Comments on: Diet Soda Might Not Be Kosher Among Diabetics

By: 2/18-2/19/08- Bad, Bad Diabetic — Med Blogs

2/18-2/19/08- Bad, Bad Diabetic — Med Blogs — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:06:28 +0000

[...] My new goal is my lovely diabetic adventure is to cut back on the diet Coke! [...]

By: 2/18-2/19/08- Bad, Bad Diabetic

2/18-2/19/08- Bad, Bad Diabetic — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:55:37 +0000

[...] My new goal is my lovely diabetic adventure is to cut back on the diet Coke! [...]

By: I Am Such A Bad Example At Times- Journal 2/18-2/19/08

I Am Such A Bad Example At Times- Journal 2/18-2/19/08 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:53:02 +0000

[...] My new goal is my lovely diabetic adventure is to cut back on the diet Coke! [...]

By: Diet Soda And Diabetics… Take Two!

Diet Soda And Diabetics… Take Two! — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:07:16 +0000

[...] what I wrote about diet soda last week. Well, I have found that at least 2 of my fellow bloggers here at b5 media’s science [...]

By: sam

sam — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:04:22 +0000

It’s pretty easy to figure out if diet soda is just as bad for diabetics as a regular soda. Drink a can of diet soda. Test your blood sugar at the half-hour, one-hour, 90-minute, and two-hour marks. Wait at least four hours, then repeat the process with regular soda. I’d bet my meter that you’re going to see a difference.

And, no, I haven’t tried it, myself. Diet soda has had zero effect on my numbers over the three years (two of which involved testing everything that I consumed) since my diagnosis, but I’m not going to load up on on HFCS just to prove a point.

I won’t argue that artificial sweeteners are good for anyone, but I just can’t buy weight-gain from non-caloric beverages and an increased risk of diabetes from a zero-carb beverage. I think this is one of those cases where statistics lie (i.e., correlation does not equal causation).

By: Kendra

Kendra — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:02:15 +0000

No problem Sara. I was actually in the middle of writing this when I came across Healthbolt while taking a break. I actually couldn’t concentrate to be totally hones and I started laughing that you had just written about the very same topic. So it was an obvious link to be had… Have a good one! K

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:52:40 +0000

Thanks for the link my friend!

By: Kendra James, RN

Kendra James, RN — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:59:11 +0000

Rebecca- Soda is soda, which is like a “junk” food, whether it is diet or regular it still has sodium, and additives that aren’t exactly wise choices. Thanks for your thoughts and I will keep you posted.

Gloria- Thanks, I have that exact study in my possession. It is interesting that it just doesn’t matter which soda you choose, there isn’t really a lesser of 2 evils, is there? Appreciate the link!

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:25:05 +0000

actually, with regards to increasing the risk of heart disease and metabolic syndrome (thus, with extrapolation to diabetes), it doesn’t matter if you are drinking diet or regular soda — according to recent study.

http://www.daily-diabetic.com/50226711/on_diet_and_regular_soft_drinks.php

just what i found recently anyway.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:54:06 +0000

I’m curious to hear your findings. My understanding is that generally, anything with artificial sweetners is detrimental to health. Mostly because of their impact on liver, gallbladder, etc. I don’t know specifically about diabetics. I’ve read on this in the past, but don’t have my sources handy at the moment, so please do keep us posted.