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I think the point of the article means that you would drop another 20 pounds by switching from diet coke to water :-)

by jusob 17y ago

erlanger 17y ago
That's not an option. Now, switching to black coffee, that's an idea.
- tsally 17y ago
  Another vote for black coffee. Once you get used to it, it's actually far more enjoyable than coffee with sugar and/or cream in it. You'll learn to be able to recognize the different tastes and types of coffee, which is pretty neat.
  - randallsquared 17y ago
    Unfortunately, it takes lots more time to prepare black coffee. Paradoxically. With instant, I just throw in saccharine and artificial creamer until it tastes okay. There is no instant coffee that's remotely drinkable black, in my opinion, so that means I'd have to spend time brewing.
    - KC8ZKF 17y ago
      A Bun drip coffee maker takes three minutes to brew a pot of coffee. Pour this pot into a thermal carafe, and you are set for the morning.
    - tsally 17y ago
      I suggest looking into a coffee press. Easy to clean, no filters to buy. You need to heat up water in your microwave and then let it sit for a few minutes. If you really are worried about time, pre-grind a bunch of beans over the weekend. You'll sacrifice a bit in taste, but it will make preparation faster. With an automatic coffee pot, just set it up the night before on a timer, and you'll have steaming hot coffee ready when your alarm goes off. We're really only talking about a difference of a few minutes. It will take you longer than that to get rid of the extra calories.
    - jrockway 17y ago
      I use this thing: http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=3&LID=152 http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=3&LID... along with a Japanese-style water boiler. I grind the coffee (with a burr grinder; very convenient) directly into the filter, then I put it on top of a cup, then I press a button to dispense the nearly-boiling water. It is not instant, but it does not take long, and you get real coffee.
      - tsally 17y ago
        I might need to invest in that, my coffee pot is too big for my average use case. Any recommendations on burr grinders? My blade grinder works fine, but was thinking about trying a burr grinder out.
        jrockway 17y ago
        I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KPCG100NP-Coffee-Grinder-Nickel/dp/B000JLFLXQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1251229659&sr=8-5 http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KPCG100NP-Coffee-Grinder-Ni... Slightly pricey, and a cheaper one would probably work. But I can vouch for this one; it is quiet, easy to clean, and works very well.
bshep 17y ago
I thought coke zero has 0 calories, other than the kidney stones you will get, it should not affect your weight due to calories no matter how much you drink, contrary to regular coke.
- timwiseman 17y ago
  The point of the article is that drinking diet soda frequently messes with your internal connection between sweetness and being satisfied (full) in generally. So in other words, people who drink diet soda will in general eat more and drink more of other sweet things in general and thus gain wait because their internal connections no long correspond to the real world. That is why they would gain weight, not from the sodas directly. Assuming of course that the hypothesis holds.
  - joeyo 17y ago
    It's not a bad theory. Interestingly, there is evidence of inputs into the brain reward system that operate independently of sweetness and that perhaps directly encode metabolic value: Rodents that lack the ability to taste sweetness prefer caloric sweeteners such as sucrose to noncaloric sweeteners, such as sucralose[1]. Therefore the brain can detect calories more directly. So in the context of this new study, it could be that the brain notices that a certain rate of eating/drinking is correlated with a decreased rate of satiety and concludes that the correct thing to do is to eat more. 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.032
- randallsquared 17y ago
  I believe people with kidney stones are advised to drink more, not less, to avoid time for the kidneys to build larger stones.
  - gaius 17y ago
    Caffeine is a diuretic, tho'.

I think the point of the article means that you would drop another 20 pounds by switching from diet coke to water :-)

by jusob 17y ago

I think the point of the article means that you would drop another 20 pounds by switching from diet coke to water :-)

erlanger 17y ago

That's not an option. Now, switching to black coffee, that's an idea.

tsally 17y ago
Another vote for black coffee. Once you get used to it, it's actually far more enjoyable than coffee with sugar and/or cream in it. You'll learn to be able to recognize the different tastes and types of coffee, which is pretty neat.
- randallsquared 17y ago
  Unfortunately, it takes lots more time to prepare black coffee. Paradoxically. With instant, I just throw in saccharine and artificial creamer until it tastes okay. There is no instant coffee that's remotely drinkable black, in my opinion, so that means I'd have to spend time brewing.
  - KC8ZKF 17y ago
    A Bun drip coffee maker takes three minutes to brew a pot of coffee. Pour this pot into a thermal carafe, and you are set for the morning.
  - tsally 17y ago
    I suggest looking into a coffee press. Easy to clean, no filters to buy. You need to heat up water in your microwave and then let it sit for a few minutes. If you really are worried about time, pre-grind a bunch of beans over the weekend. You'll sacrifice a bit in taste, but it will make preparation faster. With an automatic coffee pot, just set it up the night before on a timer, and you'll have steaming hot coffee ready when your alarm goes off. We're really only talking about a difference of a few minutes. It will take you longer than that to get rid of the extra calories.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    I use this thing: http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=3&LID=152 http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=3&LID... along with a Japanese-style water boiler. I grind the coffee (with a burr grinder; very convenient) directly into the filter, then I put it on top of a cup, then I press a button to dispense the nearly-boiling water. It is not instant, but it does not take long, and you get real coffee.
    - tsally 17y ago
      I might need to invest in that, my coffee pot is too big for my average use case. Any recommendations on burr grinders? My blade grinder works fine, but was thinking about trying a burr grinder out.
      - jrockway 17y ago
        I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KPCG100NP-Coffee-Grinder-Nickel/dp/B000JLFLXQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1251229659&sr=8-5 http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KPCG100NP-Coffee-Grinder-Ni... Slightly pricey, and a cheaper one would probably work. But I can vouch for this one; it is quiet, easy to clean, and works very well.

bshep 17y ago

I thought coke zero has 0 calories, other than the kidney stones you will get, it should not affect your weight due to calories no matter how much you drink, contrary to regular coke.

timwiseman 17y ago
The point of the article is that drinking diet soda frequently messes with your internal connection between sweetness and being satisfied (full) in generally. So in other words, people who drink diet soda will in general eat more and drink more of other sweet things in general and thus gain wait because their internal connections no long correspond to the real world. That is why they would gain weight, not from the sodas directly. Assuming of course that the hypothesis holds.
- joeyo 17y ago
  It's not a bad theory. Interestingly, there is evidence of inputs into the brain reward system that operate independently of sweetness and that perhaps directly encode metabolic value: Rodents that lack the ability to taste sweetness prefer caloric sweeteners such as sucrose to noncaloric sweeteners, such as sucralose[1]. Therefore the brain can detect calories more directly. So in the context of this new study, it could be that the brain notices that a certain rate of eating/drinking is correlated with a decreased rate of satiety and concludes that the correct thing to do is to eat more. 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.032
randallsquared 17y ago
I believe people with kidney stones are advised to drink more, not less, to avoid time for the kidneys to build larger stones.
- gaius 17y ago
  Caffeine is a diuretic, tho'.