want to kick the can habit. Need more convincing? For every diet soda you sip daily, your risk of becoming overweight can rise by 37 percent, according to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
10 Healthy Foods that Will Make You Fat
http://www.goldsgym.com/healthy/newsletter/2009-01/10-healthy-foods.php
1. Diet soda.
Soda is never good for you, but diet sodas create more insulin in your body, which means more sugar. Diet soda also inhibits the hormone leptin, which regulates your metabolism and appetite. Try a glass of water with your meal instead.
Study: Artificial Sweeteners Increase Weight Gain Odds
Fake Sweeteners, Lack of Calories May Trick Brain
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4271246
Calorie-conscious consumers who opt for diet sodas may gain more weight than if they drank sugary drinks because of artificial sweeteners contained in the diet sodas, according to a new study.
A Purdue University study released Sunday in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience reported that rats on diets containing the artificial sweetener saccharin gained more weight than rats given sugary food, casting doubt on the benefits of low-calorie sweeteners.
"There's something about diet foods that changes your metabolic limit, your brain chemistry," said ABC News' medical contributor Dr. Marie Savard.
Though Savard said more research needs to be done to uncover more information, the study does hint at the idea that the sweeteners alter a person's metabolism.
Savard said another recent study, which included more than 18,000 people, found healthy adults who consumed at least one diet drink a day could increase their chance for weight gain.
In the Purdue study, the rats whose diets contained artificial sweeteners appeared to experience a physiological connection between sweet tastes and calories, which drove them to overeat.
"The taste buds taste sweet, but there's no calorie load that comes with it. There's a mismatch here. It seems it changes your brain chemistry in some way," Savard said. "Anything you put in your mouth, your body has a strong reaction to it. It's much more than counting calories. It seems normally with sweet foods that we rev up our metabolism."