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10 Unsettling Facts about Diet Soda
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Weve all heard that if youre going to drink sodas, choose diet.
This may seem like the best option fordiabetics and people who are
watching their weight, but there is more to consider when drinking
diet sod
han just calories. We may not know exactly what these carbonated
colas are doing to our bodies, but thes plenty of research that
suggests they arent doing much good. Here are 10 unsettling facts
about dietsoda:
1. Causes Diabetic Complications: Diet sodas are often
recommended to diabetics, who have toreduce their sugar intake.
However, research suggests that the artificial sweetener,
aspartame, maactually cause negative side effects for diabetics.
Aspartame may cause diabetic complications orworsen them, such as
retinopathy, cataracts and metabolic disorders. The artificial
sweetener canalso make it harder for diabetics to properly control
their insulin levels, in addition to affectingappetite or causing
weight gain.
2. Dissolves Tooth Enamel: Even though diet sodas do not
directly cause cavities like the sugar in
regular sodas, the acid in diet sodas may contribute to enamel
breakdown, which makes you moresusceptible to tooth decay when
sugar is consumed. Diet sodas are very acidic. For example,
DieCoke, Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet 7-Up have pH values ranging from
3.39 to 3.67. Acid starts todissolve tooth enamel at pH value of
5.5 or less.
3. Contains a High Caffeine Amount: One 12oz can of diet soda
contains anywhere from 23 to 54 of caffeine. The amount of caffeine
varies by diet soda brands, but most diets sodas contain
morecaffeine than regular sodas. If youre caffeine intake exceeds
500 to 600 mg a day, your health coube in risk. High caffeine
consumption may cause headaches, restlessness, anxiety and
otherpotential health problems.
4. Leaches Calcium from Bones: Diet sodas leach calcium from
your bones in several ways. Thephosphoric acid in diet sodas can
increase calcium excretion in urine, therefore promoting
calcium
loss. Caffeine can also zap calcium from bones and weaken them
if the body is not replaced withenough calcium. Getting an adequate
amount of calcium and vitamin D every day, as well as
limiticaffeine intake to 300 mg or less a day, will help diet soda
drinkers maintain strong and healthybones.
5. Increases Stroke Risk: Recent medical studies have determined
a link between diet sodaconsumption and an increased risk of stroke
and heart attack. The study used 2,500 participants tanalyze the
health effects of daily diet soda consumption. It found that 61
percent of people whodrank a diet soda daily had an increased risk
of heart problems compared to non-soda drinkers. Italso accounted
for smoking, exercise, alcohol consumption and calories consumed
per day.
6. Causes Weight Gain: Diet sodas have been linked to causing
weight because sugar substitutes,such as saccharin, sucralose,
aspartame, neotame and acesulfame-K, may actually increase
peoples cravings for more food to feel satisfied. Research shows
that artificial sweeteners arehundreds of times sweeter than real
sugar and can be addictive. This may increase cravings
andconsumption of larger and sweeter desserts to get your sweets
fix, which may result in weight gain
7. Causes Dehydration: Diet soda is a diuretic, which increases
the flow of urine and calciumexcretion. Depending on how many diet
sodas you drink and how much water you consume, thisprocess can
cause dehydration. Excessive diet soda consumption can also cause a
laxative effectand shed some water weight, but its very important
to be aware of the signs of dehydration and streplenished with
water.
8. Increases Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome: Research
suggests that drinking diet sodamay increase ones chances of
developing metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome ischaracterized
by a group of risk factors that could lead to heart disease, stroke
and type 2diabetes
Abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, insulin resistance or
glucose intolerance and high
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cholesterol are some of the known risk factors. Daily diet soda
drinkers, who dont exercise and eaunhealthy foods, are increasing
their chances of developing metabolic syndrome at a faster rate
ththose who dont drink sodas but eat the same way.
9. Inceases Risk of Cell Damage: A preservative found in diet
sodas, called sodium benzoate, hasbeen linked to an increase in
cell damage. Sodium benzoate is added to sodas to prevent mold.When
mixed with the additive vitamin C, it produces a carcinogenic
substance called benzene.Studies also show that sodium benzoate may
damage the mitochondria, a very important part ofDNA within cells.
The cells might malfunction when damaged, causing a number of
diseases likeParkinsons, cirrhosis of the liver and
neuro-degenerative diseases.
10. Soda Used to Contain Cocaine: When Coca-Cola was first
created by pharmacist John Pembertin 1886, it contained cocaine,
which was thought to cure various diseases and ailments. The
feelgood drink was said to cure morphine addiction, neurasthenia,
headache and dyspepsia. Coca-Cmay have taken out cocaine from the
recipe in the early 1900s, but both regular and diet Coca-Costill
use a cocaine-free coca extract in the recipe.
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