8 Things That Happen When You Finally Stop Drinking Diet Soda

1. Migraines disappear and focus sharpens

It turns out the headaches you expected from a diet soda withdrawal didn't materialize. And now that you've quit the stuff, you probably find yourself thinking clearly for the first time in a while.

2.  Taste buds are more sensitive

Without your usual diet soda chaser, you may find that food has more flavor

3.  The scale finally goes the right way

While you may have started drinking diet soda to facilitate weight loss, quitting it may actually do the trick.

4.  Bones strengthen.

Putting down the soda may be the best way to improve your bone strength and reduce your risk of fractures.

5.  Your attitude towards food changes

Often soda–drinking patients make poor food choices, like a burger and fries, a piece of cake, or potato chips, because they think they can afford those extra calories.

6.  You handle booze better

When you mix it with alcohol, your stomach empties out faster than if you used regular soda, causing a drastic increase in blood alcohol concentrations.

7.  Fat storage and diabetes risk decreases

Our hormones may explain the great paradox of why people gain weight when they switch to diet soda.

8.  Kidney function improves.

Now that your body no longer has to make sense of the unpronounceable ingredients in diet soda, your kidneys can get back to clearing toxins, stabilizing blood pressure, and absorbing minerals.