28-08-2005 05:13									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley The story behind it was that soldiers left the diet soda in the back of a jeep or tank, where it was heated to really high temperatures for a long period of time. Subsequently it was re-chilled and then consumed.

You don't think that people in Abu Dhabi or Kuwait don't accidentally leave their Diet drinks outside every once in a while?

	28-08-2005 05:20									#32
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I've heard when you do that, the diet coke turns into petroleum, ruptures the can, and leaks into the sand, forming huge underground deposits of the stuff.

	28-08-2005 05:22									#33
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Diet soda can really screw up your digestion. I was drinking a 2 liter bottle 5 nights a week and my digestion got really screwed up. My wife brought home a magazine article on the subject so I cut out the soda and everything is slowly returning to normal though it's taken years.

I've been drinking products with splenda and it seems to be ok so far.

	28-08-2005 05:28									#34
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Diet sodas (and artifical sweeteneers in general) always taste mildly toxic to me.

	28-08-2005 05:49									#35
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toxic but good for your bloog sugar level

	28-08-2005 05:54									#36
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WHY DO PEOPLE DRINK DIET SODA?

it taste like ****...

just drink water

	28-08-2005 06:27									#37
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No it doesn't Sava. But don't let your lack of taste dissaude you from thinking that it does.

	28-08-2005 06:34									#38
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dude...

my dad sometimes drinks diet coke...

I tried some last week...

it tastes like **** (not literally)

	28-08-2005 06:43									#39
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I've basically drank no sode except diet soda for a year or so. It most definetly does not taste like crap. Diet Coke w/Lime had been my drink of choice and now it's Coke Zero .

	28-08-2005 06:45									#40
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quote: Originally posted by Sava dude... my dad sometimes drinks diet coke... I tried some last week... it tastes like **** (not literally)

It's a matter of conditioning. After years of being a diet coke addict I can't stand the taste of classic coke.

	28-08-2005 09:57									#41
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Saccharine was thought to be a carcinagin, but a review of the studies discovered that the rats used in the studies had a predisposition to cancer.

I also heard that the original studies fed the rats an amount of saccharine that would be the same as we take kilograms of the stuff daily.

	28-08-2005 11:25									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov The thing that's bad about diet soda is that it can be unhelpful in losing weight, despite the lack of calories. Apparently artificial sweeteners "trick" the body into thinking that sugars are coming into the system, so it gears up to process them, but then they don't actually come, and the body gets an increased craving for sugars as a result. It's best just to drink water anyway.

I've never been overweight, but given what you have said, maybe I should just forego all types of soda altogether.

	28-08-2005 12:43									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Sava WHY DO PEOPLE DRINK DIET SODA? it taste like ****... just drink water

water doesn't have caffeine in it

	28-08-2005 14:44									#44
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Mountain Dew forever.
Actually not so long ago I discovered there is actually Evil Mountain Dew sold in some parts of the world (Canada?) without caffiene in it. Talk about having my worldview turned upside down. Mountain Dew and Evil Mountain Dew, never woulda thunk it...
(I will weep if there is mountain dew with neither sugar or caffiene)

	28-08-2005 14:52									#45
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Aspartame, on the face of it, looks sorta dangerous. It has a methyl esther, which should be easily hydrolyzed in the stomache. which would lead to methanol, which is highly toxic ( it oxidizes to formic acid)

While the doses are very very low, I still would avoid it while I can ( though I don't consume sugar-substitute products usually)

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I'd just like to repeat that all low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, low-cal, diet, etc products are evil, and make Baby Jesus cry.

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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist I'd just like to repeat that all low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, low-cal, diet, etc products are evil, and make Baby Jesus cry.

I'd rather eat/drink what I like and let the chips fall where they may.

	28-08-2005 19:06									#48
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Where'd your thread go, Sava?

	28-08-2005 20:30									#49
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun I've never been overweight, but given what you have said, maybe I should just forego all types of soda altogether.

Spendid idea. I stopped drinking soda constantly a few years after graduating from uni. Now I only drink soda on occasion, less than once a month.

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quote: Originally posted by Theben Where'd your thread go, Sava?

	29-08-2005 08:12									#51
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Diet Dr Pepper is the magic elixir that keeps my undead flesh from dropping off.

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui You don't think that people in Abu Dhabi or Kuwait don't accidentally leave their Diet drinks outside every once in a while?

Only Americans seem to be big on drinking diet soda.

	29-08-2005 23:26									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Az While the doses are very very low, I still would avoid it while I can ( though I don't consume sugar-substitute products usually)

So I take it you don't eat any fruits, since fruit naturally has far more methanol in it that you can get from consuming aspartame.

	29-08-2005 23:43									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov The thing that's bad about diet soda is that it can be unhelpful in losing weight, despite the lack of calories. Apparently artificial sweeteners "trick" the body into thinking that sugars are coming into the system, so it gears up to process them, but then they don't actually come, and the body gets an increased craving for sugars as a result. It's best just to drink water anyway.

I saw something real similar to this on the news the other night.

Which makes sense, since when you don't count super models, 98% of the people you see drinking diet soda are over-weight.

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Well, thin people don't need to drink diet-soda, do they?

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quote: So I take it you don't eat any fruits, since fruit naturally has far more methanol in it that you can get from consuming aspartame.

I had no idea fruit had any methanol in them. I am no biologist.

	30-08-2005 00:19									#57
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quote: Originally posted by rah I saw something real similar to this on the news the other night. Which makes sense, since when you don't count super models, 98% of the people you see drinking diet soda are over-weight.

I love the people that go to McDonalds and order the double cheeseburger, super sized fries , 2 apple pies, but a diet coke...

	30-08-2005 00:22									#58
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Well, thin people don't need to drink diet-soda, do they?

In reference to the news items I mentioned, look at it from the other side. Thin people that drink regular soda stay thin, and heavy people that drink diet soda get heavier. That was the point of the story.


and yes, I always chuckle when I see that type of order.
2 big macs, fries, and a diet coke. (supersize that please)

	30-08-2005 07:50									#59
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You shave off seven tablespoonful of calories when you drink diet soda, still a significant chunk. Even though it would only help them to gain weight slower, not lose weight.

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I actually prefer the taste of diet soda to regular. Regular soda is way too sweet for my tastes.