diet colas

[turtle]

anyone know if dirnking a couple cans of diet cola a day is really that bad for you. Find it to be a life savor while dieting. Those bubbles fill you up nicely!

[Sal Paradise]

Re: diet colas

I drink diet all the time
The only timeI cut it is when I getting ready to step on stage
Then I cut it for a couple of weeks


Sal

[turtle]

Re: diet colas

I drink diet all the time
The only timeI cut it is when I getting ready to step on stage
Then I cut it for a couple of weeks


Sal

any reason for cutting it before stepping on stage?

[Deno]

Re: diet colas

I drink it from time to time. I'm tellin ya man, 15 mins after a can of diet cola I feel more fuller, more pumped and more vascular.

[BIGMOFO]

Re: diet colas

i like them even if they are bad

[daved150]

Re: diet colas

i dont have anything to back this up, but somewhere i read that with the chems it was actually worse for you than reg. soda!! i stick to water and tea, coffee and a beer here or there

[straydoglogic]

Re: diet colas

aspartame is said to be very bad for you...but i smoke and do lord knows whatever else to my body so whatever..if youre gonna live be happy doing it...

[dixiechick]

Re: diet colas

It is totally debatable, and opinions vary from trainer to trainer. I had one that told me NO diet drinks what-so-ever. Her reason was because of false insulin spikes. Basically saying insulin dumps into the bloodstream with nothing much to do.

A ProMuscle member posted that a guy measured his insulin response to diet drinks vs regular drinks with sugar. He's responses were..

• Stevia produces a raise of insulin of 2 points over baseline
• Splenda was 4 points
• regular drink was 16 points..

Their thinking was that Splenda raises insulin more than Stevia because of the Maltodextrin as a filler although it is very small quantity.

I haven't seen any studies supporting any of this. I'm talked to other trainers who don't mind clients drinking diet drinks... especially Splenda.

The best thing to do is stop drinking diet drinks for a couple of weeks and see how your body reacts. If you loose more weight, then it might be your culprit.

[Sal Paradise]

Re: diet colas

any reason for cutting it before stepping on stage?

Simply sodium and at htat timeof a diet - specifically s contest diet - anything that is not "whole food" gets eliminated.
Protein drinks, diet soda,etc.

That's the only reason pre-contest


Sal

[bowbow]

Re: diet colas

Haven't drank a soda or pop as we call it in 3 or 4 years.