Diet drinks are marketed to be calorie free or very low in
calories, but there are factors that must be taken into consideration.
Diet soda is 100 percent
nutrition free as well as calorie free. Just because a
diet soda has little to no
calories doesn't mean it is good for you or will help you lose weight.
Artificial sweeteners used in
diet drinks are made of chemicals that are designed to trick the
body into thinking it is getting something sweet. Aspartame, for example, is 180 times sweeter than sugar. New research suggests that consuming sugary drinks, even if they are artificially sweetened, may lead to cravings for sweet items in general. This means that over time, as the
body becomes used to sweet beverages, it begins to crave sweetness from other sources. This can lead to binging on sweets that actually are filled with a lot of
fat and
calories.
Further, if you give your
body something that tastes like it has lot of
calories, but they aren't there, your
body begins to search for the
calories promised, but not delivered. In other words, drinking a
diet soda actually makes the
body HUNGRY. That is the opposite effect of what you want, obviously.
So, instead of
diet soda, drink water. Keep in mind that carbonated beverages do NOT add to the total amount of water that you should be drinking each day. In fact, for each can of soda, you should subtract a glass of water that you may have had that day. The
body requires pure water to flush out toxins and
fat. The water from a can of soda is barely adequate to flush out the toxins inside that can of soda! The bottom line is this;
diet soda's do no good and may actually end up preventing
weight loss. So, start drinking clean water as a major step to a healthier lifestyle and losing weight.
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