Coke Zero - Is it better than normal fizzy drinks?

geordie_joe

Edwardia wrote: »

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.

You forgot to mention that these kids carry large bottles of it around with them and constantly sip it. It's the constant sipping that does the damage because they have the stuff swilling around their teeth for 8 hours per day.

You could sip almost anything like that and it would rot your teeth.

stephen77

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

The drinks companies are free to offer people choices - but people who are choosing a 'diet' drink thinking it will aid weight loss should be aware that those products can lead to cravings for high carb foods and thus be counter productive.

I think dieting leads to cravings.

Up to the person not to give in to their cravings. Harsh as that sounds. Dieting is not easy if you like your food.

Roger_Moore_007

It's fairly obvious that you are going to damage your body over time if you continually consume man made chemicals that your body doesn't recognise. Putting large amounts of sugar into your system is bad enough, however it is far safer than feeding yourself aspartame which is designed to trick the brain into thinking it's hungry.
The food and drug industries are probably the most corrupt industries in the world, just because regulatory bodies allow the likes of aspartame to be used in products does not mean they are safe for human consumption.

Quasar

Roger_Moore_007 wrote: »

It's fairly obvious that you are going to damage your body over time if you continually consume man made chemicals that your body doesn't recognise. Putting large amounts of sugar into your system is bad enough, however it is far safer than feeding yourself aspartame which is designed to trick the brain into thinking it's hungry.
The food and drug industries are probably the most corrupt industries in the world, just because regulatory bodies allow the likes of aspartame to be used in products does not mean they are safe for human consumption.

Or transfats (which do not exist in nature)
Or artificial colourings (ditto)
Or artificial flavourings (ditto)

A._Badger

None of which is the slightest evidence that they are actually unsafe.

Frankly, this is just late 20th/early 21st century reaction against science and rationalism. In other words, it's little better than superstition.

Quasar

A._Badger wrote: »

None of which is the slightest evidence that they are actually unsafe.

Frankly, this is just late 20th/early 21st century reaction against science and rationalism. In other words, it's little better than superstition.

You'll find that I'm well versed in the sciences (if you read some of the threads in Discussion Time), particularly physics, and I'm a staunch defender of rationalism against religious belief/superstition. In fact, I know how unbiased scientific research works and I know how it (and clever advertising) works for the vested interests.

Saying that, people are of course entitled to believe the independent research on additives and manufactured foods, or the food industry's spiel. We all have our choice and I would defend that too.

A._Badger

Quasar wrote: »

You'll find that I'm well versed in the sciences (if you read some of the threads in Discussion Time), particularly physics, and I'm a staunch defender of rationalism against religious belief/superstition. In fact, I know how unbiased scientific research works and I know how it (and clever advertising) works for the vested interests.

Saying that, people are of course entitled to believe the independent research on additives and manufactured foods, or the food industry's spiel. We all have our choice and I would defend that too.

But still no actual evidence.

stephen77

Roger_Moore_007 wrote: »

The food and drug industries are probably the most corrupt industries in the world, just because regulatory bodies allow the likes of aspartame to be used in products does not mean they are safe for human consumption.

have you got any proof of this statement. That is a very general sweeping statement that will include some companies with a very high moral standing.

stephen77

Quasar wrote: »

Or transfats (which do not exist in nature)
Or artificial colourings (ditto)
Or artificial flavourings (ditto)

but to generalise everything into one overall category is not good.

You have to look at each colouring etc on its own merit.

Sharon87

I personally drink diet versions of coke (diet coke, coke zero or pepsi max - diet pepsi is horrible) because I don't really like drinking the full sugar version, as I get thirsty after drinking it with all the sugar in it, my mouth feels so sticky afterwards. I drink the full sugar Fanta/Tango/Sprite.etc But I tend not to buy them that often. Most of the time I have fizzy drinks it has alcohol in!