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I t's that old saying?  If you don't like something, wait, and it will change?  Oh, wait.  That's the weather, and Mark Twain. But today it now applies to diet soda.  Wasn't it about a month ago that reports came out that diet soda made you, if not, gain weight, then not be able to lose it?  I think I wrote about it.  As much as I hate to give Fox News the credit, they reported that last year.   NOW a study says that diet soda will help you lose weight .  What? According to newswise.com, a new clinical trial says yes, diet sodas do help us lose weight.   My head is spinning. Cbsnews.com notes that the results contradict a number of other recent studies that indicated drinking diet soda may actually cause a person to gain weight. The new study, published in Obesity ,  randomly assigned study participants to one of two groups: those who were allowed to drink diet beverages, such as diet sodas, teas and flavored ...

You may have already figured this out but diet soda may hurt you more than help you, when trying to lose weight. That's because  overweight and obese adults who drink diet beverages consume more calories from food than obese or overweight adults who drink regular soda or other sugary beverages, according to newswise.com. “Although overweight and obese adults who drink diet soda eat a comparable amount of total calories as heavier adults who drink sugary beverages, they consume significantly more calories from solid food at both meals and snacks,” said Sara Bleich, PhD, associate professor with the Bloomberg School’s Department of Health Policy and Management and lead author of a paper on the subject, at newswise.com. "Artificial sweeteners, which are present in high doses in diet soda, are associated with a greater activation of reward centers in the brain, thus altering the reward a person experiences from sweet tastes. In other words, among people who drink diet soda,...

Can't they make up their minds?  After finding aspartame to be harmful in the U.S., the European Union (EU) has now found that it isn't, really. According to yahoo.com, even though it's been linked to cancer and premature births, and The Huffington Post's Dr. Joseph Merola calls it "the deadly neurotoxin that everyone uses," the EU has ruled that it's safe, in the amounts people are currently using it in diet soft drinks. After conducting a major review of evidence, the agency said Tuesday it has ruled out any "potential risk of aspartame causing damage to genes and inducing cancer," CBS News reports. U.S. health officials have not supplied any substantial proof that artificial sweeteners, such as NutraSweet and Equal, are associated with death, the network adds. So how much is too much?  The  American Cancer Society  says that means about 3,750 milligrams of aspartame per day for a 165-pound person -- that's about 21 cans of diet ...

Oh no, say it ain't so!  Diet soda a no-no for those trying to lose weight -- and who want to keep their teeth?! http://www.dallasnews.com/health/weight-loss/headlines/20121203-does-no-calorie-mean-no-worry-when-it-comes-to-sodas-not-necessarily..ece