Will a diet coke here and there hurt?
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lisawinning4losing wrote: »Yeah, but you'll also say that high fructose syrup is found in nature, even though it's gone through a huge amount of processing and definitely isn't found in nature. And most health experts, even the World Health Organization, recommend that you avoid it. Fructose is found in nature. But HFCS is not. And I promise that aspartame isn't either.
This isn't a discussion on HFCS, so I struggle to understand why that is part of the argument. Aspartame is a chemical compounded of phenylalanine and aspartate, which are naturally occuring amino acids found in all proteins.0 -
Diet root beer is better.0
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Diet Dr Pepper FTW!!!!0
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lisawinning4losing wrote: »All you've proven is that everything invented has to come from materials that exist somewhere on earth. By that logic, plastic is found in nature. It's made from petroleum, after all. In fact, by that logic, literally everything is found in nature. But it isn't.
Who cares? Lots of useful, pleasurable, and non-harmful things aren't found in nature. And lots of unuseful, non-pleasurable, and harmful things are found in nature.
This entire route of conversation is a dead end. What's the point?0 -
lisawinning4losing wrote: »Yeah, but you'll also say that high fructose syrup is found in nature, even though it's gone through a huge amount of processing and definitely isn't found in nature. And most health experts, even the World Health Organization, recommend that you avoid it. Fructose is found in nature. But HFCS is not. And I promise that aspartame isn't either.
HFCS isn't even one thing. It is various levels of fructose to sucrose in solution, anytime the fructose percentage is 55% or greater, they call it high. Honey is actually fairly analogous in composition to the higher fructose versions, if I recall correctly. Unnatural bees.
What is unnatural is the process to make it, but that doesn't matter if it is properly filtered back out. It is unnatural because people can do things faster, better, cheaper than nature.0 -
lisawinning4losing wrote: »All you've proven is that everything invented has to come from materials that exist somewhere on earth. By that logic, plastic is found in nature. It's made from petroleum, after all. In fact, by that logic, literally everything is found in nature. But it isn't.
Some plastic is made from petroleum - most actually aren't. And I'm not sure about you, but I don't eat or drink plastic or petroleum. So, I'm not sure what your point is, other than you don't know what you're talking about - so you're just rambling about things that are essentially nonsense.0 -
fastfoodietofitcutie wrote: »benjaminhk wrote: »Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood
What's wrong with carbonation?
Nothing. That's what makes it a nutritional benefit.0 -
Did You Know: Caramel coloring is a superfood. #themoreyouknow0
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According to the American Cancer Society, aspartame is safe:
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/aspartame
And since lots of woo uses Authority Nutrition as a "source" , they don't even think it should be avoided:
https://authoritynutrition.com/aspartame-good-or-bad/
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This forum can be funny.....some worry that a diet coke (a day) is not good for our bodies yet most of us will say....sit in traffic sucking in exhaust fumes and not think twice about it (just an example). Love the post above (from senecarr) right on !!0
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you can have one in a box
you can have one with a fox
you can have one in a house
you can have one with a mouse
you can have one here and there
you can have one ANYWHERE!0 -
You can have it with green eggs and ham!
You can have it, Sam I Am!
...sorry, Green Eggs and Ham was one of my favourites when I was a kid.
Am drinking a diet coke right now.0 -
It will hurt electronics, but it is safe to drink for all except for the few who have medical issues.
Personally, I prefer Diet Pepsi. It tastes much better, but I acknowledge that some here will say that Diet Pepsi is a kind of diet Coke because of regional dielects (i.e. Diet Pepsi is a diet Coke, diet soda, diet soda pop, diet pop, etc.)0
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