Diet Coke Alternative

Has anyone mentioned Diet Pepsi?

It is the choice of a new generation.

Diet Pepsi makes me want to repeatedly kick myself in my own nards.

Has anyone mentioned Diet Pepsi?

It is the choice of a new generation.

Diet Pepsi makes me want to repeatedly kick myself in my own nards.

I actually prefer Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Max over Diet Coke or Coke Zero. If we're talking regular soda, then Coke over Pepsi.

Hi, my name's Carrie and I'm addicted to Diet Coke. With everything I've read about it I know how bad it is for you and am trying desperately to cut it out. I drink a LOT of water at my desk all day long. But during meals I like to change it up a bit. I used to get Diet Coke with my lunch but now I'm trying to find a good alternative. I enjoy Vitamin Water but not sure it that is a good alternative either. Suggestions????

Coca Cola Classic! since you should have been drinking it all along!

Genius! :drinker:

Yeah, diet soda is not good for you. Sad, but true. I still drink it on occasion, but an alternative is iced tea or sparkling water with lemon or lime. It gives me the fizzy I am after.

Please elaborate on why diet soda is not good for you?

I'll be here patiently waiting.

Yeah, diet soda is not good for you. Sad, but true. I still drink it on occasion, but an alternative is iced tea or sparkling water with lemon or lime. It gives me the fizzy I am after.

Did you read that on Dr. Mercola's site? I bet you did.

LeCroix. Flavored and fizzy but no sweeteners of any kind.

I don't know whether diet Coke is "good" for you or not, or whether one can get addicted to it - but for me personally, I found it best to quit drinking it outright, mainly because I was treating it AS water. After all, it's got zero calories, zero carbs, just as good AS water, right?

Eh... I don't know about that. At one point I was drinking nearly a case a day of the stuff - yep, 24 cans. One for each hour, if you want to get technical about it. That's serious overkill. And I'd recommend that anyone quit eating/drinking something if it's up to that point.

A can or two a day probably won't be a big deal for most. For me, though - uh-uh, no, negative. I might have one here and there, but I have to treat it just like I would any other "target" food - it's an occasional treat, nothing more.

It's not inherently "bad" for you, though. No food or drink is "bad".

Hopefully I'm getting this in there before anybody mentions that diet soda is horrible for you because sodium.

It contains about 12 to 60 mg per 12 ounce can, or the equivalent of about 1/4 to 1 single egg white.

Do a quick Google search and you will find SEVERAL articles about the dangers of diet pop. Including anything from bloating, increase in appetite to diabetes and kidney problems. Granted, I'm sure my 2-3 cans a day aren't THAT harmful but if I'm going to adopt a healthy lifestyle I want to do it right. One or two occasionally isn't bad....but 2-3 a day could possibly be

My diet coke will be pried from my cold dead hands...

You can google lots of stuff about how it's fine as well...I drink at least 2 a day...

This. I love my Diet Coke and I'm not giving it up.

Can I use Diet Green Tea as a water alternative? I do drink water (maybe not the recommended amount, but I do drink it) and I change that up with Gerolsteiner which is a sparkling water from Germany.

Incidentally, I *do* have a bottle of Coke Zero on top of the fridge which has been there for a couple of months now, and last night I dreamed that I drank some of it, rushed to my computer to find out the sodium content and add it to my food list. Guess this site must be working on me, huh?

I worked in radio during my college days and it was nervous habit, but some of us averaged 4 cans of Coke a day, so I've been avoiding it these days.

Thanks

Bill

Can I use Diet Green Tea as a water alternative

Pretty sure you can do whatever you like. As far as I can recall, there are no MFP Minority Report police coming after you to make sure you don't log tea as water.

You can find "articles" about the danger of pretty much anything.

http://www.anorak.co.uk/288298/scare-stories/the-daily-mails-list-of-things-that-give-you-cancer-from-a-to-z.html/

I use to drink diet coke but I found it to be so depleting and dehydrating. I thnk you just have to wean off of it. If you still need a caffeine hit I drink green or earl grey tea with stevia. And when I want something carbonated I drink seltzer water with fruit essence or synergy divine grape kombucha. I think diet coke once in a blue moon is ok but not every day. Hansens also has diet sodas that are moire natural. I try not to have more than one cup of black tea a day. I know some people need more but I find it often depletes me. Water is the best thing.

Not what I asked, but I appreciate the reply.

I don't see how. You asked if you could, and I stated that there was nothing stopping you. The point is that as an adult, you can make that decision for yourself. Now if you would like specific information to help you make a better-informed decision, that would probably be best asked in specific terms that relate to the information in question.