ok....so give the ppl who drank sugared soda the same amount of food that the diet soda drinkers had....Im positive the percentages would be completely different!!
Its just like Dr. A says in his book....stay away from artificial sweeteners, some will cause sugar cravings, or fool your body into thinking it has sugar, and will hang on to the calories rather than burn them. Its effects everyone different. I dont have issues with the artificial sweetener, but I use splenda, and only nutrasweet sparingly.
How many of us order diet soda at mcdonalds or places like that? Do you drink regular soda when you're pigging out on hohos??? Not me, I always always always drink the diet stuff over the sugared. Yup, Im obese, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the soda I drink, its the food I eat.
I was a coke classic drinker for years, loved the stuff, would drink it by the case....drinking coke classic, and eating aero bars and butter tarts helped me skyrocket my weight up and over 300lbs! The more sugar the better!! I have not had a coke classic in 9yrs, and Im 100lbs less. Yes in part to NOT drinking sugared soda! Because if I hadnt gotten that sugar craving out of my system, Id still be 300lbs.
Im sorry Sherry Im not venting at you, just at the studies that dont get all the facts or mislead us to think the worst about something that isnt nearly as bad as they are letting on.
Id love to see the study background on this, what was in everyone's food diary, if they kept one.
Anyway, Im done my rant.