Diet Soda
Is actually worse for you.

Since you are reading this page, I know that you actually do care about your health and the appearance of your body.

Surprisingly, many people falsely believe that diet soda is in some way a good thing for losing body fat. In fact, I hear people all the time proudly state that they eat so healthy and only drink diet soda, thinking it is a great weight loss tip.

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There is NOTHING even remotely healthy about drinking any diet type soda. In fact, I've even seen several studies that showed dedicated diet soda drinkers, got even FATTER than their regular soda drinking counterparts.

Here are some findings from an 8-year University of Texas study....

An excerpt from the study author:

"What didn't surprise us was that total soft drink use was linked to overweight and obesity," Fowler tells WebMD. "What was surprising was when we looked at people only drinking diet soft drinks, their risk of obesity was even higher."

"There was a 41 percent increase in risk of being overweight for every can or bottle of diet soft drink a person consumes each day," Fowler says.

OK, as if we didn't already know how bad regular soda was for us, and now they're showing us studies that diet soda makes us "even fatter" than the already bad stuff!

There's a lot of complicating factors as to why this occurs...

One reason is that the artificial sweeteners, create a negative hormonal response in the body that increases fat storing hormone production and increases cravings for more sweets and refined carbohydrates in the time period after consuming the diet drink.

Another reason is that people may subconsciously think that because they are drinking a diet drink, that gives them more leeway to eat more of everything else, hence consuming more calories overall.

The bottom line is that if you're serious about your health and body, soda of any kind (and artificial sweeteners in anything for that matter!) should be avoided at all times, except for very rare occasions when you can't avoid them.

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

So what is a good alternative to diet sodas?

The best alternatives are good old water with lemon or unsweetened iced teas... you have plenty of options with teas - green, white, black, red... be creative in making your iced teas and you'll enjoy it more. Plus, you get a greater array of anti-aging antioxidants.

Some have given up Diet Coke and can lose up to 10 lbs in 2 weeks! The main thing is not to be afraid of eating healthy fat and healthy proteins.

Everyone thinks chicken breasts and egg whites is the only way to lose weight but, especially for a protein type, that is not the case. Actually a protein type may gain weight by only eating low fat proteins and a low fat meal plan. Someone like you needs whole eggs, dark meat poultry, beef, and healthy fats.