Do you drink diet soda?
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The only time I drink any kind of soda is with vodka 🤷🏼♀️3
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dulcitonia wrote: »Likely studies like this.
http://time.com/collection/guide-to-weight-loss/4859012/artificial-sweeteners-weight-loss
Not to say sugary sodas are better..
It appears I may need to bring out the "lack of pirates causes global warming" chart again. This is correlative data and correlation does not equal causation.9 -
3 days and 7 pages. Wow! I live with 3 other people with varying degrees of interest in good health. In the past year I, one of my daughters, and occasionally my wife have consumed Coke Zero, Diet Coke Squirt Zero, Big Red Zero, 7-Up Zero, and Ginger-Lime Coke Zero. The common theme of this is Zero.
To reduce the cash spend, I've started consuming homemade artificially sweetened tea.
Today, for instance, I've had 2 12-oz cans of the Zero products and about 1.5 quarts of the tea.
Oh, and 64 oz of coffee, which I prefer black or keto-fattened.0 -
I allow myself one soda a day.... Diet Cherry Coke, please!
I usually drink it with dinner because I pound water throughout the day at work.0 -
RelCanonical wrote: »dulcitonia wrote: »Likely studies like this.
http://time.com/collection/guide-to-weight-loss/4859012/artificial-sweeteners-weight-loss
Not to say sugary sodas are better..
It appears I may need to bring out the "lack of pirates causes global warming" chart again. This is correlative data and correlation does not equal causation.
I think the author does a pretty good job pointing that out 🙂0 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »ExistingFish wrote: »Online I call it soda. IRL I use the term coke generally for all carbonated beverages. I use soda if I'm trying to be specific. Pop sounds weird.
It's a very neat regional indicator in the US.
Super weird because my hometown and current town are both in western Missouri (though not close together at all) and very blue indicating "pop" being preferred term...just about EVERYONE I know calls it soda, always.
I knew a handful of friends in high school (20 years ago) whose parents called it pop and I thought that was weirdly childish/embarrassing. Had no clue 'til recently that pop's a pretty normal term!
I was going to comment even before this super cool graphic was posted that I’m from the very divided border state of Missouri. I grew up in KC calling it pop, went to college in SW MO where I had STL roommates who called it soda but the locals called it coke, and now live in STL myself and call it soda.
Just wanted to acknowledge a fellow Missourian since there was some Michigan love earlier...2 -
In Australia all carbonated flavoured drinks are called soft drinks.
I use the term soda on MFP because everyone understands what I mean.
But IRL, I would only use and only hear ' soft drink'
Re diet drinks - I drink Pepsi max or Coke Zero, or diet Coke. Diet Coke tastes bit chemically to me, I prefer the others
( am not against chemicals and I know everything is chemicals, but not sure how else to describe the taste)
All other soft drinks - diet lemonade, orange etc taste way too chemically and I don't drink them at all. I think the stronger cola taste masks the chemically taste better.
I don't drink them every day - probably on average 2 - 3 cans per week.1 -
I like diet ginger ale when I am having a cocktail. Drives me crazy that bars only have diet coke for soft drinks.1
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Aside from on the rocks, how else am I expected to drink whiskey?0
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I'm from Washington (state) and grew up calling it pop. When I moved to New Jersey, the woman at the supermarket register asked where I was from when I called it pop, because I always hear soda out here. After that, I call it soda when I'm in New Jersey and revert back to pop when I go home for visits. In my head it's almost always pop, though.0
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dulcitonia wrote: »Likely studies like this.
http://time.com/collection/guide-to-weight-loss/4859012/artificial-sweeteners-weight-loss
Not to say sugary sodas are better..
did you even read the article you linked to??
"It's not yet clear whether artificial sweeteners actually cause harm, however. Observational studies that link the sweeteners to health problems do not prove the sweeteners themselves are responsible."4 -
Ricky2Cuddles wrote: »I never drink diet soda. The artificial sweeteners are really bad for you. They are counter intuitive to loosing weight. They are proven to work against weight loss.
nonsense.7 -
I do love cherry coke zero. And a diet coke and coconut rum is my go to party drink. But I only drink these on occasion. Mostly I drink different flavors of tea (hot and cold). I just prefer the taste of these to water.0
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I drink way too much.2
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Muscleflex79 wrote: »dulcitonia wrote: »Likely studies like this.
http://time.com/collection/guide-to-weight-loss/4859012/artificial-sweeteners-weight-loss
Not to say sugary sodas are better..
did you even read the article you linked to??
"It's not yet clear whether artificial sweeteners actually cause harm, however. Observational studies that link the sweeteners to health problems do not prove the sweeteners themselves are responsible."
Of course I did. I linked because someone was asking another poster why they answered they way they did.
And I think the author does a great job of a quick glance of multiple studies and as you quoted is responsible enough to make sure the reader knows that just because there is a link doesn’t mean it is the specific cause.14 -
I chose to stop drinking it. Haven't had or wanted any soda in 4+ years.2
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No but not because I'm opposed to diet soda. I actually almost never drink any soda at all. I've never really like soda, especially dark soda like, coke or Pepsi, and I've tried to like Dr Pepper, but it's just gross. I usually only drink water.
Maybe once or twice a year if I'm at a restaurant that doesn't have good water and they don't have lemonade I'll order sprite, 7up, or Sierra Mist, whichever they have. Mountain Dew tastes ok too I guess.
Even when it's ice cold, I don't like how the carbonation burns going down, and it only makes me thirstier.0 -
Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »No but not because I'm opposed to diet soda. I actually almost never drink any soda at all. I've never really like soda, especially dark soda like, coke or Pepsi, and I've tried to like Dr Pepper, but it's just gross. I usually only drink water.
Maybe once or twice a year if I'm at a restaurant that doesn't have good water and they don't have lemonade I'll order sprite, 7up, or Sierra Mist, whichever they have. Mountain Dew tastes ok too I guess.
Even when it's ice cold, I don't like how the carbonation burns going down, and it only makes me thirstier.
Haha, I'm kind of the opposite. I do like cola, but I dislike lemon-lime flavors, and especially don't care for Mountain Dew. Only drank it because ~peer pressure~ back in the day.3 -
I don't enjoy soda in general. Diet, or otherwise. The carbonation makes it really hard to drink for me, but it also feels gross on my teeth and usually not to my taste. This month the only thing I'll be drinking is water. I may sneak a few cups of tea in there though.0
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RelCanonical wrote: »ExistingFish wrote: »Online I call it soda. IRL I use the term coke generally for all carbonated beverages. I use soda if I'm trying to be specific. Pop sounds weird.
It's a very neat regional indicator in the US.
I've seen that map before and still *kitten* my head every time. I've spent most of my life in Oregon, and I've never heard anyone call it "pop" it's always "soda".1 -
RelCanonical wrote: »ExistingFish wrote: »Online I call it soda. IRL I use the term coke generally for all carbonated beverages. I use soda if I'm trying to be specific. Pop sounds weird.
It's a very neat regional indicator in the US.
I've seen that map before and still *kitten* my head every time. I've spent most of my life in Oregon, and I've never heard anyone call it "pop" it's always "soda".
Most of oregon is a lighter blue so that makes sense.2 -
RelCanonical wrote: »ExistingFish wrote: »Online I call it soda. IRL I use the term coke generally for all carbonated beverages. I use soda if I'm trying to be specific. Pop sounds weird.
It's a very neat regional indicator in the US.
I've seen that map before and still *kitten* my head every time. I've spent most of my life in Oregon, and I've never heard anyone call it "pop" it's always "soda".
Same for Idaho.0 -
Not only do I enjoy diet Dr Pepper but it's best from a fountain machine with a cup full of crushed ice. Lots of carbonation.
Also weird to me the people who drink a fountain beverage with no ice.
I literally never drink it from a can or bottle.0 -
Has anyone tried the new soda flavored sparkling waters?
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No because it tastes like poison and soda is crap.26
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The fattest friend I ever had drank diet soda all day and night.20
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No because it tastes like poison and soda is crap.The fattest friend I ever had drank diet soda all day and night.
You can't get fat off a (nearly) zero calorie drink.
Soda isn't crap. There isn't anything in it that is poisonous. The hyperbole is strong in this one.
*sips my Coke Zero :bigsmile:10 -
arieswrite1 wrote: »I'm from Washington (state) and grew up calling it pop. When I moved to New Jersey, the woman at the supermarket register asked where I was from when I called it pop, because I always hear soda out here. After that, I call it soda when I'm in New Jersey and revert back to pop when I go home for visits. In my head it's almost always pop, though.
This is funny because I'm also from WA State and call it soda. Although i honestly can't recall what any of my friends or family members call it.0
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