Diet Coke Versus Regular Coke (Coca Cola)

[blitzkrieg]

The debate doesn't address the ingestion of plastics from drinking from either plastic bottles or cans. I try to keep that at a bare minimum.

Cans are made from aluminium, not plastic?

But yes, neither the plastic bottles, nor metal cans are healthy either, I don't think.

 

[Magna]

Cans are made from aluminium, not plastic?

But yes, neither the plastic bottles, nor metal cans are healthy either, I don't think.

 

[RemyZee]

I drank diet coke for years and have now graduated to sweet tea, a necessity in my cultural place

 

[blitzkrieg]

I drank diet coke for years and have now graduated to sweet tea, a necessity in my cultural place

Where is your cultural place?

 

[RemyZee]

Where is your cultural place?

American south: sweet iced tea with lunch and dinner. Generally about a quarter c of sugar and a cup of brewed tea. The sweeter the better.

 

[Outsider]

I don't use soft drinks because they all are sugary. I'm from American North East; we prefer coffee, very few like tea. I use brown sugar for coffee; it has a better taste than its white counterpart, and it is much healthier.

 

[blitzkrieg]

I don't use soft drinks because they all are sugary. I'm from American North East; we prefer coffee, very few like tea. I use brown sugar for coffee; it has a better taste than its white counterpart, and it is much healthier.

There are sugar free soft drinks also, which are not sugary, but which are artificially sweetened.

 

[vergil96]

I have read that sugar substitutes can cause cravings because the body is expecting a sugar hit but is denied.

Is it even true?

I mean, I wouldn't ingest something artificial in large amounts, every additive consumed in excess has to be unhealthy, but this particular theory doesn't ring particularly true.

Sugar cravings are mediated via insulin release and then drop in blood sugar. Insulin is released based on sugar level in the blood. Sweet taste is perceived by the nervous system - it has no impact on insulin or blood sugar. At least according to conventional medicine. Therefore I don't see why artificial sweeteners cause sugar cravings.

 

[vergil96]

Cans are made from aluminium, not plastic?

But yes, neither the plastic bottles, nor metal cans are healthy either, I don't think.

Cans are lined with plastic inside, therefore more plastic than metal gets into food from cans.

 

[Jonn]

I mean, I wouldn't ingest something artificial in large amounts, every additive consumed in excess has to be unhealthy, but this particular theory doesn't ring particularly true.

I was surprised to hear that, also, but I don't think it is illogical.
The body has a mind of its own. <sigh>

 

[Jonn]

I use brown sugar for coffee; it has a better taste than its white counterpart, and it is much healthier.

Spoiler: joke

Sounds a bit racist to me.

 

[Outdated]

How to find the healthiest soft drink in Australia - GoodnessMe

 

[blitzkrieg]

How to find the healthiest soft drink in Australia - GoodnessMe

The sad thing is, in the UK, the drinks with better ingredients for one's health are significantly pricier. I am guessing the situation would be similar in Australia?

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

Don't care much for coke zero or diet coke ill stick with Pepsi max,sweetners and all

 

[blitzkrieg]

Don't care much for coke zero or diet coke ill stick with Pepsi max,sweetners and all

I don't hear many people say this, but I have always wondered who the Pepsi customer is. You are one of them!

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

I don't hear many people say this, but I have always wondered who the Pepsi customer is. You are one of them!

I am and proud of it ha ha

 

[Outdated]

The sad thing is, in the UK, the drinks with better ingredients for one's health are significantly pricier. I am guessing the situation would be similar in Australia?

I don't know because I've never even looked at any of them in shops, but I'd say your guess is probably a good one.

I read through the ingredients list they showed and one of the ingredients is "Kambucha culture", so I gather Kambucha simply means Yeast.

 

[Judge]

The sad thing is, in the UK, the drinks with better ingredients for one's health are significantly pricier. I am guessing the situation would be similar in Australia?

In the states it's a constant outrage to see produce sections in grocery stores that offer "organically grown produce" at nearly twice the price.

 

[Outdated]

In the states it's a constant outrage to see produce sections in grocery stores that offer "organically grown produce" at nearly twice the price.

Here we've got two different classes of healthy foods. Foods produced specifically for the Vegan fashion cost a fortune and I get a bit of a giggle watching nutcases pay more for their favourite tofu than I'd pay for grass fed beef.

As a general rule though Aussies turned away from a lot of food additives decades ago. You'll see it prominently marked on so many products here, it's one of their main advertising points - No Artificial Colours, No Artificial Flavours, Less Salt, Less Sugar.

What really drives this want for less additives is parents of young children, a lot of those additives do cause hyperactivity and attention deficit problems, by avoiding additives their kids are better off and happier and they have an easier time as parents too.

 

[Jonn]

I don't hear many people say this, but I have always wondered who the Pepsi customer is. You are one of them!

I also prefer Pepsi, all forms.
Diet Coke tastes gross to me.