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Well this article scared me. Guess I will have to quit Mountain Dew. But what if I switched to the sugar free one? (Am I swapping diabetes and heart disease for
by gigatexal 2y ago
Well this article scared me. Guess I will have to quit Mountain Dew. But what if I switched to the sugar free one? (Am I swapping diabetes and heart disease for cancer?)
- lm28469 2y agoFirst you should take a few long minutes and think hard about why you drink this shit in the first place.
- gigatexal 2y agoCuz it tastes good? Because I’m addicted? Because the caffeine is great. Because I hate the taste of coffee. Because I can? I dunno.
- gitaarik 2y agoHehe ok, next question: do you think those are positive reasons for drinking sodas?
- aembleton 2y agoIf you're addicted to the sugar, then the sugar-free version won't satisfy your cravings.
- lm28469 2y agoThe human experience is all about controlling your urges. I also like to eat until I feel stuffed and sleep 12 hours a day, but I don't because I value my long term health above short term pleasures. Sadly for us modern life is all about short term pleasures and convenience, if you're not careful you can lose yourself real quick Try sparkling water, home made water kefir, herbal teas, &c.
- greenie_beans 2y agowhy are you lecturing somebody on the internet about personal lifestyle choices? as if the whole world doesn't know what they consume can negatively affect their health...
- gigatexal 2y agoReal condescending dad energy right?
- lm28469 2y ago> as if the whole world doesn't know what they consume can negatively affect their health.. Most people just don't... my 60+ father in law was trying to lose weight for years, after a long talk we came to the conclusion that he didn't know what a calorie was, why sugar was bad, why "dried fruits" don't count as "fruits" when your doctor recommends XXX grammes of fruits per day, why starting your day with a liter of tea with 50g of sugar wasn't helping. He went from 120kg to 90kg in a year and is healthier than he was 15 years ago. My mom told me she had enough protein for the day after eating a single chicken thigh. My dad says he's active enough even though his phones counts about 2k steps per day on average... What's your view ? People get fat, age terribly and die as a result of a conscious decision process in which they arrive to the conclusion that losing their limbs to diabetes is OK because Coke tastes good ? It's even more condescending than my take because it makes them plain dumb instead of simply ignorants
- greenie_beans 2y ago
- gleenn 2y agoWeird software X diabetes story. CFO at my small startup had type 2. We only had sugar free sodas and water bottles and, oddly, Capri Suns at my 15 person startup. I distinctly remember wracking my brain working on some code for long day and my brain was like "give me sugar!". I didn't realize that attempting to feed it many (sugar-free) sodas, it wasn't getting what it wanted. It needed the glucose. I began surreptitiously drinking Capri Suns. My CFO sees me chugging aforementioned childrens' drink and informs me those are his emergency sugar drinks and please don't accidentally kill him if he ODs on insulin. Never learned so much biology while writing software in my life.
- looofooo0 2y agoArtifical sweeterner are pretty safe, go for it.
- gitaarik 2y agoYeah, also sugar was labeled safe years ago.
- looofooo0 2y ago? Obviously sugar is save in reasonable quantities.
- tacker2000 2y agoNot true, artificial sweeteners lead to the same addiction effects as sugar. There was some paper about this recently. Also is is not entirely researched what these artificial sweeteners really do to your body if consumed over long periods of time.
- looofooo0 2y agoSo what is your point? Don't see any unsafe point, NHS agrees: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/are-sweeteners-safe/ https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/are-sweeten... Many sweeteners are around for decades, better than sugary drinks for sure.