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As a life-long soda junkie that long ago switched to diet soda and seltzer I'll be the first to say that I don't consider diet soda or junk food made with artificial sweeteners "healthy food". At the same time the hyperbole on this topic, often coming from the a place of trying to be helpful, is really not grounded. Would it be better if I cut back on my diet soda habit or even better eliminated it? Absolutely. Is diet soda likely causing me ill health outcomes like: weight gain, gut health disregulation, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc. No. This video has perhaps the best dissection of the present available evidence and solid recommendations at the end. #nutrition #fitness #health #longevity #ArtificialSweeteners #DietSoda

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in reply to Hank G ☑️

I'm not a soda junkie, but Splenda (Sucralose) is a necessity for me due to Diabetes. If it's bad for me, I would have died ages ago. I AM the lab rat for Sucralose; I've consume truck loads of it since it came out on the market a couple decades ago. It does not affect my blood glucose in any way. I basically only use it for making my iced tea (about 1 gallon a day).
in reply to Hank G ☑️

I don't personally use the stuff (never have), but there was a recent article in which the World Health Organization said it was bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/well/eat/sweeteners-weight-loss-who.html

The World Health Organization on Monday warned against using artificial sweeteners to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases, saying that long-term use is not effective and could pose health risks.

These alternatives to sugar, when consumed long term, do not serve to reduce body fat in either adults or children, the W.H.O. said in a recommendation, adding that continued consumption could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults.

“The recommendation applies to all people except individuals with pre-existing diabetes and includes all synthetic and naturally occurring or modified nonnutritive sweeteners that are not classified as sugars found in manufactured foods and beverages, or sold on their own to be added to foods and beverages by consumers,” the W.H.O. said.

in reply to Hank G ☑️

I couldn't care less about that. I don't used an artificial sweetener to lose weight.

And the REAL reason people who do don't lose weight is simply because they're STILL EATING TOO MUCH SHIT!

in reply to Hank G ☑️

I swapped it out for iced tea, preferably unsweetened, a long time ago and haven't looker back.
in reply to mica

Best I’m going to get is seltzer water. I really want the fizz.
in reply to Hank G ☑️

I also try to keep my sugar load low - my tactic is to try to train myself to not need sweet. But that's hard - especially as we are small time maple sugar growers and I grew up addicted to the stuff.

There are a lot of non sucrose sugars. I'm exploring the use of Maltose in a lemon-sesame-pepper glaze I'm working on for boregs. I use barley malt syrup and diastatic malt powder when I make bagels - that malt syrup is also nice on ice cream.

I also discovered li hing mui powder. It has lots of uses. I use it on popcorn in lieu of salt. (The commercial offerings often contain sucrose substitute sweeteners, but a little of li hing goes a long way.)

in reply to Hank G ☑️

Fortunately, I never was a "sweet tooth" type. My one weakness is a bit of chocolate, occasionally.
in reply to Hank G ☑️

Yes, carbonated beverages cause health problems and without a doubt weight gain, but the type of sweetener used has nothing to do with it. Try this simple experiment that I did ingrade school for a science project: pour a glass of any kind of soda pop then drop a wad of raw ground beef into it and wait a couple days. Sometimes overnight is all that's needed.

Result: the meat will disappear leaving just the fat.

in reply to Hank G ☑️

Nah for real fun, pop some mentos or aspirin in the soda.
in reply to Hank G ☑️

I rented a room from a lady who ran the Dialysis Program for a state university here in California. She has her PhD in molecular biology. She ran 12 miles a day as well as other types of exercise.
..but she drank a can of soda every day. I asked her if that was healthy, and her reply was " I can tell you where every molecule of that soda goes, and it is not doing me any harm". I figured she was one person who would know, so I dropped it forever.
in reply to Hank G ☑️

Safe? Living isn't safe. Give us the statistics and let us make up our own damn minds.
in reply to Hank G ☑️

@Hank G ☑️ Yup. What I was going for was to voice support for the video and your post. <3

It's Friday and I'm weary of this week's bullshit. Actual information is nice.