Diet Coke.

Raskolnikov

I've been trying to wean myself off excess consumption of sugar as of late. One of my first moves was to cut out the Coke as it's obviously a massive source of sugar in anyones diet. I'm just wondering though, if I move over to Diet Coke or Coke Zero (what is the difference between these anyway), is there anything in either that would be harmful to keep-fit regime?

I know in an ideal world I wouldn't drink any soda, but it's simply not practical so no suggestions to that effect.

Hanley

I know everyone's gonna start shouting "water only" but tbh I don't think it makes that much of a difference.

Diet coke = girly/accuired taste
Coke Zero = Grrrr man/normal coke taste (with no kcals)

daveirl

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CerebralCortex

Artificial sweetners are bad.

daveirl

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rkeane

Apparently asparatame was alleged to be bad for people with MS, my neurologist tells me there is no evidence of this...hence I continue to drink Diet Coke.

Marathon Man

Soft drinks=acid for ones teeth

King of Kings

is the sugar substitute in those zero drinks just artificial sugar?

Raskolnikov

Thanks for the advice, have duly stocked up on Coke Zero and washed the regular stuff down the drain

rubadub

Hanley wrote:

Diet coke = girly/accuired taste
Coke Zero = Grrrr man/normal coke taste (with no kcals)

LOL, it is "man" coke since many macho men would refuse to buy a "diet" product for fear of looking like a ponce :rolleyes: Same as pepsi max, and now 7-up have changed too. Sly marketers.

Coke zero does taste very like real coke.

Stuff is full of caffeine which is a diuretic (make you pee) so it is not particularly good for hydration.

Diet drinks make you absorb alcohol more quickly, so you get to the same level of drunkeness while drinking less, and because you are drinking diet mixers instead of regular you are taking in far less calories to get to the usuall level of tipsiness you enjoy.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/tb/3392

Sleepy

rubadub wrote:

Diet drinks make you absorb alcohol more quickly, so you get to the same level of drunkeness while drinking less, and because you are drinking diet mixers instead of regular you are taking in far less calories to get to the usuall level of tipsiness you enjoy.

Very interesting, always wondered why morgan's and diet coke hits me harder than scotch on the rocks!

BigTommyBomb

Is diet coke not just coke without sugar?

Tar.Aldarion

No, I believe it is not.
Coke zero does not tast like coke, it tastes like a mix of diet coke and coke.

Linoge

The caffeine in the coke also makes your body create adrenalin. The adrenaline boosts glucose production, which if you are running from a mammoth is a good thing, but if you are sitting on a bus causes an insulin spike and then consequently a sugar low.

Caffeine also reduces the effect of adenosine which your body uses to regulate adrenaline and dopamine (the feel good stuff) in your system. If you are "feeling good" the whole time you can become somewhat immune. Bang, thats when the mammoth gets ya.

daveirl

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daveirl

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Owen

Well, Cork Zero is my tipple of choice, but reading an article on Slashdot recently, it has been proven than an ingredient in both Pepsi Max and Fanta damages your DNA.

PeakOutput

ned78 wrote:

Well, Cork Zero is my tipple of choice, but reading an article on Slashdot recently, it has been proven than an ingredient in both Pepsi Max and Fanta damages your DNA.

sure the ingredients for regular coke are mixed into two different substances then shipped like that.....when they are being shipped whatever is in the vats in whatever concentration is technically a biohazard and has big toxic signs all over it(or so im told ) and its only when the two substances are mixed and diluted with water that its actualy safe to drink

coke=sexy taste but for me its a rare treat at the mo

diet coke=muck taste and i tried to become accustomed to it but it wasnt happening

coke zero= never tried it

club orange and club lemon in a rock shandy like concoction= sex also

cson

dulpit wrote:

So the moral is don't drink either?

Coke = bad (loads of sugar and calories and stuff)

Diet Coke = bad (loads of artificial muck)

Coke Zero = bad (as above plus it does NOT taste like coke, it tastes like muck)

I doubt drinking "muck" is so good for you either. Worms and fertilisers and all sorts in muck.

Owen

When I say damages your DNA, I mean it. It damages parts of your cells that control Mitosis, or cell division.

Tar.Aldarion

Sodium benzoate or something?
Hardly surprising that it is not the best for you.

PeakOutput

ned78 wrote:

When I say damages your DNA, I mean it. It damages parts of your cells that control Mitosis, or cell division.

so would i be right in guessing they think it can give you cancer then????????

im becoming very cycnical about things that "give you cancer" apparently crisps now also give you cancer

Tar.Aldarion

Well if it is sodium benzoate that the article was about, yeah, they linked it to cancer. Don't know how credible it is though.

rubadub

Sleepy wrote:

Very interesting, always wondered why morgan's and diet coke hits me harder than scotch on the rocks!

Yep and morgans spiced is only 35% while most scotch is 40%. Also since your intake of alcohol is less your intake of hangover inducing cogeners is less.

when they are being shipped whatever is in the vats in whatever concentration is technically a biohazard and has big toxic signs all over it(or so im told )

It has phosphoric acid which is going to be very concentrated when undiluted. This is used to clean rust from stainless and treat welds so they will not rust. Coke is a very good cleaner for copper and other metals. People make a big deal since it can strip copper but the acid in your stomach is far far stronger

club orange and club lemon in a rock shandy like concoction

diet club orange is my favourite, though they recently "improved the taste":mad: still good and about 10% orange juice, so not calorie free.

Sodium benzoate or something?
Hardly surprising that it is not the best for you.

Probably better to ingest it than be obese though. Everything give you cancer these days anyway...

Stark

rubadub wrote:

diet club orange is my favourite, though they recently "improved the taste":mad: still good and about 10% orange juice, so not calorie free.

The new Diet Club orange is great, tastes just like real Club Orange. The Club Light stuff was mank.

King of Kings wrote:

is the sugar substitute in those zero drinks just artificial sugar?

Most of them use aspartame as the sugar substitute, brand name Nutrisweet. Diet Club Orange uses sucralose, brand name Splenda.

blow69

Coke Zero is sexy! Not as sexy as Coke but pretty damn close plus only 1.5 calories/250ml as opposed to 250 calories/250ml in regular Coke! Think thats pretty accurate anyways.

daveirl

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Tar.Aldarion

blow69 wrote:

Coke Zero is sexy! Not as sexy as Coke but pretty damn close plus only 1.5 calories/250ml as opposed to 250 calories/250ml in regular Coke! Think thats pretty accurate anyways.

I believe coke is 149kcal per 500ml.
I'll have a look at lunch.
While we are talking about things in drinks. Does anybody know if gelatine is used to stabilize the beta carotene in rock shandy?

Tar.Aldarion

210kcal per 500ml.