is there any harm to drinking diet coke while cutting?

Diet coke says it has no carbs, it obviously has sweeteners, do these sweeteners spike your insulin?
I hope yous tell me it's harmless cause I make ice lollipops with it, witch I enjoy, nice sweet treat when cutting.

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Originally Posted by 951thompson

Diet coke says it has no carbs, it obviously has sweeteners, do these sweeteners spike your insulin?
I hope yous tell me it's harmless cause I make ice lollipops with it, witch I enjoy, nice sweet treat when cutting.

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depends what you mean by harmless. its sweetened with aspartame, although no (well verry little) insulin rise its nothing that would inhibit anything. but theres alot of health risks/cautions with aspartame so its recommended that you dont drink alot of it, 1 or 2 cans a day.

there was a good thread on diet sweetners a while ago. gbrice and noles had some interesting stuff.

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...Sugar-question

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Originally Posted by digsy1983

there was a good thread on diet sweetners a while ago. gbrice and noles had some interesting stuff.

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...Sugar-question

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Thanks for the info man, that link was great, so pretty much it is ok to drink coke in moderation. That's cool cos I like making ice lollies as a desert for after my meals (have to have something sweet after a meal)

Thanks for that bro ;)

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Originally Posted by 951thompson

Diet coke says it has no carbs, it obviously has sweeteners, do these sweeteners spike your insulin?
I hope yous tell me it's harmless cause I make ice lollipops with it, witch I enjoy, nice sweet treat when cutting.

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There have been several studies that show insulin spikes from artificial sweeteners. I'm not sure what to believe at this point tbh. I would say the same thing - moderation is key. A diet soda or two a day isn't going to make or break anybody's diet... with the possible exception of contest prep. So long as you're on point and consistent with the stuff that REALLY matters (hitting your macros, proper caloric intake, etc) you'll be fine.

i went through a phase of drinking coke zero when i was being really stict cutting but after a while i stopped, think the novelty had wore off.

stevia is a good sweetner, if youre wanting to mix up the flavours of your diet. its an extract from the stevia plant and only goes through a slight processing process. 1000 times sweeter than sugar. i have it in my oats.

Stevia=Truvia(brand name)

most fizzy diet drinks are high in salt if drinking too much of it.

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Originally Posted by SteM

Stevia=Truvia(brand name)

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just read the other post about oats and truvia, thought i was missing a trick not having heard of truvia! was just about to google it. ha

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Originally Posted by digsy1983

i went through a phase of drinking coke zero when i was being really stict cutting but after a while i stopped, think the novelty had wore off.

stevia is a good sweetner, if youre wanting to mix up the flavours of your diet. its an extract from the stevia plant and only goes through a slight processing process. 1000 times sweeter than sugar. i have it in my oats.

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Originally Posted by SteM

Stevia=Truvia(brand name)

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Originally Posted by digsy1983

just read the other post about oats and truvia, thought i was missing a trick not having heard of truvia! was just about to google it. ha

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I use it too... another brand name is Purevia. Same stuff.

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Originally Posted by gbrice75

There have been several studies that show insulin spikes from artificial sweeteners. I'm not sure what to believe at this point tbh. I would say the same thing - moderation is key. A diet soda or two a day isn't going to make or break anybody's diet... with the possible exception of contest prep. So long as you're on point and consistent with the stuff that REALLY matters (hitting your macros, proper caloric intake, etc) you'll be fine.

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Thanks for that bud, very informative as usual ;-)

Thanks everyone

The sweeteners are going to trick your body into craving real sugar

I do the same in my oats with some cinnamon, make plain old oatmeal taste really good.

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Originally Posted by digsy1983

i went through a phase of drinking coke zero when i was being really stict cutting but after a while i stopped, think the novelty had wore off.

stevia is a good sweetner, if youre wanting to mix up the flavours of your diet. its an extract from the stevia plant and only goes through a slight processing process. 1000 times sweeter than sugar. i have it in my oats.

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Every diet I've ever been on I drank diet sodas. Every client I've ever done contest prep I've allowed to drink diet soda. I've yet to see it have a negative effect on cutting in any way. Now the health issues that may exist around these drinks is a different issue.

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Originally Posted by alex18

The sweeteners are going to trick your body into craving real sugar

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this.