A 43-year-old member asked:
are diet sodas worse than regular sodas for your health?
4 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
Dr. James Wright answered
Dentistry 33 years experience
Yes : Soda contains corrosive acids such as citric, malic, tartaric carbonic or phosphoric which, can remove calcium from tooth enamel. Without protection from the dental enamel, the tissue underneath is susceptible to cavities, root canals & even extractions. Sugar causes cavities, consider rinsing your mouth after drinking soda. Best to avoid diet soda due to other health issues. Water is best for you.
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Dr. Thomas Namey commented
Rheumatology 48 years experience
Seriopusly. As bad for the teeth, but better from an obesity perspective, as I state!
Jun 3, 2013
Dr. Reid Winick answered
Dentistry 33 years experience
Yes: They are just as acidic an make you hungry.
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Dr. Thomas Namey answered
Rheumatology 48 years experience
Not as bad!: From tooth enamel-just as bad. From a weight perspective, much better. Diet drinks can fool the brain into making you feel hungry, but they contain no sugar, nor do they increase Insulin production like non-diet. They also do not cause a sugar burn-and crash phenomena which really drives hunger. They should be drunk at a minimum. The sodas with phosphoric acid (coke.Dr. Pepper) bad for teeth!
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Dr. Stephen Enriquez answered
Addiction Medicine 33 years experience
No: Sodas are probably the same diet or not. The key is not to overdo.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Is it recommended to stop drinking diet soda?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Quang Nguyen answered
Specializes in Endocrinology
Depends: Depends on what you will replace it with. Water is always the best drink.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Is diet soda bad to drink once a wwwk?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Stuart Wasser answered
Addiction Medicine 35 years experience
Probably not: But its better to skip it.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Is it bad for your health to drink one diet soda a week?
3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Stuart Wasser answered
Addiction Medicine 35 years experience
Probably not: But its better to skip it.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
What in diet cola is bad for you?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Cory Annis answered
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics 29 years experience
Everything but water: There's mounting evidence that diet drinks mess with the body's ability to tell real sweet from fake sweet, so Insulin rises, blood sugar drops, then appetite increases. Then all the coloring is not natural. Then the phosphorous that makes the carbonation leaches calcium from your bones & it's acidic in the stomach
water & breast milk are the only 2 things we were originally designed to drink.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Is diet soda harmful to drink?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Robert Greer answered
Family Medicine 44 years experience
Maybe: Lots of strange chemicals in diet soda.I am prone to suggest fruit drinks or water.Not that $2.50 tap water in nyc but any other water.
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