Can Diet Soda Cause you to Gain Weight?

With so many people drinking soda, coffee or popping diet pills it was a must for me to explain all the positive and negative things associated with this highly addictive stimulant. I’m going to give you the Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly. Everything we do and eat must have balance. Too much caffeine can have some bad side effects.

The GOOD- (if taken in moderation, 1-2 cups of coffee or tea, and no sugar added)
- You become more alert and think clearer
- Increases your short-term memory
- Can help you stay younger feeling
- Short term improves your mood and overcomes depression, creating an
- Can increase exercise intensity and stamina
- Can be used as a painkiller
- Grows brain cells in the areas of the brain responsible for long-term memory

The BAD-(in excess, drinking it morning, noon and night)

- Mood Swings

- Insomnia

- Weight Gain

- Depression

- Anxiety

- Energy swings

The UGLY-(downright gross)

Many people who are addicted to caffeine were shown to be addicted to another stimulate called tobacco. We all know the risks of smoking such as cancer, emphysema to name a few. Caffeine can be just as addicting and have some negative effects such as anxiety, mood swings, insomnia and periods of fatigue during the day. You want to keep your body balanced energy wise pretty much from the moment you wake up till the moment you go to bed other then your workout where you will need to fuel your body with foods that will spike your energy levels for better performance and when you are getting ready for bed you need to become much more calm and relaxed so you can sleep properly. Drinking things like soda and coffee in excess will cause imbalance of energy levels, which means you will have higher energy levels temporarily but you will crash than will have feeling of fatigue and depression. You want to stay away from soda for another reason, the large amount of sugar and empty calories. Sugar is the one thing that must be eliminated for your diet for you to achieve the body and health you desire. When you take too much sugar in at once your insulin levels spike causing you to store fat that is not burned off. The key is trying to get all your energy from working out and eating the proper foods. Start adding oatmeal in the morning and brown rice for lunch these are slower digestive carbohydrates that are geared to give you long term energy not the super high, super low feeling

Not enough reason to quit yet, ok keep reading.

ADDICTED TO SODA, HOW TO QUIT?

So now down to the nitty giddy… How do I quit drinking soda, IM ADDICTED? Over 5 years ago my mother went through a period of time where she was drinking up to 6 cans or more per day. Each one of these very popular soft drinks had over 35 grams of sugar and 200 calories in them. That’s 800-1200 calories and over 140-260 grams of sugar causing her constant up and downs throughout the day and weight gain over that period of time. When she started crashing she would drink another can to keep her energized. Needless to say I showed her what I used my soda for, I opened my hood on my car to find a corroded battery cable.. I poured my soda all over the corrosion and to her surprise it ate all of it off the battery. I also shared with her a study they did with a bolt and a popular soda that she happened to drink. They placed the bolt into the soda and within a period of time the soda had 100% eaten the bolt. What does this do to your insides? My mother soon quit all sodas and switched to nothing but water. In 3 months she lost 20 lbs just because of the soda and felt far more energized throughout the day. Initially she was tired and told me she was having headaches but it was only a matter of time when even the thought of soda seemed disgusting. PEOPLE GET OFF THE SODA there is no other way to put it. It’s an addiction much like other addictions, you only have control of the situation when you take control, until then your soda will have control and cause a downward plunge. You will look in the mirror one day and ask yourself “what has happened to me”.
Where do soda calories go if they are not burned off? Yep that’s right, your butt, your things, your arms and your stomach, EVERYWHERE. If you are genetically bigger in your butt then your butt is going to get bigger ladies. Men your stomach growing on you and those 33 jeans no longer fit, get off the soda. Soda will make cause highs and lows throughout the day and you will gain extra weight which means you have to buy bigger clothes, is all of this worth it to you all over something that is 100% controllable

The findings come from eight years of data collected by Sharon P. Fowler, MPH, and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Fowler reported the data at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego.
Fowler’s team looked at seven to eight years of data on 1,550 Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white Americans aged 25 to 64. Of the 622 study participants who were of normal weight at the beginning of the study, about a third became overweight or obese.
For regular soft-drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or obese was:
• 26% for up to 1/2 can each day
• 30.4% for 1/2 to one can each day
• 32.8% for 1 to 2 cans each day
• 47.2% for more than 2 cans each day.
For diet soft-drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or obese was:
• 36.5% for up to 1/2 can each day
• 37.5% for 1/2 to one can each day
• 54.5% for 1 to 2 cans each day
• 57.1% for more than 2 cans each day.
For each can of diet soft drink consumed each day, a person’s risk of obesity went up 41%.

There is something within Diet soda that is causing people to become hungrier, it could be the fact they feel they are dieting with the soda so they super size everything or an actual chemical that is causing their brain to increase their appetite.

When you do decide to let this addiction go you will go through a week or so period of time of headaches and low energy, this is common but be prepared by taking your multi vitamins, eat healthy foods and get your workouts in. Substitute your soda for water. Water is yummy and does the body good. We typically eat or drink certain things because we love the taste but you have to look at food and drinks as your fuel for the day and your workouts not short term satisfaction that only makes your life more difficult.

DROP THE POP
SODA IS SUICIDE TO THAT BODY YOU DESIRE