Coke Zero - Is it better than normal fizzy drinks?

banks4u

Well my dad is 75 and he has been drinking diet drinks for years. Doctors recommend him to drink diet coke as he is also diabetic. If he hasn't had any problems I would rather drink diet than normal.

browneyedbazzi

banks4u wrote: »

Well my dad is 75 and he has been drinking diet drinks for years. Doctors recommend him to drink diet coke as he is also diabetic. If he hasn't had any problems I would rather drink diet than normal.

Some smokers are incredibly lucky and smoke 40 a day for 50 years and live into their 70s too...that doesn't make smoking a healthy thing to do! Individual anecdotal stories are far from conclusive scientific evidence. If we all made lifestyle choices on the basis that 'one person I know did x and lived to be 100' then the vast majority of us would die a lot younger and be less healthy for the time we were alive.

Doctors will tell diabetics that if they are going to drink fizzy drinks they should drink the sugar-free versions because the regular ones contain too much sugar and will seriously affect their blood sugar levels. That's not the same as recommending that you drink diet coke.

Roger_Moore_007

banks4u wrote: »

Well my dad is 75 and he has been drinking diet drinks for years. Doctors recommend him to drink diet coke as he is also diabetic. If he hasn't had any problems I would rather drink diet than normal.

This is completely irrelevant, my grandad lived to be 97 and he smoked from the age of 11, I somehow doubt the smoking prolonged his life.

The defence of artificial substances from certain misinformed characters is similar to the way people used to think that smoking did no harm to the human body. Quite frankly smoking should have been banned years ago but it won't be banned as it brings in too much tax for the government, unfortunately the money that it costs in drugs and other treatments for cancer patients to be treated far outweighs the amount of tax that cigarettes bring in for the government. Added to this is the fact that tax on cigarettes does not go straight to the NHS anyway.

People will always try to stick their heads in the sand and claim that scientific research is irrelevant if it suggests that you are doing your body harm by consuming certain products. Food and drug companies rely on the ignorance of the general public as it allows them to make profits. I understand that these people will probably never accept that they are wrong, there will always be those comical characters shoving fast food down their throats while balancing this by drinking diet coke. They are the same ones who may still live to be a ripe old age, but will be physically out of condition, struggling to get out of bed in the morning suffering from aches and pains and frequently relying on painkillers.

I speak as someone who is not at my physical peak, but I'm not badly out of shape either, although if I still drank fizzy drinks on a regular basis I'm sure I'd be in a far less healthy state - especially Red Bull, that stuff will destroy your body.

stephen77

Roger_Moore_007 wrote: »

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People will always try to stick their heads in the sand and claim that scientific research is irrelevant if it suggests that you are doing your body harm by consuming certain products. Food and drug companies rely on the ignorance of the general public as it allows them to make profits. I.

If this was the case why did the super markets go clean dec on own label about 6 years ago?
Lots of addatives have been removed so food labels are much cleaner than they used to be, using more store cupboard ingredeints.

To say food companies rely on people ignorance is assuming everyone who make a descion on food selection is a expert dietician? The average person who works for a food company is not going to know this detail as even the scientific community can't agree on what is correct.

There is nothing stoping people reading up on this subject and working out for themselves what they should eat or not eat.
If the general public stop buying drink X as it contains a certain ingredient, the product will not be on the shelves much longer.

Roger_Moore_007

stephen77 wrote: »

If this was the case why did the super markets go clean dec on own label about 6 years ago?
Lots of addatives have been removed so food labels are much cleaner than they used to be, using more store cupboard ingredeints.

To say food companies rely on people ignorance is assuming everyone who make a descion on food selection is a expert dietician? The average person who works for a food company is not going to know this detail as even the scientific community can't agree on what is correct.

There is nothing stoping people reading up on this subject and working out for themselves what they should eat or not eat.
If the general public stop buying drink X as it contains a certain ingredient, the product will not be on the shelves much longer.

You've sort of answered your own question there and made my point for me at the same time. The general public are not very well informed, if someone hears that Coke Zero contains no calories they automatically assume that it must be a lot healthier than regular Coke.

People are easily led, millions read tabloid newspapers and believe everything they read, when in reality large sections of news stories are written in a way to influence opinion rather than just concentrating on the facts.

If paint stripper tasted nice you still wouldn't drink it because perceived wisdom tells people that it would be unhealthy, to a lesser extent the same applies with drinks containing aspartame. Because the likes of Coca Cola insert it into their drinks the public believe it is fine to consume, when in reality it's not.

iammumtoone

Has anyone ever put dirty coins in a dish with coke and left them? The coins will get clean! A good tip is to poor a can of coke down the toilet overnight it will be clean in the morning! If coke does this, what does it do to your insides?

Nada666

Seen what a vat of hydrochloric acid can do? I wonder what that would do to your insides... oh... wait. Hmm. Never mind.

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

iammumtoone wrote: »

Has anyone ever put dirty coins in a dish with coke and left them? The coins will get clean! A good tip is to poor a can of coke down the toilet overnight it will be clean in the morning! If coke does this, what does it do to your insides?

I've heard someone suggesting full fat fizzy cola is good if someone is choking as it helps dissolve the blockage. Still do back slaps/abdominal thrusts though.

Haffiana

Good Heavens, the stupidity of some suggestions is unreal. Please never attempt to pour any liquid whatsoever into the mouth of someone who is choking.

Although come to think of it, the person who suggested that might like to try pouring coke into their own ear. If it pours out of the other ear, would this prove that they are right?

stephen77

Roger_Moore_007 wrote: »

You've sort of answered your own question there and made my point for me at the same time. The general public are not very well informed, if someone hears that Coke Zero contains no calories they automatically assume that it must be a lot healthier than regular Coke.

People are easily led, millions read tabloid newspapers and believe everything they read, when in reality large sections of news stories are written in a way to influence opinion rather than just concentrating on the facts.

If paint stripper tasted nice you still wouldn't drink it because perceived wisdom tells people that it would be unhealthy, to a lesser extent the same applies with drinks containing aspartame. Because the likes of Coca Cola insert it into their drinks the public believe it is fine to consume, when in reality it's not.

my point is that the average person working in the food industry will not know to much difference from the average person in general on finer points of addativies and there effects. They are not corrupt as you are suggested earlier, just lack of knowledge and to a degree you will have to let the scientist and the government advise / makes laws.

I agree newspaper have lots of articles that when you know the subject you realise the journalist and not clued up and after sales rather than the truth.

To add when the supermarkets went clean dec. This was about removing addatives that did gain the supermarkets more profit as it resulted in yeild loss etc