What are the real health consequences of making low or zero-calorie soft drinks my primary method of hydration?

This, because phosphoric acid.

He said no pseudoscience dipshit. Cite sources for that ridiculous claim or get the fuck out

the entire point of artificial sugar is that it tastes like sugar but can't actually be broken down like sugar
gut flora can't do anything with it

the acid will etch your teeth but if you use fluoride toothpaste you'll be fine because fluorapatite is way more resistant to erosion by acid .. for the death of gut bacteria, its all bogus, you have nothing to worry about. all those myths are made by people who can't understand basic biology and toxicology.

So you avoid acidic fruit and other foods like sauerkraut?

your tum-tum might feel ouchy-wowchy

Are you a real doctor/scientist because if so I have a question

not really, but i did studied a few things in the science/chemistry department .. lets just say i have weird hobbies. if you have questions i will try my best to answer them ..

who was phone?

I'm wondering if you have any insight what I can possibly do to minimize acid damage to my teeth as a bulimic. I've tried googling and the best I can find is "stop being bulimic" which is not super helpful. I rinse with water/baking soda every time I purge and brush/floss like normal.

did u meant -
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>fat

He won't get anymore fat than if he was drinking water. Both have 0 calories. You can do the "LOL DIET COKE AND 3 BIG MACS" meme, but if he has 3 Big Macs and water, it's the same. Worse if he has 3 Big Macs and regular coke.

>b-b-but Diet Soda tricks your body and makes you hungrier than before
NO!

It's called self-control, you fatshit europoor. If you're eating 3 Big Macs, it doesn't matter what you drink, because you have no self-control, regardless.

Fuck off back to plebbit, bitch.

>sips a Diet Coke
>eats a salad, no dressing, no croutons, just 0 Calorie Hot Sauce, Spinach, Cucumber, Onion, Tomato

Bitch.

stomach acid is a dilute mix of hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride and potassium chloride .. fluoride toothpaste is a must for preventing long term erosion but rincing with warm alkaline water solution is also a great idea for neutralising that acid fast. just make sure you follow that routine each time and your teeth should be okay. sadly it's an other story for your esophagus, if you do this often, you'll run greater risk for chronic upper digestive track diseases like cancer .. anyway i hope it help.

Drinking exclusively diet soft-drinks for all sources of hydration =/= occasionally eating acidic fruit and sauerkraut

>doesnt like what he hears
>PSEUDOSCIENCE! GIMME FACTS! REEE

Thank you user, I appreciate it.

What if I decide to only eat sauerkraut, cabbage, beets, pineapple, lemons, and oranges for all my nutritional needs?

Also
>low acid foods
>soy, such as miso, soy beans, tofu, and tempeh
>almond milk
>unsweetened yogurt
>herbal tea

(You)

>spews bullshit pretending to know what he's talking about
>gets called out
>"LOL REEEEE WHAT AN IDIOT FOR WANTING EVIDENCE FOR MY BASELESS CLAIM"

kys

Why would you do that? OP is actually drinking just diet shit hence he will receive a lot of phospheric acid. Nobody would just eat highly acidic foods as part of a diet.

>Nobody would just eat highly acidic foods as part of a diet.

If they really love sauerkraut, they might.

The acid melts the enamel off your teeth which gives you a lot of cavities. The artificial sweetener you just pee out unless you have a sensitivity to it.

drinking too much aspartame will fuck with your bladder.

As far as provable health effects go you probably would only have to worry about acidity damaging your stomach lining if you have acid reflux, also your teeth could suffer because of the increased exposure to acidity. Everything else about gut flora or cancer from aspartame is pseudoscience, none of which claims have been proven in a controlled study.

you'll be dehydrated because they make you piss, but other than that the caffeine will make you shaky.

i've never seen a bigger retard than you ever in my life. the entire fitness industry relies on zero calorie drinks to get over their cravings to cut down to incredibly low body fat and you're claiming they raise blood sugar? go fast for 16 hours and drink a diet coke and prick your finger. you'll still be at fasting glucose levels because you're a retarded fucking nigger.

>Why would you do that?
Maybe to prove a point to some anonymous guy on an imageboard?

kidney stones. potentially cancer if you believe the aspartame hype.
that's about it, really. outside of that it's not much different from making coffee or tea your primary method of hydration. knock yourself out

>tum-tum
>ouchy
added to my babyspeak filter list, thanks m8

>The acid melts the enamel off your teeth
factually incorrect, unless you're the type of person to not brush your teeth and/or hold your drink in your mouth for literal hours before swallowing

They can't be broken down like sugar *by human enzymes*. With the right enzymes, gut microbes can and will ferment anything. That's why some fiber-rich foods make you gassy, the fiber's also a (poly-)saccharide that's only digested by the microflora.

Now some artificial sweeteners are indigestible only to humans (e.g. lactose in those with intolerance), others, like stevia, are non-fermentable and indigestible, and if you look at a specific microbes only, there's almost certainly some that the body can digest but the specific bacteria species cannot.