Diet Soda
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I don't actually drink the stuff. I just like science, and science says there is nothing wrong with it (well actually science says it has no statistical evidence that it is harmful).0
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree to disagree. Enjoy your diet coke & I will enjoy my water!
So you made an outragous claim, can't back it up, and follow it up with "agree to disagree"?
I love MFP.
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree to disagree. Enjoy your diet coke & I will enjoy my water!
So you made an outragous claim, can't back it up, and follow it up with "agree to disagree"?
I love MFP.
MFP loves you too
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree to disagree. Enjoy your diet coke & I will enjoy my water!
So you made an outragous claim, can't back it up, and follow it up with "agree to disagree"?
I love MFP.
Some people would rather remain ignorant than to actually read and learn.
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree to disagree. Enjoy your diet coke & I will enjoy my water!
So you made an outragous claim, can't back it up, and follow it up with "agree to disagree"?
I love MFP.
Some people would rather remain ignorant than to actually read and learn.
I agree with you. Some people would rather remain ignorant.
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Thinking diet soda is what makes people fat is just another way to shift blame to something other than the fact that eating more calories than necessary is what causes it.
It is a desperate grabbing at straws in an attempt to find an excuse when in reality one has to look at the person in the mirror.0 -
__drmerc__ wrote: »
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree with you. Some people would rather remain ignorant.
You are doing a fine job of proving your own point...
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I'll keep drinking the stuff just to prove my daughter wrong. She's read those fear-mongering articles too. She also avoids aluminum cookware and vaccines. Stupid. I looked in to the hard science and aspartame is not dangerous. Doesn't anyone get that for a diabetic, sugar is far more dangerous than aspartame, with documentable results?0
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »I agree to disagree. Enjoy your diet coke & I will enjoy my water!
So you made an outragous claim, can't back it up, and follow it up with "agree to disagree"?
I love MFP.
Some people would rather remain ignorant than to actually read and learn.
I agree with you. Some people would rather remain ignorant.
You're right, some people research topics, utilize scholar websites and peer reviewed studies. Others read health and/or shape magazine.
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It would not be possible to gain weight with diet soda, it has very little calories. Yeah it can bloat, but that's temporary. I don't think it would cause stomach fat, I mean, I drink coke often, the real stuff, and I have not gotten more fat on my stomach.0
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emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?0 -
skullshank wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?
By not having an understanding of the meaning of "science"
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skullshank wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?
By not having an understanding of the meaning of "science"
So based on ^^ that then if in my opinion I think that lilies are the worst flower out there how am I supposed to scientifically prove this opinion?
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goddessofawesome wrote: »skullshank wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?
By not having an understanding of the meaning of "science"
So based on ^^ that then if in my opinion I think that lilies are the worst flower out there how am I supposed to scientifically prove this opinion?
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I've cut back on the diet sodas, but only after the studies showing that they can cause a negative effect on gut flora. I have a firm belief that our beneficial bacteria colonies are way more important than science has yet eeked out, and I have no interest in altering or destroying mine. I don't feel that it's a huge sacrifice, and while the jury is still out on this one particular issue, I'd rather just not take the chance.0
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goddessofawesome wrote: »skullshank wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?
By not having an understanding of the meaning of "science"
So based on ^^ that then if in my opinion I think that lilies are the worst flower out there how am I supposed to scientifically prove this opinion?
Bingo...
??? Not sure I get your "bingo" statement. You're saying I need to scientifically back up my opinion that lilies are the worst flower out there? Maybe I just don't like them.
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No - I am saying that opinions, by definition, cannot be backed up by anything at all.
Opinions are essentially unarguable because they are never based in fact. If they were, they would be "facts" and not "opinions".
If someone tells me it is their "opinion" that the sky is purple how can I argue with that? I can certainly say "Go outside, you knucklehead, and take a look. The sky is blue". What if, after being proven wrong, the person still insists the sky is purple? What then? Nothing.0 -
goddessofawesome wrote: »goddessofawesome wrote: »skullshank wrote: »emmanuel4everjackson wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Please prove your opinion.
how does one prove an opinion?
By not having an understanding of the meaning of "science"
So based on ^^ that then if in my opinion I think that lilies are the worst flower out there how am I supposed to scientifically prove this opinion?
Bingo...
??? Not sure I get your "bingo" statement. You're saying I need to scientifically back up my opinion that lilies are the worst flower out there? Maybe I just don't like them.
There is a difference in saying "I don't like lilies" and saying "Diet Coke is bad for you". By saying a specific thing is bad for everyone is trying to pass it off as fact, not opinion. Saying you don't like a flower because they're the worst, then that's your opinion. Depending on what you mean by "the worst" one could ask for scientific evidence (ie..aesthetics vs how a lillie could effect its environment)0 -
No - I am saying that opinions, by definition, cannot be backed up by anything at all.
Opinions are essentially unarguable because they are never based in fact. If they were, they would be "facts" and not "opinions".
If someone tells me it is their "opinion" that the sky is purple how can I argue with that? I can certainly say "Go outside, you knucklehead, and take a look. The sky is blue". What if, after being proven wrong, the person still insists the sky is purple? What then? Nothing.
I find this useful in those situations: http://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-entitled-to-your-opinion-99780 -
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There is a difference in saying "I don't like lilies" and saying "Diet Coke is bad for you".
Right. The first is an opinion. A value-based judgement that is important only to the person making it. None of the rest of us care what flowers you don't like. When there is no wrong answer, by definition your position on the matter is an opinion.
Declaring artificial sweeteners to be "bad for you" is simply a claim. You can't have an "opinion" on the matter because it is either true or it is false. When making a claim, one has to back it up with evidence, not "opinion".0 -
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This is indeed one of the studies I was referring to.0 -
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