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Weight Loss Questions - Diet Sodas For Losing Weight

Weight Loss Question:
Can I drink as much diet soda as I want? Or is the 0 calories on the can misleading?

Weight Loss Answer:
In terms of calories, it is true that diet sodas do not contain any. However, the major issue with diet sodas is not the calories but the artificial sweeteners used in these products. Nearly 10 years ago, studies revealed that artificial sweeteners can:

• Stimulate your appetite (spike insulin levels which will increase hunger very shortly after eating).
  
  
• Increase carbohydrate cravings (consuming sweeteners will cause your sweet tooth to actually get worse).
  
  
• Stimulate fat storage and weight gain (increase in insulin levels cause you to get hungry and eat more).
  

Artificial sweeteners like aspartame (NutraSweet®) and sucralose (Splenda®) can contribute to many additional side effects. Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda®, is actually made from sugar (sucrose). The advertising campaigns for Splenda® never cover how chemists then add three chlorine molecules to these sugar molecules to create the final product.

In many animal studies, its been revealed that sucralose can cause:

• Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage)
  
• Enlarged liver and kidneys
  
• Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
  
• Reduced growth rate
  
• Decreased red blood cell count
  
• Diarrhea

The results of multiple studies have shown complaints and testimonials that aspartame can trigger or worsen the following diseases:

• Brain tumors
  
• Multiple sclerosis
  
• Epilepsy
  
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
  
• Parkinson's disease
  
• Alzheimer's disease
  
• Mental retardation
  
• Lymphoma
  
• Birth defects
  
• Fibromyalgia
  
• Diabetes
  
  

The bottom line is to research the use of aspartame and artificial sweeteners on your own and decide for yourself if you want to continue consuming these products. I would highly recommend switching from these diet sodas to good clean drinking water. Water is your best choice to hydrate your body and also help in weight loss.

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