DIET COKE VS COKE ZERO
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Also, I have yet to have a Coke Zero that tasted like Coke Zero out of one of those Freestyle machines.0
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Regular coca cola
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I honestly can't remember the last time I had soda. But back in the day, I definitely preferred regular Coke to Diet Coke.0
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If you need it for a bit as a "bridge" food till you can get past it, go with Diet Coke. It has Aspartame, which doesn't spike blood sugar, while Coke Zero also includes acesulfame potassium, which DOES. This is especially important if you are diabetic. If you check blood sugars after drinking each of these, you will see. I'll admit, however, that Zero tastes better. Diet Dr. Pepper doesn't have acesulfame potassium (known as Ace K), either, and is a decent choice. I think (not sure) that Diet Mug or IBC Root Beer skips the Ace K, too. It's one of the diet root beers, just not sure which one.0
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I don't drink much soda, but diet cherry Coke Zero is my absolute weakness. I seriously love that stuff. It's super hard to find, though!0
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No. None of that.Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
[ETA:] As to the OP, Diet Coke all the way. Although I'll just as happily drink whatever store brand diet cola.
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Diet Pepsi (the one with no aspartame). I only marginally like coke & hate the diet versions. Diet coke is marketed to women and Coke Zero was invented to market to men, with a slight rebalancing of the same ingredients. I tried zero, it was a big fat zero to me, but then again, so is DC. I have no idea what DidtCoke is. (Someone has to say it!)0
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ConnieT1030 wrote: »Diet Pepsi (the one with no aspartame). I only marginally like coke & hate the diet versions. Diet coke is marketed to women and Coke Zero was invented to market to men, with a slight rebalancing of the same ingredients. I tried zero, it was a big fat zero to me, but then again, so is DC. I have no idea what DidtCoke is. (Someone has to say it!)
Heh, my old boss used to say I was drinking "boy diet coke" when I drank Zero, he wouldn't believe me that they tasted different.0 -
Cherry coke zero and faygo diet rock & rye0
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He is correctAlatariel75 wrote: »Heh, my old boss used to say I was drinking "boy diet coke" when I drank Zero, he wouldn't believe me that they tasted different. except they do taste different, because while the ingredients are the same, they changed the proportions, which changes the flavor profile slightly. I did some reading on it awhile back.
Men tend to avoid products that are called "diet" as male consumers associate that with women, but because they also like to lose weight (but resist calling it "dieting") so the name appeals to them. It was fascinating stuff, marketing guys are brutal with that psychology stuff they use on us! I can't recall where the stuff was, but I'm sure you can eventually find it by googling those related terms, if youre worried about all that.0 -
ConnieT1030 wrote: »
He is correctAlatariel75 wrote: »Heh, my old boss used to say I was drinking "boy diet coke" when I drank Zero, he wouldn't believe me that they tasted different. except they do taste different, because while the ingredients are the same, they changed the proportions, which changes the flavor profile slightly. I did some reading on it awhile back.
Men tend to avoid products that are called "diet" as male consumers associate that with women, but because they also like to lose weight (but resist calling it "dieting") so the name appeals to them. It was fascinating stuff, marketing guys are brutal with that psychology stuff they use on us! I can't recall where the stuff was, but I'm sure you can eventually find it by googling those related terms, if youre worried about all that.
Not worried, but I agree that it's fascinating. I have a degree in Media that I never used and remember that the marketing classes were really interesting. So much psychology goes into it!0 -
Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
Which studies?
What specific problems are associated with artificial sweeteners?
Which icky chemicals and what are their issues?
To say they specifically do not aid in weightloss is a misleading statements. Diet sodas are just drinks with (albeit very few) calories and macronutrients, just like every other consumable item. They happen to be easy to fit in to daily goals due to their small calorie count.
As for the water statement, really? How much of a diet sodas constituent parts do you think is water? (It's 99%) Does something magical happen to this water?
You should really think before posting garbage like this.6 -
Oh. And to answer the original question.
Pepsi Max cherry.1 -
Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
There's always one post like this..
Water is chemicals, too. Also, those 'icky' chemicals in diet drinks have been proven, repeatedly, to have no ill-effect on the human body. There are loads of posters here who drank and still drink diet drinks, and have shed all their excess weight...
EDIT: should probably answer the question... I like full-sugar Coke, sorry
but Coke Zero has a slight edge over Diet. 5 -
I generally don't bother with them any more, but it used to be diet coke with lime. Coke zero just gets a passing score in my book.
If I can find it though, I will happily slurp my way through cans of diet dr. pepper all day long (It's kinda hard to find in Australia, and can cost upwards of $3 a can when you do
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Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
No one asked you.
I much prefer Zero. I preferred Pepsi Max until I realized that one of the energy drink components in it (guarana, which they've taken out, or ginseng) was giving me heart palpitations. I also really liked Diet Pepsi until they put Splenda in it. I'm glad they've put out a classic version, now.2 -
unsuspectingfish wrote: »Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
No one asked you.
I much prefer Zero. I preferred Pepsi Max until I realized that one of the energy drink components in it (guarana, which they've taken out, or ginseng) was giving me heart palpitations. I also really liked Diet Pepsi until they put Splenda in it. I'm glad they've put out a classic version, now.
Weird, Pepsi Max has never had that in it here. Mountain Dew doesn't have caffeine here either.0 -
williams969 wrote: »Bonus if it's a Coke Freestyle machine; those rock. I make a Diet Coke with lemon. OMG, so good.
I had to look this up as I don't think I've ever heard of this in the UK... OMG indeed. I just want one installed at my desk now. I'd be on that lemon Diet like a demon!! It's kind of an effort to bring a lemon into work and sit there slicing it into my glasses of Diet
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Alatariel75 wrote: »unsuspectingfish wrote: »Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
No one asked you.
I much prefer Zero. I preferred Pepsi Max until I realized that one of the energy drink components in it (guarana, which they've taken out, or ginseng) was giving me heart palpitations. I also really liked Diet Pepsi until they put Splenda in it. I'm glad they've put out a classic version, now.
Weird, Pepsi Max has never had that in it here. Mountain Dew doesn't have caffeine here either.
Diet Mt. Dew is how I survived high school. I can't even imagine it without caffeine.0 -
Pepsi Max cherry is lovely. Really fills a sweet crave. Ditto Dr pepper zero0
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Diet drinks are awful for your health and give you cancer and make you gain weight.
Therefore I only drink 2-3 a day.
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kristikitter wrote: »williams969 wrote: »Bonus if it's a Coke Freestyle machine; those rock. I make a Diet Coke with lemon. OMG, so good.
I had to look this up as I don't think I've ever heard of this in the UK... OMG indeed. I just want one installed at my desk now. I'd be on that lemon Diet like a demon!! It's kind of an effort to bring a lemon into work and sit there slicing it into my glasses of Diet
They have then in Five Guys burger places in the UK and some Pizza Huts have mini ones.
There's a slew of weird and wonderful creations you can make by mixing drinks.
Also as far as I know they're the only place in the UK to get Fanta grape flavour.
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/04/10-combinations-you-can-make-from-the-coca-cola-freestyle-machine.html
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Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
So how does this answer the OP's question?
But, I lost 50lbs while drinking diet soda, improved all my health markers including getting a prediabetic glucose number down into the normal range, and I'm now several years into successful maintenance-one of the very few people who are actually maintaining long term- and I still drink diet soda every day. I'm in excellent health, have a bmi of around 21, have no health conditions anymore, take no medications and I rock a pair of size 4 jeans. So yeah, try again
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/making-healthy-food-choices/what-can-i-drink.html4 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »unsuspectingfish wrote: »Neither. Studies have shown that diet sodas do NOT aid in weight loss. Too many artificial sweeteners and other icky chemicals. Water is your best friend if you're trying to drop a few pounds. Great for your kidneys and digestive system.
No one asked you.
I much prefer Zero. I preferred Pepsi Max until I realized that one of the energy drink components in it (guarana, which they've taken out, or ginseng) was giving me heart palpitations. I also really liked Diet Pepsi until they put Splenda in it. I'm glad they've put out a classic version, now.
Weird, Pepsi Max has never had that in it here. Mountain Dew doesn't have caffeine here either.
Where are you? Pepsi max has ginseng and MTN dew caffeine here in Canada1 -
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kristikitter wrote: »williams969 wrote: »Bonus if it's a Coke Freestyle machine; those rock. I make a Diet Coke with lemon. OMG, so good.
I had to look this up as I don't think I've ever heard of this in the UK... OMG indeed. I just want one installed at my desk now. I'd be on that lemon Diet like a demon!! It's kind of an effort to bring a lemon into work and sit there slicing it into my glasses of Diet
They have then in Five Guys burger places in the UK and some Pizza Huts have mini ones.
There's a slew of weird and wonderful creations you can make by mixing drinks.
Also as far as I know they're the only place in the UK to get Fanta grape flavour.
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/04/10-combinations-you-can-make-from-the-coca-cola-freestyle-machine.html
I don't like the Freestyle machines. It was already possible to mix flavors from a regular fountain machine, and I've seen plenty of them at convenience/gas stations with buttons to add flavors like vanilla or grape. In fact, it's significantly faster to do so on a standard fountain machine because you don't have to go through menus to select different drinks.
Only one person can use a Freestyle machine at a time, which makes for long lines during lunch hours. There's no way to top off your Coke Zero while somebody else fills up their Mountain Dew.
If you don't give the dispense button an occasional press while waiting for the fizz to go down then the menu will go back to the start screen.
If a syrup cartridge goes out, then the entire machine is unavailable while it is changed. A standard soda fountain will still operate for all of the other flavors while the employee is changing out the empty syrup container.
I know it is subjective, but some of the flavors seem off. The syrup is significantly more concentrated than what is supplied for a standard fountain machine, so the specs don't need to be off by much to make a difference.
The machine also doesn't seem to rinse between selections. A few times I've selected water right after somebody dispensed a soda and there was enough syrup in the water to discolor it.
I can't think of a single improvement from a consumer experience perspective.0 -
I think Coke Zero is a gateway drug to Diet Coke. Coke Zero tastes much more like regular Coke. Coke Zero tastes too sweet to me so I stick with Diet Coke.0
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ModernRock wrote: »kristikitter wrote: »williams969 wrote: »Bonus if it's a Coke Freestyle machine; those rock. I make a Diet Coke with lemon. OMG, so good.
I had to look this up as I don't think I've ever heard of this in the UK... OMG indeed. I just want one installed at my desk now. I'd be on that lemon Diet like a demon!! It's kind of an effort to bring a lemon into work and sit there slicing it into my glasses of Diet
They have then in Five Guys burger places in the UK and some Pizza Huts have mini ones.
There's a slew of weird and wonderful creations you can make by mixing drinks.
Also as far as I know they're the only place in the UK to get Fanta grape flavour.
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/04/10-combinations-you-can-make-from-the-coca-cola-freestyle-machine.html
I don't like the Freestyle machines. It was already possible to mix flavors from a regular fountain machine, and I've seen plenty of them at convenience/gas stations with buttons to add flavors like vanilla or grape. In fact, it's significantly faster to do so on a standard fountain machine because you don't have to go through menus to select different drinks.
Only one person can use a Freestyle machine at a time, which makes for long lines during lunch hours. There's no way to top off your Coke Zero while somebody else fills up their Mountain Dew.
If you don't give the dispense button an occasional press while waiting for the fizz to go down then the menu will go back to the start screen.
If a syrup cartridge goes out, then the entire machine is unavailable while it is changed. A standard soda fountain will still operate for all of the other flavors while the employee is changing out the empty syrup container.
I know it is subjective, but some of the flavors seem off. The syrup is significantly more concentrated than what is supplied for a standard fountain machine, so the specs don't need to be off by much to make a difference.
The machine also doesn't seem to rinse between selections. A few times I've selected water right after somebody dispensed a soda and there was enough syrup in the water to discolor it.
I can't think of a single improvement from a consumer experience perspective.
To be honest I haven't given it this much in depth thought.
I just push buttons and drink the ensuing drink.3 -
All I know is Coke Zero was imperative in me losing weight. I would house cans of it during the day. It actually gave me sanity throughout the whole experience. I love it and drink it to this day. 4 to 5 cans some days, some days more. But mostly water too mixed in. I give it 20 o 30% of the credit for me being faithful. When I was hungry or needing something, there was Coke Zero. That freaking soda is my buddy for life. You too water
So yeah, thank you Coke Zero in getting me from 335 to 185.3 -
If I had to choose, I would say Cherry Coke Zero.
However, I worship at the altar of Coca-Cola, so if I really want some pop, I make the calories work for a regular coke. I have had a 20 oz. coke in my fridge for two weeks, waiting for the day I can fit it in.
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