Current Events > Stop ordering diet soda with your fast food meal.

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It really doesn't help anything. And most diet sodas taste like S***.

Just saying CE. <_<
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Stop ordering other people to do things. You're not the manager of people...unless you are. In that case, carry on.
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It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).
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If they get a bottle of water it's the best option, diet soda does not taste good.
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smoke_break posted...

It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).

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Diet soda makes my stomach bloated for a few days.
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smoke_break posted...

It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).

but it tastes gross and this is a fact

why not just drink water at that point?
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Coke Zero is pretty good imo.
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Some people actually like the taste of diet soda.

I don't, but I know a bunch of people who like Diet Coke better.

But also that's like saying it's dumb to try to save some money while on vacation.
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Coke Zero is pretty good.

I try to drink a lot less of any soda now, though.
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SterlingM posted...

smoke_break posted...

It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).

but it tastes gross and this is a fact

why not just drink water at that point?

This is EXACTLY where most people develop health issues. Ignoring the fat fuckisms of eating fast food. Not drinking enough water wrecks peoples lives quicker than anything else.
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When I would drink sodas, Id always go Diet.

thank you again, Hint, for helping me stop!

Anteaterking posted...

But also that's like saying it's dumb to try to save some money while on vacation.

That is kinda dumb though

You usually put the money you want to spend to the side for your vacation

Put less to the side if you're worried about it
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smoke_break posted...

It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).

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SterlingM posted...

That is kinda dumb though

You usually put the money you want to spend to the side for your vacation

Put less to the side if you're worried about it

If I have $X for vacation and I can go to a nicer place or do more fun things if I stay in cheaper hotels or walk some places or use public transit rather than renting a car, then I'd prefer to do that.

Although I'm rejecting your premise that most people have a metaphorical "vacation" jar that they put regular deposits into.
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I opt for diet soda all the time. The taste difference just isn't that big a deal to me, and it's less calories than the regular stuff.
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Sweet tea is typically my drink option for fast food.
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I prefer diet honestly. I find regular slightly thicker. Diet runs like water
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I'm diabetic and don't need your advice.
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Your sense of taste changes if you drink it regularly for like a week. It no longer tastes like poison and instead tastes almost like regular soda.

Also, it's a good way to cut calories. Although it's linked to dementia and possibly other things so you're better off not drinking it at all. Still it's the lesser evil.
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I gave up soda about a decade ago.
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I don't know how people even like drinking soda with food. It overpowers a lot of the food's flavor. Water or nothing gang.
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I mean the only diet soda I drink is Diet Dr Depper.
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diet soda tastes better than normal soda though

Diet soda tricks your body into thinking it's getting sugar, and when it notices you don't have the sugar in your system, it causes you to crave more food to make up for it for some weird reason. So if you habitually get diet soda, you're probably ordering more food either consciously or subconsciously.
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smoke_break posted...

It actually does help if you're on a diet. 250+ calories (normal soda) vs. 0-15 calories (diet soda).

I'll counter that by saying its loaded with aspartame which isnt good for your body either.

Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame trigger insulin which leads to weight gain. Not only that, but diet soda is one of the few things on earth that has absolutely zero nutritional value.
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Diet coke >>>> regular coke
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Stop drinking all types of soda LOL

SpriteLimit posted...

Coke Zero is pretty good imo.

It is. Lemon Zero is good too.
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I took a nutrition class in college and the nutritionist that taught it swore by diet soda. She said a lot of people just drink so many of their calories and if they can't go straight water they should at least go diet soda.

That being said, every time I drink diet soda I always feel super hungry all day so I stopped drinking it. I find I can manage my food urges better by just drinking a regular soda if I really want it.
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I prefer diet pop. Normal pop hurts my throat.
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I don't, diet soda tastes gross. I usually either just drink soda I have at home or get a milkshake.
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I just like Coke zero more. Regular coke is too sweet, but diet Coke is also a flavor I don't like.
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artificial sweeteners taste god awful and i can't deal with them. bleh
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Of course it helps. When I eat fast food I know I'm not eating my best but if I can cut my losses with something I like just as much as regular soda? Hell yeah that's a good idea.

Might as well say "Go ahead and binge on an entire chocolate cake if you eat fast food because you're already eating bad." You don't have to be an absolutist to enjoy junk food.

catboy0_0 posted...

Diet soda tricks your body into thinking it's getting sugar, and when it notices you don't have the sugar in your system, it causes you to crave more food to make up for it for some weird reason. So if you habitually get diet soda, you're probably ordering more food either consciously or subconsciously.

I've responded to this many times, but sugar is also addictive. So both sweeteners and sugars make you crave more sweets, but only sugar actually causes an insulin spike. If you're going to have one or the other, sweeteners are far better (except after an intense workout).
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I will say I'm glad nobody in this topic is claiming that diet soda contributes to cancer because of formaldehyde formation or any other number of reasons. That's a myth that seems to have mostly died down in the 2000s.
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Pow Pow Punishment posted...

You're presenting an incomplete picture if you only say that about sweeteners because it makes it look like sugar has at least some benefit over them.

oh no, it's better for you, but I just wanted people to know of the pitfalls associated and to not get too comfortable just because they're choosing diet
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catboy0_0 posted...

oh no, it's better for you, but I just wanted people to know of the pitfalls associated and to not get too comfortable just because they're choosing diet

That's fair, glad you're not saying they're worse like I've seen some say. But I think that point is really important and people should know sugar has the same properties as far as making you crave more food.
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