Does Diet Soda Make You Gain Weight? - Dr. G's Quick Health Tip | EP 306.B

The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Have you fallen for the allure of diet soda as a "healthy" alternative? It's time to uncover the real story behind these seemingly innocent zero-calorie drinks. As a former diet soda addict myself, I've experienced firsthand the havoc they can wreak on your body. Brace yourself for a revealing episode where we dive deep into the hidden downsides and potential health risks lurking within those fizzy favorites. The fact is diet soda won't magically help you shed pounds. In fact, as a former diet soda addict, I can attest to the opposite effect—weight gain! Big corporations may try to convince you otherwise, but the reality is that diet soda can be just as detrimental, if not worse, than sugary beverages. Discover why a complete avoidance of these drinks is essential for maintaining a truly healthy diet.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast, where Dr Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking research
0:05.8	from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone.
0:11.0	Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific
0:16.1	advancements, and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long
0:21.5	happy life.
0:23.0	Number one, diet doesn't mean healthy.
0:28.0	As a former diet soda addict who was drinking eight diet sodas a day.
0:34.4	The idea that it does not make you gain weight
0:38.2	is quite contrary to its name.
0:41.6	Diet sodas over and over again have been shown to cause weight gain.
0:48.8	And I'm certainly a perfect example of that. Despite drinking eight of these diets
0:53.9	sodas a day, I was 70 pound overweight even though I was
0:58.4	running 30 miles a week and going to the gym an hour every day and eating a healthy low-fat diet.
1:05.0	Why? Because we now know that most of the ingredients used in diet sodas
1:12.0	actually change your microbiome, change signaling patterns, and actually promote
1:19.8	weight gain rather than the opposite.
1:23.0	Big companies use this messaging to lure you to buy the products.
1:28.7	But the truth is, it's still as bad or maybe even worse than the sugary drinks that they're replacing.
1:37.0	If it says diet on the label, stay away from it at all costs. Think of Diet Soda as Die Soda, D.I.E.
1:48.9	Now, most of these Diet Sotas have an artificial sweetener, but you got to know who's your friends, who are not your friends, and even whether even the friendly diet sweeteners may not be as friendly as you think.
2:05.6	Now first of all artificial sweeteners in these diet sodas can increase your risk of
2:11.2	diabetes by a whopping 67%.
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