what's better juice or diet soda???

Hello, I was just wanting to know which one is better juice or diet soda? 100% juices as well as other juices have calories, but I know that they are good for you. Diet sodas do not have any calories, but some people say that they are not healthy for you at all. Is it the sodium content that maybe makes some people think that they are not healthy for you. Then again I have always heard that if you can help it, you should not drink your calories. Can someone please clear this up for me. Are diet sodas really bad for you?

I know a lot of people think that drinking diet soft drinks will help you lose weight but in fact the opposite is true.   There have been many studies that indicate that consumption of diet soft drinks is actually associated with weight gain and not weight loss including this recent one from the University of Texas:

http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/S tudy-3A-Artificial-sweetener-may-disrupt-body s-ability-to-count-calories-1035-1/

If you're not sensitive to the artificial sweeteners and don't overdo them, I think a diet soda and a piece of fruit would be best. You get all the nutrients of the juice, and then some, with fewer calories.

They should both be avoided. Don't drink your calories, eat them! As far as diet sodas go, they're poison! That @#$# will @#$# up bad!

Are these your two options, because neither are really very good if they're what you are hydrating with.  There haven't been any studies that can confirm that diet sodas are harmless, regardless of what claims are made by the artificial sweetener industry (I can't say I'm not a diet coke drinker from time to time), and juice is full of sugar.  At least juice has nutrients, but it's a far cry from the nutrients you would get from eating the same amount of calories in real fruit (added fibre, etc)  A glass of oj in the morning, and the occasional diet soda shouldn't be too terrible, but water should really be the drink of choice the rest of the time.

Riecee, Skip the diet sodas. Juice without the high fructose corn syrup is the way to go, but one must drink in moderation.  I find that juice by itself is too sweet and heavy. By cutting it with water, I get to drink more for less calories. Still, the natural sugar in real juice is much better for you than the chemicals in diet soda. If you miss the fiss, like I do sometimes, try club soda with some juice. But you really have to break the soda habit. Diet or not. I find 1 part juice and 2 parts water or club soda works well. Also, lemon juice or lime juice in the concentrate form in water helps me.  I find a lemon or lime wedge in a selter water excellent. Diet sodas will mess with your metabolism and cause you to retain excess water. diet sodas are known for causing headaches.

Try this: On even days have juice and water mixed, but on odd days have only water. Again, 1 part juice to 2 parts water. Carbonated water if you like but no diet sodas or drinks with high fructose corn syrup.

Best of luck to you,

Ciriusaboutw8loss. 

I used to drink a great deal of pop. Always diet. The debate over sweeteners wasn't enough to get me to quit drinking it, but learning about what the phosporic acid in the pop was doing to me was what I needed. How great does weak bones and soft teeth sound...

"Phosphoric Acid
The chemicals in soda pop fall under the categories of artificial flavorings, artificial color additives and dyes, acidifying agents, buffering agents, viscosity-producing agents, foaming agents, and preservatives. One of these chemical additives, phosphoric acid, is added to many kinds of soda pop to help keep the carbonated bubbles from going flat. Because good health depends upon our bodies being able to maintain a one-to-one balance between calcium and phosphorus in our systems, calcium is released from our teeth and bones into our bloodstreams to help balance the phosphoric acid in the pop we drink. Eventually the phosphoric acid is excreted, taking with it the released calcium. Thus, a habit of soft drink consumption actually robs our bodies of calcium, leading to a condition known as osteoporosis – soft teeth and weak bones. "