Question 1

i drink a lot of diet soda for years now is it true about the aspartame does it cause cancer im very worried?

Accepted Answer

: Aspartame is an FDA approved poison, and in my opinion, should be totally avoided.  No question it worsens migraine, but the cancer issue is not proven.  Clearly, the combination of diet sodas and aspartame can contribute to eventual metabolic syndrome.  My advice is to completely avoid carbonated beverages.  See a dietician and get their opinion and design modifications.

Question 2

after decades of drinking liters of diet soda, why am i still healthy? what should be wrong with me? cancer? what specifically?

Accepted Answer

More illnesses devel: Most people have good health until they get older than 50 years. Our body can take a lot of abuse and handle it until you start getting past 45-50 years. So it is high timer that you adopt a healthy life style now. otherwise you pay the price of ill health in your 60-70s.
Drink water instead of sodas. Also you can drink some mildly flavored liquids or skimmed milk. Daily veges/fruits are healthy

Question 3

is there any link between diet soda and pancreatic cancer?

Accepted Answer

There may be,,,: There might be a link to pancreatic cancer the consumption of sugar sweetened drinks, in particular, fructose sweetened drinks.  These aren't usually diet soda, but regular soda.  However if a diet soda has fructose in it as an artificial sweetener, then there may be increased risk.  So try to be moderate in consumption of all these drinks.

Question 4

could diet soda cause headaches?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The artificial sweeteners in diet drinks are a well known cause of headaches, especially migraines. If you're trying to track and identify headache triggers, go to http://tinyurl.Com/kzvhnxv and download the "trigger tracker worksheet".

Question 5

can diet soda cause high microalbumin?

Accepted Answer

Very indirectly: I trust that you are talking about urine microalbumin. If that is the case, increased amount of Albumin in the urine is an indication of glomerular injury/kidney damage. Hypertension and diabetes are common causes of such injury. Caffeine in diet soda, if taken in excess, may aggravate blood pressure and damage the kidney.

Question 6

does diet soda cause weight gain? how?

Accepted Answer

Mostly NO: I see many people who take in over 500 calories a day in just soda. NOT taking that much in helps.
On the other hand, The New York Times science analysis reviewed diet soda components in the medical literature and found that the expectation of calories when you drink makes you hungry if you don't get any sugar. You'd still have to eat to gain weight though

Question 7

does diet soda really cause weight gain?

Accepted Answer

Yes, possibly.: Some give one a sense of increased appetite. More so if they have some sugar, or fructose and/or sucrose in them

Question 8

can diet soda directly cause weight gain?

Accepted Answer

Usually not: Diet soda contains other forms of sugar which can impact Insulin metabolisum making weight loss more difficult.

Question 9

can  diet soda cause elevation in blood sugar?

Accepted Answer

Not directly, not: sugar. Yet, from observational studies; several years each, people who drink sodas (including diet soda) add more body fat, proportional to amt., than those who don&#x27;t &amp; ↑ed body fat strongly correlates with ↓ed control of blood sugar ↑es; Diabetes Mellitus, both Types II &amp; I. While the mechanism for diet soda &amp; body fat ↑ may be behavioral or hormonal, good research to clarify this=not available.

Question 10

does carbonated diet soda cause water retention?

Accepted Answer

No: Not at all, but sodium retains fluid!

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