Carbonation?? I Love Diet Coke!! (Read 1091 times)

So how much does carbonation affect you while running or training? I have a man-crush on Diet Coke and can't get enough . As long as I'm drinking enough water, am I hurting myself? What about race week?? Thanks! Nate

well...research shows caffeine is a diuretic so you have to overcome that with drinking water. But personally, I would be more worried about the rest of the stuff in Diet coke...that stuff just ain't healthy.... Notice: the previous statement is a personal opinion which could be backed up by fact if desired and in no way reflects the thoughts and opinions of RA.

I pretty much eliminated soda a little over a year ago

Same here but it's only been a few months so far. Not sure how accurate this is (I found it on Trent's internet).

At less than 300 mg a day, the diuretic activity of caffeine is similar to that of water.

And the counterarguments as linked to by Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

The link below on Diet Coke and diet soda in general is interesting. Scary??????

dude, nice quads

I'd be more concerned about the artificial sweetener than I would about a little CO2. Tom

dgb2n advises this link: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp Read the comments and links under the quoted area on that page. From a link to an MIT study (from the above linked page): "Even daily large doses of the high-intensity sweetener aspartame, also known as NutraSweet, had no adverse effect on study subjects' health and well-being, a visiting scientist at MIT reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last week." The conclusion is that aspartame is perfectly safe. Enjoy.

" Overall, do y'all think it's worse than drinking sugary juices or bottled teas? I'm serious asking, not being sarcastic." The key here is to eliminate the intake of sugary juices and bottled teas as they are mostly sugar. Research also shows a marked decrease in brain function/capacity as a result of ingesting sugar. As a teacher, my wife gave half her class a candy bar to eat before there was a test. The half that ate the candy bar scored lower overall on the exam. Drinking water, carbonated water (without sweetner), spritzers and just plain juice is much better than drinking HFC, splenda, aspartame, etc. (Looking down my hypocritical nose) why go out and run to be healthy and then put crapola back into your body?? Ice cream and beer (by the way) are natural products full of good nutrients....to be consumed in moderate quantities. Informed decision making is the best thing ever... Anyone ever have a beer float???