lakeesha Hennessy Williams answered
I've always heard rumors about how diet soda is really bad for our health- even worse than regular soda apparently- and that has always confused me?
How is something that is supposed to help me diet actually do more harm?
I did some research into the subject, and I found out that there are some major risks linked with diet coke (and other brands of soda).
But I also found that science still isn't sure exactly why diet coke is bad for us.
Why is diet coke bad for you?
One study suggested that people who drank diet coke were 43% more likely to suffer from heart disease. In fact, a number of sites linked diet coke with several serious illnesses.
The only problem is that none of them could tell me exactly how diet coke is to blame for these problems. All they could say was that 'statistically', people that drink diet coke are more likely to suffer from conditions like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
What are the effects of drinking diet coke? The truth is that no-one really knows exactly how diet coke affects your health.
One suggestion is that people who drink diet coke tend to have an unhealthy diet in the first place.
Why would someone who is perfectly fit and healthy bother drinking a diet drink, right?
People also talk about the fact that diet coke contains really bad 'artificial sweeteners', so I decided to look into that too.
One suggestion that made sense to me is that artificial sweeteners tend to be a lot sweeter than natural sugar. If our body becomes accustomed to this taste, we begin to crave and seek out that taste in the rest of our diet.
The truth about diet soda The truth is that soda is bad for you; whether it is diet or not doesn't seem to make much difference.
There's no figures to suggest that people who drink diet sodas are any healthier than those that drink full-fat versions.
If you're really interested a healthy drink, why not try a fresh juice, fruit smoothies or some ice water?
How is something that is supposed to help me diet actually do more harm?
I did some research into the subject, and I found out that there are some major risks linked with diet coke (and other brands of soda).
But I also found that science still isn't sure exactly why diet coke is bad for us.
Why is diet coke bad for you?
One study suggested that people who drank diet coke were 43% more likely to suffer from heart disease. In fact, a number of sites linked diet coke with several serious illnesses.
The only problem is that none of them could tell me exactly how diet coke is to blame for these problems. All they could say was that 'statistically', people that drink diet coke are more likely to suffer from conditions like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
What are the effects of drinking diet coke? The truth is that no-one really knows exactly how diet coke affects your health.
One suggestion is that people who drink diet coke tend to have an unhealthy diet in the first place.
Why would someone who is perfectly fit and healthy bother drinking a diet drink, right?
People also talk about the fact that diet coke contains really bad 'artificial sweeteners', so I decided to look into that too.
One suggestion that made sense to me is that artificial sweeteners tend to be a lot sweeter than natural sugar. If our body becomes accustomed to this taste, we begin to crave and seek out that taste in the rest of our diet.
The truth about diet soda The truth is that soda is bad for you; whether it is diet or not doesn't seem to make much difference.
There's no figures to suggest that people who drink diet sodas are any healthier than those that drink full-fat versions.
If you're really interested a healthy drink, why not try a fresh juice, fruit smoothies or some ice water?
