Diet Coke

ebixa82 wrote: »

No intention of spending a night just drinking straight vodka. Wouldn't be too long hitting the floor. Grey Goose is pretty bog standard vodka btw.

There is no such thing as low calorie alcohol, but if you're looking for maximum effect with minimum calories then Vodka + diet coke is probably the best option. A few once a week won't do much harm, but if you're looking to get your diet on track then it shouldn't be a regular thing.

High concentrate sugar free cordial does the job too. Vodka+Lime+water/soda water.

faceman wrote: »

The caffeine in diet coke causes you to pee more, therefore you lose more fluids then you take in.

I don't think that is true. I was reading about regular coffee and they said the diuretic effect of it did not lead to dehydration, and it would have more caffeine per ml than coke. You will pee more for sure, but overall it should be hydrating.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

I've been seeing ads that say cola and coffee drinks hydrate you as well as water does. Is this true?
Answer
from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.

It is true. Researchers used to believe that caffeinated drinks had a diuretic effect. This means that you would urinate more after drinking them, which could increase your risk of becoming dehydrated. Recent research shows that this is not true and that caffeine has a diuretic effect only if you consume large amounts of it — more than 500 to 600 milligrams (the equivalent of 5 to 7 cups of coffee) a day.

Still, caffeinated drinks can make you jittery, sleepless or anxious. Water is probably your best bet to stay hydrated. It's calorie-free, caffeine-free, inexpensive and readily available.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

You only have yourself to blame for that in fairness - 6-8 litres a day is absolutely ridiculous and pretty much irrelevant to the original post. It's like someone asking how bad a bag of crisps a day for them might be, and someone coming along and see think before you eat, I ate 2 multi-packs a day and now I'm fat!



Who are you to tell him how his taste buds work? I love vodka with diet cola myself, drink it one night every week, yet I hate straight vodka on ice. That's not down to the brand I drink, it's more so the fact that I simply do not like vodka on its own; no different to the fact that there are millions of foodstuffs, drinks, consumables out there because you know, people are obviously different.

Sometimes people get far too worked up about what's in what they're consuming...everything in moderation is a simple but effective way to govern your intake habits.

Drink nicer brands of vodka then. I love vodka and coke, but poor quality vodka that tastes ok with coke tastes crap when drank neat. a good quality vodka tastes better when drank with no mixer. premium Vodka, and tequila and single malt whiskey are drinks that are better with no mixer. that's not up to me, thats how its made.

thegreatiam wrote: »

youre putting words in my mouth now.
poor quality vodka tastes like crap neat, good quality vodka doesnt.

mix whichever you choose its not going to change that fact tho.

I personally like smirnoff blue with a mixer and grey goose or belvedere or better neat or with ice.
Smirnoff red or equivalent vodkas are simply not meant for drinking neat. hence why they taste crap. If you want to drink neat vodka and enjoy it get a premium branded vodka, thats what they are for.

You are putting your tastebuds in everyone else's mouth. How do you know the OP doesn't find tesco value vodka delicious.

I'd argue that all vodka tastes like ****e.

ebixa82 wrote: »

So you think everybody who tastes expensive vodka neat will like it, just because it's meant to be of good quality? That is total bollix and you are obviously a marketer's dream. Public knowledge? FFS

where did i say that? and i also never said expensive. I said better.

Same with whiskey, same with gin, same with brandy, same with wine, get the swill they sell from the well in bars and mix it with water it will taste bad.
Bad stuff taste bad.

Get the better quality stuff, or premium stuff and it taste better. That's obvious

Mmm vodka...wouldnt mind one right now...

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

No there is no actual sugars but there is chemicals that are just as bad, think of this way if you imagine what damage it could do it your teeth imagine what it's doing to your insides.

Which chemicals are these?

faceman wrote: »

it also fecks with your body's demand for sugars. While it contains no sugar itself, the sweeteners in contains tricks your body into craving more sugary stuff. Therefore its a kind of addictive substance. Lab studies with animals have shown that this in itself has contributed to weight gain.

That's a theory that hasn't been proved.
The opposite theory is that it when your body tastes sweetness, but no sugar comes, therefore no insulin response, it lowers the insulin response to actualy sugar in the future.
Another theory is that it can satisfy a sugar craving helping to avoid actual sugar and therefore calories.

I've never seen concrete proof for any of the above. But personally, I think the last might work. The other two sound a bit much.

They're not good for rehydration either. The caffeine in diet coke causes you to pee more, therefore you lose more fluids then you take in.

That's not true.
The water content outweighs the effect of the caffine.

faceman wrote: »

Not that I'm aware. But anecdotally just count the overweight people in fast food restaurants ordering diet coke with their food!

That has to be the dumbest logic ever. A joke?

faceman wrote: »

Its not dehydrating however it offers no hydration benefits. (According to the boffins)

I'd be surprised if that's true.
If somebody is dying of thirst, I'd imagine diet coke, while not ideal, would help prevent him dying.


I don't think Diet coke is particularly good for you. But that doesn't automatically make it bad for you. I think its a far better for you than regular coke imo. Sugar is really awful stuff.

faceman wrote: »

Diet sodas are like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Leaving the aspartame and tooth decay issue aside, it also fecks with your body's demand for sugars. While it contains no sugar itself, the sweeteners in contains tricks your body into craving more sugary stuff. Therefore its a kind of addictive substance. Lab studies with animals have shown that this in itself has contributed to weight gain.

They're not good for rehydration either. The caffeine in diet coke causes you to pee more, therefore you lose more fluids then you take in.

All this being said if you are not drinking diet coke regularly I wouldn't worry about it.

I should add that your vodka drinking is doing more damage than the diet coke mixer!

Just to clarify, the aspartame IS what tricks your mind into wanting more sugar. It numbs the satisfaction you normally get from eating. It's a pretty scary chemical if you ask me.

ezra_pound wrote: »

Just to clarify, the aspartame IS what tricks your mind into wanting more sugar. It numbs the satisfaction you normally get from eating. It's a pretty scary chemical if you ask me.

I don't think there's any great weight of evidence to support that claim?