Sneaky Diet Disasters in a Cup By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. - Posted Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 1:22 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 3:12 am PDT

So cutting down on liquid calories i can loose 1.1 pounds in months? and another 1 pound in 18 months total... so in two years i can loose 2 pounds? WOW?! and you even said they are significant. I'm sorry but in that period of time a million things can happen to that person to experience a 1 pound weight loss such as using the restroom or wearing thin clothing. Post a serious article next time.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 3:21 am PDT

This exemplifies my irritation with research commentary. Furtado uses data that was not statistically significant to strengthen her stance against diet sodas/drinks. One of the teases for the story then directly implicates diet sodas with sabotaging weight loss attempts. The only consistent findings correlating diet sodas and weight loss point to a net weight gain if you are replacing offset calories (diet versus regular sodas) with other high caloric foods in compensation - I was good here so I can cheat a little with this food there. It's the habits we form during our weight loss attempts that lead us back to the yoyo effect.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 3:57 am PDT

Your kidding-someone did a study on what we drink--I could lose 1,1 pounds in over a year--who are they kidding--I could lose 1.1 pounds by skipping a meal!!!

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 4:41 am PDT

Professor Jay, The 9th Law Diet, also talks about avoiding sugary drinks such as soda and fruit juices. He says to eat the whole fruit, that way you get fiber which has many benefits. BTW, I lost 27 pounds with the 9th law diet so far. It really works for me. Best of luck.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 4:42 am PDT

People that need to lose weight usually need to lose much more than 1-1/2 lbs. per year. I think limiting those people that do try to lose weight from their sugar free beverages is just taking away one more little pleasures from these folks who have to refrain from so many other things. There are other far more significant ways for dieters to get a better return for their abstinence.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 5:01 am PDT

Let's put it this way then. Let's say your drinking a sugared drink which averages 100 calories per drink and you average two a day. overall you would average 1400 calories per week or nearly 2/3 of an average persons daily recommended caloric intake. Substitute water, non-sweetened tea or black coffee and you save 1400 calories per week. That is not insignificant. I question whether or not alcholol makes you hungry or merely just makes it easier to say "why not" and go ahead and eat. Wine with a meal may tend to slow down the rate at which you eat and will help you eat less as you give your brain a chance to say "I'm comfortable". Beer at a party......maybe not?.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 5:07 am PDT

I think all this study found was that people who drank less sugar drinks’ drank less liquid in general. So all this study found was that the people who drank less liquid were lass hydrated. What a crock, first I’d hardly call 1.1 or even 1.5 pounds significant. I would like to know what the average percentage of body fat was within the study’s population, what the average weight fluctuation would be over a controlled period of time, and what was the average percentage of body weight was made up of water before the study started. Then I would want to know what these factors were afterwards.

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 5:14 am PDT

You must consider what the diet drinks are sweetened by. Nutrasweet, for example, triggers the same insulin response as sugar. Since insulin is the hormone that converts blood sugar and stores it as fat in the cells for future use, every time you drink a diet beverage sweetened with nutrasweet, you are retarding any other efforts you are using to loose weight. Splenda, on the other hand does not trigger this insulin reaction.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 6:26 am PDT

I am printing this out for me & my husband!!!

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 6:47 am PDT

This would have been usefull if written 40 years ago or if you don;t read or watch TV. I hope as a taxpayer the govermment did not pay for this study

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 7:27 am PDT

O big surprise you drink sugar drinks and gain wieght, do you really need to be a doctor to figure that out.

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 7:27 am PDT

O big surprise you drink sugar drinks and gain wieght, do you really need to be a doctor to figure that out.

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 7:48 am PDT

i found this article of little value - if someone with all those letters in their name can only come with this - it's the reason why docs and their entourages can't be trusted to do anything but sell more drugs. The weightloss was beyond minimal - so small as to be a stat fluctuation. Only brain death would not connect, if i drank 1 beer/coke less it would decrease calories. Sugars in drinks have no correlation to long term hunger control - let's see we've only known that for a generation, Guess we need another fed funded study.

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 8:04 am PDT

I'll never give up my beer!

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 8:16 am PDT

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.THANKS..

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