Opinions on sugar and carb free sodas

(Brian) #21

I have maybe one or two a month, if that. Every once in a while, I’ll get to wanting one. Found a six pack of Zevia sodas last week and thought I’d try it out. I like it pretty well. I have five left.

(bjørn arne) #22

as i am reading the comments and others people oppinions i am starting to relaise i might have had a predisposed opinion when it comes to diet soda. I have been tought since i was a kid that soda are generaly bad and water is good. So to be honest i tought you were eater trolling , full of shit or out of youre mind when i saw youre comment. So in conclution i a am gona allow my self a glass of diet soda if i feel like it, becouse if you can drink 5 liters and have great benefits i can in good concions enjoy a can.

(bjørn arne) #23

yea you`re right i had a predisposed opinion when i started this discution, and were out of line.

(Cristian Lopez) #24

Im 15 and have 1-4 diet pepsis a day,and drink 3-4 diet monsters a week,and have coffee and green tea daily

I mean its simple,the diet soda has no nutritional value there fore your body doesn’t produce ATP or build anything out of it,it secretes it!

So dont worry drink on!

(Karl) #25

You’re not alone. A LOT of people feel that diet soda is “bad for you”. Just read the ingredients list - it’s like “HEY! These are the SAME INGREDIENTS AS A BATTERY!”.

Anyway… They may be wrong about these sweeteners being unhealthy, they may be right - but there isn’t any definitive science that proves it either way that I can find. All I can say is that for me, it didn’t mess up my weight loss, cause any marked health issues or increase any cravings. My health markers improved despite my levels of consumption.

I might be a unicorn, too. Science hasn’t proven that i’m not :slight_smile:

(Cristian Lopez) #26

I LOVE this reply, In other words science hasnt proven diet soda harmful but your the guinea pig for this one!
just like how your part of a small handful of people doing keto like you and me! Maybe diet soda is harmful and maybe its not. Maybe ketosis is bad and maybe its not. I guess we will just see how we end up after our time on earth is up.

I always wonder? Im catholic and wonder if in heaven I will still follow a ketogenic diet or just eat all the crap I want Or even not eat at all?

(Karl) #27

Yeah, that’s pretty much it. I eat garbage meat (lots of aldi’s cold cuts and salamis), drink loads of chemical sweeteners, and simply stick to an “85% calories from fat and as few as possible from carbs” approach. It works for me, all my health markers improved, I feel great, I look thin, and I see no need to change any of it until something goes horribly wrong :slight_smile: I’m staying the course, and so far it suits me well.

The way I eat baffles many of the people close to me. But it is what it is.

(Tessy M.) #28

My suggestion, if you’re worried about the effect of diet soda, get yourself a glucose meter and test.
Some people have reported some artificial sweeteners spiking their glucose worse than normal sugar/hfcs. Not ideal for keto.
Others have noticed their glucose dramatically drop, meaning their insulin has spiked. Also not ideal for keto.
Others have reported no impact whatsoever.
I hate reading it all the time but this is truly an n=1 situation. If you want to feel ok knowing diet soda and artificial sweeteners aren’t negatively impacting your progress, test your blood glucose. You’ll get the factual answer right for just your special self.

(Lauren) #29

I consume 2-3 diet sodas a day. I make my husband hide the case somewhere I can’t reach, then he puts 2 cans in the fridge before he heads to work. If we go out somewhere, I might have another.

I only allow myself those 2 per day, b/c otherwise I’d finish off 10-15 per day. It is my second addiction (pasta/carbsis the first), and I’m not ready to completely drop it yet. So, I limit. I’m actually planning to give it up for this week to see how I feel and it it changes anything.

(bjørn arne) #30

sounds like you`re on the right path then :slight_smile: i used to be like that to, probably worse doh, i had noe moderation what so ever when it came to drugs or candy, i used to get high on pills, weed and food i ate like a maniac, but now i have been sober for 2 years and i feel great. Do you also notice that less is better, like if you go a whole day without soda and then at the end of the day to sit down and enjoy a well earned treat :smiley:

(Scott Telfer) #31

I’ve worked Diet Coke down from 2 litres a day to an occasional treat less than once a week, but it’s incremental steps and taken years. Everyone has their own opinion and self experimentation but ultimately I feel it’s a factory food born of an extensive chemical and industrial process and deviates from the whole food approach we should consider best practice. I genuinely believe if the body tastes something sweet, regardless if there’s sugar present it will prepare the digestive system and cause a disblance of homeostatic norms. However, if diet soda is a key to keeping you keto compliant then it’s a worth that cost. I’d just constantly aim to bring its role in your diet down at a manageable level. Good luck :slight_smile:

#32

I do Pepsi max on occasion. I was having about 1 a day for a couple of weeks to test how it would impact me and found I stalled on weight loss and started having cravings for junk again. They are now back to the once in a while pile. I find I cannot even finish a whole one anymore as the longer I abstain the sweeter they taste.

(Troy) #33

For me
Caffeine everyday w coffee

Occasionally
No carb, no sugar Rockstar
Change it up…lo carb monster energy

My new favorite!!
Zevia W caffeine😃

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#34

Weeeellll…

When I started out I decided that artificial sweeteners were the bees knees. Loved the idea. Get the flavour without the calories! Yay!

But then I discovered that some artificial sweeteners were giving me headaches, causing sleeplessness and a kind of late night hyperactivity that my partner flinches to remember.

So I cut out all artificial sweeteners, and slept, and didn’t traumatise my partner with long and meticulous conversations at 3am planning redecorating the bedroom, or redesigning the garden.

But life was miserable. And not sweet. And coffee without sweetness will never appeal.

So I did some experiments and discovered that I react badly to saccharine, aspartame, and a few other chemically type ones. I think stevia tastes like toxic waste. I can tolerate sucralose in small amounts, and xylitol and erythritol are symptom free. Except that xylitol is deadly poisonous to dogs, so I won’t let it in the house.

Now I buy erythritol for home use, and will drink stuff if it has sucralose in it, and avoid everything else.

Diet soda, energy drinks and similar don’t work for me at all (that is a massive understatement. think 5 year old on a combined sugar and tartrazine high, with a later crash and hangover).

And then, once I thought I had it all sorted, I discovered that caffeine (even decaff) was causing high blood pressure so that went too.

Moral of the story: Do what works for YOU.

(charlie3) #35

I drink Arizona green tea zero calorie. I don’t know if it’s harmful. I make it 50% less harmful by diluting with an equal part water. It still tastes fine and the gallon jug lasts forever. A very cheap drink.

(Karen) #36

If you have no I’ll effects, health and weight, perhaps it works for you! Green tea is good. Wonder how much is in there and what’s the sweetner?

K

(charlie3) #37

The following comes from cronometer. Cut the values in half if diluted in water as I do, .75 net carb. A gallon jug is $2.60 at walmart. I drink the powered mix at work and dilute more than 50% which makes a cost of 12 cents per coffee thermos full with ice. Be careful, the drink is addictive. LOL

Arizona zero calorie green tea
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 bottle - each 16 fl oz — 477g
Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value*
Calories 6.5 kcal 0 %
Sodium 3.5 mg 0 %
Total Carbohydrate 1.6 g 1 %
Sugars 0 g
Protein 0.4 g 1 %
Vitamin C 51 %
Calcium 1 % •
Iron 0 %

  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

****if you try this drink make things easier by diluting the very first glass so you never know how it tasted at full strength.

(Jules Swart) #38

I still drink Diet Coke from time to time. I don’t know if I believe it’s bad for me (beyond the caffeine, which is another discussion), but it feels “bad”. I have, as a result, switched largely to club soda to get my “bubbly” fix. If I’m really longing for soda with flavor, I will pour my club soda over frozen berries. Just a few frozen raspberries adds a lot of flavor and not a ton of carbs.

(Karen) #39

Is it stevia? What do the ingredients say??

K

(Don) #40

For me, and I stress, for me, the underlying effect isn’t the nutritional value of a diet soda. It isn’t even the synthetic ingredients that may or may not be harmful. But it’s the fact that if I allow myself several sodas a day, it becomes obsessive for me leading to other impulses that frankly I don’t think are good for me. I know me and I know what can derail me from accomplishing my health goals. So I only allow myself a couple Zeevia sodas every couple of weeks. I’ve only been doing keto for three months, but I have saved a LOT of money NOT buying sodas.