Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I'm wondering how people feel about diet soda, and whether you drink it or not. For all my determination to eat "real food," I still drink diet soda (not from dieting mentality since I actually like it better than regular). I drink it when I want something but am not hungry. Rain From: RainSent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 2:08 PMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: RE: Tentatively New Hello, I'm a really big advocate of OA and think it's a great program. And as long as a person sticks to the tool of abstinence as defined by the individual, it's absolutely compatible! People were following Geneen Roth in OA in the 90's when I was there - a few people anyway. I'm thinking about going back to OA for the group support and the support of an individual sponsor. From: evmatrixSent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:04 AMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Tentatively New Hi All,I've been lurking a little bit, reading posts, scared to share. I am in Overeaters Anonymous and I believe that OA and Intuitive Eating are compatible. The nice thing about OA is that I can define my abstinence. I can simply make my abstinence to not eat unconsciously. I was wondering if there is anyone out there using these 2 program together successfully?I've tried to do intuitive eating on my own but failed miserably. I go unconscious so easily. Right now, I'm in a place that I feel good about. I've been abstaining from sugar for over 6 months and I've lost the craving for it. I've just added eating only 3 meals a day to my abstinence and that is going well. Next, I want to start employing some of the principles of intuitive eating. I think I'll start with making sure I'm hungry before I eat. I'd like to let go of any rules, but I feel like the best thing for me is to take it slow. Like I said, I'm scared that everyone is going to jump on me and tell me I'm doing it all wrong. Please be gentle in your comments. I'm not trying to upset anybody. I'm just trying to get help. I don't want to bury my feelings in food anymore. I want to trust my body and give it what it needs. I want freedom around food. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have read that drinking diet drinks can trigger the same insulin response in the body as drinking the regular sugary drinks, so that the impact on the body is the same (can cause weight gain).Which is totally fine if you are good to drink sugary (or artificially sweetened) drinks now and then -- certainly nothing wrong with that. But something to maybe be aware of. Best,Abbywho HATES carbonation, and thus has never had a Coke, Pepsi, root beer, etc. of any variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have read that drinking diet drinks can trigger the same insulin response in the body as drinking the regular sugary drinks, so that the impact on the body is the same (can cause weight gain).Which is totally fine if you are good to drink sugary (or artificially sweetened) drinks now and then -- certainly nothing wrong with that. But something to maybe be aware of. Best,Abbywho HATES carbonation, and thus has never had a Coke, Pepsi, root beer, etc. of any variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Thanks for sharing this Kate. I too can't appreciate diet sodas as much as others seems to. Like you finding out more information on 'un'-sugars helped me to choose other alternatives for me. Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I have some pretty strong feeling about diet soda, and it's not from the > diet point of view but from a health point of view. I googled " diet soda > dangers " and picked out the following sites. I hope I'm not offending > anyone, my previous posts were not answered and I certainly don't mean to > offend, I'm just putting out opinions. To be fair, I also googled " diet > soda advantages " but they turned into " disadvantages " . > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7337013n > > http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/29/studies-why-diet-sodas-are-no-boon-to- > dieters/ > > http://www.righthealth.com/topic/Dangers_Of_Diet_Soda > > http://diet.lovetoknow.com/dangers-diet-soda > > > > I used to drink lots of diet Pepsi until I learned more about aspartame and > sucralose (chemically altered sugar-Splenda > http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/). > > > > In friendship, > > Kate > > > > _____ > > On Behalf Of Rain > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:42 PM > Subject: Diet soda > > > > I'm wondering how people feel about diet soda, and whether you drink it or > not. For all my determination to eat " real food, " I still drink diet soda > (not from dieting mentality since I actually like it better than regular). > I drink it when I want something but am not hungry. > > Rain > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Thanks for your reply, Katcha. I have been using xylitol and stevia. I know stevia is an herb and xylitol is pretty empty of anything, but still sweet. Kate On Behalf Of jain_daugh Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 9:45 AM Subject: Re: Diet soda Thanks for sharing this Kate. I too can't appreciate diet sodas as much as others seems to. Like you finding out more information on 'un'-sugars helped me to choose other alternatives for me. Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I have some pretty strong feeling about diet soda, and it's not from the > diet point of view but from a health point of view. I googled " diet soda > dangers " and picked out the following sites. I hope I'm not offending > anyone, my previous posts were not answered and I certainly don't mean to > offend, I'm just putting out opinions. To be fair, I also googled " diet > soda advantages " but they turned into " disadvantages " . > > > > > On Behalf Of Rain > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:42 PM > Subject: Diet soda > > > > I'm wondering how people feel about diet soda, and whether you drink it or > not. For all my determination to eat " real food, " I still drink diet soda > (not from dieting mentality since I actually like it better than regular). > I drink it when I want something but am not hungry. > > Rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I quit drinking diet sodas quite a while ago. I used to be a huge Diet Pepsi drinker, especially when they came out with the Lemon, Lime and Vanilla flavors. Now, I can't stand the taste of them at all! I would rather drink a regular soda but I never do. I prefer water and occassionally iced tea (especially rooibos tea). But occassionally I do want something bubbly. I sometimes will mix juice with perrier or calistoga or other mineral water. But I recently stumbled onto Zevia, a natural soda sweetened with Stevia. Stevia seems to be somewhat controversial, so do your own research and come to your own conclusions. But here is an article reviewing Zevia. As the article states, no sodas should be consumed in mass quantities. But for an occassional soda, this seems to be one of the healthiest out there. Plus I really like the flavor of them and I have just about gotten my son off of Mountain Dew and Sprite with these. The Dr Zevia, similar to Dr. Pepper, the Ginger Root Beer, and Cola ones are my favorite. They also have no food colors in them which I really like, the are all clear sodas. http://www.bevreview.com/2010/03/14/zevia/ Alana > > > > I have some pretty strong feeling about diet soda, and it's not from the > > diet point of view but from a health point of view. I googled " diet soda > > dangers " and picked out the following sites. I hope I'm not offending > > anyone, my previous posts were not answered and I certainly don't mean to > > offend, I'm just putting out opinions. To be fair, I also googled " diet > > soda advantages " but they turned into " disadvantages " . > > > > > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7337013n > > > > http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/29/studies-why-diet-sodas-are-no-boon-to- > > dieters/ > > > > http://www.righthealth.com/topic/Dangers_Of_Diet_Soda > > > > http://diet.lovetoknow.com/dangers-diet-soda > > > > > > > > I used to drink lots of diet Pepsi until I learned more about aspartame and > > sucralose (chemically altered sugar-Splenda > > http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/). > > > > > > > > In friendship, > > > > Kate > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > On Behalf Of Rain > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:42 PM > > Subject: Diet soda > > > > > > > > I'm wondering how people feel about diet soda, and whether you drink it or > > not. For all my determination to eat " real food, " I still drink diet soda > > (not from dieting mentality since I actually like it better than regular). > > I drink it when I want something but am not hungry. > > > > Rain > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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