Think Diet Soda is Good for You? Get the Facts About Diet Soda

Soft drinks, soda, pop, all part of the U.S. "pop" (no pun intended) culture that we have exported to the world. Everyone agrees that drinking these are bad for your health. You may drink diet soda in an attempt to be healthier, but in fact, these diet sodas may be even worse for you than their already evil full-caloried counterparts.

Diet Sodas- Upsetting Your Body's Acid-Alkaline Balance

Not only diet sodas, but all soda is extremely acidic. Many doctors, nutritionists, health and wellness experts since the beginning of the 1900s have come to the conclusion that good health rests upon the acid-alkaline balance in the body. Click on the link to find out more about the benefits of an alkaline diet and lifestyle.

Sodas in general are public enemy number one of anyone following an alkaline lifestyle. Having acidic pH of around 2.5 gives them a corrosive nature. Perhaps you have already seen pennies, t-bone steaks, and teeth being completely dissolved when soaked in soda. Imagine the havoc that ingesting this acid can do on your internal organs!

In tooth decay, heartburn, and many other ailments throughout the body, soda is a key player. Over time, consuming such acidic substances can leave our bones weak, our cells more susceptible to viruses, germs, and decay, and can speed up the aging process.

Don't be Fooled By the Taste, Artificial Sweeteners are Toxic!

Just how do they get that sweet taste without the calories? Artificial sweeteners. Most versions of diet sodas available in the United States are sweetened with aspartame. The National Institute of Health has classified aspartame as a carcinogen, and more specifically a neurotoxin aka brain killer! Add to that the effect that it is said to have on moods, and diet sodas look less and less like a healthy ally and more like toxic substances!

If you do a Google search, you can find people who have been chronically affected by years of aspartame exposure. It can cause or exacerbate everything from ADD, MS-like illness, memory and concentration, bowel problems, and much, much more.

The fact is that the long term effects of consuming such chemicals are still widely unknown, however the data coming in from studies and personal experiences isn't looking good. We seriously urge you to halt all use of aspartame containing products.

How Diet Soda Makes You Fat

It seems counterintuitive, but more and more studies are finding that diet soda does not only not aid in weight loss, it causes weight gain.

The human body is a very complex and advanced system. Digestion begins in the mouth, so your sense of taste and smell play a part in metabolism. Our bodies connect certain tastes with the consumption of calories and thus prepare themselves to digest what is coming.

However, when you toy with this mechanism, with the use of artificial sweeteners and the like, your body's control system goes haywire. It becomes less and less adept and manging levels of insulin, enzymes and other chemicals necessary to convert food into energy in an efficient way.

When this occurs, it is difficult to manage your diet overall, since cravings will not reflect on what your body actually needs. A goal to weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight would be to get your body to the point where it is actually telling you (by cravings for healthy foods) what it needs! It then becomes simple to live in a healthful way.

The Secret to Making Your Body Crave Healthy Foods

But you're probably wondering how you can gain control of your body's cravings. In our opinion, an alkaline diet/lifestyle is the best way to optimum health.

At the very minimum, phase out consumption of all sodas, including diet because these substances are just not compatible with good health!

Drinking at least 5 glasses per day of pure, alkaline, antioxidant filled water is a surefire way to kick start your healthy habit. Being properly hydrated will in fact decrease cravings and make it easier to follow any well rounded diet plan.

You may already have a water ionizer, and if you do, good job- you've taken a step in the right direction! If not, water ionizers are our specialty, and we have models for every need and budget.

Tips for Kicking the Soda Habit

Whether you are drinking diet or regular, and one can a day or six, the following tips can help you kick your habit!

• Stay hydrated and keep water available at all times

• Try drinking water with lemon if you get bored of drinking it straight

• Eat a piece of fruit instead of drinking a can of soda

• Be prepared for caffeine withdrawal, perhaps substitute soda with a cup of black or green tea which also contain a small amount of caffeine

• Replace soda intake with the list below of other, healthier drinks, but continue to monitor the amount you are drinking, since they may have lots of calories

  • Soy, Almond, Oat or Coconut milk

  • Smoothies

  • Natural juices

What You'll Gain by Ditching Diet Soda

Kicking your soda habit will leave you weighing less, with better digestive health, more energy and a better mood. Inside, your body will be thanking you for helping it hold on to its reserves of alkaline minerals which keep your bones strong, body systems functioning, and DNA protected against the changes that cause aging and disease.

When you go off diet soda and experience good results, these are just the tip of the iceberg. Higher and higher levels of health and wellness await you on your journey!

Find out about what it means to follow an alkaline diet and see if you can't incorporate it into your life. We believe that you can, and once you start seeing and feeling the benefits, you'll be hooked for life!

Here's to your health!

The Ionizer Oasis Team