[Eric Blair 2084]

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[Eric Blair 2084]

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[sickoflibs]

These idiots dont know the difference between correlation and cause and effect, or they act like they dont. Maybe people with diet problems tend to drink diet soda.

[boop]

Probably because the people drinking the diet soda were washing down a couple of Big Macs on a regular basis.

[goodwithagun]

This isn’t new news. But yes, sadly this study probably used millions of dollars to come to the same conclusion that Paris Hilton did years ago when she said she never ordered diet soda because only fat people drink diet soda.

[chooseascreennamepat]

Now can I have another $2M grant to create more BS lies?

[RockinRight]

It’s not the soda itself. It’s the other stuff they eat with it.

[aruanan]

People who drink diet soda experienced a 70 percent greater increase in waist circumference over a decade than non-users, a study by the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio found.

This is because the cephalic phase of appetite control senses sweetness and signals the body that food is on the way. Time goes by and the food doesn't arrive and triggers an increase in appetite resulting in overeating that results in obesity.

[cranked]

Hey, got a question for all those diet soda drinkers:
Does smoking, for example, a Marlboro Light give you less chance for cancer than smoking a regular Marlboro? =.=

[cherry]

believe me, I love my diet Pepsi, but this study rings true...there has been talk over the years that whatever they put in diet soda, it still raises blood sugar, and increases apetite....

I certainly haven't lost weight drinking diet soda, or skim milk for that matter...

my husband has switched to regular Coke....and a few weeks ago we switched to regular whole milk, after reading on FR that they have additives in skim milk....

[BereanBrain]

Because there is a correlation, does not imply causality.

For example, I have found that wearing XXL size clothes is highly correlated with being obese. Must be something in the material the clothes are made of, or maybe they spray some “big company evil” chemicals secretly on the clothes to make people fat.

Nope, It turns out that people overweight TEND to consume “diet” sodas, in a vain attempt to loose weight. Not suprisingly, by “gaming” the situation (rather than reduce their intake of “food”) they continue to get fatter......

What’s next, a federal study on elephant repellants? I saw a guy blowing a horn one time, and I asked him why he was blowing this horn out in the middle of the woods.....he smiled, and said, it scares away elephants! I said he was silly, that it didn’t work.....he just replied.....seen any elephants lately?

I bet that guy has a Gubmint grant now.....On Global Warming probably....

[God luvs America]

ah yes- the ongoing joke in college- the really, really fat chicks at the student union cafeteria ordering; “i’ll have a large italian wedge, a container of potatoe salad, a bag of chips, an ice cream sandwhich......and a diet coke”....

well- now we know why they were really, really fat- the diet soda!!

[TigersEye]

Some scientists speculate artificial sweeteners trigger appetite, or inhibit brain cells that signal the feeling of being full.

I read that in a health newsletter in the late '80s. I have told a number of diet soda drinkers that but they shrug their shoulders and hoist another diet soda.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’ve heard that the sweet taste of diet soda could be causing the secretion of insulin (as though sugar were actually entering the bloodstream), causing the body to store fat. It wouldn’t surprise me if these studies had merit.

[davisfh]

My wife is diabetic and drinks nothing but sugar-free sodas. No problem there. She maintains her blood sugar within a normal range from day to day. I suspect that some of the people having problems with diet soda are binging on something else as well.

[TomGuy]

Tax diet sodas.

Problem resolved.

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[Ken H]

I would like to dismiss this as a curiosity, but these kinds of studies have a way of making it into public policy debates, and then into policy itself.

Get ready for an attack on diet sodas via taxes, labeling, and banning from schools to protect 'the children'.

[Pining_4_TX]

Yep, most of the studies being done these days are suspect. Some are outright con jobs. There is nothing quite like large amounts of cash to inspire people to generate the results the sponsor wants. There are so many studies that make no sense at all.

[RinaseaofDs]

A lady weighing 450 pounds had a lap-band installed to help her with portion control and to give her that full feeling nearly instantly on eating about a cup full of food.

In the first two months, she lost 80 lbs, then started putting it back on again.

They couldn’t figure out why, until they found out, SHE WAS MAKING BOWLS OF CAKE BATTER AND THEN DRINKING THE BOWL.

The batter, you see, doesn’t have any problem passing through the banded area like a well chewed, very small portion of steak would, for example.

If you want to defeat a weight loss process, you’ll find a way.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

People who drink diet soda experienced a 70 percent greater increase in waist circumference over a decade than non-users, a study by the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio found.

The NY Post makes it sound like these people are somehow magically converting those 0 calories into belly fat. Obviously people who drink diet soda have bad eating habits and are putting on weight through other food and drink.

Otherwise we could put them to work in some of those exciting New Green technology companies Obama and Pelosi were babbling about a couple of years ago, since they're apparently able to extract energy from nothing.

[DustyMoment]

What everyone else said!!

The BS meter has spun around the dial twice and is headed for its third rotation after this story!!