7 Up Free

S23

Just wanted to check on here. Long story short, I've been exercising more the last while, eating a healthier diet, eating the right things etc... and my weight has been coming down nicely at the rate i expected.

Usually I drink a lot of water or water topped off with a splash of Robinsons barley.

Prior to this change in diet, though, I was a mad man for milling into Coke. I'd be pouring the stuff down my neck. Now I know that had to change to lose weight.

I get pangs for fizzy drinks, just to break up the monotony of water based drinks, but always avoided them because I knew they were bad.

Question is this. Is 7Up Free really alright to drink in (semi) large quantities? I mean it apparently has 3 cals per glass, 0 fat, 0 sugar, 0 carbs. If this was really the case surely I could be drinking as much as I wanted. But it all seems a bit too good to be true.

Anyone able to tell me if this is the case or not?

Cheers

TeletextPear

I wouldn't be an expert, but it contains aspartame which Ive heard can hinder weight loss.

cbyrd

why don't you try the sparkling water and put a dash of robinsons into it..

Joey the lips

Dentist told me that diet drinks are far worse for your teeth than regular

S23

Thanks people but I really am just looking for info on 7Up Free and 'free' drinks in general with regard to diet/weight loss rather than looking for alternatives.

EileenG

Personally, I try to avoid aspartame, which is the sweetener i 7-up Free. If you must drink it, try diluting it with mineral water, so you still get the fizz, just not as much aspartame.

Kinetic^

Interesting stuff about aspartame. Could you provide links where I could read up on the weight loss issue? I tend to drink a lot of Mi Wadi and it seems to be in there.

EileenG

There's huge debate about the weight loss issue, some studies find that people who drink diet drinks are more likely to overweight than their peers who don't or who drink regular fizzy drinks. But it could be a chicken and egg thing, in that they are drinking diet drinks because they are putting on weight.

However, aspartame has a pretty poor record as a safe sweetener. There is a lot of alarmist websites out there that will tell you it will rot your brain and cause major health problems. I'd take those with a pinch of salt. However, there are more complaints to the FDA about aspartame than any other sweetener, and it does seem to have a lot of side-effects.

I personally avoid it, because more than one serving and I start to feel slightly out of control and prone to binging. Sort of the way you feel after about three drinks in the pub. Not drunk, but not quite in full control either. Also, and I know it sounds silly: if I have much of it, I seem to need to pee several times that night.

S23

Thanks EileenG that was very helpful.

Right basically I don't for 1 minute believe that drinking it makes you overweight. If you lead a healthy lifestyle then simply drinking a glass or two of 7Up Free or any other Free/Diet drink isn't going to make you balloon in weight.

I think any study that shows that people who drink diet drinks are more overweight than those who drink regular drinks is going to come down to, as Eileen alluded to, people who are already putting on/are overweight drinking free/diet drinks.

I'll keep a bottle in the fridge and anytime I really badly get the itch for something fizzy I'll pour myself a glass.

Thanks again for the help

Kinetic^

S23 wrote: »

Right basically I don't for 1 minute believe that drinking it makes you overweight. If you lead a healthy lifestyle then simply drinking a glass or two of 7Up Free or any other Free/Diet drink isn't going to make you balloon in weight.

I didn't imply that it made you put on weight. I was interested in finding out how your body reacted to it and how it goes about breaking it down during digestion. As Eileen pointed out in her case, it has a negative effect on her.

S23

Sorry I wasn't suggesting you had said that. I replied after reading up some pretty hysterical articles about aspartame online. I was more refering to those.

Judging by some of them I'd be 20 stone in a fortnight if I drank a couple of glasses of 7Up Free a day

rubadub

Joey the lips wrote: »

Dentist told me that diet drinks are far worse for your teeth than regular

Did he give any reason? I expect the acids in soft drinks are far more harmful than the actual sugar, but I thought there were the same amount of acids in both. I can only think diet is worse since people might tend to drink more as there are no calories, but then that is not really the same as saying one is worse than the other ml for ml.

Some manufacturers are using sucralose now, I think M&S do and tesco have premium diet drinks which use it.

Joey the lips

rubadub wrote: »

Did he give any reason? I expect the acids in soft drinks are far more harmful than the actual sugar, but I thought there were the same amount of acids in both. I can only think diet is worse since people might tend to drink more as there are no calories, but then that is not really the same as saying one is worse than the other ml for ml.

Some manufacturers are using sucralose now, I think M&S do and tesco have premium diet drinks which use it.

Forgive my spelling but he said the body breaks down sugar easier than the ascarbolic and aspartaine crap found in diet drinks.

cbyrd

What Are Excitoxins

Excitotoxins are amino acids that also serve as neurotransmitters in the brain. The nervous system needs amino acid neurotransmitters to operate. But when the dose is too high or builds from excessive daily intake, these amino acids cross the blood brain barrier and excite the neurons of brain cells to a point of absolute exhaustion. Then those brain neurons eventually die.

As one consumes MSG or aspartame over time, there is a formaldehyde byproduct from metabolizing these toxic ingredients. The formaldehyde binds with cellular DNA and causes DNA damage. It tends to stick to the DNA and over time the formaldehyde accumulation causes massive cell damage, which breeds diseases of all sorts, even cancer.

Within the brain and throughout the nervous system, heart, and intestinal tract there are glutamate receptors or channels. So it is not only the brain that is affected by excitotoxins over time. If one is lacking in glutamate or other excitoxin protection naturally, drinking or eating a large quantity of MSG or aspartame laced liquid at one time can result in an immediate negative physical reaction.

Natural Protection From Excititoxic Reactions

Magnesium has been discovered to help impede glutamates from overloading glutamate receptors. People with low magnesium content are the most prone to acute excitotoxicity that can cause a sudden severe digestive distress, headache, or even heart attack. Magnesium is vital to 300 biochemical functions within the body. So it is important for overall health in addition to blocking glutamate sensors or channels from excitotoxin overload.

Magnesium comes in all sorts of supplemental forms. It is wise to get one that dissolves in water for easier absorption into the blood. Magnesium content is high in green, leafy vegetables. It is also available in whole grains and many beans and nuts. Try purchasing organic fresh vegetables and organic bulk grains or beans if possible.

This might be what you're looking for its from www.naturalnews.com http://www.naturalnews.com/026216_MSG_aspartame_toxins.html

dominiquecruz

Regardless of the health implications of artificial sweeteners, I believe that if you can't give up diet soft drinks because you need that 'sugar' feeling, you have little chance of giving up much else.