Diet or regular soda?

[DD4Bills]

When I drink soda, it's usually club soda/seltzer/soda water (whatever your part of the word calls it). When I venture away from that, it typically is a "clear" soda like Sprite. When I'm feeling really wild, I'll grab an orange Fanta.

[Apocalypse Nuts]

On 8/12/2021 at 4:25 PM, Limeaid said:

Oh and i have a meter and never see insulin spikes from diet sodas or teas.

This is very interesting.  I have always heard the opposite of course but never first hand from someone who actually measured it.  Thanks for this.

[BillsFan4]

Neither. I’d much rather eat my calories than drink them!

 

 

I will drink a glass of regular soda on rare occasion. Not big on the taste of diet.

 

I do have a glass of ginger ale (if you consider that soda) maybe once a week.

But I mainly stick to drinking water and lemon water.

[PastaJoe]

I don’t like the taste of beer, coffee, or alcohol except coconut rum, so regular Pepsi is my drink of choice. Any diet soda tastes off to me.

[Saxum]

7 hours ago, Apocalypse Nuts said:

This is very interesting.  I have always heard the opposite of course but never first hand from someone who actually measured it.  Thanks for this.

 

It may because I can seem to control sugar level without medication.

I was prescribed insulin and medication by my doctor because my sugar level was so high (likely due to high carb diet I was on before), taken off insulin by my specialist and I noticed no difference in sugar levels when I took medication and when I did not so I do not take medication unless sugar level is high and is sustained.

[Nextmanup]

On 8/12/2021 at 1:10 PM, Greg S said:

When I do drink soda its regular. I mostly just drink water.

I drink water all the time too.  If I specifically want to treat myself to a Coke or something, I would go regular every time.

 

I know a lot of people drink soft drinks all day long, but that's a bad habit.  That stuff is junk.

 

 

[Apocalypse Nuts]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

I drink water all the time too.  If I specifically want to treat myself to a Coke or something, I would go regular every time.

 

I know a lot of people drink soft drinks all day long, but that's a bad habit.  That stuff is junk.

 

 

Well said.  We moved to East Tennessee a few years ago from the DC area where the water is atrocious.  It's amazing here.  If you have a Brita pitcher, you won't need to change the filter but maybe once every 10 months or longer it's that good.  I have no excuse for drinking crap like sodas.  But then again, I'm a recovering alcoholic so as long as it's not booze, it's a good thing from that perspective.  Soda is my alcohol now and it's delicious.  I have to have some kind of vice, right?

2 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

I don’t like the taste of beer, coffee, or alcohol except coconut rum, so regular Pepsi is my drink of choice. Any diet soda tastes off to me.

Now that I'm sober, I can't believe how many beers I had to consume to get myself to like that stuff.  I guess that goes for most forms of alcohol.  You're onto something with the coconut rum because a Pina Colada would be the only exception.  Man, I have to stop thinking about this stuff.

[ExiledInIllinois]

13 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

I don’t like the taste of beer, coffee, or alcohol except coconut rum, so regular Pepsi is my drink of choice. Any diet soda tastes off to me.

Because artificial sweetners are sweeter.   Splenda is only 600 times sweeter I believe. Probably why it tastes the closest to regular sugar without so much of an aftertaste. IMO.

[TBBills]

Diet soda is just flavored Seltzer.

[PromoTheRobot]

On 8/12/2021 at 1:10 PM, Greg S said:

When I do drink soda its regular. I mostly just drink water.

 

Coconut Water (Goya) is my go-to these days. Otherwise seltzer. 

[Marv's Neighbor]

IF you're from Buffalo, you already know it's POP. not soda!

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

IF you're from Buffalo, you already know it's POP. not soda!

https://popvssoda.com/

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/soda-vs-pop_n_2103764

 

 

 

[BuffaloBill]

18 hours ago, Apocalypse Nuts said:

Well said.  We moved to East Tennessee a few years ago from the DC area where the water is atrocious.  It's amazing here.  If you have a Brita pitcher, you won't need to change the filter but maybe once every 10 months or longer it's that good.  I have no excuse for drinking crap like sodas.  But then again, I'm a recovering alcoholic so as long as it's not booze, it's a good thing from that perspective.  Soda is my alcohol now and it's delicious.  I have to have some kind of vice, right?

Now that I'm sober, I can't believe how many beers I had to consume to get myself to like that stuff.  I guess that goes for most forms of alcohol.  You're onto something with the coconut rum because a Pina Colada would be the only exception.  Man, I have to stop thinking about this stuff.

 Where in E TN? I am in Knoxvegas.  

[Apocalypse Nuts]

9 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 Where in E TN? I am in Knoxvegas.  

I'm just south in Maryville  (or Mervle as they say here)

[The Jokeman]

As a diabetic I really can't drink the regular stuff but if have to choose between diet and no sugar brands I go with the latter as still worry that diet will have aspartame.

[ThurmanThomasEnglishMuffin]

On 8/12/2021 at 4:20 PM, davefan66 said:

Was a Diet Pepsi-aholic for years.  Could drink up to 2 liters a day.  Loved the fizziness.  Switched to Diet Coke for a year and now don’t drink pop at all.

 

Too much sugar in regular.  Diet pop tricks your body and causes insulin spikes along with the fake sweetener, nasty stuff.

 

I cut out regular soda/ pop about 25 years ago when I realized how many calories and sugars/carbs were in a serving of it.

My second restricted calorie diet landed a 50 pound weight loss. Soda was a big part of it.

 

'Diet' drinker since. Diet Dr. Pepper was my first go to. Eventually Diet Pepsi and others followed as I acquired the taste of the other sweeteners.

The '0' or '1' sweeteners give me terrible cramps, so I prefer the old fashioned "diet x" stuff. At least the calories and sugars are lowered.

 

When my second low carb diet plateaued after 5 years (60 pound loss), I looked for Glycemic Index facts.

The sweeteners in diet soda may still initiate a glycemic load. (Studies ongoing and disagree)

 

Since then I try to mix in more water, veggie juice and flavored bubbly water. I love the taste of Soda/pop and it does help fill because of the carbonation, but so does flavored seltzer. It's just a matter of moving a flavor profile from sweet to dry. It takes time. I actually crave veggie juice now (V8 etc). I am trying to enjoy unsweetened tea now, but that has been mostly a failure, but I love Arnold Palmers, even with unsweetened tea.

 

I am not 100% off of soda, but I am working toward it.

 

Whenever I get a regular soda the sugar levels are way too intense, it is half sugar syrup.

I can feel the diabetes working in.

[davefan66]

16 hours ago, ThurmanThomasEnglishMuffin said:

 

I cut out regular soda/ pop about 25 years ago when I realized how many calories and sugars/carbs were in a serving of it.

My second restricted calorie diet landed a 50 pound weight loss. Soda was a big part of it.

 

'Diet' drinker since. Diet Dr. Pepper was my first go to. Eventually Diet Pepsi and others followed as I acquired the taste of the other sweeteners.

The '0' or '1' sweeteners give me terrible cramps, so I prefer the old fashioned "diet x" stuff. At least the calories and sugars are lowered.

 

When my second low carb diet plateaued after 5 years (60 pound loss), I looked for Glycemic Index facts.

The sweeteners in diet soda may still initiate a glycemic load. (Studies ongoing and disagree)

 

Since then I try to mix in more water, veggie juice and flavored bubbly water. I love the taste of Soda/pop and it does help fill because of the carbonation, but so does flavored seltzer. It's just a matter of moving a flavor profile from sweet to dry. It takes time. I actually crave veggie juice now (V8 etc). I am trying to enjoy unsweetened tea now, but that has been mostly a failure, but I love Arnold Palmers, even with unsweetened tea.

 

I am not 100% off of soda, but I am working toward it.

 

Whenever I get a regular soda the sugar levels are way too intense, it is half sugar syrup.

I can feel the diabetes working in.

Got on the seltzer/sparkling water kick.  Found LaCroix to be the best.  Gives me the fizziness kick I got from diet soda.

 

Since stopping diet soda, I’ve lost about 15 pounds.  Have not changed much other stuff, re: diet/exercise.  Is there he weight loss triggered by stopping diet soda?  Have no idea, but I’ll take the lost pounds!

[Pete]

neither.  High fructose corn syrup is garbage IMO.  I try and avoid any food with corn syrup

[ExiledInIllinois]

On 8/19/2021 at 4:52 PM, DD4Bills said:

When I drink soda, it's usually club soda/seltzer/soda water (whatever your part of the word calls it). When I venture away from that, it typically is a "clear" soda like Sprite. When I'm feeling really wild, I'll grab an orange Fanta.

You Nazi! 😏   😜 

[ThurmanThomasEnglishMuffin]

On 9/17/2021 at 11:58 AM, davefan66 said:

Got on the seltzer/sparkling water kick.  Found LaCroix to be the best.  Gives me the fizziness kick I got from diet soda.

 

Since stopping diet soda, I’ve lost about 15 pounds.  Have not changed much other stuff, re: diet/exercise.  Is there he weight loss triggered by stopping diet soda?  Have no idea, but I’ll take the lost pounds!

 

Le Croix is a good one, and it's good for our teeth too! 10 years no cavities.

 

I was into a really tightly recued carb diet for about 7 years. (100 grams net of carbs or less) It makes sense because half of my family has insulin resistance. In short we just don't process sugar well and our insulin doesn't work right. After 7 years and a loss of almost 70 pounds, and maintained off, I plateaued. I started looking into Glycemic Index loading/ response. Not all sugars trigger insulin the same way and to the same degree. Highly processed sugars like refined white sugar and corn syrups have a very high glycemic index (bigger response) whereas the natural sugars in corn or peas have a lower glycemic index.

 

I did more research and found that even sugar substitutes have sugars in them, or sugar bases such as maltodextrin and sucralose. This and the actual sweeteners themselves (saccharine etc) may still trigger a glycemic response. The research is ongoing and hotly contested.