as a lazy, fast food junkie, student whos addicted to soda, i lost about 6 kg in about 5 months just by switching to diet coke without changing diet or workout routine.

I consume diet soda to curb cravings while on cut and bulk phases of my bodybuilding. It's definitely a game changer.

*Sips diet dr P comfortably*

The longer this show goes on, the more Aaron sounds increasingly pissed off and sarcastic.

I always appreciate these vids. I've never really understood why the media feels the need to demonize dietary improvements. As a thin marathon runner for 10 years, diet soda/sweeteners is basically the only sweet treat I give myself. And honestly, it's never given me a single problem. It was Healthcare Triage that let me feel confident with enjoying sweetener in my tea and diet drinks. And I'll always appreciate that.

I lost 90 pounds in 4 months dieting and drink an insane amount of diet soda probably 6 cans a day and I’m very healthy now

Glad I can keep drinking my diet soda in peace 😁

1. As I tell my students: correlation doesn’t mean causation, but it doesn’t rule out causation, either. Correlation shows that there is some sort of relation but doesn’t indicate direction. 2. There is a publication bias in professional journals. Studies showing a significant outcome are more likely to be published than those with no significant outcome.

Thank-you for that video. I'm so tired of feeling guilty for drinking a Diet Coke once in a while. I've even started only drinking them in private because people look at me like I'm shooting heroin in restaurants. I know I don't 'need' them but that's not really the point.

At least for me, I drink diet soda due to my type 1 diabetes which already raises my risk of an early death. Correlation does not equal causation

As always, thank you for the great content. Happy new year!

Dude I’m doing everything I can to share this video with anyone I can. In the first 3 minutes you clearly and concisely pointed out issues with media and even academia that lead to lack of trust in science. It’s a shame that the systems of today make it so that quantity of information is valued more than quality.

So many people have said to me, "I've never met a thin person that drinks diet soda." I do! My grandma drank diet Pepsi every single day and was skin and bones.

At first I was super disappointed that this didn't actually provide any answers to the question "Is diet soda a health hazard?" but now I'm 100% on board with your point that we can't really ever answer that question definitively. (Either way, I'm gonna keep drinking this Diet Coke in front of me, and incidentally it's for one of the reasons noted in the video. Back when I was in college I would drink 2L of regular pop a day, and eventually I realized that drinking ~1500 calories worth of pop every day probably wasn't a good idea. I switched to diet and never looked back!)

It's really crazy that just by switching to no calorie sweeteners and to low fat things you can lose 8-10 kilos in a year, by still keeping on eating every other junk you eat.

My solution: cut back on all soda. Too much sugar in regular, too many migraines in artificial sweeteners (your mileage may vary).

Does anyone else think that all politicians be required to watch this so they could be a little less scientifically illiterate?

But in keto we add artificial sweetners. A lot of them especially in keto desserts. What's the difference?

THANK YOU. The correlation/causation thing in regards to diet soda has bugged me for years. Especially since diet soda tends to be the go to for diabetics, prediabetic. At least as an alternative to full sugar sodas.

There's a lot of people that I know who drink regular soda because they think diet soda is bad for you. Complete nonsense.

I actually learned a lot here about the way studies and scientific analytics work very interesting

I'm not native in english and understand only half of the medical terms he's using, but I just love that guys accent. It's like music.

I drink diet drinks because I have type 1 diabetes. So I drink diet drinks and I'll probably die early, thus reinforcing this correlation. But it's the diabetes that's gonna kill me, not the diet Coke!

What happens if you drink sugar-free soda everyday? A growing body of evidence suggests that diet soda consumption correlates with an increased risk of a wide range of medical conditions, notably: heart conditions, such as heart attack and high blood pressure. metabolic issues, including diabetes and obesity. brain conditions, such as dementia and stroke.3 days ago

IF YOU SPEAK OF A "STUDY", NAME THE STUDY AND DATES OF THE STUDY WITH THE EXPERTS INVOLVED WITH THE STUDY...."ALWAYS!"

For me the core issue is whether or not aspartame does or doesn't disrupt the microbiota in our digestive system, causing issues like insulin resistance.

I decided a long time ago that when "studies" are quoted as support of an argument that usually the studies need to be studied to fully understand the real implication.

Just as a side note, it doesn't help when artificial sweetners DO give people migraines and make them feel sick (I'm one of those people) and when MSG does cause horrible abdominal pains that can last for days (I'm one of those people, too). That said, not all artificial things are bad, but something that repeatedly affects your own health in a negative way IS. Just as gluten (which isn't an artifical chemical, but large amounts of people who have no wheat allergy still hate it for some strange reason...) is the easiest meat substitute for my body to digest (and real meat, again, causes nasty intestinal problems for me), perhaps MSG and artificial sweetners work fine for other people. It seems to me that it's so very hard to predict how one person's body will react to something that, perhaps, we simply need better availability of "special needs" options, rather than to try to make sweeping generalizations. Nevertheless, the soda wars shall likely continue.

I don’t believe diet soda is all that bad for you. Most people’s main problem is way too many carbs, way too much snacking throughout the day. Every time you put food in your mouth, your insulin spikes. Every time you eat excessive carbs, your insulin spikes. Intermittent fasting, eating twice a day perhaps on a 16/8 ratio, with no snacking in between will cut your insulin spikes to twice a day. Next, you’ve got to cut carbs to control hunger. You will be amazed how you aren’t hungry when you limit carbs. I don’t like Keto, I think it is too restrictive, but I do like limiting carbs and only getting them from fruits and vegetables.

When an easy/unexpensive alternative exists, it often happens that it gets hidden, denigrated. Even more when it is untatural.

I know this is probably easier said then done but I just don’t drink either unless it seems everyone else is getting soda in which case I get a diet

I started losing weight when I switch from regular soda to diet soda. I mean I don't drink it like water.

Great journalism!

MSG is delicious, and I don't think that it's any worse then any other salt...

Who else drinking a Diet Pepsi while watching this lol 😂

I accidentally got a diet mtn dew instead of the regular one and I didn’t realize until my head started hurting and I felt like puking. Idk why but each time I drink something that’s diet it makes me get huge headaches.

This video made me want to like 2x. 3x. Xx!! Sometimes the fairly consistently annoyed tone in these videos becomes...erm...annoying BUT really, there is so much annoyed about in the so-called "health" news and this channel's content is such a welcome antidote to all of that. Thank you!!!

The picture of the sodas looks very 2017-2018 because if I remember correctly, Sierra Mist was called Mist Twist for a short time in that era and I definately remember the Pepsi bottles with Ray Charles and Michael Jackson being in 2018.

I have achieved not paying attention. This was the first I heard of any new study about diet soda.

I've been drinking soda since I was a kid. I'm a lot more.health conscious than I was then. I love soda and the caffeine in it, so I drink one diet soda every day. I hope it won't keep me from losing weight. I need to lose ten pounds

This isn’t about diet soda; it’s about the shortcomings of scientific research. I think he figured if he titled it that way no one would watch.

Liked this video as soon as I heard the skepticism. One must always question the research!

Excellent video! Diet Soda gets such a bad rap.

Aaron looks and sounds like someone we all know but we can’t exactly figure out who he looks and sounds like.

Very well presented. Honest and transparent. High vocabulary and well articulated. Had to watch it twice to process the big words. Great job though team.

This was fascinating. Thank you.

Isn't no diet soda better than any diet soda though?

Happy new year and best wishes for 12020, Aaron and company! :)

Can’t they control for things such as previous health problems? I assume they would. If we know increased sugar is bad, and then reducing sugar intake and replacing it with something else is getting worse results, I think that’s a useful observation.

May I have the name of the study? I cannot find it in the references/description box.

Diet soda doesn’t taste good, however mixed with just a touch of rum.

I’m trying to get a better grasp on the concept of absolute risk vs relative risk with respect to a study’s ‘baseline risk’...I would think that a risk increase of 10% is ‘bad’ regardless of baseline - isn’t understanding a number’s relative impact the whole point of using percentages in the first place? I’m sure I am just lacking some knowledge/understanding on this - does anyone know if Aaron has any videos on this subject, or links to other videos that might explain the concept? Thanks for any help!

I stopped drinking soda when I realized I don't really even like it that much. No point in wasting those calories and sugar intake.

I understand this viewpoint, but would have been interested in hearing more on the data between outcomes other than mortality, like osteoporosis. I personally stopped drinking all soda though after having a periodontal pocket. I don't like them much anyway and prefer having teeth.

All I know is eliminating sodas essentially eliminated cavities for me

So is diet soda better or worse than standard coke ? I feel like I was fed with a bunch of numbers and statistics but no clear conclusion (except for the 2 seconds in which he mentioned he used to argue artificial sweeteners were better than refined sugar but latest studies proved otherwise). Am I the only one ?

The second quote from Dr. John Ioannidis seems to have a typo. It says "Much of the literature silently assumes" instead of "Much of the literature simply assumes" which is what Aaron read out loud.

We do need Ice cream and pie !

Is all the stuff about it affecting insulin etc all bs? Trying to figure that out. I've been drinking soooo much of it lately.

Thank you!!!!!

I am still trying to figure eggs out! Some say eggs are good eat up! Others say no they clog your arteries! The only thing I can tell you is if you like it then it probably is not good for you!

I add sugar to my diet coke, so am I good or not?

Artificial sweeteners don't have calories but sweeteners to trigger the same hormonal responses as sugar which switches on insulin and cortisol levels up which in turn make fat burning more difficult for the body. An indirect way to determine insulin levels are up to measure ketone levels. When ketone levels are low insulin levels are high and when ketone levels are high then insulin levels in the blood should be low. Ketone blood level meters are slightly more expensive than glucose blood meters but are easily accessible. It is more problematic to get the metabolism to burn triglycerides /body fats/lipids/ketones than simple sugars/glucose for those looking to burn fat. *summary* Diet soda does not contribute to body fats, but they make it harder for the body to burn existing body fats.. *warning* An extended water fast with electrolytes is the safest and quickest way to burn body fats - without proper electrolytes during an extended water fast that last longer than 3 days, the end of the water fasting period can trigger death by stroke and cardiac arrest in what is called the refeeding syndrome. HTH

I'm 4'11 115 lbs 39 year old man and I don't have diabetes but I prefer Diet soda and will continue to drink it

I appreciate you open conclusions of reality. On Jan 1, 1972, I was allowed to stay up late (High school) to see the top 10 carcinogens list. When water was ranked #1, I figured that a life of living by statistics was not for me. When I started probing deep into some outrageous research findings and found that a 50.1% finding on a new study was billed as 'new findings show proof', I was exasperated. When I was 32, I began working in a city whose water was so disgusting I had constant diarrhea, I began buying Diet Coke out of the vending machines and stopped drinking water altogether. 37 years later, of Diet Coke only, I am old, cancer free and lucid, without Alzheimer's. Maybe if I die someday, they can do an autopsy and do a college paper on me. 🤐

I'm 3 seconds in to the video and I'm already sensing that Aaron is absolutely sick of discussing this stuff :-D

So if I'm used to drinking 15-20 beers daily and now I'm switching to diet coke instead, can't be that bad of a thing

I believe 100% that we do not have enough information on these products and I agree that most likely these researchers are doing simply like what you stated but the same time United States has a huge obese problem and along with the fast food with all you can drink soda in any restaurant your body cannot tell the difference between artificial sweeteners and sugar ,it still kicks up your insulin which can explain the increase in diabetes . I think it's safe to say get the diet soda and sodas out of your diet drink water and eat healthy.

I don’t like the taste of diet soda. To me artificial sweeteners taste horrible and I detect them without knowing in advance that I have a diet drink/food in front of me.

Funny how soda is so stigmatized as extremely unhealthy but putting loads of creme and sugar in coffee or tea is completely fine.

I have never had a weight problem, but I drank Diet Dr Pepper because I loved the taste. At one time I drank 3 bottles a day and cut it down to 2 cans a day. I developed a gut while drinking it. I stopped drinking the soda about a month ago, and my gut has already shrunk. I also developed a couple of tooth cavities which I'm sure came from the acid in the soda. I also had constant cravings when I drank the soda, and those cravings have now disappeared. I also feel much better since I stopped drinking soda. No more headaches. No one needs to drink diet soda, or any soda, and as far as I'm concerned, no one should.

1:08 - Healthcare Triage argues that research concludes artificial sweetners ovr sugr. Most recent research supports the opposite. 1:35 - ice cream n pie have sugr. In video or two it say's sugr causes cancer. One say's take in moderation. 1:42 - don't drink too many soft drinks diet or not. 1:48 - moderation is what u should do. 1:55 - Healthcare Triage is a processor who did research for 10 yrs. 4:24 - shouldn't think diet sodas r bettr. 4:29 - many new observational studies don't add more understanding.

Ok so I wanted to try this so I fasted for 24 hours and tested my blood glucose. It was 203. Yup high I know. Then I drank 10oz of diet coke caffeine free nothing else. Again 20 minutes later I tested my blood glucose and it was at 283, much higher jist 20 minutes ago. I'm guessing it depends on each person but I don't see why it would but be carefully. After 6 months of fasting at different lengths such as 24 hours to as long as 20 days I was down to my correct weight and my blood glucose at a fasted state was 80 and after a normal meal stained stable at 110. Diabetes reversed thanks to Dr. Jason Fung.

Excellent video !

Thanks. For the video

Thanks to you now, I can have starting feeeding only on diet soda it has been 1 week.

Wow, I finally found a channel that talks about real science. Thank you! Imediately subscribed.

Finaly some one who doesent say that every good tasting good is dangourus

Amazing content!

aspartame is still in paint thinners, anti freeze, glass cleaners, so diet soda is horrible, and that high fructose is no better, if you want a soda grab one made with sugarcane.

I dint want to watch but did he ever adress how the sweetness tricks ur body into releasing insulin in preparation for the sugar and calories which never arrives bc its diet and how that can lead to metabolic syndrome??

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 😁

Awesome videos, like it!

Please try Irn Bru...best soft drink in the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Every vague hyperbole lecture against diet soda I have ever received has been from an out of shape personal trainer

Great stuff!

Diet soda for life

This was a pretty specious analysis. Please don't use this as a factor in your decision making about diet soda consumption.

I dont know , I stopped leaking and not holding water since i gave it up.

I love you. Thank you. Scream this information from the rooftops.

Thanks for the info. It sounds like you know your stuff. I'd like to see you argue this stance on a panel with opposing views.

I drink soda with stevia or Truvia. I avoid aspartame

Gotta love how the internet claims it kills you but I am glad I was proven wrong

7 up and diet 7 up taste normal no bitter after taste

Does diet soda cause fat gain ?

Lol, the dihyrdogen monoxide example is killer (though, rarely literally).

They need to do a study on the total negative outcomes of consuming alcohol. For example drivig drunk and killing people! And drunken fights, wife beating by drunks!

I disagree with the idea that no one needs diet soda.I know someone who has digestive issues. The only thing that works for them (they've tried tons of meds) is to drink large amounts of artificial sweeteners. Their gastro knows about it and approves. I myself drink diet soda because it has caffeine and is acidic, both of which treat some of my medical issues.

Mmmm I do love some Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry... good stuff.

The only sweetener I tend to see myself using is honey, mainly because it's just sweeter imo and I can use less >.