nutrition and diet soda

jensahokie

Until today when I started feeling m/s, I have tried to be sooo good about what I have been eating (ever since the ET).  I switched to organic on most things and DH has been making me write down what I eat to make sure I am well-balanced.  We are both dentists, so we apparently think we know about nutrition ?   Probably enough to be dangerous.

I have totally cut out caffeine and artificial sweetners (I used to live on diet soda and crystal light).  Over the past week, I have been drinking sprite to settle my stomach, and I am drinking an extra couple hundred calories a day in soda.

My first OB appointment is this week, so hopefully they can give me some guidelines.  The nurse at my RE said she would avoid anything artificial, but I am just wondering ... What is your opinion on artificial sweetners and organics?  TIA

lnle

well, I haven't done much reading on this, but I try to avoid artificial sweeteners - the idea of chemical sweeteners just creeps me out. And I eat organic as much as I can, especially meats and fruits/veggies. But of course, you can't control whether something is organic when you eat at a restaurant so I probably eat no more than 50% organic.

madhatter2003

I cut back, but definitely still use artificial sweetners. I had GD the first time and was borderline this time so for me sugar is actually worse than the 1 can of diet soda I might drink a day, etc.

We do eat mostly organic stuff at home but I don't go crazy worrying about it. When I go out to eat I accept it's not going to be organic.

schmoodle

I avoid artificial sweeteners when TTC and pregnant. As for organic, I'm not that fanatical about it - if I see organic fruit or veggies I'll get them over non-organic but that's about it.

somethingchangd

schmoodle:

I avoid artificial sweeteners when TTC and pregnant. As for organic, I'm not that fanatical about it - if I see organic fruit or veggies I'll get them over non-organic but that's about it.

 ditto Scmoodle (although I don't really do artificial sweeteners when I'm not pg or TTC - I'd much rather have sugar.)

mom2ll

I drink a diet coke every day pg or not, it's my splurge.. 

I'm not going to get up on a soap box, but IMO "organic" is just a marketing ploy.  I have a degree in Agriculture, worked in the produce industry for 10 years, and my parents are farmers so I have a lot of experience dealing with both organic and conventional produce.  The standards are very loose and lots of farmers become "certified organic" just to make an extra buck..  The do what they need to for the certification and then go back...  There isn't a real "watch dog"...  "Organic" also doesn't mean pesticide free, it just means that for a period of time they didn't use products on the no no list....  same food more expensive and with no added nutritional value https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255

 

RoxBride

I'm sitting here in the hospital, drinking my can of hospital provided Diet Soda, completly approved my my doctor, high risk OK, and the hospital antepartum nutritionist.   So I'm assumming it can't be that bad.

runblondie26

I still do artificial sweeteners occasionally, but have cut back. I have 1-2 cans of diet coke a week, and a couple light yogurts. In the past, those were a daily thing. The only thing I avoid completely is saccharine (fyi- it's in fountain diet coke) because it can pass through the placenta and be retained in fetal tissue.

As far as organic food, I try to be a conscientious shopper, but I'm not fanatical about it. I always buy organic eggs and dairy. I wish I could do organic meats as well, but it is prohibitively expensive. Other organic items (produce, soups, etc.) ?I buy based on price and selection.

jensahokie

Thanks for the info on organic.  I would love a coke zero... maybe I will compromise and wait until the second trimester

skoorbnibor

I am diabetic, so we knew I would be using splenda eventually. But I waited until my second tri, and then added it back in. It was hard, I was CRAVING a diet pepsi, but I would do that again.

LVBlvd

bpaullo:

I drink a diet coke every day pg or not, it's my splurge.. 

I'm not going to get up on a soap box, but IMO "organic" is just a marketing ploy.  I have a degree in Agriculture, worked in the produce industry for 10 years, and my parents are farmers so I have a lot of experience dealing with both organic and conventional produce.  The standards are very loose and lots of farmers become "certified organic" just to make an extra buck..  The do what they need to for the certification and then go back...  There isn't a real "watch dog"...  "Organic" also doesn't mean pesticide free, it just means that for a period of time they didn't use products on the no no list....  same food more expensive and with no added nutritional value https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255

 

Ditto on the organic stuff.  

I drink a diet coke every day, and my RE, OB, and peri all approved.  If you have a 6-can a day habit - well that isn't good for you pregnant or not.