Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
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Lol. I literally can't have one of these things without some telling me how bad they are for me.

That and a Coke Zero. How the aspartame causes cancer.

Thanks to @Zacheryah I know better

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Lol what? Never happend to me. But I would just eat chocolate bars at any given time.

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Yeah ive had that one. But doesn't fill the sweet craving quire as well
The reason behind the 'aspartame causes cancer', is ridiculously hilarious.


Rats in nature have a certain lifespan. If you put them in labs, they grow 2-3 times as old, but once they are around twice their regular lifespan, they are quite susceptible to develop cancer. (compare it with alzheimers beeing an issue from the point people lived longer then 60).

Some study years and years ago, compared rats injected with insane dose of aspartane, to a reference population......However, the aspartane population where all old rats, the reference population where mostly younger/regular rats.
A few of the elder rats of the aspartane population developped a cancer.


FDA looked into it, trashed the research, went over tons of similar research and concluded there is absolutely no health risk involved with aspartane, and that its their most research substance on their additive list.



No one knows that the study was bullshit and trashed. Everybody remembers the false conclusion of a fraud research
 

king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
21,689
:lol:

Isn't that zero crap just as bad as the normal stuff?

Like it doesn't contain sugar itself, but makes your body wanna eat something sweet? Then you go and eat 3 chocolate bars.
Doesn’t make much sense tbh, if you have no discipline regarding what you eat (i.e., three chocolate bars cause your body anticipates something sweet), why should you even consume diet food alternatives to begin with? I’m not a fan of soda in general but the diet version is for sure better and healthier and an excellent switch for those who are addicted to the normal soda.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,342
Doesn’t make much sense tbh, if you have no discipline regarding what you eat (i.e., three chocolate bars cause your body anticipates something sweet), why should you even consume diet food alternatives to begin with? I’m not a fan of soda in general but the diet version is for sure better and healthier and an excellent switch for those who are addicted to the normal soda.

I don't know. You could think that you're being healthy because you're drinking diet coke instead of regular coke and thus consume 4 diet cokes, whereas you would only consume one regular coke. After all, you're being healthy, because you're just drinking diet coke. Right?
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,342
No but really coz i highly doubt you will be able to provide anything concrete to back up that claim
Well, let's assume diet coke is perfectly safe on its own (truth be told I don't know enough to say whether it is or it isn't). How often do you think people who constantly drink diet cokes throughout the day have an otherwise excellent diet?
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
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Well, let's assume diet coke is perfectly safe on its own (truth be told I don't know enough to say whether it is or it isn't). How often do you think people who constantly drink diet cokes throughout the day have an otherwise excellent diet?
That's irrelevant.

Anyways, the long term effect of artificial sweeteners is still something that is up in the air. But in the short term, they are a good replacement for sugar for people looking to lose weight, keep their diet in check or people with diabetes.

Now sugar on the other, that's a "killer": http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003460
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
21,689
I don't know. You could think that you're being healthy because you're drinking diet coke instead of regular coke and thus consume 4 diet cokes, whereas you would only consume one regular coke. After all, you're being healthy, because you're just drinking diet coke. Right?
I think it's a more likely scenario that one might be drinking 4 diet cokes instead of 4 regular cokes, which is a great thing to do.

but it tastes like shit and makes you crave sugar
It tastes much better than regular coke or pepsi imo :p As for the craving sugar part, like i said, if you are interested in diet products you'd probably watch what you eat throughout the day.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,342
I think it's a more likely scenario that one might be drinking 4 diet cokes instead of 4 regular cokes, which is a great thing to do.



It tastes much better than regular coke or pepsi imo :p As for the craving sugar part, like i said, if you are interested in diet products you'd probably watch what you eat throughout the day.

That's the crucial bit I believe. There's an hypothesis that the opposite is true. Because people drink diet soda, they assume they're being healthy and eat a Snickers bar.

Also, all American sodas are horrible, because none of them have actual sugar in them, but HFCS. And the difference in taste is tremendous in my experience. I actually first learned this because I looked up what the fuck was wrong with American coke :D.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
16,545
Of course sugar is a killer. That's not what the debate is about.
Actually it is. Hoori pointed out that switching from regular soda ie. sweetened with sugar (or similar caloric dense sweeterner) to an artificial sweetened alternative is "an excellent switch".

I’m not a fan of soda in general but the diet version is for sure better and healthier and an excellent switch for those who are addicted to the normal soda.
Now we now the effects of sugar on your body as well as the "easy calories" it provides; it can even be linked with a bunch of negative side effects such as cancer and hyperlipidemia. This means that for people with issues such as overweight, diabetes, and a "in general" unhealthy lifestyle (lack of exercise, smoking, high alcohol consumption etc.) it's the healthy* choice to switch from regular to diet.

*Long term effects of artificial sweeterners still unknown.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,342
Actually it is. Hoori pointed out that switching from regular soda ie. sweetened with sugar (or similar caloric dense sweeterner) to an artificial sweetened alternative is "an excellent switch".



Now we now the effects of sugar on your body as well as the "easy calories" it provides; it can even be linked with a bunch of negative side effects such as cancer and hyperlipidemia. This means that for people with issues such as overweight, diabetes, and a "in general" unhealthy lifestyle (lack of exercise, smoking, high alcohol consumption etc.) it's the healthy* choice to switch from regular to diet.

*Long term effects of artificial sweeterners still unknown.

You're assuming things. Of course sugar is, in general, bad for you. I'm not going to deny that. But the question is whether diet coke is a good alternative. To demonstrate that it is, it is not enough to prove that sugar is unhealthy.
 

IliveForJuve

Burn this club
Jan 17, 2011
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Guess who got promoted today after 2 months on the job :D

I'm gonna be in charge of people for the first time in my life. Older people than me too.

I don't know if I'm ready for the job but I can't say no. It's a mix of excitement and fear.
 

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