diet coke

Its not bad for you at all, unless you believe the stuff they say about aspartame.

Reply 2

drawmeamonkey

its more to do with not knowing the effects of e numbers etc in the long term i think. artificial things in food tend to be considered bad for health.

the caffeine is also bad for you if you drink too much, has effects on your metabolism

im no expert though, this is just what i have gleamed from mckeith et al

Reply 3

Caffeine isn't bad for you, unless you consume excessive amounts for excessive periods of time.

mckeith is a fruitcake.

Reply 4

20083

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Diet Coke isn't bad for you in moderation. Basically, it has no nutritional value, it rots your teeth (admittedly nothing like as bad as regular coke) and it contains something or other that actually makes you hungry (defeting the whole "diet" part).

But compared to normal Coke, far far better and in moderation, no problem at all.

Reply 5

drawmeamonkey

x.narb.x

Caffeine isn't bad for you, unless you consume excessive amounts for excessive periods of time.

mckeith is a fruitcake.

thats why i said if you drink too much :rolleyes:

yes, mckeith is a fruitcake. she wouldn't let you eat one though.
she does talk some sense, but a lot of what she suggests is impractical

Reply 6

Sithius

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It's bad for your teeth. :/

Apart from mine.

Reply 7

xXMessedUpXx

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diet coke

Reply 8

starya

Nessyfencer

Diet Coke isn't bad for you in moderation. Basically, it has no nutritional value, it rots your teeth (admittedly nothing like as bad as regular coke) and it contains something or other that actually makes you hungry (defeting the whole "diet" part).

But compared to normal Coke, far far better and in moderation, no problem at all.

That goes for practically every food/drink/edible substance on the planet (excluding of course things like drugs etc). Nothing is bad for you in moderation. And in Diet Coke the amount of aspartame/artificial stuff isn't so high that it would cause you much harm unless you drink it in excess.

Reply 9

drawmeamonkey

theres the point that theres so much artificial stuff in everything we eat and drink that it could add up and be harmful. so cutting it down in any way might be beneficial

Reply 10

20083

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starya

Nothing is bad for you in moderation.

Except McDonalds! :wink:

Reply 11

starya

Nessyfencer

Except McDonalds! :wink:

Well not exactly. If you're fit and healthy otherwise a bit of McDonalds every now and then isn't going to do you much harm.

Reply 12

Caribou

artificial sweetners, chemicals.. aspartame YUM!!

in pretty much every other country aspartame is banned.... theres a damn good reason for that!

Reply 13

Aspartame is in everything, how can they ban it?

Reply 14

bedbug

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It's not bad for you in terms of nutrition information, just bad for your teeth and full of artificial ingredients.

Reply 15

Caribou

x.narb.x

Aspartame is in everything, how can they ban it?

bull is it. It's added as a sweetner/preservative. look at ingredients labels i'm preddy damn sure that the only types of things you'll find it in are fizzy drinks, squash and all the other boll*cks products like that.

Reply 16

dan1982

It is quite hard to avoid aspartame, its just a case of trying to avoid things that are artifically sweetened. Annoyingly you have to get the slightly more expensive things to do that.

Its mostly in drinks though, very few foods that ive noticed.
I did for a time try and avoid it to see if it had an effect on me, but it was fairly difficult.

Anyone try banishing it from there diet completely?

Reply 17

Caribou

dan1982

It is quite hard to avoid aspartame, its just a case of trying to avoid things that are artifically sweetened. Annoyingly you have to get the slightly more expensive things to do that.

Its mostly in drinks though, very few foods that ive noticed.
I did for a time try and avoid it to see if it had an effect on me, but it was fairly difficult.

Anyone try banishing it from there diet completely?

yup i dont ever knowingly consume it. You do have to spend more money to get natural, quality foods but health is soo important.

-i also tend to avoid as many sugary products and as much sugar as poss

Reply 18

Its a sweetener used in almost everything, everything that is produced and packaged contains it to some extent.

What countrys is it banned in, out of interest?

Reply 19