Diet Soda

[Myasishchev]

I drink diet soda because I almost universally prefer the taste of the diet version - certainly do with Coke, I find the 'real' version has a nasty aftertaste.

Yeah, I find regular soda nasty after phasing it out entirely some ten years ago after realizing that I'd gained ten pounds from it. Never did actually get back to 150, although that was a bit scrawny anyway.

And from a practical standpoint, I think it would be unwise to drink a dozen regular sodas a day, as I do with diet sodas and did with regular sodas as a teenager. That "two a week is moderate" line is hilarious. Twice a week is moderation for a heroin user, not an imbiber of a harmless beverage. Two sodas a week is for desert ascetics who sit on top of pillars and grow their beards to the ground.

 

[Mr Awe]

^ A zero calorie drink won't cause them to gain weight no matter how many they have! Personally, I suspect that there are activities that tend to go with those who drink a lot of diet sodas that may cause them to gain weight. But, really, if the drinks don't have any calories it cannot cause them to gain weight.

You're right. Not sure what I was thinking.

It must be all the ranch dressing they put on everything.

The dressing will get you every time. Some of the McDonald's salads have as many calories as a Big Mac, or something like that!

Mr Awe

 

[RoJoHen]

At my restaurant, we have a salad that has over 2000 calories.

 

[Sector 7]

I drink diet sodas because I like soda, but do not like being in a diabetic coma. I do drink more coffee than soda. I sweeten my coffee with Truvia brand stevia sweetener.

 

[Kathrin]

I prefer the taste of Diet Coke. I also drink far too much of it - probably a bit over a litre a day, so the calories would add up.

(I don't drink, smoke, or do illegal drugs - I need one vice!)

 

[Venardhi]

Coke Zero Cherry is my preferred soft drink, occasionally with an oz. or two of regular (or Cherry) Coke if I'm getting it from a fountain.

I have almost no sweet tooth to speak of and have a pretty healthy diet minus my drinking habits, and as someone who used to drink a twelve pack a day on a fairly regular basis switching to 'diet' soda back in highschool probably saved me from diabetes or being grossly fat.

It ain't good for ya, but honestly it is probably better than a glass of juice with every meal, since you aren't drinking several hundred calories of empty sugar calories a day.

 

[cultcross]

I realize that I am over-analyzing this. Most people don't really care to think much about what they eat and "less calories" seems to equal "no weight gain" for most... meh, whatever...

It's just that a diet coke next to a huge burger and fries is one of my pet peeves I guess.

Well many prefer the taste, rather than doing it to 'be good'. And to be honest, even if you are doing it for health reasons, burger, fries and diet soda is still marginally better than burger, fries and full sugar soda. Yes, we all know it would be better to not have the burger and fries, but if you're going to eat that, it doesn't actually negate the fact the drink is low calorie.

 

[RoJoHen]

Coke Zero Cherry is my preferred soft drink, occasionally with an oz. or two of regular (or Cherry) Coke if I'm getting it from a fountain.

I prefer it with an oz. or two of Captain Morgan.

 

[BDJ]

Water?? REALLY??? WATER?? Dude fish fuk in water!! ewwww!!!

 

[Yoda]

I drink a pretty absurd amount of diet soda. I suppose I switch mostly between Cherry Coke Zero (easily the king of taste amongst diet drinks), and Diet Nestea Brisk.

When I'm hard at work coding I literally have a 10 minute cycle that is something like 8 minutes programming, 2 minutes peeing, crushing the last can, and opening a new can.

 

[Goliath]

I mostly drink Pepsi Max, and diet ginger ale.

If I drink sugary soda pop, I prefer a premium brand like Stewart's. Here in Canada, President's Choice makes some very nice lightly-sweetened grapefruit, lemon, and orange soda.

For diabetics I'd recommend Zevia over diet sodas any day.

Interesting. I just googled to see if this was available in Canada. Apparently, it's temporarily unavailable--because they have to switch to bilingual packaging. How Canadian.

I will be sure to try a can of Zevia/une canette de Zevia when it becomes available.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

At my restaurant, we have a salad that has over 2000 calories.

What the hell is in this "salad"? If a salad contains all the calories you should have in a day, you are probably doing it wrong.

As for me, I don't have soda very often anymore. Maybe once every few weeks or so.

Aspartame gave me awful headaches so that was the end of that.

I once had some orange juice sweetened with Stevia. Tasted kind of funny but wasn't bad.

 

[{ Emilia }]

What's wrong with mineral water anyway?

I really enjoy good mineral water. I never drink Diet Coke because I think it tastes terrible. I enjoy "normal" Coke once in a while.

On a sidenote: I miss Chinotto. Need to restock in Italy soon.

 

[RoJoHen]

At my restaurant, we have a salad that has over 2000 calories.

What the hell is in this "salad"? If a salad contains all the calories you should have in a day, you are probably doing it wrong.

Santa Fe Chopped Salad. I think it was on the Today Show or something in an episode about the worst things you can eat in America.

And I don't eat it. I'm guessing a lot of the calories are in the dressing.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

At my restaurant, we have a salad that has over 2000 calories.

What the hell is in this "salad"? If a salad contains all the calories you should have in a day, you are probably doing it wrong.

Santa Fe Chopped Salad. I think it was on the Today Show or something in an episode about the worst things you can eat in America.

And I don't eat it. I'm guessing a lot of the calories are in the dressing.

I've been spoiled and can only have balsamic vinaigrette dressing now.

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't eat lettuce, so salad is pretty much out for me in general.

 

[cultcross]

What's wrong with mineral water anyway?

The fact that it's a massive con and you're paying more for water (usually from the same source as the local mains wherever its bottled) than an equivalent amount of petrol? I can't see why anyone who lives in a country where the tap water is safe to drink would have any use for bottled water in normal life.

 

[Agenda]

I don't like diet pop, but I drink it because drinking "real" pop is one of the easiest ways to gain weight or to maintain an unhealthy weight. Many people don't realize just how responsible sugary drinks are when it comes to packing the pounds on. It's not just pop, but also things like sugary juices and coffee creams that really do it. Even though I don't like the taste of diet pop, I find water tremendously boring and I need some flavour in most of the stuff I drink. But I actually prefer flavoured water to diet pop. It's tastes a lot better and is either zero-cal or close to it.

 

[Dart]

I find Coke Zero to be superior to Diet Coke.

 

[Agenda]

I prefer diet sprite, rootbeer and dr. pepper to either coke zero or diet coke. They at least seem to have more of the original taste in them.