/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I sincerely like the taste of Diet Coke™ more. It also doesn't make my teeth feel like they're coated in candy like the regular stuff does

>>15669633
I pay extra for cane sugar because I don’t want corn in my beverages.

>>15669643
^based af
The diet stuff is actually a good drink that quenches thirst. The sugary shit feels and tastes like drinking syrup and just makes me feel like shit for the whole hour after drinking it.

Also 90% of the really morbidly obese people I know drink gallons of it a day. I know correlation /= causation but I guarantee if they just switched to the diet or coke zero options they would lose megapounds

Why spend money on that garbage if you are not even going for the real deal?

>>15669663
Because the diet stuff is actually a nice drink, while the real deal just gives dispare and type 2 diabetes.

>>15669633
what are 2 & 3 (the pink & green ones)?

>>15669663
By that same logic why buy beer when straight vodka (or everclear) exists? It's the taste you mong.

>>15669699
the second one is cherry coke. Not sure about the third.

>>15669699
Pink one is cherry coke I think. The green one is Coke Life - it's got marginally less sugar in it I think.

>>15669663
dipshit lol

>>15669699
>>15669761
>>15669758
Green is Coca COla Life, it had stevia and sugar. In some countries it was stevia only with no sugar.

>>15669633
I drink water. That's it. Just water.

>>15669643
>>15669658
Is it better than zero though?

>>15669633
>>15669811
>>15669633
>>15669811
Green Coke in Canada is made with stevia and zero-sugar, and they still sell it. It doesn't taste as off as Diet or Zero. Doesn't still taste exactly like the original stuff, but it's still alright.
I think if they used it for that Coke energy drink, it wouldn't have flopped so poorly.

>>15670103
No

>>15669633
>actually makes you more thirsty
ok karen

>>15670166
Who's Karen?

How about you don't drink any soda you fat manchildren

>>15670171
im not a genetic waste only alive because of modern society so my body doesn't haplessly fall apart drinking carbonated sugar water unlike most of this thread

>>15669633
They all cost the same and the sugary ones definitely taste better. The weight gain / diabetes are only a concern if you are trying to lose weight, are already unhealthy, or a drinking multiple cans per day.
Currently I don't have access to a gym so the worse tasting sugar free switch allows me to cut 100-200 calories out of my diet, which is my only dietary restriction.

>>15669643
It's the acid that eats away at your teeth.

>>15670103
They're for all intensive porpoises the same to me

>>15670166
go back to pleddit or twitter

>>15669633

If i'm going to drink a soft drink i'd rather have the cane sugar stuff, but i'd still prefer the HFCS stuff over the artificial sweeteners, they all leave a weird aftertaste that coats the inside of the mouth

>>15670169
quality pussy in a white suv with a big mouth and bad haircut

I get that this is a food and cooking board but do we need to have threads on a daily basis where people whine about sugar and how not consuming it makes you a better person?

>>15670339
meanwhile you're bitching about sugar on an anonymous imageboard. you have no self-awareness, do you?

I bought some coke zero the other day when the store didn't have any regular stuff and I unexpectedly warmed up to the taste
Don't see any reason to go back to the normal coke now

>>15669633
sugar free versions taste worse imo

they also have even stranger chemicals in them compared to the originals to make them taste as similar as possible to the original

if i survived off of coke i might switch to diet i guess... probably not actually considering the chemicals and shit

>>15670185
>bro how can it be bad for me? I just had a coke and I don't feel bad so it's doing nothing

>>15670388
does anyone have that picture of the soyjaks going "WATER ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!" ?

>>15670386
>NO! NO! NOT THE GHEMIGGULS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

>>15670395

>>15669633
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155417/

You're not going to read it and it isn't the publication I was looking for, but there is a genetic variance of individuals that can and cannot discern the difference between refined sugar and variances or artificial sweeteners

>>15670415
theres enough unnecessary chemicals in all kinds of food already, not going to go and willingly ingest more

>>15670426
>NOT THE HEGGIN ADDDED GHEMIIIIGHULS!!!!!! AAAAA, THAT'S EVEN WOOOOOOOORSE THAN REGULAR GHEMIGGLES!!!!!

>>15670438
yeah they're pretty bad, go google your favourite ones and look for some studies on the negative effects, i'd rather just sugar

Fuck sodas, stop being a fat fuck, drink only water/tea on normal days.
Alcohol exclusively while socializing.

>>15670495
lol do you think everyone else has no self control like you do?

most people arent so pathetic they have to set these stupid rules for themselves to stay healthy

post body you pathetic cunt

>>15670514
I don't avoid them through self-control retard, sodas just taste like sugary shit to me, like every other normal adult.
Can probably bench press your body weight and more lard-ass.

>>15669761
>Coke Life
never heard about/10
would try/10
where to buy/10?

>>15669633
I prefer the taste of the sugar free sodas. I usually get the storebrand raspberry.

If I liked the taste of sugared better I'd get that and just drink less of it.

>>15670555
They discontinued it in most markets. It's still sold in Canada.

>>15670548
hahaahhaa, is this you?

>>15670416

you're some fucking loser that to make any progress at all in life has to deprive himself of everything, right?

>>15670571
idk mate, I live alone at 23, have a cute gf, my parents are rich-ass doctors and I'm in medschool myself, call that loser all you want but I don't care. Good job with the reddit spacing by the way, lard boy.

>>15670608
>i larp as a fulfilled person on 4chan
Based. I do this, too. Law of Attraction, man.

>>15670608
if you were really all that you wouldn't be some retard teetotaller, you're so transparent its a fucking joke rofl

>>15669725
That's not a valid argument because you can still get drunk off beer. More like why buy 0% near-beer when real beer exists, which is a good question because nobody buys that shit except alcoholics. Are diet-drinkers addicted?

>>15670608
Liar, you wouldn't still be in Medschool after 5+ years unless you were a retard, you'd be doing your residency.

>>15670623
I said I drink socially, a lot too. I just believe that drinking alone is straight up retarded
>>15670617
Believe what you want, faggot.
>>15670666
Entered at 22 after few years living and traveling around the world.

>>15669633
>makes you more thirsty
This is called “mom-science” because you heard that caffeine dehydrates you and failed to realize that caffeine diluted in a shitload of water is not the same as pure caffeine. Further, you do not even really know or understand what “dehydrate” means, as it can occur from both a loss of water or a loss of electrolytes. I doubt you have the slightest clue which one caffeine causes.

>>15669633
I find aspartame has this overly sweet undertone to it - It's sweet like the hum of fluorescent lights is treble. Small amounts, like if someone threw some sugar-free whatever in my coffee, I don't mind, but I only enjoy diet cola with a fair amount of sweet liquor, like cheap dark rum or whiskey. I find Stevia less grating, but occasionally it makes me swell up, so I guess I'm allergic.

>>15670705
trick question - it causes both, especially if you fall off the wagon hard after being caffeine free for longer than a week - sharply increased gastric motility, combined with diuresis and natriuresis. The saline excretion dies down more significantly than the other symptoms after caffeine dependence is reestablished.

>>15669633
i drink sugar rarely, the diet one fucks with my gut.

>>15670673
Exactly, a retard

>>15670638
My point was there is no "real deal" when it comes to soda, or anyone's choice in beverage. If you were drinking an alcoholic beverage strictly for its effects (getting drunk), why drink something like beer when vodka exists? People drink beer for the same reason people drink diet soda, they like the flavor. Artificial sweeteners have a different flavor to "normal" sugars, or in soda's case (at least in the USA), HFCS; they just have the added benefit of having near-zero (or sometimes zero) food energy. I drink soda and prefer zero-sugar versions because I love the flavor of soda and don't have to ingest extra calories while enjoying it.
On the same token I'd grab tequila and mix for a margarita before a beer. Again, flavor.

I don't know about the addict comment, maybe? A lot of people consume soda for caffeine, which I think is odd, but it's possible they're "addicted" to it. And hell, maybe some people that aren't alcoholics (or recovering) buy non-alcoholic beer because, I don't know, they enjoy the taste of beer (for whatever reason, beer is nasty) but don't want to ingest alcohol.

People have different tastes, Anon. There is no "real deal" for things like this.

>>15670638
I buy near beer when I plan on leaving a party with my car. I get to have "beer" with my friends, without risking the loss of my license, car, money, and dignity. If I'm not expected to drive, I usually get a buzz and maintain, so that if I do need to drive someone home, we only have to wait 90 mins or so.

>>15669633
If you genuinely think there's 0 sugars in
>0 sugar food
Than you're an utter retard
Go ahead and boil down the diet soda. See what sludge you come up with.

>>15672334
It depends on the type of zero sugar food (is there just enough sugar to be 0.49Cal per serving?, or is it sweetened entirely with non-caloric sugar substitutes), and the sugar substitute involved (Is it sweetened with glycosides, which will stay and "sludge" or aspartame, which will just leave a film on the pot/crucible you're boiling your drink in?). A substance being flammable also doesn't necessarily mean we can digest it. If it passes through completely intact, nobody's getting energy from digesting it, even if it's possible to use the substance as a fuel.

>>15669633
All sugar free stuff tastes like shit. You're just pretending to like it.

>>15670673
Hey man cool it with the homophobia.

>>15670947
>A lot of people consume soda for caffeine
Actually I'd think the opposite is more true. People are usually caffeinating using coffee / tea / energy drinks which contain roughly double the caffeine as coke / pepsi, and then avoid the soda to avoid getting the jitters or damaging sleep.
That or they move to soda in the afternoons because of the lower dose.

Quite frankly, zero free cola is the worst sugar free alternative. The best in my grocery store is Schweppes Agrum (blood orange). And non cola sodas have no caffeine.

>>15672334
>0 added sugars
>we put the coke in the can then didn't put any more sugar in it
checkmate, government.

Aspartame is not good for your health either.

>>15669643
Diet coke doesn't even taste like coke but I like it too. It tastes crisp

Regular coke is my jam, I don't love it and keep intake at a moderate amount but I'll have a glass or two over a few days

I love full sugar energy drinks though

Doing your part to be less white means drinking full sugar Coca-Cola until you induce pancreatic failure and diabetes.

>>15673458
If I'm going to get diabetes I'd rather get it from ice cream

I'll take just a standard Coke but I don't drink soda very often. Like if I buy a 12 pack of coke I'll drink maybe 2-3 and the rest be used as mixer over the next 2 months.

>>15673469
Why not both?

>>15669633
>inferior drink
I disagree
Either way, regular rots my teeth and diet tastes like shit so I stopped drinking soda altogether

Bought some instant oats today, you actually need to pay extra for the packets without the added sugar. You pay more for less just so you don't get 50% of your artifical sugars in a half cup of oats. Shits fucked. Health tax is real. It is literally less items/product for more money.

>>15670747
Okay and with a quick google search

> Coffee is unlikely to dehydrate you
>For caffeine to have a significant diuretic effect, studies show that you need to consume more than 500 mg per day — or the equivalent of 5 cups (40 ounces or 1.2 liters) of brewed coffee ( 12 , 13 , 14 ).

Wanna try again, hoss?

>>15670947
I drink vodka to get drunk

>>15669633
>>15669761
why no Coca cola Death?

>>15673605
If you drink it chronically. Take a break from it for a week. I'll put a crisp dollar bill down that your first filthy cup of black sends you running to the bathroom within 10 mins of its completion, and that you piss no less than 6 times that day.

>>15669633
You're not supposed to drink it for your daily liquid intake you retard.
Drink water and get a little glass of coke if you crave sugar. How hard could it be?
Do americans really?

>>15673658
I think you’re just embarrassed you vastly overestimated the dehydrating effects of caffeine.

>>15670086
plain and simple

>>15670103
Zero seemingly tastes better, but I get tired of it after awhile and it can upset my stomach unlike Diet Coke.

>>15669633
This

Digging up a random article it seems Aspartame is at least probably not a health hazard for normal people unless consumed a ton. Seems it needs over 10 cans of solely aspartame sweetened drink before anyone starts to think otherwise. As usual you don't know the long term effects.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520987/

I feel a high sugar intake which correlates to blood spikes and heart disease plus obesity is a far greater danger than drinking much less zero than the article suggests could be a potential hazard. The relatively tiny amount of aspartame needed to achieve similar sweetness to sugar also speak for it. I wouldn't give two shits if any and all soft drinks disappeared over night though. It's just one of many alternatives after all.

>>15673763
I answered a question - does it dehydrate through water or electrolyte loss? The answer is both, especially with large amounts being reintroduced to the system after a desensitization period. Is it going to be medically significant? Not if you're not being a total twat about it. Could you give yourself symptoms of the early stages of dehydration with coffee? Yeah, especially if you're already hungover, sweating buckets at work and drinking coffee instead of water. Would it happen with coffee alone? If you're Dave Grohl.

>>15669633
if you're going to drink this shit at all you may as well get the full sugar version. like donald trump said, i have never seen a thin person drinking diet coke

>>15669658
>>15669670
>>15669725
>the taste
of aspartame?

>>15674667
Some folks like it... farmers mostly.

>>15669633
I have a corn allergy so 99% of US sodas make me violently ill
I devour cane sugar sodas, though. Shit's genuinely addictive.

>>15670416
This is a classic image and 100% described a real type of guy on /v/ back then, but ">being unique" was always a head-scratcher to me

>>15669633
Coke Zero is really good.

coke zero is good, it's like 2/3 of the way to tasting like regular coke, and 95% if you drink it with food imo

>>15674285
Coffee doesn't dehydrate you, it doesn't cause a net fluid loss.
>Drinking caffeine-containing beverages as part of a normal lifestyle doesn't cause fluid loss in excess of the volume ingested. While caffeinated drinks may have a mild diuretic effect — meaning that they may cause the need to urinate — they don't appear to increase the risk of dehydration.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/caffeinated-drinks/faq-20057965#:~:text=Drinking%20caffeine%2Dcontaining%20beverages%20as,increase%20the%20risk%20of%20dehydration.

>>15674667
The taste of aspartame is the taste of sugar you dumdum, that's the whole point of the thing

>>15669633
why are the anti-sugar hags always so salty?

>>15669633
Yes. Most artificial sweeteners make drinks taste like shit unless the drink was made with a particular artificial sweetener to begin with. My solution to them being unhealthy is to just not be a fat fuck and drink them all the time.

>>15675653
I've actually gotten used coke zero. It just tastes like coke to me.

>>15670417
Only read the abstract but seems intriguing

>>15673596
Are you sure it's not just a case of sugar being cheaper than oats and you're replacing a weight of sugar with that weight of oats?

>>15669633
why cant there just be a coca cola “less sugar”
fuck off with the indigestible toxins you faggots take as a substitute

>>15669633
honestly the Caffeine is more of a problem for me

>>15669633
Yes because I don't drink it too often, I hate the taste of the artificial sweeteners and they upset my stomach. If you're not a beetus lardass believe it or not you can consume sugar sometimes without it being terrible for you.

>>15675766
Lol fucking nope, your taste buds are fucked if you can't tell coke from diet coke

Nah. I like the chemical taste of Diet Coke.

>>15669633
The regular variety is the only one which doesn't taste like poison. If you are at risk for diabeetus you should just drink less soda. If you need to use surrogates to keep up your soda intake whilst not getting the beetus or become obese, you are addicted and should lay off the liquid methadone too. Just drink water.

>>15669643
>>15673328
Fellow diet coke enjoyers

The only diet sodas I can enjoy are ones with flavours that don't rely on sweetness, like lemon/lime, cherry, grapefruit, etc.

Stuff like straight cola or orange just tastes like shit without sugar.
Anyone else feel me?

>>15673596
why would you buy instant oats in packets if you're not getting the flavored kind? why wouldn't you just buy the big canister at that point and save money?