Soda

• Is diet soda really bad for us?

  What are your thoughts about it guys? People claim it to cause metabolic disease or even linked it to stuff like ADHD. Is it really that bad? 😳

• What does more damage to public health alcohol consumption or (full sugar) soda consumption?

  What does more damage to public health alcohol consumption or (full sugar) soda consumption?

• Are bicarbonate of soda and baking soda the same thing?

  Sorry if this is asked a lot but I’ve read through questions and the side bar and I can’t find the answer. I’m in the UK and I can’t find baking soda. I’ve look online and I’ve found conflicting articles...

• Diet Soda on a 3 day fast?

  Has anybody lost weight drinking diet soda on a 72 hour fast? Of course also supplementing snake juice as well.

• Is any amount of soda ok?

  As everyone knows, soda consumption is linked to unhealthy consequences. I am wondering if any amount is considered ok? What about soda that has cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup? What about soda imported from other countries that...

• Sugary drinks - more recent awareness?

  I’m in my late 30s. Growing up, my parents were pretty mindful about diet and nutrition except for this one blind spot. We drank sodas and juice freely. All day, every day. I even had a can of soda in...

• Is sugar in fruit different from added sugar

  I’ve been told all my life that sugar in fruit is “healthy” but sugar in soda isn’t? Is there any real difference or are they basically the same thing?

• would you consider drinking diet soda as breaking a fast?

• Started dry fasting without baking soda, is that alright?

  Hey so I started a dry fast with a water fast at first, and then after 10 hours I took my last sip of water and transitioned over to a dry fast. My question is, I've done 1 day dry...

• Diet soda and intermittent fasting

  How do you guys feel about diet soda and intermittent fasting? I just started 16:8 and sometimes I’ll grab a diet soda. Should I drop it or is it okay starting out? I still make sure I drink water throughout...

• Soda?

  I am struggling to give up soda. I try to only have two meals a day and have found myself justifying the soda since I drink it with my meal and not outside meal times. I want to stop drinking...

• Diet Soda during extended fast?

  I'm just getting into extended fasting, normally all i'll drink is coffee, water, and bouillon, but I do occasionally crave a diet soda. So i'm wondering if during an extended fast, like 3+ days, a...

• The 'Diet Soda' Question (sorry guys)

  Hi all, I'm new to 16:8, going to the home stretch of my first 7 days. I just wanted to ask - there are so many conflicting answers on the net, does anyone have any insight on whether the OCCASIONAL (perhaps once...

• Today my 24 hour fast was harder than my 4 day fast. I think diet soda might be to blame.

  I recently just broke my 4 day fast on Saturday. The 4 day fast was surprisingly easy with minimal hunger pangs. I usually do OMAD so I thought it should be even EASIER after a 4 day fast (right?). Yesterday,...

• Baking Soda before ACV?

  "When it comes to [baking soda](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/baking-soda-benefits-uses), research suggests that using it as part of a mouth rinse may help prevent the loss of tooth enamel. In addition, baking soda may help improve exercise performance during short-duration, high-intensity exercise" I just...

• Question about diet soda and gum?

  So I just finished reading The Obesity Code by Jason Fung. I think I finally found my holy grail. I never really took fasting serious in the past but now I understand the purpose. I have also cut out all...

• Hate baking soda. Is sodium, potassium, and magnesium enough?

  I just can't do the baking soda so I have been mixing up one teaspoon of pink salt and one teaspoon of potassium in 2L and then supplementing magnesium by capsules. I drink the entire 2 liters daily. Not active...

• Breaking a fast with baking soda and water

  Some people seem to recommend breaking longer fasts by using a combination of baking soda and water. Can anyone explain to me how that's potentially beneficial and how it's supposed to support the kidneys? I was wondering, because none of...

• Diet Soda Success Stories

  I've been trying to get back onto some sort of regular IF schedule but have been struggling. I am thinking about leveraging diet soda (Coke Zero) as a tool, at least for the next few months, to help me...

• Has diet coke/coke zero helped anyone crank out more fast days?

  One of the reasons I end fasts is due to how distracting it is the deeper I am and I've noticed how sipping on coke zero acts as a good distraction. It's been the difference between tapping out at the...

• What's the final answer on if Diet Soda breaks the fast?

  Well, I knew this was coming. I know I've gained a lot of weight in the past three years. But I just got blood work back, and my a1c is very high. I NEED to lose weight. I feel like...

• Why is coffee and diet soda not cheating?

  For weight loss, I understand because you’re consuming 0 calories from them. But for autophagy, aren’t you still making your stomach work from digesting and thus your body is inhibited in restoring cells?

• Doesn't have English as 1st lang. Does sparkling water mean soda?

  I'm 75 hours into 30 days fasting, and I saw in other post that electrolytes are easier to drink with sparkling water than just normal water. So, sparkling water is soda?

• alternative to soda?

  what’s a healthy/healthier alternative to pop/soda? i know that the best thing to drink is water, but i want something that tastes good and is similar (EDIT: as in, comparable to pop) to replace drinking soda all the time

• Potassium+Baking soda for kidneys - will it break the fast?

  Hello everyone! I’m on my 4th day of a 7 day dry fasting and since yesterday I have been feeling a strong lower back pain, which might have to do with my kidneys since I had UTIs in the past....

• Is Diet Code Unhealthy?

  I stopped drinking sugary drinks years ago, but I recently started drinking diet soda. Why? To my knowledge, aspartame and sucralose are among some of the most researched molecules by the FDA yet the FDA hasn’t really found any significant negative...

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• Snake juice: mixing baking soda into apple cider vinegar

  Cole Robinson suggest maxing baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) when having the apple cider vinegar during the fast. This is to neutralize the ACV so it doesn’t damage our teeth. Does neutralizing the ACV compromise it’s properties? I notice he didn’t...

• Is it unnecessary to have baking soda before starting a dry fast? And if yes, then how much?

  Hello. I am planning on 2 rolling dry fasts of one week each, with refeeding for a day in the middle. Would it be necessary to supplement with baking soda before starting the fasts? If yes, then how much? Also, what...

• What’s the deal with Pre-biotic soda?

  From what I understand probiotics can be good for gut health, especially when consumed through fermented foods like kimchi or fermented veggies. Pre-biotics from my understanding are the fiber that probiotics eat ex. onions, jicama etc. I don’t get how these...

• If you get an insulin spike, can that drop you out of ketosis?

  This question is in relation to diet soda on fast. Some people claim that this and any sweetener can cause an insulin spike. I’ve succeed in losing 18kg with IF (OMAD) and keto diet but during my fasts I drank...

• Throath hunger and Zero Soda

  Just for stats, i am 28M, probably around 12 - 14% body fat wanting to go down to 8%. Everyone else says that after day 3 fasting keeps getting easier and easier but for me its the complete opposite. I begin...

• what can i consume during a fast if my ONLY goal is weight loss?

  I dont really care about all of the other health benefits, so it would be good to know what i can do to make this easier. like, can i drink soda? can i chew gum? regardless of if i can/cant,...

• Is it safe to drink baking soda if you’re not fasting?

  I want to try snake juice for electrolyte supplementation because baking soda neutralizes part of the awful taste. However, I’m not fasting. Can anyone tell me the implications of drinking sodium bicarbonate while eating regularly?

• Diet soda, headaches and mood swings.

  Is it true that diet soda/ diet pop may cause headaches& mood swings? 🧐 I wonder if it’s because of high caffeine content or maybe the sweeteners (aspartame) are the victim. Does anyone know more informations about it? 🤔

• Does diet soda kick you out of a fast

  Does it cause I heard it can raise insulin

• Baking soda

  I’m on the snake juice but what’s the baking soda for? How much, when and how do you take it?

• Diet Soda?

  Has anyone had success with a 16/8 or 18/6 fasting plan while drinking diet soda during your fasting time??

• will a mini coke zero break a fast (intended for weight loss) if i’m type one diabetic?

  i reduce my insulin during fasts btw. so basically what i’ve read is that sometimes sodas are considered to break wl fasts because they cause an insulin response. however i of course don’t produce insulin as a type one diabetic,...

• The new Dr Pepper has 78% added sugar. Am I reading the label wrong?

  It seems like they’re dissolving 20% of their product in sugar and marketing it as soda

• Alternate day fasting with OMAD?

  Hi guys. I’m sort of new to this and have been lurking and now feel confident enough to post (this seems like a good, friendly and supportive community) I’m a 27 year old woman and currently weigh 230lbs. I’m only...

• Dry-fast- Second Cycle

  Today at 4pm marks the end of day 2, of my 2nd cycle of 6 day dry-fasting after a one day break. My first cycle weight dropped from 169 to 146, then went back to 161 the same day after re-feeding...

• A bit confused about adding lite salt, baking soda and Epsom salt to water in order to hydrate.

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• Sugary drinks - Alternative options?

  I usually stick with water or black coffee.. But atleast a few times a week when my fast is over, I give in to bad drinks… Root beer, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, the list goes on.. I’m not really a dessert person,...

• What is the healthiest color of soda / energy drinks?

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• What would happen if you alternated healthy food with junk food from one day to another?

  What impact would alternating a healthy diet with a junk food-based diet from one day to another have on the body? What I mean by the above-mentioned alternation is having a menu along the lines of: Monday - everything raw: a large...

• I blame my husband (very long)

  First of all, I know this may sound like I'm not taking any responsibility for my own actions. But that couldn't be further from the truth. I actually do. But sometimes, I've learned, it's okay to point fingers at other...

• Which of these people are the “healthiest”

  Having a discussion at work and I’m wondering which of these 3 people would you deem the healthiest just by their drink consumption? Person A. Drinks water all day and has a cup of oj with breakfast and 1 Red...

• I'm considering embarking on a dry fast. Have I gotten it right?

  To keep this short, I'm thinking of dry fasting as long as I'm comfortable with (ideally 9-11 days) and transitioning into an electrolyte water fast and would love for some experienced dry fasters to just correct me, add or take. Preparation: Fasting...

• What is baking soda used for and what are the benefits?

  I have some pretty bad gut issues and I have read it could help. I know it’s popular among fasters, but why?

• Water intake: does the time of day matter?

  I know in order to stay sufficiently hydrated, you’re supposed to drink a specific amount of water every day (and the amount depends on your weight). My question is: does it matter *when* you drink your water? For example, if...

• Anyone accidentally break their fast with a regular soda?

  So I’m doing a 5 day fast and I saw a new flavor of coke. So I grabbed what I thought was a zero, but I must have grabbed the one next to it. I drank half before I realized....

• Limiting sugar intake- how do you go about it?

  I live in the United States, and there seems to be sugar in literally everything here. Obviously not fresh vegetables or something- I’m speaking of anything that’s already pre packaged like bread or pasta sauce. I won’t even get started...

• Helathiest way to drink hard liquor?

  Sorry if this is a stupid question, I know alcohol is terribly unhealthy and that the healthiest option is to avoid it altogether. But say hypothetically you had to drink an entire bottle of clear hard liquor in a few days,...

• Diet soda or using stevia/artificial sweeteners?

  I didn’t see where this had been asked or I missed it. Does drinking diet pop during fasting trigger an insulin response or disrupt autophagy? How about putting stevia in black coffee? Just curious. Any help or point me to...

• So what am I allowed to drink ?

  What the title says basically. Outside of my eating hours I can drink what water and black coffee ? Lol sorry I’m new asf to this.

• If I’m having one soda once per week, would it be better to have a Diet Coke or a regular Coca-Cola?

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• Breaking a Dry Fast

  Hello, I do many 20-48hr dry fasts daily/throughout the week and wanted more information to clarify when do you really need to properly break a fast ex. Baking soda, slow intake of water... I've never had issues with any food...

• 60 Hour Fasting Autophagy RUINED? (Diet Soda, Mio, & 0 Kal Powerade)

  They all say 0 kals on the packages... Although some say "0 calories - 2.5 servings" - isn't this an indication there definitely is a low amount of calories in them? Are these ruining the autophagy benefits of my 60 hour...

• Are there energy drinks that contain less sugar than soda, but are not "sugar-free"?

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• First 72 hour fast , checking in

  Hi all SW - 245 CW - 345 GW - 190 M - 28 - 6ft 2 Been on keto on and off over the years decided need to hit it hard now to get healthy Been on keto since jan 1st lost...

• Do you consider zero calorie soda as a fast breaker?

  Fasting is a deeply personal experience, but I am interested in hearing your views. Generally speaking, I would say yes. I am mainly concerned about interrupting autophagy or spiking an insulin response. Although, when I fast for weight loss, I feel...

• Diet pepsi

  Can you drink diet sodas and still lose weight? Doing omad everyday?

• Fasting and the build up of uric acid crystals.

  Im completely healthy both my kidneys and liver, Yet I have been suffering with gout which I believe is related to my fasting, from the age of 17 I have been fasting on water for 21 days many times, ...

• Is doing rolling (4.5 dry, 1 day water, 1.5 day eating) fasts reasonable for 5 or more weeks?

  So I have been doing regular 5.5-day water fasts with 1.5 days refeeds for the last 6 weeks. WF 8 pm Sunday to 8 am Sat, Eating window 8 am Sat to 8 pm Sun. For week 7 I have started...

• if you are gonna drink some 0 calorie soda....

• What’s the difference between these two Snake Juice recipes?

  On Reddit it says the official recipe for a Snake Juice is - 1/2 tsp sodium chloride (table/himalayan) - 1 tsp potassium (NoSalt or Nu-Salt) - 1 tsp sodium bicarbonate...

• Is 24h fasting the best option?

  I'm a big dude ( 30yo male, 340lb, 6'5) and i've just started in intermitent fasting. For me it's pretty easy to stay a whole day without eating (eating just the dinner, for example), but in my first week it seems...

• Does it matter how many calories you eat during your eating window?

  Obviously you shouldn't eat an absolute massive amount of food but would you still lose weight if you had maybe a normal sized dinner and then snacked on candy and other stuff during the eating window? I'm doing 20 hour...

• Drinks during fasting period

  What is the general opinion about drinking Coke Zero or some other diet soda? I know about tea or black coffee, but my eating window is until 7pm and I often don't sleep until midnight (work from home blabla) and...

• how long of a disturbance do artificial sweeteners provide in extended fasts?

  I am on 4th day of 7 day fast, mainly for weight loss but don't wanna miss out on autophagy as well. I ordered some diet soda and flavored carbonated water to suppress my cravings. I wanna know that the...

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• Artificial sweeteners / diet sodas?

  Hi, 16:8 SW:330 45F started today! What is the read on Diet Coke and also artificial sweeteners like Equal?

• 0 calorie sodas and sweeteners?

  Started OMAD yesterday. Wondering if 0 calorie sodas and sweeteners are okay to drink during intermittent fasting?

• 35/F/227 lbs

  I really need some advice. I've tried different diets and intermittent fasting but always fall off fairly quickly. However, IF seems more doable for me. Except, I feel like it isn't working. I'm only on day 13 so obviously I...

• Why is a burger unhealthy and in which ways specifically?

  When I go out and buy a burger. Which part of it is unhealthy? I’m trying to learn the basics of what’s good and bad for health. The bread - I guess it’s better if it’s whole grain The meat...

• Breaking a dry fast

  I want to get some ideas about breaking a dry fast. Obviously I will start with water. In the Phoenix Protocol the suggest half a teaspoon of baking soda in 8 ounces water. I thought about using snake juice which...

• What exactly makes fast food bad for you?

  If I where to cook my own ground beef, and add it to a tortilla I bought at the store, and sprinkled on some cheese. How would it be any healthier than a taco at taco bell for example. Or...

• Dryfasting: (Soft Dryfast 2)(March 11th-14th)

  Day 1: Start weight 173 lbs. For the first day I went out with a group of people to do curling. Everyone there was eating food during break and my mouth was just watering because I still had the hunger in...

• Dry/ wet hybrid fast tips

  Good Evening r/DryFasting I plan to do a 21 day fast soon and wanted to look into making it a dry/ wet hybrid fast. I have dry fasted in the past. Did a couple 2 days and 1 5 day. Was...

• Learnings from my first 4,5 day dry fast

  I broke my DF at noon of the 5th day. Two reasons: 1) I went for a walk. After about 1 km, I noticed that I was so tired, I wouldn't be able to come back on my own,...

• Making intermittenfasting work better for me.

  Do you have to drink a lot of water for intermittenfasting to work? Also, do you have to quit sodas completely?

• Drinks

  Starting up intermittent fasting again and I have a question that I never really considered the last time I was into it. I want to preface this with \*I love water\*. I drink a lot of water. However, I also...

• Aspartame harmful or not as much as people insinuate?

  Looking for science backed knowledge!! I always choose aspartame over sugar, (glucose & fructose) when it comes to coffee, sodas etc if cane sugar is not available. What is the science behind aspartame and does it cause cancer as people state,...

• What alcohol is best to drink?

  I know drinking causes weight gain but I was wondering if some alcohol is better than others? What’s the “healthiest” way to drink? (although no heavy drinking is really healthy) It’d also be nice if it was cheap!

• Is milk a good idea during the non fasting period?

  My non fasting period is 12-8. I’m a big soda drinker. So obviously cutting that shit out. I tend to have about two pint glasses of milk during the day with meals. One with my lunch at 12, and then...

• Just started IF, what is the transition like?

  I recently came across the Lifespan podcast and got the book too because the material really was interesting to me. I decided to try out IF, where I just eat one hearty meal a day at dinnertime and coffee/water/diet...

• What do you wish you knew about diet and nutrition earlier?

  Hello Nutrition Reddit :) What's something about diet and nutrition you wish you knew earlier? I was overweight as a teen and did the worst things (including a tea cleanse lol). Wish I could pass advice to my old self!

• Pulling on my big girl boots.

  Sort of. I hate fasting. I actually have only attempted 2 water fasts. Otherwise I stick with OMAD and ADF - because I know i can achieve those. But I'm frustrated, like I posted earlier. I just.. I want to atleast get...

• 3 Days Into My First Dry Fast...

  As the title states I am 3 days into my first dry fast, and my first realization is that this is exceptionally easier than a water fast. I do have some questions as I am for 7 days dry fast. ​ the...

• What are some good natural citrate sources? And heart/lung pain when dry fasting.

  I think that my kidneys are a bit shot from dry fasting pretty relentlessly. I know that citrate is pretty good for dissolving kidney stones but want to see if there are any good sources other than magnesium citrate: like...

• Finished 48h soft DF. Hoping to continue until 72h, followed by 7WF.

  Edit #2: I broke the DF with water at 94h--2 hours short of 4 full days. I will now be water fasting for 4 to 6 days. Sipping some water. The best taste ever! Edit #1: at 87h now, and wrote...

• Confusion with the terms and names of Sugar

  Glucose, sugar, natural cane sugar, table condiment, carbohydrate, what's the difference? Is sugar collectively known as just sugar, or is there individual properties depending on which kind of sugar you're referring to? ​ I grew up with the mindset that all sugar...

• First 72hr fast

  hi everyone. I'm going into my first extended fast. I've fasted for 16h before and felt fine as long as I'm busy. After reading the main threads and doing some research I'll be taking electrolytes and it will be as follow. 4g of Baking...

• Reason why Diet soft drink is no good

  I know diet soft drink like diet Pepsi etc is not allowed when fasting, even if they contain no calories. It has something to do with insulin? I don't quite understand it though. Can someone explain like I'm five?

• Here is the experience of someone who has been doing 10 day fasts every year for the past decade.

  This is my personal anecdotal experience of what works and what doesn’t. I am a 6’1” male, and my ideal weight is around 195 lbs, but Ive used anything in the 190-200 range as my target weight. I usually start fasting...

• The pooping, oh god, the pooping!

  Hi Team, I've been doing IF for a while now and found it really is my favorite way to lose weight and feel healthy. My routine for the past 4 months has been essentially OMAD(dinner) but sometimes I'll have a small...

• Favorite low calorie substitutes?

  Some of mine- Non-fat plain greek yogurt substituted for sour cream (Mexican food and onion dip) Quest brand chips for Doritos Glass noodles in Asian noodle dishes Cottage cheese for ricotta in lasagna

• How to refeed after 7 day dry fast.

  So I’m coming off a 7 day dry fast. I made 2 gallons of water, on with baking soda and pink salt. Another with cucumbers, strawberry, and lemon. I have potassium and magnesium supplements, as well as b12, vit d,...

• About to wrap up my 7 day dry fast, kidney shot question

  So I'm about 10 hours away from completing my first 7 day dry fast, down about 22 pounds in total. I was already on spam and pickles low calorie keto snacc routine Cole recommended recently, and will be refeeding on...