Is crystal light really bad for me?!


Question: Is crystal light really bad for me?
Well I want to loose 25 pounds by summer time, and I am 15 (just recently in febuary =) ) and now I last night i bought some crytal light packages so i drink that since its only 5 calories that way i avoid any other drinks so i am going to only drink water and that at times. But i was told that it makes you fatter and has some chemical in it that make you want to eat more and causes CANCER! Cancer is the scariest thing that could happen to me, and I don't want it so is this all true PLEASE HELP! I am scared to drink it, i think i am going to stick to only REAL sugar and regular water.

Answers:

Phenylalanine can cause cancer in really huge doses, but it isn't really feasible to ingest enough to harm you- you would have to be trying to get cancer. Sounds like a good plan- of course, plain water is always best, but it gets old- I drink Crystal Light on occasion myself.

RN for 13 years



I've heard the report that says diet or "light" drinks can make you fat. It's not the drink itself that makes you fat. They only said that because people use the calories they saved by drinking light/diet sodas to eat other fatty things. They think that by skipping the regular Coke & drinking diet Coke instead, that they can eat like a pig & not gain any weight. And no.... it doesn't cause cancer.



It does NOT cause cancer . I have drank it for 15 years . I'm ok . It's a lot better for you than cola .




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