ARE DIET SODAS BAD?

WrittenByTracyMarkley

Sodas & Diet Sodas and Your Health True Things I have Experienced Working with Clients

I have several situations where sodas & diet sodas interfere with weight loss and health in clients who refuse or can't give it up I am going to share with you a few extreme true stories I will be using made-up names to keep clients privacy

I will begin with Sally

Sally came to me to lose weight and get her body healthy, the most popular client request She was 60 pounds over a healthy weight for her body size She was also on a few prescription medications

Sally started to feel a little better but not near where she should be.

As we worked together she finally told me that she drank 12 cans of diet soda a day and so does her husband She said she has been doing it for many years Sally was only in her early 40's She and her husband decided it is time to give the soda up They did She went a few weeks without it and she said she was starting to feel better She was appearing to begin her progress toward her health goals Then she started having to leave workouts because she did not feel good She could not walk up the stairs without giving up halfway because she felt weak This was all to an extreme

I was very concerned for Sally. She tried so hard to push through whatever she was feeling and still come to exercise even if she only stayed 20 minutes.

I told her she needs to see her doctor. I told her maybe it is a possibility that she drank so much diet soda that her prescription medications were based on her body being in toxic mode and they needed to be adjusted She saw her doctor and this was the answer

She had to take a break from exercising until they could get her balance back inside her body This took almost 6 months. It was like a drug addict detoxing from their drug.

A Fibromyalgia Patient

Betty was 40ish years old with fibromyalgia She also drank diet soda all day long I never got the actual number of cans a day from her She was always having pain and setbacks in her condition I spoke to her often about the foods and drinks she puts in her body (There's a whole list of no-nos with fibro patients/clients-another posted for another day )

Diet soda is one of the worst things for this condition (there is a list ) She stopped a couple of food items she was eating as well, and stopped all diet sodas. She went symptom-free. No bad days. All good days. She did this for 3 months. Then she started drinking her diet sodas again and ALL her symptoms and frequencies of them came back. I don't see her anymore, this was several years ago. But the last time I saw her she was still drinking the diet sodas and complaining about her pain

Even though she now knows for a fact what to do to stop it She won't do it for herself

A grumpy obese 38-year-old man with headaches.

24 Cans of Diet Soda a day, not a week, but a day

I will call him Mr. Pop because he was filled with soda pop. Yes, I wrote 24 cans of diet soda a day. 24 cans in a week are bad but in a day Wow I was shocked when I was told this He was 38 years old and weighed over 300 pounds

He was grumpy often and got frequent headaches

He stopped cold turkey on his sodas and did great

He lost weight.

He was not grumpy.

He had no more headaches

He did this for only 2 months, and he went back to his sodas

He and his wife moved away. I don't know the rest of his story I hope it turned out for the better His wife loves him very much and she wants him to be around for a long time

Here is what I tell soda/diet, soda drinkers. Only the ones who want to hear listen.

Growing up my dad and stepdad both told me if my car does not start to look at the battery and if it was all corroded where the cables attach to the battery most likely cleaning this will fix the problem

I was working at a Pediatrics office years ago and the lab tech's car would not start. She drove an old Volvo. She drank a diet soda with her lunch every day at work. So of course I said go get your soda and let's try this She popped open the hood of her car I took her diet Pepsi, and poured it over her corroded car battery She walked over and the car started Yep, just like that From that point on I saw sodas and diet sodas as poison for the body.

My cousin is a cardiologist (A heart doctor) He told me he has done surgeries on people who drink several cans of sodas a day and they are decayed inside UG Yek

All of my clients who were obese drank at least 3 or more diet sodas a day.

When a body has to spend extra energy trying to break down man-made chemicals it distracts the body from breaking down cancer, tumors, and other things

The human body was made to heal and try to reject and break down things that are not good for it.

You can clean the oil stains off your driveway with coke

If you take a penny and put it in a cup of coke, it cleans it.

Coke has been used to clean toilets.

If you take a tooth and put it in a cup of soda, it rots You can watch it

I found this a while back I don't know how real all the facts are, but I would know there is some truth behind this. Aspartame is in many diet sodas.

I have people tell me, that it has sweet and low or equal in it.

My thoughts are still this.

Man-made chemicals are harder for the body to process

The studies warning us are there for the health benefit for everyone.

If you don't feel well and you use these things, stop. There are too many natural sweetener options you can choose from that don't have negative side effects

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Be good to you!

Tracy Markley is the owner of Tracy's Personal Training, Pilates & Yoga Studio. She is the author of 11 books. Her work is known for training stroke survivors. She is the 2021 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year. She also created the CEC course "Stroke Recovery Training" for the fitness industry. Tracy was one of the IDEA 2020 Personal Trainer of the Year Finalists. She is recognized for her work, books, and for helping stroke survivors worldwide. She is an NFHOF Pro (National Fitness Hall of Fame) Recognized as one of "Today's Top Trainers" in 2019. She believes “Knowledge is Power” and has earned many certifications in the fitness industry.