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We have an obesity epidemic, not a diet-coke-cancer epidemic in this country. I'd say the occasional can of diet soda is a good tradeoff.
by zwieback 3y ago
We have an obesity epidemic, not a diet-coke-cancer epidemic in this country. I'd say the occasional can of diet soda is a good tradeoff.
- FollowingTheDao 3y agoSorry, but have you heard about the drastic increase in the rate of young people getting colon cancer?
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- zwieback 3y agoSure, that's scary, but the science linking that to sweeteners is very weak. I'm not pro sweeteners but I'm anti bad public science communications.
- cwkoss 3y ago"occasional can of diet soda" is a minimizing strawman. I recently had a friend quit diet pepsi - he used to drink as many as 18 cans per day. I'm not sure its responsible for federal regulators to call that behavior 'safe', and am glad he's kicked the habit.
- zerocrates 3y agoI don't think the regulators would call drinking 18 cans of anything a day "safe." An ingredient being safe doesn't mean you can have unlimited amounts of it with no ill effects; this isn't even true of water.
- lowbloodsugar 3y agoAn occasional can of regular soda is also fine. The problem is mass consumption of either, and the link between soda and fatty foods. People eating salads aren’t drinking a coke of any kind. What goes great with a coke? A giant BBQ pulled pork sandwich with sloppy fries and onion rings.