I'd like to know how many Atkins people drink diet cola and how you feel about it, if you're trying to get away from it or accept it as a good occupational aid, so to speak, when doing Atkins.

I drink diet soda just about every day. I love soda. I don't know if it is stalling my weight loss yet, I've only lost 6 pounds in a month. I might give it up at some point to see what happens, but I am not ready to. It's one of the only cravings I can actually give in to.

Thanks, Phantomess. I've always stayed away from it as the phosphoric acid is supposed to be erosive to bones and teeth. But 3-4 glasses a week is a real treat for me, breaks the monotony and keeps me out of trouble. 😇

I drink about 1 a week. Also 1 diet red bull.
I guess it's a treat on a rushed day. I haven't found it makes me crave more sweets. But I do find it less satisfying than before.

I love diet soda and drink lots of it. It's never affected my weight loss or anything!

I drink a can or so a day. I also drink a lot of sparkling water and unsweetened ice tea. I don't think it affects my weight loss.

I'm a reformed Diet Coke addict. It took me two months to break the habit. I was having dreams, headaches, etc. I can't touch the stuff ever again. It was significantly stalling my loss. My husband seems to have it with no problems and seems to lose fine on it. I think it causes my body to release insulin. I get the "hangries" on it and the scale stands still.

Is your question about health or weight loss? Two new studies published in recent months indicate a link for diet soda with stroke and dementia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017...diet-worse.html
Short-term diet soda may be a benefit helping you to stop drinking sugar sweetened beverages, https://www.dietdoctor.com/real-evi...ion#more-732086. But long-term, I don't touch them nor artificially sweetened foods.

I drank tons of this at first:



gave up all sweeteners and now drink tons of this (pictured to the left):



AS didn't affect my BG or aspirated acetone as far as I could measure, not sure about insulin as I can't measure that. I think it's an innocuous substance (sucralose) but I could be VERY wrong about that. Look back on this post and 10 years and laugh.

Life is much easier and I eat less (as proven to me by my personal observations) by dropping ALL SWEETENERS. - I have less decisions to me, I like that!

I used to drink diet drinks all of the time but I found that putting something sweet in my mouth just kept resetting my "sweetness scale detector" higher and so Atkins friendly desserts never tasted as good or were as satisfying as they should, I was always adding splenda to make them taste sweet.

Now, I drink lemon water or lemon tea and even unsweetened heavy cream tastes sweet to me.

I'm not sure whether it would stall me or not but I'm trying to reset what I think tastes good and what tastes sweet in this new way of life.

The way I look at it is that since not using AS does no harm I'm better off just avoiding it. Perhaps it is innocuous but I like to avoid it just in case (why take the risk) plus I never could stand the taste of the stuff. For me weight loss is not the only important concern. I focus on overall health and I don't see that artificial sweeteners enhance my health and may even harm it whether or not it effects my weight.

Jean

Hi, Janet. Thanks. My concern is more health related. I've always shied away from diet soda, especially colas because of the erosive phosphoric acid. I have pretty healthy bones and teeth at 62 and want to keep them that way for the next few decades. BUT - diet Pepsi (now sweetened with Splenda) satisfies me so well as an occasional snack or treat while I get used to Atkins that I tend to think it'll be okay for the time being. I guess I was just looking for some reassurance. It's "acceptable" from an Atkins standpoint but I'm leery of it otherwise.

Diet soda never affected my weightloss and doesn't cause me sugar cravings (it is the only sweet thing I consume), but I did cut down from ~4 litres per day to ~500 ml to greatly reduce my chemical intake. Instead I drink coffee in the morning and green or herb teas most of the day (I often make extra & put in the fridge to drink later cold). I have a SodaStream machine to make fizzy water and will add a packet of "True Lemon", Lime or Orange plain or with a tiny amount of stevia.

Thanks, everyone, for weighing in on this! (No pun intended). I tend to lean toward water, sparkling water, green tea, herb tea, and decaf coffee - probably in that order of frequency. But an occasional 8-12 oz. glass of diet cherry Pepsi is like dessert for me.

I go out with my wife maybe everyother week and have a few drinks with diet Coke. I have Bacardi or Cruzan Rum. Usually have 3 or 4, but that is all the diet soda I drink. I do however have some fruit punch by 4C that is made with Splenda. Usually have one a day or every other. The fruit punch has really helped me as I have a sweet tooth, I love sweets so that gives me a bit of sweetness and keeps me from deserts. It is a packet like Crystal Lite. Really good if you are looking for a diet soda alternative.