Artificial Sweetners

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What is bad about artificial sweetners (like in diet coke and chewy
gum)? Does it have an impact on your weight?

People make all sorts of claims that aspartame has horrible side effects.

These claims have not held up to the light of science.

Aspartame is very safe.

It doesn't have an impact on weight (i.e., you can drink as much diet soda
as you want and not gain weight).

Jeff

Jeff said:

It doesn't have an impact on weight (i.e., you can drink as
much diet soda as you want and not gain weight).

The one problem for me with diet sodas or anything sweetened with
substitutes is that it doesnt 'retrain' my brain wiring. Meaning I'm
eating sweet stuff therefore I want more, fake or not. And for some
reason diet sodas especially make me crave more sweets. If I limit or
dont even eat any of the fake sweet stuff, I find I enjoy the real
stuff more in smaller amounts which becomes more satisfying and easier
to control.

joni

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Jeff said:

It doesn't have an impact on weight (i.e., you can drink as
much diet soda as you want and not gain weight).

The one problem for me with diet sodas or anything sweetened with
substitutes is that it doesnt 'retrain' my brain wiring. Meaning I'm
eating sweet stuff therefore I want more, fake or not. And for some
reason diet sodas especially make me crave more sweets. If I limit or
dont even eat any of the fake sweet stuff, I find I enjoy the real
stuff more in smaller amounts which becomes more satisfying and easier
to control.

I can see that happening. Personally, I feel a sugary coating over my teeth
when I drink regular soda. That's why I drink Diet Pepsi.

However, each person responds differently.

Enjoy your regular soda. I will enjoy my Diet Pepsi (and Diet Coke when that
is all that is available).

Jeff

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joni

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Jeff said:

It doesn't have an impact on weight (i.e., you can drink as
much diet soda as you want and not gain weight).

The one problem for me with diet sodas or anything sweetened with
substitutes is that it doesnt 'retrain' my brain wiring. Meaning

I'm

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eating sweet stuff therefore I want more, fake or not. And for some
reason diet sodas especially make me crave more sweets. If I limit

or

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dont even eat any of the fake sweet stuff, I find I enjoy the real
stuff more in smaller amounts which becomes more satisfying and

easier

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to control.

I can see that happening. Personally, I feel a sugary coating over my

teeth

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when I drink regular soda. That's why I drink Diet Pepsi.

However, each person responds differently.

Enjoy your regular soda. I will enjoy my Diet Pepsi (and Diet Coke

when that

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is all that is available).

Actually I dont drink any soda at all these days because the diet ones
increase my sugar cravings and the real ones have too many calories.
When I referred to fake sweet stuff I was thinking of some other
products sweetened with aspartame and or Splenda. I would rather have
'the real thing' in small amounts than the fake sweetened stuff. Like a
fake Entemanns cheesecake or the real stuff - there is no comparison of
satisfaction levels :-)

joni