Diet Sodas Can Make You Fat

Everyone knows that regular soda can make you gain weight; a twelve ounce can contains nine teaspoons of sugar. But a can of diet soda has no sugar, no calories, so how can it also make you gain weight? By creating an artificial hunger.

When the tongue detects a sweet taste, the body thinks it is going to be getting an infusion of energy, so the liver stops manufacturing sugar from the body’s reserves of protein and starch, and waits for the ready-made sugar to enter the body. If no sugar enters the body, the liver starts clamoring for the promised energy, which translates into an urgent need to eat. This urge can last up to ninety minutes after drinking the diet soda. So unless you have a will of iron, you will eat. If you do have the will to resist the liver’s demands, those hunger pangs could torment you.

And all for what? To satisfy your thirst? You’d be better off drinking water.

Besides, the phosphorus in the soda is bad for you, especially if you are a menopausal or postmenopausal woman. A high phosphorus intake throws off the calcium/magnesium ratio, which puts you at risk for bone loss. Its hard enough getting the calcium you need to save your bones without sabotaging your efforts with a worthless drink.

So do yourself a favor. The next time feel like drinking a diet soda, don’t.