hostess ding dongs and a diet coke. wasnt sure if that belonged in this or the "sweets" thread.:grin:
Doesn't Diet Coke actually make a person have more of a propensity to gain weight? Seems like I recently saw a study showing that. I had a biscuit with a leaded Dr. Pepper from McDonalds.
This is the study. http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight Bottom line (no pun intended) is that other factors are more likely the indicator for obesity. People can treat the diet coke like a diet and give themselves permission to eat other stuff...........like biscuits. :grin:
That was an interesting read...but duh, are there really people that think drinking a Diet Coke is being on a diet? I drink Diet Cokes, as opposed to regular ones for two reasons: 1) If I drank a regular Coke, that would be adding (what?) 120 calories a pop to my total for the day. Who needs that? and 2) I've been drinking Diet Cokes since I was 20, and the regular ones don't taste good to me anymore.
i agree. and its not just that its calories, its empty carbs. unlike ding dongs which have to have some nutritional value. isnt chocolate one of the major food groups? :grin:
I guess so since that's what the study suggested. It could also be a way to give oneself permission to eat bad stuff. You know, I'm having a diet soda so I can have a big ole burger. :wave: Ditto. A regular coke is just gross now. Streeeeeeetch. But it MUST be true. :hihi: