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Originally Posted by sabotai
A side effect of artificial sugar is an increase in hunger (or so I've read). After switching from ice tea to Crystal Light, I noticed I was hungry a lot (thought it was just a lack of calories), but read some articles on this. Also had a lot of heart burn too, so I'm pretty much on just water now. I was mainly using Crystal Light as a way to help me get from sugary drinks to just water, the hunger and heart burn just sped up that conversion.
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I still drink 2 diet sodas a day, but water the rest of the time. My problem is that I just can't tolerate water with my meals. I just can't wash down my food with water. It creates a gag reflex for me and gets me physically sick of my stomach. I'm sure it is just a mental roadblock for me, but I need something to drink with my meals. Since I don't drink alcohol much, and don't drink coffee or tea, I just drink one soda with each meal.