Is there a Republican conspiracy connected with diet soda?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Sava

But diet soda? It doesn't taste good, and it doesn't hydrate/refresh you like water. There is no benefit to it whatsoever.

That's your opinion -- the diet soda I drink tastes fine to me.

But of course, you probably laugh at gay guys who like diet soda.

[Sava]

But of course, you probably laugh at gay guys who like diet soda.

only you

and maybe this guy

[Imran Siddiqui]

Except that that guy IS Mr Fun .

[Sava]

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Except that that guy IS Mr Fun .

riiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Barinthus]

Actually there are studies showing that artificial sweetners such as those used in diet sodas can contribute toward weight gain.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Barinthus
Actually there are studies showing that artificial sweetners such as those used in diet sodas can contribute toward weight gain.

The ones I've seen are entirely false and misleading. They correlated "fat people" with "drink diet soda" ...

... not stopping to wonder if perhaps fat people might drink diet soda in an effort to not be as fat, or perhaps fat people drink diet soda in an effort to counteract that Big Mac and Extra Large Fries ... and superskinny people who have fast metabolisms can drink regular soda and not gain weight (thus they do).

Basically a very poorly done study ignoring causality, and just correlating two likely unrelated things. If something sounds counterintuitive and wrong at first glance ...

... it probably is.

[Pekka]

That's the funniest thing though.. when someone is watching their weight, stuffing down burgers and with DIET soda?
And outside superfat America, this happens in Finland too!!

Idiots½!

[snoopy369]

Sava - artificial sweeteners don't cause anything, with the outside possibility of late in life blindness for people who drink the equivalent of 3 two litres PER DAY of the stuff (Aspartame converts to formaldehyde, which may or may not be processed by the body properly). Even that's pretty ludicrous, but it's the least absurd thing so far.

Basically, there are such small quantities of any of these sweeteners in foods - a few milligrams are enough for most uses - that they couldn't cause problems even if they were literally poisonous.

It's actually possible diet sodas (certain ones) could help with weight loss, anyhow; Caffeine pills are one frequently taken drug for weight loss, and a diet coke is essentially a caffeine pill with water.

[DaShi]

No wonder I'm able to keep my sexy figure. I usually drink a coke light once a day. It's just those damn Jack and cokes that are ruining me.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by MrFun
If you lose pounds while drinking the stuff, how do you gain pounds while drinking the same stuff?

Hmmm, might be that when I was eating less, I lost weight and when I ate more, I gained weight.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Hmmm, might be that when I was eating less, I lost weight and when I ate more, I gained weight.

rofl

[Bill3000]

As well, there are plenty of people, believe it or not, who drink diet soda because they prefer it over regular soda. My family tends to do this; they find regular soda to be too sugary. (Although I generally prefer water over any soda nowadays)

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Why blame Bush?? History shows that diet soda was invented during the Dark Ages of the Nixon Administration.

Do you know where I can find some black market cyclamates?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MrFun
Oh, I have no problem with ice water from the faucet here where I live. I usually drink three to four glasses of that a day.

You are supposed to drink 8.