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Very true. But if they’re morbidly obese as it is, it’s pretty likely they have a brain chemistry which responds very positively to sugary drinks, so without the diet soda it’s possible their health would be even worse.

I’ve never met an obese person who liked being obese, but I’ve met lots who have a really challenging relationship with food which slowly brought them to the point they’re at now. I’m an addict as well, it’s just not as visible.

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>they have a brain chemistry which responds very positively to sugary drinks

I'm convinced this can be changed! I used to love sugary drinks, however after being on keto my brain adjusted and now if I even taste a real coke I'm disgusted by how sweet it is

Sweets are habit forming, like cigarettes. If you avoid them for a year, for example on strict keto, it’s hard to go back because the taste is so extreme.

I don't think this works for cigarettes, actually, because even if the taste is extreme the craving is still there. I know people who can't be around certain cigarettes when lit even years after they quit because it's their preferred brand or something.

What works for you doesn't work everyone. My wife did keto and still loved her soda afterwards.

Some questions: did she go low sugar in that period? How many sodas did she drink before she backslid?

I would drink at least 48oz per day. I stopped eating things with added sugar. Now a lemonade is too sweet for me. But if I drink 3-4 sodas I’m right back to where I was wanting to drink it all the time.

> low sugar

Can't go into ketosis while eating sugar/starch

Maybe not keto, but wouldn't eating nothing but potatoes for a month reset anyone's taste buds?

That's not keto then.

No true Scotsman could like soda after doing keto!

You can't be in ketosis if you drink coke. Period.

The convo you’re replying to is about taste preferences reverting or not after doing the keto diet. Most caloric restriction diets limit or forbid sugary drinks while you’re on the diet, so it’s no surprise the keto diet is similar in this regard.

I think OP was talking about still enjoying a soda after a sustained ketosis period.

Yeah, this is what I meant. It wasn't a regular thing.

Agreed. When I was in my early 20s I would drink a 2 liter bottle a day of diet coke. Today I had a fountain drink with my daughter while she was having lunch, I was hoping for iced tea but they only had sodas. I got a Coke Zero, first soda I've had in, geeze, I don't even remember. It was so sweet I had to water it down with half soda water.

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