When I switched to Diet Coke from regular soda, at first I lost a substantial amount of weight (about 30 lbs, and went from 150 to 120 at the time!) and I have slowly gained it back (and 40 more lbs since then!). The reason I lost so much weight initially was because sodas contributed to most of the calories that I was consuming and when I switched to Diet - I wasn't consuming hardly any calories. However, over time this changed and I slowly started gaining the weight back over time because I started consuming more food to replace the calories that I use to get from regular soda. I have gained a lot of weight over the past few years but I don't blame it on diet soda. Initially, it made me lose weight and the only reason I have gained it back is because of the amount of food that I started to eat. Diet soda did NOT make me fat. I am just an individual with unhealthy eating habits. I would say anybody that needs to heavily rely on diet substitutions has issues with eating moderately and that is why diet sodas are LINKED with obesity. There is a DIFFERENCE in CORRELATION and CAUSATION. There is a CORRELATION between diet sodas and obesity, but scientifically, diet sodas do not CAUSE obesity.
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When I switched to Diet Coke from regular soda, at first I lost a substantial amount of weight (about 30 lbs, and went from 150 to 120 at the time!) and I have slowly gained it back (and 40 more lbs since then!). The reason I lost so much weight initially was because sodas contributed to most of the calories that I was consuming and when I switched to Diet - I wasn't consuming hardly any calories. However, over time this changed and I slowly started gaining the weight back over time because I started consuming more food to replace the calories that I use to get from regular soda. I have gained a lot of weight over the past few years but I don't blame it on diet soda. Initially, it made me lose weight and the only reason I have gained it back is because of the amount of food that I started to eat. Diet soda did NOT make me fat. I am just an individual with unhealthy eating habits. I would say anybody that needs to heavily rely on diet substitutions has issues with eating moderately and that is why diet sodas are LINKED with obesity. There is a DIFFERENCE in CORRELATION and CAUSATION. There is a CORRELATION between diet sodas and obesity, but scientifically, diet sodas do not CAUSE obesity.
April 23, 2012 - 6:37amThis Comment
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