Diet coke or pepsi?

ahmshaki
ahmshaki Posts: 37 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm drinking on average 3 cans of diet coke a day.

Which one do you prefer and why?
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  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    I'm partial to Coca Cola, always tasted better to me than Pepsi. Diet Coke tastes like a diet soda to me, Diet Pepsi I don't think I've ever had, so I was thrilled when Coke Zero came out. I'm off caffeine now, so I don't drink it anymore, but that's the one I went for these past few years.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    edited November 2016
    Diet Pepsi, for sure.

    ETA: Diet Coke tastes more chemically to me, but I'll drink it. When I go out to eat I usually order a "Diet Brown" if I don't know what they carry. LOL
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Diet Pepsi. I've never liked the taste of Diet Coke (but Coke Zero is fine).
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited November 2016
    Coke Zero.

    Even more so, Diet Dr Pepper.

    Also a fan of Canada Dry diet ginger ale and Fresca.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Diet Dr. Thunder - not as sweet as Diet Dr. Pepper, and costs a bit less.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Diet A&W - very low acid (reflux)
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    Diet Pepsi tastes better than Diet Coke

    Fun fact: Has anyone heard about New Coke (or do you remember it)? The origin of New Coke is that Pepsi was beating Coke in Coca-Cola's own taste tests and Coca-Cola was trying to figure out how to gain some of Pepsi's consumers. Coca-Cola also found in their taste tests that the flavor of Diet Coke tested better than Coke (but still worse than Pepsi).** So Coca-Cola decided to take advantage of the better flavor they owned, Diet Coke, and make a version containing calories to replace their current primary caloric drink, Coke. They did this and labeled the "new" beverage as New Coke. It failed fast in the U.S. because of culture, not taste, but I have heard there are parts of the world where you might be able to find it. Or, you could just drink Diet Coke and have the flavor without the calories.

    **In case you did not know, Diet Coke does not have the same flavor of Coke. They are supposed to taste different... not sure why so many people keep thinking they are supposed to taste the same, but this seems to come up often: "Ugh, Diet Coke doesn't taste anything like Coke!"
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Ruatine wrote: »
    Neither....

    Diet Dr. Pepper all the way.

    This is the correct answer.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ruatine wrote: »
    Neither....

    Diet Dr. Pepper all the way.

    This is the correct answer.

    The only reason I didn't say Diet Dr Pepper is because it wasn't a choice. Plus I just finished drinking a Diet Pepsi at lunch.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ruatine wrote: »
    Neither....

    Diet Dr. Pepper all the way.

    This is the correct answer.

    I'll admit... I have lately been drinking more than my share of Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry. Still, given the choice of Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi (and if those are the only choices), it is Diet Pepsi.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    Diet Pepsi tastes better than Diet Coke

    Fun fact: Has anyone heard about New Coke (or do you remember it)? The origin of New Coke is that Pepsi was beating Coke in Coca-Cola's own taste tests and Coca-Cola was trying to figure out how to gain some of Pepsi's consumers. Coca-Cola also found in their taste tests that the flavor of Diet Coke tested better than Coke (but still worse than Pepsi).** So Coca-Cola decided to take advantage of the better flavor they owned, Diet Coke, and make a version containing calories to replace their current primary caloric drink, Coke. They did this and labeled the "new" beverage as New Coke. It failed fast in the U.S. because of culture, not taste, but I have heard there are parts of the world where you might be able to find it. Or, you could just drink Diet Coke and have the flavor without the calories.

    **In case you did not know, Diet Coke does not have the same flavor of Coke. They are supposed to taste different... not sure why so many people keep thinking they are supposed to taste the same, but this seems to come up often: "Ugh, Diet Coke doesn't taste anything like Coke!"

    Not quite. Pepsi wins the blind taste tests because it's sweeter so people tend to prefer the first few sips - and that's all the taste tests cover. When people drink the whole glass, the preference tends to switch to Coke (though obviously, there are people who always inherently prefer one over the other; I'm talking general populations here).

    But marketing and culture can certainly contribute to a strong preference in either direction.
  • Ruatine
    Ruatine Posts: 3,424 Member
    edited November 2016
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ruatine wrote: »
    Neither....

    Diet Dr. Pepper all the way.

    This is the correct answer.

    I'll admit... I have lately been drinking more than my share of Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry. Still, given the choice of Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi (and if those are the only choices), it is Diet Pepsi.

    This is the incorrect answer. :wink:
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    Diet Mtn. Dew is my preference. And yes, I drink one almost every day and then have either diet Squirt or a diet cherry 7UP at night. I drink a ton of water, too, but I haven't had any bad side effects and certainly not weight gain from diet pop / soda.

    Sometimes I think it's more about what people habitually correlate with drinking pop. If you by habit like to have chips or a candy bar or whatever with your diet soda then weight gain is possible because those extra calories add up. I'm not saying this is true for everyone. But from experience several people I know will have certain snacks with their daily (or more often) diet soda.
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