Diet Coke

suzieduh
suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
edited October 2 in Food and Nutrition
Well I never.


I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.


Discuss??
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  • annika27
    annika27 Posts: 56
    I hear about things causing cancer all the time. They are referring to the aspartame. Normally the only way they prove it is giving a ton of it to rats, so it's hard to say.
    I am trying to quit drinking it for other reasons.
    People often think no calories means its great for weight loss, but that's not true. My dad has always been big, and has always drank diet. He changed nothing to his diet, except he quit drinking diet coke and he immediately dropped ten pounds. The aspartame also caused my dad a lot of PVCs. It can be scary stuff, but it's hard to know if it really does cause cancer.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    Well I never.


    I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.


    Discuss??
    Life causes cancer.
  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    I am pretty sure there is some report out there that says air causes cancer. I'm a firm believer in moderation (current convert, I guess :ohwell: ). I make sure I get my daily water goal (with only water) and if I do, If I want a diet coke, I'm going to drink a diet coke. That's my opinion, any way.
  • suzieduh
    suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
    Well I never.


    I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.


    Discuss??
    Life causes cancer.


    :drinker: :bigsmile: :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile:
  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    Well I never.


    I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.


    Discuss??
    Life causes cancer.

    You are so right!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Diet Coke is offensive to Pepsi drinkers.
  • faith12207
    faith12207 Posts: 31
    I was just today gonna switch from Pepsi to diet Pepsi.... Now i have doubts..
  • lbritt5
    lbritt5 Posts: 23 Member
    My first question would be; do you live in California? Everything causes cancer in California. Other than that everything now days is related to cancer in some way or another. All the artificial stuff we put into our bodies is terrible for us.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    you can die just from crossing the street.
  • hillm12345
    hillm12345 Posts: 313 Member
    As a very avid Diet Coke drinker, I have been lectured many times on it's aspartame dangers. When I was in college, I had a professor that if I walked into his office with a Diet Coke, we'd spend the next hour looking up the horrible things about it. I know I need to stop drinking the stuff, but I feel like I'd need a support group or something. It'd definitely have to be one of those "Hi, my name is Hill, and I'm a Diet Coke addict."
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    it has never been proven
  • Naughtybiscuit
    Naughtybiscuit Posts: 71 Member
    There's a Snopes page that talks about this being untrue:
    http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
  • suzieduh
    suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
    I think it is nonsense. Everyone is going to die at some stage, whether it be from a zombie apocolypse or a comet hitting the earth. Stay away from cocaine and cigarettes is my motto :)
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I just read at the top of this post that Diet coke causes cancer. I never new! That pretty much is a fact now people!
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    Breathing air causes cancer. Hold your breath!
  • suzieduh
    suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
    Breathing air causes cancer. Hold your breath!

    Really? Hold on... back in 10 minu......
  • hillm12345
    hillm12345 Posts: 313 Member
    if Diet Coke causes cancer due to the Aspartame content, then my Yoplait Light black forest cake yogurt does too.
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    There are roughly 200 different types of cancer that can effect the human body. Which type of cancer is Diet Coke supposed to cause?
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    you can die just from crossing the street.
    or worse...you can get pregnant
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    you can die just from crossing the street.
    or worse...you can get pregnant

    Not if you deutsche with diet coke afterwards.







    .
  • chapagonzo
    chapagonzo Posts: 53
    So I am a diet coke drinker as well.....for quite some time. I have heard this before many many times. I decided that as long as drinking it does not cause you to grow additional arms, feet, legs or any other extremities....I will take my chances. Now if I can just figure out how to stop breathing in all those fumes, getting radiation charges from the use of my cell phone or worrying about the next crime that could be committed against me....I will have the world beat.
  • kristinaohno
    kristinaohno Posts: 113 Member
    I am so against aspartame. I have MS. And I could have it from the amount of diet soda I used to drink. It isn't a proven fact but, I know aspartame is bad for the nervous system & brain. I know there's a lot of people with MS who drink diet soda and eat all the "light" things that are made with aspartame, but I refuse. I'd rather drink regular soda if I'm going to drink soda. I'll take the calories. Plus, diet soda can still make you fat. You're better off with water or seltzer.
  • AmyJo54915
    AmyJo54915 Posts: 103
    you can die just from crossing the street.
    or worse...you can get pregnant

    Not if you deutsche with diet coke afterwards.







    .


    LOL!!
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    Well I never.

    I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.

    Discuss??
    Thank goodness I only drink Dr Pepper Zero :bigsmile:
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    you can die just from crossing the street.
    or worse...you can get pregnant

    Not if you deutsche with diet coke afterwards.

    Baahahahaahahhaha!!!! You are all awesome! :laugh:
    But lets be real here. Diet coke > Diet Pepsi. Actually, Diet Dr. Pepper (regular & w/ cherry) > both diet coke/pepsi.
    Diet Dr Pepper is the only aspartame I will (knowingly) allow myself to drink anymore. hahaha
  • Jpickeri
    Jpickeri Posts: 35
    DON'T DRINK ANY DIET SODA!!!!

    What you are most likely referring to is Aspartame. ASPARTAME=FAT STORING FAKE SUGAR CRAP. On a biochemistry level, the compound aspartame is arranged in such a way that your body doesn't think there are any calories in it, which means it NEVER breaks down. This means that it is stored away in your body and it's nothing but junk.

    Stay away from it. It has 92 different side effects and there are actually aspartame support groups.

    IT WAS DENIED 8 TIMES BY THE FDA. One would think "oh, well it had to be approved for some good reason." NOPE, people got paid off (yes, it does happen). The guy who "invented" it, is now sitting back and making millions (aspartame is even in gum and most things that say "sugar free").

    It turns into FORMALDEHYDE once it reaches above a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. AKA....CANCER CAUSING!
    If you really care about your health (not necessarily just losing weight), PLEASE DON'T DRINK DIET ANYTHINGS!
    let me repeat:

    IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH:
    ******DON'T DRINK DIET COKE, PEPSI, ETC.*********
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    People, lets be reasonable.

    If we didnt eat/drink things that WHEN TAKEN TO EXCESS can harm us, we wouldnt eat or drink anything. Im certainly not going to be told what i can and cant eat/drink. Diet coke has been around fornearly 30 years, and I've yet to hear of anyone dying of cancer directly related to their diet coke intake.

    "A 2007 medical review on the subject concluded that "the weight of existing scientific evidence indicates that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a non-nutritive sweetener". That's good enough for me right there :)

    This is yet more scaremongering.
  • LadyKatarina
    LadyKatarina Posts: 28 Member
    Well I never.

    I just learned 5 mins ago from this medical forum that Diet Coke causes cancer.

    Discuss??
    Thank goodness I only drink Dr Pepper Zero :bigsmile:

    This is offensive to Dr.s.
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    DON'T DRINK ANY DIET SODA!!!!

    What you are most likely referring to is Aspartame. ASPARTAME=FAT STORING FAKE SUGAR CRAP. On a biochemistry level, the compound aspartame is arranged in such a way that your body doesn't think there are any calories in it, which means it NEVER breaks down. This means that it is stored away in your body and it's nothing but junk.

    Stay away from it. It has 92 different side effects and there are actually aspartame support groups.

    IT WAS DENIED 8 TIMES BY THE FDA. One would think "oh, well it had to be approved for some good reason." NOPE, people got paid off (yes, it does happen). The guy who "invented" it, is now sitting back and making millions (aspartame is even in gum and most things that say "sugar free").

    It turns into FORMALDEHYDE once it reaches above a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. AKA....CANCER CAUSING!
    If you really care about your health (not necessarily just losing weight), PLEASE DON'T DRINK DIET ANYTHINGS!
    let me repeat:

    IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH:
    ******DON'T DRINK DIET COKE, PEPSI, ETC.*********

    "Aspartame= Fat Storing Suger Crap" :
    Aspartame has NEVER been shown to increase the rate of fat storage in any person or animal.

    "The guy who invented it is sitting back making millions"
    So we shouldn't use post-it notes or paper clips? Just because they're inventor got rich?

    "Turns into formaldehyde, therefor causes cancer."
    Do some f*ing research before repeating internet spam rumors. Aspartame is the most researched substance in the history of the fda and rumors that it causes cancer has NEVER been proven.

    "92 side effects"
    Funny...... I've never experience ONE side effect. Ever.
  • zapatasbloodjv
    zapatasbloodjv Posts: 50
    u guys are so wrong....

    aspartame has been proven to kidnap children, impregnate nuns, and cause cancer in all who consume it.

    if u have already drank a diet soda or other lite product its too late --- ur children r gone and the cancers will soon eat u.


    the thousands of immaculate conception nuns will pray for u.


    oh and diet dr. pepper likes to strangle ppl as they sleep...be careful.
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