Why does diet soda cause fat around the waistline?

[Juniebun]

Why does diet soda cause fat around the waistline and in the stomach area? The artificial sweeteners?

 

[flyhighk]

I guess the sweet taste (which your body associates to simple carbs) causes a spike in insulin levels, and that lowers blood glucose levels, so you feel hungry, so you eat more. That's why you're gaining weight.
Or it's just a coincidence. Correlation is not causation.

 

[Juniebun]

http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/02/15/...fat-and-other-food-and-diet-industry-secrets/

Good article...

 

[MrCookiE]

I was watching a health food program, and they said that diet coke is bad for your bones because of all the additives they use instead of sugar, so just because it's sugar free doesn't mean it's good for you.

 

[SB1981]

Diet soda is such bullshit. If I couldn't drink the real shit, I'd give up soda.

 

[ilikestims]

It promotes your body to store fat and reinforces you to consume it and other high-reward food products.