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Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
Wed, 06/15/2005 - 15:41 — boredatwork
I thought this was interesting for those Diet Coke drinkers.
Anyway, according to this study it seems those drinking diet soda tend to gain more weight then those drinking the real stuff. When you read all the facts things change a bit since Diet Coke and most other Diet Sodas have little to no calories which will not cause weight gain. Basically the study says most Diet Soda drinkers use it to let them eat heavier on the other stuff.
Not sure this study was worth the money they probably spent on it, but interesting.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/health/3221547
Archive story: http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2005_3878177
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RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
For the most part I would say they are right. Someone gave me this lecture or linked me a story similiar to this. I don't think it "research" behind it, more just an observation by someone.
For me personally, I just got "addicted" to the taste of DC. It has only been recently that I can even stand to drink a regular Coke. After you drink DC for a while and get use to the taste, redular Coke tastes like you are sucking on a carbonated sugar cube... Oh wait... That would be pop rocks.
RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
Agreed, I drink the heck out of DC and its not for diet reasons, its just because I cant stand the heavy syrup and sweet taste, it just seems like drinking sugar sludge compared to DC.
RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
I think these survey things are interesting because they can be so misleading.
I too drink Diet Coke because I prefer the taste, but I think that is an aquired taste. I initially started drinking it (ok Tab actually) in college because I was cruising through softdrinks at a high rate and concerned about the calories of coke. So I actually started drinking it because I was concerned about weight. I imagine that a large percentage of people who drink it are (or at least were initially) conscious about weight. Meaning they were worried about gaining. We already know most people in this country are overweight - so I guess on average who is drinking regular coke anymore? Kids who probably did not get included in this study and even if they did their metabolism rate is so much different than adults it would skew the data, or maybe people who have a high calorie burn (real distance runners) who don't care about the caloric intake, or maybe skinny people who never needed to worry about weight gain, and lastly big fat people already who don't care about consuming additional calories (this group is interesting becuase if the weight gain calc was on a percentage of weight then a 350lb guy putting on a few pounds every year might not show up in the data) Also what about the people who were drinking coke, then realized they had a weight gain problem and switched to diet coke midstream. What camp do they fall into?
I think that is the current nature of our culture. Take a complicated, intricate problem and find some super simplistic test and then draw a bunch of lame ass conclusions.
RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
I had a dream to go from 170 to 125.
I kept a book. I did get to 125 and I do feel I succeded when I tore myself away from my beloved diet coke. This was back in 2001 and whenever I am serious the first thing that goes is the diet coke.
RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
I am so interested in hearing your philosophy as to why you think diet coke played a part.
Diet Coke = bad
I'd spent the last 4 years trying to lose weight while training for marathons. I guzzled Diet Cokes at a rate of 5 - 7 per day. Yes, I was addicted.
Meanwhile, I did 5K's, 10K's, and half marathons in between the marathons. I was about 210 pounds. Whenever I dieted, to lose weight for a marathon, I would end up losing about 3-4 pounds in week 1, then it stopped after the first week and I'd either stay the same, or GAIN a pound. After 3-4 weeks of dieting with nominal results I would get frustrated and quit dieting. Even after cutting calories down to 1500-1800 and running about 25-30 miles a week (or 5-6 hours of running).
I finally decided to cut out the diet pop, thinking it had to be something in my diet keeping me from losing weight.
Almost immediately after I quit Diet Coke, my diet of 1900 calories per day, and 5 hours of workout a week showed positive results and I broke my weight loss plateau. I felt better immediately. My energy went up, I didn't feel blah after work, my weight loss started at a rate of 3.1 pounds per week with NO PLATEAU. It went straight down for 13 weeks. I also didn't have a strong urge for snacks during the day. I'd still have a snack or too, but I wouldn't be ravenous for something. For some reason, whenever I drank a diet coke, I'd get hungrier. It wasn't really noticeable until AFTER I quit.
If you're having trouble losing weight (while exercising and dieting) I strongly recommend testing yourself. Stop drinking diet pops or artificial sweeteners for 2+ weeks and see what happens. You also MUST count calories. When you count them you'll be surprised how much you eat (if you don't know). I'll never go back. Diet Yuck.
Thanks so much for your
Thanks so much for your story!! I'm in 100% agreement with you - its diet pop, alcohol and the overly prepped/manufactured foods that put the weight on. Eat simple, track it, exercise.
A while back I decided enough was enough - my 5"10 curvy frame was packing 180+ pounds ... to be truthful, I jumped off the scale before I saw which '18_' it landed on. Freaked, I instantly remembered what has worked for me years before: bring my diet back to basics and add frequent/daily exercise. So I started. Simple foods, nothing processed, no alcohol ... I measured quantities of everything, kept a food journal and kept my diet under 1600 calories a day.
In the first two weeks, the weight >FELL< off. I mean every other day was another pound. After two weeks, I'd dropped 10lbs. I was laughing. Doing so well, I decided I could add alcohol back in ... glass of wine while prepping dinner, glass of wine eating dinner. And of course, another glass on those nights I was stressed. BIG MISTAKE. My weight plateaud. It even went UP TWO POUNDS. I wanted to eat a donut to console myself (ok, maybe a box) but refrained. It took my body another two weeks to recover. Then to fill that gap, I went back to my beloved diet root-beer. Fizzy, sweet, frothy, cold ... this was my second mistake. After a week of drinking it, the scale kept going up and up. Upon cutting it out, the weight loss resumed within 48 hours.
If you think of dieting/proper eating like 'dumbing your diet down' OR that "keep it simple stupid" concept - you'll succeed! ... Munch on sliced tomatoes with salt on them, sauteed prawns with lemon and green onion and garlic over basmati rice. Cabbage rolls with EXTRA EXTRA lean ground beef, baked salmon (30 mins on 400, not covered) ... turkey breast instead of salami in your sandwich, pickles for a snack in stead of chips! Pass on that complicated greasy spoon diner down the street and eat sushi - just keep it simple. Your stomach will reduce in size and your pallette will become more aware & sensative to flavors. Food is truly a beautiful thing. The pleasure I get from a good meal, from a plate of, a bowl full of, something tossed with ... YUM! Just rememeber to keep it simple.
PS ... yes, 41 lbs lost to date!
Diet Coke = bad
I am convinced. I've been doing LA Weightloss for a year. Lost 80 lbs then hit the wall. No matter what, I can't break through this plateau. I cut carbs, I cut fat and sugar to almost zero, cut all the white breat and junk food, just eating fresh and fine and feeling awesome for a 61 year old ex-fatboy. I think I will toss the DC for a month and see. I do 3-4 per day and none on weekends. I admit I don't see anything in DC that would explain why it adds weight, but I dont' care. If it works.....ya, hoo!
RE: Drink Diet Coke to Gain Weight
re:170 down to 125
DIet Coke & Weight Gain
Sweet tastes promote the release of insulin, which causes glucose (blood sugar) to be stored as fat. This is an adaptive response, because for millions of years sweet tastes have meant that blood glucose levels are about to rise, and when there is excess sugar it ought to be stored for times of fasting, when food is not readily available. Artificial sweeteners have the same effect on insulin: sweet diet drinks will increase insulin and thus the storage of fat. In this case, though, no sugar is provided by the beverage, so the drinker stores away glucose already present in the blood, glucose that is needed for energy. The result is a decrease in blood sugar, and a corresponding increase in hunger. The drinker eats more, and gains weight.
insulin release by
insulin release by pancreatic b cells is primarily triggered by low glucose concentration in the blood. and, if there should be an insulin promotion in the body, between the two extrahepatic tissues, skeletal muscles have priority over fat tissue in glucose uptake. so if someone is feeling hungry due to false "sweetness", and they are consuming calories, chances are someone dieting and exercising will burn off these extra calories b4 it becomes stored as fat. the trick in losing weight via diet and exercise is keeping a consistent routine of more calories used than consumed. this requires discipline. If your someone who loves soda but cant take the chance of uptaking such high amounts of sugar in regular soda, then this "hunger" from aritificial sweeteners should be ignored. consider it another one of the many sacrifices when trying to lose weight.
I think this must be true
That insulin thing makes alot of sense. I was a Diet Coke addict....when I had my last baby I noticed something in the Diet Coke was making him fussy after nursing, so for the last five months I have been relatively clean of drinking Diet Coke.
For the past week I have been back into drinking it again. I think the baby may be tolerating it slightly better although I think the caffeine is getting to him. Anyway, I have noticed myself being a bottomless pit this week! Any dieting has gone out the window and I've been cramming chocolate down my throat like its going off the market next week. Its absolutely insane. I really think its the Diet Coke, esp since I've been off of it longer than I ever have for years. Pretty scary when you think of it.
it made me gain weight too and cellulit
I eat radically healthy, no cooked oils, no processed flour/sugar, organic natural and local fruits, veggies and protein, all in balance. My one vice was a diet coke addiction (as in abuse). My weight is 132 and stays that way when I eat as above (which is very consistent the last 3 years). When I consume 3 to 5 diet cokes per day (eating nothing more or less than the other times) I gain 5 to 7 pounds. No joke, and it stores as cellulite. Yuck. Whatever the science or research, my own consistent and truthful observation (I'm not eating Ben and Jerry's and haven't had a "sugar product" in years) is that I gain weight from the very single factor of adding 3 or more diet cokes per day, for a run of like two to three weeks or month. The pounds come on. I also get numbness and tingling in my hands and forget things, it's toxic junk, too bad I love it so much! I'm on 1 per day now, out of plastic. My ayurvedic nutritionist says at least to buy it room temp in cans and pour it into a ceramic mug. I love her. . .
weight gain too
This is very interesting. I, too , am a very healthy eater. I've been an exercise instructor and personal trainer for many years and haven't had any pop, diet or otherwise, for about 15 years. This year I decided to change careers and have been going to nursing school. I guess the stress got to me about 2 months ago and I suddenly got an urge for a diet coke. My diet hasn't changed any-lean meats, 90% vegetables, some fresh fruits and whole grains- I workout for 1-2 hours / day, but suddenly the weight started creeping up. I've gained 7-8 pounds in the last two months, which is quite a bit on my 5'3" frame. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I know that stress and lack of sleep play a big part but I've been experiencing these all year. Now, the diet coke and weight gain seem to have happened at the same time. That is why I'm even at this web site. I decided to search and see if any studies have been done on weight gain and diet pop or if anyone else has experienced this as well. I guess it's time to get clean again and go back to just water. by the way, I've still been drinking about 3 liters of water/day so it's not that I've replaced water with pop. Nor have I increased my caloric intake. Weird.
I just quit!
It was amazingly difficult...I've never been a smoker, but I can imagine the experience is similar. It shocked me that it was so hard, I mean, it's just soda, right? You can read my story/testimonial here...
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-I-Quit-Diet-Coke-Kicking-Aspartame-to-the-Curb
It's really very simple
This whole discussion lacks any scientific basis.
This study performed by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that aspartame (sweet taste but no energy content) did not cause the body to produce insulin (they used MRI to detect hypothalamic response).
Environmental and health factors aside, all you need to diet is a calculator and nutritional data for everything you eat. Every single diet out there comes down to this by either controlling what you eat so you don't have to do the math, or by applying more complicated formulas to be marketed as a plan. If you set caloric intake goals and meet them on a daily basis, you will lose weight. If you adjust your caloric intake goals as your weight drops, you won't plateau until you reach your healthy weight.
For the responders with the ultra healthy diets, remember that even fruits and vegetables have a small amount of calories and need to be counted just like any other food you eat. If you grab a handful of carrots for a snack every time you have a diet coke and you're drinking 7 a day that can maybe add up to 100 extra calories per day which can have an affect on you over time if you're super healthy. Even if that's not the case there has to be some kind of lifestyle change or extra stress or even a health issue that came along with the diet coke vice that caused the mysterious weight gain.
The diet that has worked for me over the years is what I call the 'QFE' diet, "Quit F****g Eating!" When I control my portions and watch what I eat, I lose weight. If I start eating too much again, I gain it back. Exercise just speeds up the process, and diet coke has no effect, as it contains no energy content.
I agree with this study just
I agree with this study just becasue of personal experiences. I've lost 10 pounds over two months, started drinking diet coke and then last month lost nothing. Now I know the coke was a bad idea and I'm cutting it out and hopefully my weight loss will pick up again