Diet coke is ludicrously addictive

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I was drinking four cans a day during my finals
trying to wean myself off it again was a bitch.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

addictive fucking awful tasting and debatably a shit site worse for you than full-fat coke.

or cock.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)

In terms of sweeteners, and damage to your teeth, aye
But the lack of calories & fat are better, surely?

And the taste is far better. I can drink Diet Coke warm, I can't drink Full Fat anything but ice cold.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

there's no fat in any soft drink.
they are equally bad for your teeth. But your body has evolved over millenia to process sugar very effectively. Not, yet, aspartame. I'll take my chances on a few extra calories rather than risk that, ta.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:02, Reply)

All that nonsense about aspartame
was disproved, I thought. So no, diet coke isn't worse for you than fat coke.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

When was that disproved?
And BTW Tesco own brand cans of diet cola are half the price but only 10% worse tasting than Diet Coke. Less so if you add a large Jack Daniels and ice.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408440701516184

(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

ha, I wouldn't trust an Informa journal as far as I could piss it.
;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)

Why?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

No actual reason.
Although my brother did used to work for them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

Is he a lying bastard?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

He's an artist
working in marketing and PR management. What do you think?

I love him to death really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)

I've no idea.
I'm not suggesting it definitely will do anything bad to you. But I'll take my chances on something my body has evolved to process over something it hasn't any day of the week.

science answer? If you mean the "OMG cancer!!11" stuff, I'm sure it's overblown, but you can't prove or disprove things like that in trials, there are simply too many other issues that you couldn't unpick the data from and it's very, very hard to blind food trials particularly.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:06, Reply)

i give up diet coke every single day
and every single day i fail by about 11am.

i have cut down to maybe 1-2 cans a day on average, and i drink them with a straw so i can avoid too much of it splashing over my teeth. but there is nothing on the planet as addictive as that cold fizzy goodness!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)