Whats your opinion on...?

[NickDags]

Diet Cola? I love drinking diet soft drinks because it has no calories or carbs and it keeps me sticking to the Atkins diet because I can drink them when I get a craving for the real stuff even though it does have a weird after taste.

Can aspartame somehow stop weight loss or is it okay to drink as much as I like on extended induction?

Another thing I would like your insight on is lemon juice, I have this lemon juice that I use when I eat my meat and chicken, it tastes great and I use as much as I like on my veggies because it says it has no carbs or calories (per 5ml). It says it is made from concentrate. I know real lemons do have carbs and calories...

Does anyone know why this lemon juice has zeros all across the nutritional facts?

[Suzanne_H]

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Lemon juice has about 2 carbs per ounce minus .12 g fiber, gives 13% of your RDA for vitamin C, and that's according to FitDay. Try plugging in your foods to FitDay.com to see what the numbers do. I rarely trust labels these days.

I no longer purchase diet soda for my home because I don't believe the co2 that makes it bubbly is good for me. I also don't like taking in that much sweetener at a time. I think one can is more than one serving if I remember right. Water is much better and has no sodium. I like my water with a splash of that lemon juice you mentioned.

[atkinsgal08]

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Lemon juice from a container might have things in it that the juice of a real lemon doesn't have. And just because the container says 0 carbs/calories doesn't make it true. The label is probably rounding down.

Diet soda isn't water ... your body needs and craves water.

Additionally, there's a limit of 3 servings of sweetener per day ... and 8 ounces of diet soda is a serving.

>> Can aspartame somehow stop weight loss >>

It can for some.

>>or is it okay to drink as much as I like on extended induction?>>

It's never ok.

[Shoe Lady]

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I drink diet coke. No problems. Maybe a can a day.

[Jerry31280]

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I don't drink them anymore because i find it keeps my sugar cravings around. If your weak to sugar, you should try to break those habits and find a beneficial substitute for your thirst like water or green tea. That's what helps me.

[ziggy]

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aspartame is bad for your health i would avoid it as much as possible

also it can cause weight loss stalls in some people

[stephbob]

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I used to think that diet coke was the best thing in the world! But after reading up on aspartame, I made the switch to water, and if I felt like something with a twist, a dash of lemon and a little splenda