In article >,
"Ozgirl" > wrote:


> >> >> >> > So water is junk food?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> According to him.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > According to me (diet) soda is junk food. You may be too addled
> >> >> > from your
> >> >> > confrontations with reality and think you saw me comment on
> >> >> > water.
> >> >>
> >> >> To the body, diet soda isn't much different than water.
> >> >
> >> > There are any number of studies that suggest that the artificial
> >> > sweeteners in
> >> > diet soda *********may***** cause the body to flood the body with
> >> > the
> >> > desire to actually
> >> > eat/drink food with real calories...hardly the same effect you get
> >> > with water
> >>
> >> 38 years of diet soft drink has not given me the desire to eat or
> >> drink
> >> more.
> >
> > How do you know?
>
> Because I "undereat" and meals/snacks are at regular intervals - little
> and often (and perfectly satisfied). Been that way for a long time.

When was the last time you went without drinking diet soft drinks for any length
of time? Did it change the way you "undereat"?


>I'd know if I craved more food or more often, wouldn't you?

In general I'd suspect most would. But I also suspect that over time many things
become "normal" that really aren't