Is it safe to drink non-sugary drinks (like coke zero) while on a diet? Or do the artificial sweeteners just make you fat in some sneaky way?
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Hotly debated. Get ready for a firestorm.
What is known is that people who drink diet or sugar free sodas do not on average show any demonstrable health benefits compared to drinking sugared drinks. The artificial sugars still give you an insulin spike, which is the thing that is “bad” for dieting. It makes you feel hungry.
However, there are fewer calories in a sugar-free beverage. In terms of pure calories in calories out, and excluding all other factors, changing from a sugared drink to a sugar-free drink and changing nothing else at all can have a large impact on your weight.
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