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Permalink Reply by Leslieann Dudek on September 12, 2007 at 11:41am

Anything is possible and I would assume it could be very likely there are people who react differently to diet sodas - they do have sweeteners in them even if the sweeteners have no carbs. I remember reading an article(within the past 6 months) about people drinking diet sodas that had weight problems. The weight gain came from people thinking that if they drank diet/no calorie soda, they could still continue to eat the way they had been - high fat, high carb foods in over sized portions. The title to the article was also very misleading because my first thought was that it was a proven fact diet soda caused weight gain. I am not surprised that it was misconstrued, but I am concerned that a dietitian/nutritionist who advises people on their diet was taken in......ugh!!!

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Permalink Reply by Angela Price on September 12, 2007 at 12:13pm

I have also read recently in the GI Diet that diet caffeinated soda causes your body to produce more insulin thereby making you store more fat. In the book, along with eating low Glycemic Index foods you also are to cut off caffeine (something I can only do one at a time!) I have been addicted to diet coke for years and have always struggled with my weight. I am off it again, hoping that it will help in the weight battle.

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Permalink Reply by M on September 12, 2007 at 5:38pm

I've heard this n that about diet fizzy's - personally I don't drink them, except for the very odd occasion when I have a drink of spirits - I use half normal Coke and half Coke Zero to slow the effects of the drink, it's the only way I can get away with drinking a Bourbon and not spiking a mile high, or gagging at the horrible taste of sugar free drinks!

If diet sodas cause you to produce a little insulin, then what about Type 1s? If we can't produce insulin, then surely diet drinks are harmless for us? (that of course doesn't include the issue that the non-sugar sugars could be doing whatever kind of damage that the latest tests have shown!).

Whatever the case... I'll stick with water!!

I'm equally disgusted in your nutritionists comments - I think a lot of us learn early on that the so called health professionals are only human. It doesn't take long for us to lose that 'bigger than God' image that a lot of people have for their Doctors etc. What bothers me is that a lot of them still think they're holier than thou, and that we don't know zip about looking after ourselves. How can they just believe everything they read (or skim over, as it seems in this situation!) and then try to spread that mis-information to so many people? Gah!

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Permalink Reply by Angela Price on September 12, 2007 at 5:51pm

yes, It is true that it would have to be a problem only for type 2's. I guess my husband and son can drink as much as they won't and their dead pancreases aren't going to spit out a lick of insulin! Mine, however, will so I am trying to stay away from caffeine no matter how bleary eyed I seem to be....

M, you are right on the mark, Doctors don't seem to know much about Type 1. My husband's doctor on one occasion asked him if he tested at home and on another occasion asked how many times, to which he replied 6-8 times a day and the doctor told him he shouldn't have to test that much. Needless to say he is now going to my doctor who actually knows that to switch from NPR to Lantus, you keep the levels about the same! There are a few who know, you just have to look hard to find them.

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