When did they become 0 calorie? And wtf is in a 0 calorie soda? Shit can't be healthy

5/28/2011 4:31:07 PM

About 10 years ago. A lot of man-made things that won't make you comfortable. That's debatable but probably true.

5/28/2011 4:32:35 PM

splenda?

5/28/2011 4:33:59 PM

i started out drinking diet soda.


even as a kid i hated regular.

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 4:34 PM. Reason : so i imagine theyve been around for at least 15ish years ]

5/28/2011 4:34:06 PM

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"When did they become 0 calorie? "

In the 1960s

5/28/2011 4:36:31 PM

junk has like 10x the fizz. I hate it, some love it.

Also, chemicals FTL

5/28/2011 4:45:21 PM

^^Diet Rite was released in 1958

anyway the main ingredient is an artificial sweetener

Diet Rite originally used cyclamate, but then the FDA b& it

and then it went to saccharin (which Tab had used from the start)

and then it moved to aspartame (which most diet sodas use) after saccharin was found to cause cancer in lab rats

and then it moved to a combination of sucralose and acesulfame potassium (most commonly used in the "zero" variants of diet soda) for the better taste

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:17 PM. Reason : ^Diet Coke is way too fizzy, but Coke Zero and Pepsi Max and Diet Dr Pepper are good

5/28/2011 5:16:33 PM

I love diet coke.

5/28/2011 5:18:54 PM

yea i'd rather have coke zero

and i also like pepsi 1

diet dr pepper is good for a diet as well. diet canada dry gingerale isn't bad, either.

it makes me sad though because there's no diet mello yello and diet mtn dew is gross. although i CAN get myself used to it...but then once i taste the sweeeeeet deliciousness of regular again, i fall off the wagon

ohhhh the trials of a soda addict.

5/28/2011 5:21:47 PM

I'm drankin' a cherry coke zero right now. nom nom nom

5/28/2011 5:23:08 PM

disgusting

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM. Reason : diet anything]

5/28/2011 5:23:56 PM

^^ THAT IS MY FAVORITE

coke cherry zero rules

diet cherry coke makes me want to vomit times 1000

5/28/2011 5:24:56 PM

Mmm. . .Cherry Coke Zero. Mmmm.

5/28/2011 5:25:10 PM

I drank diet sodas for a couple years until I realized it made me overeat like a motherfucker and be hungry all the time. Now I try to avoid sodas, but if I do drink them it's usually a regular.

5/28/2011 5:27:13 PM

I'm experimenting with diet sodas now. I'm not a soda drinker for the most part, but I like to have one sometimes, and I'm trying to lower my carb intake. I used to drink juice alllllll the time(mmmmmmm cranberry), but that has lots of carbies, so now I drink a diet soda or add some mio to my water instead of drinking juice. I'm trying to go mainly diet AND caffeine free, cuz punchmonk says the caffeine can screw something or other up, but I AM IN LOVE WITH CHERRY COKE ZERO!

5/28/2011 5:28:42 PM

sodas increase appetite?

the werid thing about soda for me is that i don't drink them with meals typically. like if i go out to eat i don't order a soda, i just get water. if i make dinner at home i MIGHT drink tea with it, but typically i just drink water. sometimes if i pack my lunch i might pack a diet soda, though. but only sometimes.

i usually have them for breakfast ahahhaha. but coffee as much as i love it kills KILLS murders plunders rapes and pillages my stomach, so i drink a diet soda w/ my special K bar in the mornings instead. or a diet snapple. i have recently gotten way into diet snapple. at least the lemon tea and the peach tea are both delicious in diet form.

and then i typically drink one (a soda or a diet snapple) in the afternoon at work. so for me they are often more like a snack v. drinking them w/ meals.

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:31 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2011 5:31:03 PM

i think coke zero is disgusting because it tastes so much like regular coke.


cody finds that quite humorous.

Quote :

"sodas increase appetite?"

yeah i've heard that too, but ive never dealt with it.

shrug.
i stitched to basically just water for a long while with no real increase or decrease in appetite.
but thats just me



[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:34 PM. Reason : i meant diet ]

5/28/2011 5:31:49 PM

I end up drinking more soda than I should because it's usually cold in the refrigerator. I *hate* ice, but love a really cold drink.

5/28/2011 5:31:51 PM

3^diet sodas increase appetite

and I, too, end up drinking one as a snack in the afternoon.

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:33 PM. Reason : ..]

5/28/2011 5:32:47 PM

The fake sugars do.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/feb/16/toxic-sugar-substitutes-wreck-havoc/


I didn't read that whole article, but I'm too lazy to keep googling and find something better but that gives you the general idea.

5/28/2011 5:32:56 PM

for REAL?

i hadn't noticed. if anything if i drink a beverage with a meal (even water) i eat less because i get full from the beverage.

^ that is cray cray!

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 5:34 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2011 5:33:38 PM

Yeah. Artificial sweeteners "trick" your brain.

5/28/2011 5:33:45 PM

I've been drinking glass bottled Mexican mineral water. Gives carbonated kick, soothes the stomach and doesn't have the sugar and mess in soda.

5/28/2011 5:37:17 PM

is that like carbonated water



i drink that shit by the liter. LOVE it.

5/28/2011 5:38:17 PM

perhaps my fav carbonated bev:

5/28/2011 5:38:49 PM

http://www.topochico.com/

This is my shit. I buy it by the case.

5/28/2011 5:40:20 PM

imma have to try that

5/28/2011 5:46:30 PM

look in the spanish foods aisles... it's not always with the other mineral waters

racial

5/28/2011 5:50:56 PM

that's also where the apple soda is found

mmm

5/28/2011 5:53:08 PM

Quote :

"and diet mtn dew is gross."

Diet mtn dew is definitely my favorite of the diet sodas. Although, I don't drink soda (diet or otherwise) on a regular basis.

5/28/2011 5:57:48 PM

diet sun drop and diet dr. pepper are pretty good for diet drinks

5/28/2011 5:58:48 PM

<3 Juicy Juice's Sparkling Juices

5/28/2011 6:00:15 PM

^apple...mmmmmm

5/28/2011 6:03:04 PM

^^^I'll second the diet sun drop. I don't really like dr. pepper in general though.

5/28/2011 6:21:03 PM

i'm allllll about la croix carbonated waters. some people think they're gross but I think it's just because they're expecting it to be super sweet or something b/c it's carbonated and in a can like a soda but whatever. you get the bubbles without any of the bad sugar or fake sweeteners.

the pink box kind are my fav. it's a fantastic vodka mixer too

5/28/2011 11:09:11 PM

First you cook with nasty beer..now your drinking fake soda...DDK

5/28/2011 11:12:02 PM

It's not a diet soda, but has anybody here tried the non high fructose corn syrup Coke? I guess it's the formula they use in Mexico. The biggest thing I noticed was a better aftertaste

5/28/2011 11:14:03 PM

lets think. wtf is soda? CARBONATED WATER WITH A BUNCH OF SUGAR AND SHIT IN IT GET OFF MY DICK YO

and w/e I bet you'd like guinness stew

^ pretty much everywhere except america has coke made with real sugar rather than corn syrup

5/28/2011 11:14:54 PM

5/28/2011 11:28:21 PM

i hate coffee, but dont sleep well, so i need caffeine

sodas have less caffeine, so i need to drink more soda during the day than a big coffee drinker would drink of coffee

therefore i have learned to like diet sodas to keep from being a fatass and a diabetic

maybe the fake sugar will give me cancer in 20 years, but until i find a job that lets we work 4 hrs a day, i dont have much choice.

5/28/2011 11:30:19 PM

^^ LOL!!!

5/28/2011 11:53:26 PM

i made a thread about mexican coke a while back. i used to get it by the case at sam's.

5/28/2011 11:55:00 PM

The only pop I drink is Diet Ginger Ale. :yummy:

5/29/2011 12:13:48 AM

^i'm having one right now

5/29/2011 7:48:50 AM

Quote :

"pretty much everywhere except america has coke made with real sugar rather than corn syrup"

goddam corn subsidies and sugar price supports

5/29/2011 7:53:30 AM

no need to get mad boo

[Edited on May 29, 2011 at 8:01 AM. Reason : ]

5/29/2011 8:01:42 AM

Yeah, I love the drink 'specials' cola companies run for promotions. "Made with REAL sugar!" as if sugar were some rare and expensive item.

5/29/2011 8:08:43 AM

the zeros are alright i guess

i generally mix half zero and half regular at the fountain to get dat 50% drink

5/29/2011 8:11:35 AM

dat 190% 50% drank?


^^lol i never thought of that.


ultimately, i figure that soft drinks are an indulgence that we drink too often so i try and not complain

5/29/2011 8:14:11 AM

DDK why so serious?

5/29/2011 8:19:49 AM