[Eg_cruz]

I have stopped all soda 20 years ago. Sparkling water is my go to.

[Notsocrates]

Originally Posted by skyking

Diet Coke Side-Effects: 5 Harmful Effects of Having This Supposedly Healthy Soft Drink

This is a drop in the flood of alarm that is scaring people daily!!!
What's the source? Who are the "experts."
It's true that artificial sweeteners change gut flora but the rest is bs.

[MidWestIA]

so what kinda tea are they trying to sell

[Stu from NYC]

Used to be coke could be used as a paint stripper. Wonder if that is still the case.

[jbrown132]

Originally Posted by skyking

Diet Coke Side-Effects: 5 Harmful Effects of Having This Supposedly Healthy Soft Drink

I think this is just like many other things in life. If you drink it in moderation it will never hurt you. Red meat is high in protein and eaten once or twice a week is fine and good for you. Eat it seven days a week and you can be sure your arteries will need a Rotor-Rooter job to clean them out. The truth is something eventually is going to kill us all. So go about life enjoying yourself, do things in moderation and stop worrying about things like this.

[Dlbonivich]

Love diet coke!

[coralway]

India.com?

lol ... the India equivalent of FOX News. It's so far to the right, it can barely stand up straight. But, if you consider this nonsense a credible news source, carry on.

And by the way, stay away from windmills - they cause cancer.

PT Barnum was right

[Runner187]

Not good for kidneys also. CKD is growing in this country.

[MrFlorida]

Coffee was bad, but now its good, next year Diet Coke will be good for you.

[OhioBuckeye]

Got a question? Why do peanuts float in in a reg. Coke but not in a Diet Coke?

[rsibole]

Originally Posted by DAVES

They even have names and studies of it. All VALID studies people are not told if they receive the real drug or simply a placebo-nothing of value, sugar pill etc. I surprising number of people claim positive results from nothing.

I find more and more everything I eat causes me to look older.

Worry does raise your cholesterol. Wife worries about everything. I deal with what is, not what might be or could be. We eat the same food, actually I eat far more fat and cheese yet, my cholesterol is far better. Point worrying about this and other xxxxxx is killing people.

Nearly every situation and everything is either too small and not worth your time to worry about or too large and nothing you can do about it. Worry is the result of allowing someone else control you and your life. Take charge, be in charge and don’t worry about it.

[chet2020]

Never heard of India.com, never heard of the author. The article does not reference a valid scientific study. There is a valid peer-reviewed study that shows a slight increase in various causes of death by consuming sugared or artificially sweetened beverages. Nobody can figure out why exactly. May have to do with changes in gut flora, as someone previously mentioned, and agree with the poster who mentioned moderation.

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[Joe C.]

Listen ...... Don't worry about it. Eat, drink and be merry and have sex as often as you can. Life is short, so enjoy what you have.

[kendi]

“Supposedly healthy soft drink”? Shocked that anyone would have considered Diet Coke to be healthy.

But it does wonders for a headache. Rarely drink any type of soft drink or anything with caffeine. But for a headache my go to is Coke Zero before taking any meds. Supposedly it’s the caffeine that takes care of my headache but I do not get the same results with caffeinated tea.

[airstreamingypsy]

I havent had a soda in over 25 years, but I do buy Coke when my truck's battery terminals need cleaning.