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Totally agree. I don't see the point in cutting sugar from this stuff or soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi. People drinking this stuff have already made up their

by racl101 10y ago

Totally agree. I don't see the point in cutting sugar from this stuff or soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi. People drinking this stuff have already made up their mind that they don't care about healthy eating. Also, people who consume the more "healthier" versions of soft drinks like Diet Coke or Coke Zero, they tend to over do it because they think they're it's affecting them less. I've always thought as long as you're gonna be bad then do it right. No point in consuming a neutered version of something bad when you've made up your mind to be bad.

hodder 10y ago
Please provide ANY proof that Coke Zero or Diet Coke is bad in any way. Post a study. Why is healthier in quotes? Why do you believe artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and splenda have negative health impacts? Gut feeling? Please post a peer reviewed study done on humans. I'm curious. What is your position on climate change, vaccines or GMOs? Do you follow scientific consensus by looking for peer reviewed studies, or wing it either way based on your gut feel and facebook memes?
- mholmes680 10y ago
  geez, you really like soda. I have no skin in the game here, and I dont know the correct answer but there's some studies... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203 http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-drinks-are-not-the-sweet-solution-to-fight-obesity,-health-problems.html http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-dr... or, this wraps up some other links and discussion... http://therenegadepharmacist.com/diet-coke-exposed-happens-one-hour-drinking-diet-coke-coke-zero-similar-diet-soda/ http://therenegadepharmacist.com/diet-coke-exposed-happens-o...
- mfarris 10y ago
  Here's one: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7521/abs/nature13793.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7521/abs/nature13... There's lots more, but your ability to google is every bit as good as mine. Folks skeptical of artificial sweeteners are not anti-science morons. Man-made climate change is real, vaccines are one of the great accomplishments of civilization, and the science is promising but not fully settled on GMOs. Consuming artificial sweeteners is almost certainly healthier than consuming the sugar they replace, but that doesn't actually make them _healthy_.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Woah no need to attack. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003193841200193X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938412... http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739321 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739321
icebraining 10y ago
I disagree, you're painting people with too broad a brush. Many of my colleagues drink a Coke once or twice a week when we go out to lunch as a team, and they aren't drinking two just because they now order a Zero instead. This is a real reduction in sugar consumption. Similarly, people also drive more recklessly when using seatbelts, but they still save lives.

by racl101 10y ago

hodder 10y ago

Please provide ANY proof that Coke Zero or Diet Coke is bad in any way. Post a study. Why is healthier in quotes? Why do you believe artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and splenda have negative health impacts? Gut feeling? Please post a peer reviewed study done on humans. I'm curious. What is your position on climate change, vaccines or GMOs? Do you follow scientific consensus by looking for peer reviewed studies, or wing it either way based on your gut feel and facebook memes?

mholmes680 10y ago
geez, you really like soda. I have no skin in the game here, and I dont know the correct answer but there's some studies... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203 http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-drinks-are-not-the-sweet-solution-to-fight-obesity,-health-problems.html http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-dr... or, this wraps up some other links and discussion... http://therenegadepharmacist.com/diet-coke-exposed-happens-one-hour-drinking-diet-coke-coke-zero-similar-diet-soda/ http://therenegadepharmacist.com/diet-coke-exposed-happens-o...
mfarris 10y ago
Here's one: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7521/abs/nature13793.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7521/abs/nature13... There's lots more, but your ability to google is every bit as good as mine. Folks skeptical of artificial sweeteners are not anti-science morons. Man-made climate change is real, vaccines are one of the great accomplishments of civilization, and the science is promising but not fully settled on GMOs. Consuming artificial sweeteners is almost certainly healthier than consuming the sugar they replace, but that doesn't actually make them _healthy_.
nommm-nommm 10y ago
Woah no need to attack. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003193841200193X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938412... http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739321 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739321

icebraining 10y ago

I disagree, you're painting people with too broad a brush. Many of my colleagues drink a Coke once or twice a week when we go out to lunch as a team, and they aren't drinking two just because they now order a Zero instead. This is a real reduction in sugar consumption. Similarly, people also drive more recklessly when using seatbelts, but they still save lives.