Diet Sodas?
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I don't drink diet or regular soda. When I do have a fancy for something bubbly I buy Zevia. They have all different flavors. Like Dr. Zevia! It's in the health food section of your grocery store.0
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Many diet sodas contain phosphoric acid, which keeps soda from going flat. Unfortunately, it also leaches calcium from your teeth and bones to satisfy the body's delicate balance of phosphorus and calcium. It also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which we need to digest food and use its nutrients, particularly calcium, causing further mineral loss from your body.
Phosphoric acid does not neutralize hydrochloric acid. For that, you'd need a base, not another acid.
Oh yeah the acid, gives me heartburn. Anything that can take the crust off a car battery should not go in your stomach, in my opinion.
The digestive acid your body produces is already present in your stomach, and is definitely strong enough to take the crust off a car battery. Luckily, the lining of your stomach is well equipped to handle it.
Cast my vote for Coke Zero. Delicious and SAFE to drink every day.0 -
I switched to Ice Coffee... all of the caffeine and none of the chemicals,
it has dihydrogen monoxide in it. That's a chemical.0 -
*sigh* Must everything turn into an argument?0
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Coke Zero has aspartame.Many diet sodas contain phosphoric acid, which keeps soda from going flat. Unfortunately, it also leaches calcium from your teeth and bones to satisfy the body's delicate balance of phosphorus and calcium. It also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which we need to digest food and use its nutrients, particularly calcium, causing further mineral loss from your body.
Phosphoric acid does not neutralize hydrochloric acid. For that, you'd need a base, not another acid.
Oh yeah the acid, gives me heartburn. Anything that can take the crust off a car battery should not go in your stomach, in my opinion.
Cast my vote for Coke Zero. Delicious and SAFE to drink every day.0 -
I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.0
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I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.
when people refer to "chemicals" in food, they're not talking about naturally occurring chemicals on the periodic table, they're talking about synthetic, man-made chemical additives.
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Coke Zero has aspartame.Many diet sodas contain phosphoric acid, which keeps soda from going flat. Unfortunately, it also leaches calcium from your teeth and bones to satisfy the body's delicate balance of phosphorus and calcium. It also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which we need to digest food and use its nutrients, particularly calcium, causing further mineral loss from your body.
Phosphoric acid does not neutralize hydrochloric acid. For that, you'd need a base, not another acid.
Oh yeah the acid, gives me heartburn. Anything that can take the crust off a car battery should not go in your stomach, in my opinion.
Cast my vote for Coke Zero. Delicious and SAFE to drink every day.
That's true. And it is safe to consume every day.0 -
How can they be empty calories when the are pretty much calorie free?0
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Giant Diet Cream Soda- AMAZING!!0
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When man makes chemicals they are mimicking or trying to improve the components that are analysed.I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.
when people refer to "chemicals" in food, they're not talking about naturally occurring chemicals on the periodic table, they're talking about synthetic, man-made chemical additives.
make sense?
Just like with the computer you post from "Coach", people try to produce things which improve our lives.
There is no conspiracy.
BTW coach, the elements on thew periodic table are elements. Rarely seen in pure form. You are used to molecules and mixtures and solutions. So stop talking bollocks.0 -
You do know just about every "synthetic man made chemical additive" occurs in nature, right? It's not a matter of just slamming together various elements and seeing what happens, it's finding a chemical, and reverse engineering it in a way to figure out how to recreate it. For instance, technically, aspartame is a farmed product, it's grown in a lab. Yes, grown, kind of like how plants grow? Same concept, different method, as scientists use bacteria to create aspartame, rather than dirt.I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.
when people refer to "chemicals" in food, they're not talking about naturally occurring chemicals on the periodic table, they're talking about synthetic, man-made chemical additives.
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Um the periodic table is composed of elements. When you combine elements, they become chemicals.I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.
when people refer to "chemicals" in food, they're not talking about naturally occurring chemicals on the periodic table, they're talking about synthetic, man-made chemical additives.
make sense?
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You don't need caffeine unless you are an addict, that is not a healthy state of affairs if so.
when is the next meeting for caffeinaholic anonymous
HI, my name is Lisa and i am addicted to caffiene!0 -
Coke Zero is better than Diet Coke.
This.
I will only have diet coke if its my ONLY diet soda option.
I will always be a diet pepsi lover, but I love diet mountain dew and diet dr. pepper because both taste very very close to their non-diet versions. I don't think i could tell the difference between dr. pepper and diet dr. pepper.
I LOVE Sprite zero too - same thing about tasting just as good as the original.0 -
When man makes chemicals they are mimicking or trying to improve the components that are analysed.I wish people would understood simple chemistry. It's all chemicals. All food is chemicals. Try to understand which are harmful and which aren't and how they interact.
when people refer to "chemicals" in food, they're not talking about naturally occurring chemicals on the periodic table, they're talking about synthetic, man-made chemical additives.
make sense?
Just like with the computer you post from "Coach", people try to produce things which improve our lives.
There is no conspiracy.
BTW coach, the elements on thew periodic table are elements. Rarely seen in pure form. You are used to molecules and mixtures and solutions. So stop talking bollocks.
lol really? "improve our lives?" you really think that's their goal?
i'd wager that in a capitalistic society the goal is to make products cheaper so you make more profit. making our lives better has absolutely nothing to do with it. I wish I was that naive......0 -
Ironically shakeology isn't about that.:laugh:lol really? "improve our lives?" you really think that's their goal?
i'd wager that in a capitalistic society the goal is to make products cheaper so you make more profit. making our lives better has absolutely nothing to do with it. I wish I was that naive......
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I'm a Pepsi guy generally... but I tried Diet Vanilla Coke Zero the other day... and it was delicious.0
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I think Diet Rite does not use aspartame but used splenda. Not much better but if you have to have something. I have diet caffeine free pepsi. And once you kick the caffeine, you don't miss it at all!0
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I love pepsi max! Tastes better than regular pepsi to me :happy:0
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Diet Dr Pepper was probably my favourite but I don't drink diet or regular drinks anymore, they don't even taste the same to me.0
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I just read an article about how aspartame can cause multiple sclerosis type symptoms, with leg numbess/loss of feeling.
Aspartame IS bad. Anything that is engineered, and not raw form from nature, is not a 'healthy alternative'.... The healthiest form of anything is straight from nature.0 -
Lol, questionnaires over long periods of times AREN'T the best way to gather information. Especially when it comes to food/drink consumption.
And the last paragraph states that there's an ASSOCIATION, not a cause. Correlation isn't causation. That's why it states that more studies needed to be conducted.
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I thought soda drinking generally is prohibited on this WEIGHTLOSS sight? Just asking o.
ahhh no you're using logic.
many people on this board want to continue eating crap - just less of it - and somehow think that will make them healthy.
I have noticed this too and find it really surprising. I'm not here to just "lose weight" but be healthy and fit.0 -
diet a&w cream soda0
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I'll say this. I decided to largely cut out diet sodas and fake sweeteners from my diet last month. My fat loss has gone through the roof. You will need a day to adjust (fight few some sweet cravings) but after that you are all set.
if you really want to lose weight, drink water.0 -
Hopefully when your kids need medicine, you'll be able to find the natural form and grind it up to make your own from scratch.I just read an article about how aspartame can cause multiple sclerosis type symptoms, with leg numbess/loss of feeling.
Aspartame IS bad. Anything that is engineered, and not raw form from nature, is not a 'healthy alternative'.... The healthiest form of anything is straight from nature.
If you think aspartame is bad, then don't take it in, but to pass on information that is incorrect on a public forum is irresponsible. Please post a link to the article.
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I hate Diet Coke as well but I like Diet Pepsi. I also like Fresca if they even make that anymore - it's a very refreshing taste.
I hate Diet Coke TOO! I loooovvvvvveeeeeeee Diet Dr. Pepper, though.
We have Fresca where I live in Alabama! I found it recently in Publix in three different flavors. I enjoy the peach and the original flavors, but have not tried the black cherry flavor yet!0 -
Yeh, like eating foxglove and deadly nightshade plants. Natural right?I just read an article about how aspartame can cause multiple sclerosis type symptoms, with leg numbess/loss of feeling.
Aspartame IS bad. Anything that is engineered, and not raw form from nature, is not a 'healthy alternative'.... The healthiest form of anything is straight from nature.0
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