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why do they care that much? coke zero tastes fine, the energy from caffeine means you would move that much more, the fact that something sweet has filled your
by logicallee 11y ago
why do they care that much? coke zero tastes fine, the energy from caffeine means you would move that much more, the fact that something sweet has filled your stomach means you're not eating something with calories in it. diet coke and coke zero are above and beyond coke's calorie-responsible choices - and they're marketed very heavily and available everywhere, even mcdonald's.
exercise is super-important, as are food calories from stuff like hamburgers and fries, that don't HAVE a diet version.
why does Coca-Cola care so much? Article would make more sense if it read "mcdonald's", but that's not what's stated - it says it's about coke.
it just doesn't make that much sense to me. where's coca cola's incentive?
(fwiw I thought I'd mention I have absolutely no disclaimer to make, no connection whatsoever with coca cola.)
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> why does Coca-Cola care so much? Article would make more sense if it read "mcdonald's" Because popular interest groups have been specifically demonizing soda. Compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_Drinks_Portion_Cap_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_Drinks_Portion_Cap_Rule
- logicallee 11y agogood answer, thanks.
- bbcbasic 11y agoNot everyone likes the taste of coke zero, and others perceive it to be harmful due to the artificial sweeteners.
- georgemcbay 11y ago> Not everyone likes the taste of coke zero Well, there's literally no accounting for taste. Coke Zero is a fantastic tasting diet soda. > others perceive it to be harmful due to the artificial sweeteners These people should be ridiculed, like Jenny McCarthy is, since there's no reputable scientific or epidemiological basis for their beliefs.
- georgemcbay 11y agoGot at least 3 downvotes without a reply on this post. Pretty good demonstration that everyone (EVERYONE!) has some religious beliefs they can't stand to have someone call into question, even if they are likely the type who points out when others have the same problem.
- CamperBob2 11y agoIt's best not to go to health sites to discuss IT practices and startup culture, and it's best not to go to HN to discuss health- and medicine-related stories. Both communities are full of people who may have substantial expertise in their own fields, but who also enjoy pronouncing sweeping and groundless religious edicts in other fields that they don't actually know anything about.
- mikeash 11y agoYou might have been downvoted for stating that taste is subjective and then immediately declaring Coke Zero to be objectively good tasting, thus implying that people who dislike it are somehow wrong.
- babygoat 11y ago> These people should be ridiculed, like Jenny McCarthy is, since there's no reputable scientific or epidemiological basis for their beliefs. You think that is why Jenny McCarthy is ridiculed?
- kennydude 11y agoI prefer Coke Zero over the taste of normal Cola. Normal Cola just tastes of sugar to me :')
- DannyBee 11y ago"nd others perceive it to be harmful due to the artificial sweeteners" People perceive a lot of things. The number of peer reviewed studies on this is astonishing, and they have all found the same thing - they aren't harmful in any way we can possibly measure, in any sane amounts. If you feed rats ridiculous amounts of sweetener, they have issues (it's something like the equivalent of 5 gallons a day of sweetener) But if you feed rats ridiculous amounts of water, or apples, or anything "more natural", they have the same problem.
- brohoolio 11y agoI might be a minority here but I get really bad headaches from diet soda.
- danso 11y agoNot everyone agrees that Coke Zero and Diet Coke taste just fine, or at least, not everyone is happy with the low-calorie alternatives to choose them over regular Coke. And so this directly impacts Coca-Cola's bottom-line: - http://fortune.com/2015/04/22/diet-coke-sales-fizzle/ http://fortune.com/2015/04/22/diet-coke-sales-fizzle/ - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/23/america-has-fallen-out-of-love-with-diet-sodas-and-possibly-for-good/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/23/am... I'm too lazy to do number-hunting right now, but those articles state that the total revenue of all low calorie soda sales is in the $7.0 billion range (and declining). Sales for the Coca-Cola company alone is $45+ billion. So even if Diet Coke is a healthy solution and alternative to regular Coca Cola, its sales are nowhere near enough to sustain the company. Thus, the allegation that Coca-Cola can potentially benefit from a mindset that high caloric intake is not the main cause of obesity.
- streptomycin 11y agoDiet soda is not a panacea http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/17/263141134/diet-soda-drinkers-calories-you-don-t-guzzle-end-up-in-your-belly-anyway http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/17/263141134/die... "What we've seen from animal data is there is something metabolic that changes when you consume artificial sweeteners," says Bleich. "The brain is tricked into thinking it is less full." So what's going on? Basically, when we eat sweet-tasting foods, that signals our brains to release hormones to process the sugar. It's part of a mechanism that tells the body how much energy it's just taken in, and when it's had enough. But in people who are regular drinkers of diet sodas, the theory goes, the body gets confused and no longer releases enough hormones. As a result, researchers suspect, diet drinkers end up eating more — and gaining weight. Ultimately it might not be any better than drinking normal soda. I'd be pretty terrified of this if I ran a soda company.
- chrismcb 11y agoBecause people claim soda is "empty calories" while McDonalds food had nutritional value.