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>>418690 >"One possible part of the explanation is that people who see they are beginning to gain weight may be more likely to switch from regular to diet soda," Fowler suggests. "But despite their switching, their weight may continue to grow for other reasons. So diet soft-drink use is a marker for overweight and obesity."
>Why? Nutrition expert Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, puts it in a nutshell.
>"You have to look at what's on your plate, not just what's in your glass," Bonci tells WebMD.
>People often mistake diet drinks for diets, says Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and nutrition consultant to college and professional sports teams and to the Pittsburgh Ballet.
>"A lot of people say, 'I am drinking a diet soft drink because that is better for me. But soft drinks by themselves are not the root of America's obesity problem," she says. "You can't go into a fast-food restaurant and say, 'Oh, it's OK because I had diet soda.' If you don't do anything else but switch to a diet soft drink, you are not going to lose weight."
tl;dr: a fair amount of diet soda drinkers are lazy asses who think drinking diet soda will make you skinny. They forget that when they take a diet soda with their mega double wopper menu they will still become/stay fat bastards.
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