I LOVE soda. My favorite soda is Pepsi & I used to drink about a 2 liter bottle a day. Then in May 2008 when I started dieting to lose weight for my wedding in October 2008 I drank nothing but Diet Pepsi. I don't like coffee so that was caffeine fix. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I stopped drinking Pepsi right away. I know we are allowed to have about 200mg of caffeine a day but I'd prefer trying to avoid it all together. I started drinking caffeine-free Diet Pepsi but then I started seeing that some artificial sweeteners are bad for the unborn baby. Since reading that I started drinking other caffeine-free sodas especially Sunkist Orange Soda & Sprite but they are full of calories. I know having too much carbonated drinks is not good to always have....I do drink a lot of water a day & juice but I need to have soda too.
So what I'm wondering is...is it ok to drink Diet Sunkist Orange Soda, Diet Caffeine-free Pepsi or Diet Sprite when you're pregnant? I'd love to hear what you think, know or have read....
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Is Diet Soda ok during pregnancy?
Posted by J.D. at 1:36 PM
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There's not really any solid research on whether or not aspartame is especially harmful in pregnancy, but I think all things in moderation are fine.
I try to cut out soda and artificial sweeteners for the most part. Try Perrier and fruit juice or naturally flavored sparkling water to give yourself a little fizz without the caffeine, corn syrup or artificial sweetener.
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i drank a ton of diet soda when I was preggo with my 2... Aspartame is what people worry about, but in all the research I did it was not really conclusive as to wherther or not it was harmful.... I think caffeene is a big thing though. I would try to go the caffeine free route...
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