Thoughts on Diet Coke

I prefer diet pespi but will drink diet coke Im down to one a day with lunch..I also drink tons of water too

Don't drink pop (soda) that much maybe once or twice on the weekends. But other than that it is so calorie consuming from just one can

I use diet coke to strip the finish off of my golf clubs (wedges). The stuff literally eats off the finish......it's better than CLR.

In terms of drinking it, see what I just said.

So will baking soda, but apparently it's okay to ingest. The hydrochloric acid in your stomach obliterates the fizz in any soft drink.

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I used to drink diet cokes everyday. There was nothing better than a diet coke with real lime from Sonic. It never affected my weight loss either. However, during this time, I got headaches daily. My doctor told me to quit drinking all diet drinks or drinks that contain aspartame. He suggested having a "real" coke once or twice a week as a treat but stay away from diet, so I did and the heachaches disappeared. Pretty scary! I still need caffeine but now I drink black coffee.

There are people who are sensitive to aspartame, and it can trigger a headache (and other reactions) in members of that sensitive population. So this is good advice - if you get frequent headaches and you're drinking diet pop, try giving up the pop for a week or two and see if it helps.

If you're drinking caffeinated pop, though, be sure to replace that caffeine with another source (black coffee, caffeinated tea, etc) or you'll find a whole new definition of the word "severe headache" and invalidate your experiment entirely. Or be prepared to suffer through a few days of caffeine withdrawal, which means it might take two weeks for the headaches to go away.

Avoid headache-specific painkillers during this transition. Most contain caffeine, so you're just prolonging the addiction. Read the labels carefully and avoid the ones that contain caffeine (or use them but understand that you're still going to have continued withdrawal symptoms, albeit less severe ones because most headache meds contain very low doses of caffeine).

I drink one can a day and it hasn't hindered my weight loss. I drink a lot of water too, always have.

I still drink a can or two everyday. Still losing weight!

I track everything I eat so, while I do eat sweets, I don't attribute it to the Diet Coke and I still remain within my calorie count. And, if it kills me, slowly, in 40+ years, I'm ok with it. We're all going to die at some point, may as well enjoy the ride!

I still drink a can or two everyday. Still losing weight!

I track everything I eat so, while I do eat sweets, I don't attribute it to the Diet Coke and I still remain within my calorie count. And, if it kills me, slowly, in 40+ years, I'm ok with it. We're all going to die at some point, may as well enjoy the ride!

I would rather die in 40 years due to old age, rather than die uncomfortably with Parkinsons or MS, the ride won't be as sweet then:)

...It goes well with rum.

I think that its made with aspartame, not splenda? My nursing instructor told us that aspartame (nutrasweet) is neurotoxic by allowing too much glutamate into the cells, which may eventually cause multiple sclerosis, parkinsons disease, alzheimers, brain lesions. She said that splenda is not as bad for you.

She also said that when you open the pop and all of the mist comes off of it, it is actually formaldehyde (embalming fluid), there is much more of it when the diet coke is at room temp.

Real pop is healthier for you than diet. You are not going to automatically die if you drink it, it happens slowly.

Did you realize that eating fruits and vegetables also forms formaldehyde in the body? Alarmism at it's best.

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Prefer Pepsi Max but only drink one or two glasses a week. Eldest son is a cola/Dr Pepper addict and try to limit him to one glass a day - everything in moderation.
However if you've seen the Daily Mail today (UK) they are linking the caramel colouring in coca cola with cancer (4-methylimidazole). Seemingly coca cola has switched to new manufacturing process in US to bring down the levels of this chemical. So maybe aspartame is not your main concern!