To stay hydrated and maintain a healthy body, you must replenish all the water you lose through sweating, breathing, and digestion. You can stay hydrated by drinking lots of fluids.
But, of all fluids, water remains the healthiest drink you can have. It is much healthier than diet soda drinks that marketers routinely promote as healthy thirst quenchers.
Sodas, in fact, alter your body metabolism than aid it as water does. While diet sodas are tastier than water and may even seem like a healthy way to quench your thirst, there are many reasons you should drink a glass of water instead. Below we discuss some of those reasons:
It is true that diet soda does not contain real sugar, which makes it a healthier drink than regular soda that has copious amounts of the sweet stuff. But the good likely ends there.
Diet soda contains many artificial additives, including the sweeteners themselves. The additives are full of chemicals that cause cravings for even sweeter, high-calorie foods. You get none of that from water. Among other benefits, cleaning drinking water:
So are soda drinks really that bad for your health? Looking at the evidence, it appears so. And it’s because of all that sugar, including the artificial kind that’s lauded for minimal effect on your calorie count.
Diet soda is a carbonated drink that is loaded with artificial sweeteners. Though artificial sweeteners contain zero calories, they have their own harmful effects on your health. Here are some of the reasons why even diet soda isn’t good for your health:
Even without calories, diet soda is not healthy. Certainly not healthier than water. For the best hydration, you should drink water early in the mornings as well as before and after exercise.