diet Coke?

fairylights · Jul 10, 2012

Tonight I was at the gym and when I got there I discovered that my dear daughter had pinched my headphones from my gym bag, so I had to listen to what was going on round about me.

One of the instructors was inducting (?) two women who were both fairly overweight and the discussion got on to diabetes. he was suggesting to them that they should cut down on carbs and even told one of them when she suggested that she would eat low fat yogurt for breakfast to make sure and check the carton for the amount of carbs because low fat might mean higher carbs and perhaps she should try bacon and eggs.

But then he said that if you drink diet coke or similar - even though it's not sugar but aspartame your body still reacts as if it's sugar and would still make insulin. That can't be right is it? I have been drinking some diet coke - since I can't drink stella any more and it seems to have been okay.

mbudzi · Jul 10, 2012

Diet coke raises my BG by around 2 points when I drink it on it's own. With Bacardi it seems to vary from no change to the same 2 points ... probably depending on what else has been eaten / done

borofergie · Jul 10, 2012

Check this out:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/artifici ... z20G7TMsex

Mark Sissons reckons the research says "no".

Aspartame is pretty gross stuff, what with its awful taste and hordes of people who get terrible reactions from consuming it, but that’s not what we’re interested in today. Luckily, there is a good amount of research explaining what, if any, effect aspartame has on insulin secretion.

One study found that protein produced a significant insulin response, while aspartame had no effect on insulin levels.

Another also found that aspartame had no effect on the insulin response in humans, whether alone or combined with carbohydrates.

Another earlier study (full PDF) examined the effects of aspartame on prolactin, cortisol, growth hormone, insulin, and blood glucose levels and found it had none. The authors used the same amount of aspartame you’d find in a standard artificially-sweetened drink but were unable to record any significant hormonal alterations.

A study of forty-eight healthy volunteers found no evidence that aspartame has an effect on insulin levels.

Overall, the evidence seems to suggest little, if any, effect on insulin secretion as a result of tasting or consuming aspartame.

If you are low-carbing, I'm not really sure why it matters if you have an insulin spike or not. I'm worried about BG levels more than insulin levels. I understand that there are some "second order" effects where high insulin can cause your liver to dump more glucose into your blood, but these should be very small compared to not eating carbs in the first place.

Pneu · Jul 10, 2012

I drink it now and then.. and on fasting days where I am checking background insulin I have found it has no effect on my blood glucose.

Elc1112 · Jul 10, 2012

Hey, you do know that those gym instructors are medically trained, don't you?!

I've heard some right BS from gym instructors in my time. When I registered at my current gym I had to I'll out a questionnaire because of my diabetes. The instructor told me that I would not be able to attend any of the classes or the gym unless I brought my inhaler. He didn't believe me when I told him I didn't have one!

Anyway, back to the diet coke. It doesn't use any effect on my sugars, but it does make me a little hyperactive and manic!

Em

BioHaZarD · Jul 10, 2012

I drink diet coke every day has no affect on me, my levels in the last 2 days have been the best they have ever been.

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