The Truth About Diet Soda

Baack · May 30, 2009

We talk a lot about watching what we eat, but if you never gave a thought to what you ate and instead watched only what you drank, you could probably cut 450 calories a day out of your lifethats nearly a pound of fat trimmed away each week! That's what a study from the University of North Carolina found. Americans today drink about 192 gallons of liquid a yearor about 2 liters a day. To put it into perspective, this is nearly twice as many calories as we did 30 years ago.
When confronted with the growing tide of calories from sweetened beverages, the first response is, Why not just drink diet soda? Well, for a few reasons. Eat This, Not That! did some research and found out some hard truths behind the low-calorie (and nutrition-free) beverage. The story isn't as clear-cut as you suspect, and it might make you think twice the next time you're looking for a thirst-quencher.
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Hard truth No. 1
http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100236887&GT1=31036

crazy cat · Jun 1, 2009

Great post!
Thanks.

PTCChallenge · Jun 4, 2009

Good to know. Thanks!

truckermario · Jun 4, 2009

Eat This Not That just told me I should drink Beck's over Sam Adams.

Um. . .

NO THANKS!

I only drink clear soda(never diet). If I don't feel like that, I drink Gatorade.

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