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"Indeed, the risk of overweight for those consuming one to two cans of diet soda a day was 54.5 percent versus the risk for those consuming regular soda which was 32.8 percent. Infact, for each can of diet soft drink consumed each day, a person's risk of obesity went up 41 percent.1 Researchers are not suggesting that drinking diet soda causes obesity but there is no doubt that some connection exists. An interesting study with rats showed that those who were fed artificially sweetened drink along with their food ate more calories and food than another group of rats that had been fed real sugar." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "In fact, some fascinating studies have concluded that folks who consumed diet soda (sweetened with aspartame in this study) were more likely to gain weight over time than those who consumed regular sugar sweetened soda. Indeed, the risk of overweight for those consuming one to two cans of diet soda a day was 54.5 percent versus the risk for those consuming regular soda which was 32.8 percent. Infact, for each can of diet soft drink consumed each day, a person's risk of obesity went up 41 percent." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Your caffeine use may be coming from diet soda. You won't be able to mix decaf with regular as with coffee. Develop a plan for how many sodas you will have in a day. Replace some with caffeine-free drinks. If you can't get the right kind of caffeine-free diet soda from a vending machine, try a different brand. As you go through this process, be attentive to how many "diet" products you are using. Remember that phenylalanine can act like a stimulant in your body. You may be physically addicted to the "diet" chemicals without realizing it." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"Or maybe you prefer the buzz from a diet soda, again loaded with chemicals and artificial sweeteners. While caffeine does afford people some benefits, including a temporary boost of energy, too much can result in a cycle of highs and lows that can ultimately wreak havoc on steady levels of energy-promoting and detoxing hormones. Additionally, caffeine can increase the rate at which you lose nutrients, which can aggravate your condition by taking away your body's supply of the very nutrients it needs for proper detoxification." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Through a classical conditioning mechanism, like the one used to teach Pavlov's dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, drinking diet soda may well trigger insulin production (as may the consumption of other artificial sweeteners). And the chemicals, food colorings, flavorings, and other stuff in diet soda make it no picnic for the liver, either. What About Aspartame? Aspartame, the most common of the artificial sweeteners and the one used in most diet sodas, is a real problem." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Researchers are not suggesting that drinking diet soda causes obesity but there is no doubt that some connection exists. An interesting study with rats showed that those who were fed artificially sweetened drink along with their food ate more calories and food than another group of rats that had been fed real sugar.8 We know for sure that since the widespread introduction of artificial sweeteners especially during the low-fat, "low-cal" diet days of the 1980s, the rate of obesity has skyrocketed." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Fox is a former diet soda spokesman, and is said to have been addicted to diet soda. Aspartame can precipitate Parkinson's disease, which he now has. Parkinson's affects a small patch of neurons in the brain called the substantia nigra. This patch of neurons produces the chemical dopamine, which the body uses to control movement." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"The mice given the diet soda overate the gruel and became obese, whereas the mice given the regular soda were better able to judge the calories in the gruel, ate less of it, and stayed lean! The artificial sweetener in the diet soda disrupted the mice's ability to regulate their intake of calories. All artificial sweeteners can produce this effect. The more you eat of any desired flavor over time, the higher it tends to drive your threshold for satisfaction." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.)

"In fact, drinking a great deal of diet soda can do this as well. Aspartame (NutraSweet) is made from the amino acid phenylalanine. Use food to get the protein you need. You can use liquid amino preparations such as Bragg's aminos, however, to flavor your food. Made from soy, they contain a full range of amino acids. You may ask how to reconcile this "prohibition" with the suggestion that you sometimes use a power shake as an alternative to breakfast." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"Sorry, but you can't make a healthy body from a diet predominantly comprised of potato chips and diet soda. 5. Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytochemicals. Supplementation of some kind is mandatory. But with so many products and companies pitching the next wonder supplement, how can you tell which is best? 6. Herbs. The great herbalists don't just cure colds; they cure cancer! 7. Free Radicals and Antioxidants." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"By the way, this means you should toss out or donate all of your soda and diet soda, not simply because of the chemical sweeteners they contain but because they are highly acidic drinks that disrupt the acid/alkaline balance in the human body. This disruption, in turn, causes your body to lose bone mass as it leaches calcium from your bones to offset the acid in your diet. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is especially dangerous. Americans actually consume more HFCS than sugar." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "But if you're still thinking that diet soda is okay, it is not—because of the harmful artificial sweeteners and the caffeine. Quit soda now. Days two to five: Blend your coffee 50-50 with decaf. Drink that for four days. Day six: Have 25 percent regular coffee, 75 percent decaf for one day. Day seven: Start drinking pure decaf. Alcohol: Day one: Today, have your normal amount of alcohol. Days two to five: Cut your alcohol consumption in half. Drink this way for four days. Day six: Stop drinking for three weeks." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Fox is a former diet soda spokesman, and is said to have been addicted to diet soda. Aspartame can precipitate Parkinson's disease, which he now has. Parkinson's affects a small patch of neurons in the brain called the substantia nigra. This patch of neurons produces the chemical dopamine, which the body uses to control movement." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"It amazes me how many people that I know will sit and order a diet soda! Diet sodas are loaded with artificial sweeteners. The new artificial sweetener is Splenda. This should be avoided at all costs as well. For more information on the dangers of Splenda please go to www.the truthaboutsplenda.com. Splenda is starting to replace aspartame as the artificial sweetener of choice. The reason is the research is now becoming so conclusive that food manufacturers needed another artificial sweetener that had the same qualities as aspartame." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"For instance, a serving of low-fat milk contains about six times more phenylalanine and thirteen times more aspartic acid than does the same quantity of diet soda sweetened with 100 percent aspartame. In the same vein, a serving of tomato juice has six times more methanol than an equivalent diet soda. Other voices claim that the sale of aspartame must be stopped and the conspiracy between the manufacturer, the FDA and an entire cast of players, some quite unlikely, needs to be exposed." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Therefore total energy intake at the lunch meal was lower, by approximately 100 kcal, when the lower energy-density beverages (water and diet soda) were consumed. Subjects' ratings of fullness after lunch did not differ among the beverage conditions, which suggests that having a low-energy-density beverage with a meal can help reduce energy intake without significantly affecting satiety ratings." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Don't drink diet soda and soft drinks. They are high in phosphorous, which can leech minerals from your bones. Plus the sugar and synthetic sweeteners they contain have their own negative effects. • Give up caffeine as soon as possible. Look for more natural ways to boost your energy. Remember, every time you add nutritional superstars to your diet or reject those that are bad for you, you rev up your body's defenses. A stronger body will go a long way toward protecting you against health risks and unpleasant menopausal symptoms." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"She saw her brother consuming over a six-pack of diet soda daily, including having a can at his bedside in a cooler at all times, which he drank throughout the night. She said, "Jeff, it's pretty clear you're not doing very well. Do you ever drink water or juice or anything else?" Jeff replied "Not really." Now here's the story that he relayed. Two years prior, he and his wife realized that they had gained a little too much weight. They began a diet and included diet sodas to replace their use of sugar. They also added packets of the sweetener aspartame to other foods and beverages." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., The New Detox Diet: The Complete Guide for Lifelong Vitality With Recipes, Menus, and Detox Plans (Get the book.)

"A child meets the FDA maximum safety limit by drinking only 5 cans of diet soda per day; a 150-pound adult would exceed the limit by drinking 16 cans. This sounds ridiculous (how many people drink 16 cans of diet soda each day?), but when you take a vitamin pill with aspartame, eat your breakfast cereal and hot cocoa with aspartame, have some aspartame-sweetened gelatin and a soft drink for lunch, chocolate pudding with aspartame for dinner dessert, and maybe another soda, it adds up very quickly." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"In response to the question about his diet soda use, they agreed to try an experiment. He shifted to drinking water and juice for several days. On the third day, he got off the couch and began washing and cleaning his car. Each day he began to feel better, and his mood became more positive. He was tapered off his medication and is now medicine- and diet soda-free and is actively participating in life. He believes, as I do, that he was having a reaction to the aspartame that affected his mood and nervous system. This is not uncommon." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., The New Detox Diet: The Complete Guide for Lifelong Vitality With Recipes, Menus, and Detox Plans (Get the book.)

"He proudly ordered everything "low-fat and non-fat, oil on the side," along with a diet soda, and expounded to me at some length about his doctor's advice regarding weight loss and heart disease prevention. He told me that his medication, Lipitor, had lowered his total cholesterol to under 200. "My dad died young from heart disease," he told me, "and I sure am glad I know what to do to prevent the same thing from happening to me." I did my best to listen politely. Mark wasn't my patient, after all, and he seemed so happy and secure with the advice his doctor had given him." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"No matter how tempting it is to tell a parent he or she should not be giving his or her child diet soda (or any soda for that matter) in the child's bottle (or any other container) don't tell them. I vividly remember sitting behind two mothers at my daughter's school just after I had realized that cow's milk was causing their tonsillitis and ear infections. They were bemoaning the fact that their children were continually on antibiotics and it was costing them so much money and time." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"In the same vein, a serving of tomato juice has six times more methanol than an equivalent diet soda. Other voices claim that the sale of aspartame must be stopped and the conspiracy between the manufacturer, the FDA and an entire cast of players, some quite unlikely, needs to be exposed. Actually, aspartame has been tested for more than thirty years in over two hundred studies, and so far all have concluded that it is a safe product, and can be used by almost everyone, including children and pregnant women." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Today diabetes is Did you think that just because diet soda was calorie-free that it was guilt-free, too? Sorry. Even drinking diet drinks is associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome. Consumption of sugar (or its equivalents, like corn syrup) in soft drinks has been linked to obesity in children and adolescents. But a recent study of almost all fifty-year-old men and women in Framingham, Massachusetts, found that having more than one soft drink, whether sugared or diet, increased the risk of metabolic syndrome by 44 percent over a four-year period." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Diet sodas barely enter into this picture; on an average day, girls were drinking an additional 2 ounces per day of diet soda, and boys 1 additional ounce.5 For children at the higher levels TABLE 25. Reported daily consumption of carbonated soft drinks, in ounces, and percent consumed as regular soda rather then diet soda, by age and sex, I994-x9955 Age Total Males Females All ages 1-2 3-5 6-11 12-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 12 (75%) 1." - Marion Nestle, Food Politics (Get the book.)

"But when she stopped drinking diet soda, "70 pounds fell right off," recalls Brackett, who produced a documentary about aspartame, entitled Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World. Ralph G. Walton, M.D., professor and chairman of the psychiatry department at Northeastern Ohio University's College of Medicine, tracked this "paradoxical increase in appetite in numerous medical studies. One research study, he says, found that artificial sweetener users took in more calories the next day than those eating sucrose." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "About 58 percent of people picked diet soda, and 53 percent chose sugar-free or light noncarbonated soft drinks. Whether coincidental or not, this trend toward drinking artificially sweetened sodas coincides with the fattening of America. And this phenomenon leads some experts to suggest that "diet drinks" might hinder rather than promote weight loss and control. More about this in chapter 22, which is devoted to frequently asked questions (FAQs)." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "It's the diet soda. Quit it," suggested one more. (Again, I followed the advice.) "It's all in your head. Get into therapy," maintained another M.D. (I obliged.) "Take Prozac," one psychiatrist urged repeatedly. (I adamantly refused.) You get the idea. Sure, the mystified physicians had "answers," but none was ever totally correct. So, much to my dismay, I remained a pooped-out, fuzzy-headed, confusion-laden, anxiety-ridden, depression-plagued, sugar-obsessed woman with the energy and life force of an immobile, inert slug." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Protein and diet soda. Acids from both sources can leach calcium out of bone, accelerating bone loss. Carbonated beverages aren't as bad for bone health as the acid in many other foods, but we do know that children who drink sodas in general have reduced bone mass as adults and fracture more often. The same is true for adults who drink sodas. The reason appears to be that if you drink those kinds of drinks, you're less likely to drink healthy drinks that contain calcium and vitamin D. Evidence shows that if you can get the calcium in other ways, the soda should be OK." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

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