Coke Zero - Is it better than normal fizzy drinks?

anotheruser

In your opinion, is Coke/Fanta zero better than regular fizzy drinks?
Do you think the fizzed beverage will ever be considered "healthy" to drink?

browneyedbazzi

I don't think so - for a couple of reasons.

There's some evidence that drinking sugar free sweet drinks actually leads to an overall increase in the number of calories you consume - possibly because when you taste something sweet your body releases insulin in order to deal with the sugar it expects to be on the way. When the sugar doesn't arrive you end up craving something carb-heavy to compensate for the extra insulin floating around.

Also, there's some evidence that fizzy drinks weaken your bones.

I'll stick to water!

geri1965_2

It depends what you mean by better. I drink it because it has no calories and I am trying to lose weight. I wouldn't imagine it was particularly "healthy" though. If you want something healthy, try sparking water.

A._Badger

anotheruser wrote: »

In your opinion, is Coke/Fanta zero better than regular fizzy drinks?
Do you think the fizzed beverage will ever be considered "healthy" to drink?

There are so many question marks over artificial sweeteners that on the vanishingly rare occasion I drink anything like that I prefer to stick to regular leaded.

I certainly wouldn't want to consume Aspartame etc on a regular basis!

Beckyy

They contain less sugar and more sweeteners. I avoid them like the plague.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

Better to drink milk and water. Milk is at least good for you. Water as you like it, even hot water and milk combi will be better.
I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole coke pepsi or it's non sugar equivalents.

Edwardia

I gave up Diet Pepsi in March 2012 and had some nasty headaches from caffeine withdrawal so it's not just the sugar/sweeteners to be wary of.

JIL

I love fizz, but I do not think any of it is good for you.
Even fizzy water has carbon dioxide in it that can rot your teeth.

A._Badger

JIL wrote: »

I love fizz, but I do not think any of it is good for you.
Even fizzy water has carbon dioxide in it that can rot your teeth.

I'm afraid I really do not believe that. Maybe in some rare and exotic dental condition it might present a problem, but, really, is there no end to the 'fizzy drink' hysteria' of the health nannies?

yangptangkipperbang

Have you tried Morrisons flavoured fizzy water ? I buy the lemon and lime, it is as good as any of the branded fizzies.

3 X 1L bottles for £1 - 12 calories per bottle.

Edwardia

I can't see myself why carbon dioxide would rot teeth as we exhale it. However there are acids in these fizzy drinks and sugar which can attack teeth.

I watched an ABC report on the Appalachian mountain section of Kentucky, a really poor area of the US. Kids often grow up in cobbled together shacks, and their parents give them Mountain Dew because they often don't have mains water.

Most of the kids have lost all their teeth by the age of 12 in these very poor communities and locally it's known as Dew Mouth.

Drinking orange juice instead of soda isn't a good alternative, as this has been shown to be just as acidic. In the US poor families in deprived communities get given vouchers for juice for kids and many of them have stumps of teeth before they hit five :eek: