Can someone please settle the arguement of which is healthier if you were to take one drink?
I cant find enough/solid articles to convince my loser friends of why diet coke is worse for you, please help.
10-05-2010 06:06 AM
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Diet Coke vs Regular CokeCan someone please settle the arguement of which is healthier if you were to take one drink? | |
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10-05-2010 10:35 AM
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You won't find much in the way of arguments against Aspartame in mainstream medical references. It's been too vague and the whole approval process was kinda dodgy. Just look for as much as you can on Aspartame and use that. The only reason it's worse is because Aspartame is more dangerous than sugar. For fun, you can also look up some things relating Diet soft drinks to Gulf War syndrome. | |
10-05-2010 12:29 PM
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I'm not sure what's worse, searching the internet for legitimate medical information or asking an internet forum to search the internet for legitimate medical information. | |
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10-05-2010 01:17 PM
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I dont drink either, but i would choose sugar over aspartame. At least you know what sugar does to your body. IMO theres not enough evidence that aspartame, or any other artificial sweetener, is safe. | |
10-05-2010 01:28 PM
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A role for sweet taste: calorie predictive relatio... [Behav Neurosci. 2008] - PubMed result | |
10-05-2010 01:53 PM
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yea, one of the big concerns is the elevation of insulin in the body in reaction to the sweet taste, but without any added sugar for insulin to shuttle, it starts to lower blood Glucose below normal. That creates hunger and in many cases overeating. | |
10-05-2010 02:05 PM
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iyam diet coke tastes 7.84 times better than reg coke. doesnt apply to pepsi tho. | |
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10-05-2010 02:22 PM
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I drink a ton of Diet Dr Pepper, I guess I'm pretty hooked on the caffeine. | |
10-05-2010 03:20 PM
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At least I can have a legitimate reason for a avoiding anything with diet in the label. | |
10-05-2010 11:17 PM
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10-06-2010 05:36 AM
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Pepsi Max > Diet coke > sugar Coke > HFCS coke | |
10-06-2010 09:10 AM
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10-06-2010 11:07 AM
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I'm a Dr. Pepper addict and hate anything 'Diet'. That artificial sweetener taste is uck. I need to just give it up cold turkey but at least it's not cigs, pot, or worse. I stopped drinking pop altogether for a while and lost 15 pounds like lightning quick. As far as aspartame goes, I haven't heard/read good things. |
10-06-2010 01:16 PM
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man I had no idea people actually preferred diet coke. That's crazy. | |
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10-06-2010 04:47 PM
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It's a matter of conditioning. I used to think sugarpop was >> sweetenerpop, but after I've gotten used to diet the sugarpops are way too sweet for me. Same thing happens when you go to low-fat cheese, milk, etc - regular cheese tastes like butter and regular milk tastes like cream (yeah I know I'm setting myself up to be ridiculed here, feel free). | |
10-06-2010 08:07 PM
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the best place to ask would probably be bodyrecomposition.com. lyle mcdonald is one of the best there is at reading and applying the results of scientific literature. he has written about aspartame and other artificial sweeteners before. | |
10-06-2010 08:25 PM
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10-06-2010 08:31 PM
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I don't mean to sound like your mum here, but wouldn't phasing out coke in favour of fruit juice/water be massively life +EV? |
10-06-2010 08:44 PM
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Depends on what life EV is for you. You could replace almost any vice with water and be better off when it comes to life expectancy and health. | |
10-06-2010 11:09 PM
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10-06-2010 11:21 PM
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Though not related to your question. This is important for those of us in america, where everything is HFCS. | |
Last edited by !Luck; 10-06-2010 at 11:23 PM. | |
10-07-2010 11:34 AM
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and I thought Coke Zero was much better | |
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10-07-2010 11:55 AM
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Fresh Fruit > Fresh Fruit Juice. With the former, at least you get the fibre present in most fruits as well. | |