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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By
No, it's an issue in the minds of those who are seeking an answer to the question, because the studies haven't settled the question.
You can post all the gay porn tryout pictures you want, but that's not going to magically create a scientific certainty where there's not one.
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Look, you can throw all the ad hominems at me that you want, but it won't change the fact that there's just no proof that diet sodas cause weight gain.
I'm open to new research changing my mind, but there is no RCT that shows diet sodas to CAUSE weight gain. It doesn't matter how many diet sodas you drink, if you're at or under maintenance calories, you won't gain weight. That's what it boils down to, and it's really at the heart of what this thread is supposed to be about -- what makes us fat? You can say whatever you want, but in all the studies, the ONE THING that ALWAYS causes weight gain is an excess of calories consumed compared to calories burned. No matter what your metabolic rate is or how it got altered, either up or down, intake must ALWAYS follow accordingly. Weight simply doesn't come out of nowhere. Diet sodas do not cause weight gain any more than being poor causes someone to rob a bank.
But hey, there are also no studies that show that a goose shitting in my backyard doesn't cause weight gain. SO BEWARE OF DECK-SHITTING GEESE, LEST YE BECOME OBESE . . . BECAUSE . . . SCIENCE!
Also, I polished off a 2 liter bottle of diet drink in honor of this shit-fest of a thread. I suspect I'll wake up tomorrow 17 pounds heavier, with a tumor in my liver. DAMN YOU, ASPARTAME!
