Diet or regualr soda worst?

I realize neither one is good for you.

But sometimes wonder that if a person is going to drink
soda occasionally what is the least worst one to drink?

Diet? With its controversy on artificial sweeteners?

Or regular with its controversy on carbs and HFCS?

What do you drink? And why?

writes:

I realize neither one is good for you.

But sometimes wonder that if a person is going to drink
soda occasionally what is the least worst one to drink?

Diet soda *might* be bad for you, although if you're worried about
Nutrasweet, there are sodas with Splenda now.

Sugar *is* bad for you, in the kind of concentrations soda has.
Diabetes isn't just a possibility, it's a fact of life for a
fast-growing number of people. As are heart disease, tooth decay, and
other common results of high-carb diets.

No contest, in my book.

What do you drink? And why?

Mostly water, or decaf, unsweetened, iced tea. But when I want a
soda, I drink Diet Rite, which is sweetened with Splenda. I'm not
sure Nutrasweet is especially harmful, but I like to support
competition in the field.



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Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"Aaron Baugher" wrote in message
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writes:

I realize neither one is good for you.

But sometimes wonder that if a person is going to drink
soda occasionally what is the least worst one to drink?

Diet soda *might* be bad for you, although if you're worried about
Nutrasweet, there are sodas with Splenda now.

Sugar *is* bad for you, in the kind of concentrations soda has.
Diabetes isn't just a possibility, it's a fact of life for a
fast-growing number of people. As are heart disease, tooth decay, and
other common results of high-carb diets.

No contest, in my book.

What do you drink? And why?

Mostly water, or decaf, unsweetened, iced tea. But when I want a
soda, I drink Diet Rite, which is sweetened with Splenda. I'm not
sure Nutrasweet is especially harmful, but I like to support
competition in the field.



sugar-free Jones is splenda too and better than diet rite imo. i lovvve the
sugar-free black cherry

Aaron Baugher wrote:

Diet soda *might* be bad for you, although if you're worried about
Nutrasweet, there are sodas with Splenda now.


Same gut feeling as well.... but needed confirmation
from someone else. G

I realize NEITHER is good...but since its unlikely I
will quit drinking soda entirely I'm trying to
determine the lesser of the evils.....real sugar vs
chemical sweetners and their unknown long term effects

I've been drinking diet soda with aspartame..... but
reading more abt how bad that stuff "might" be.... how
the body breaks it down

Will try splenda based soda..... but do you think it
safer than aspartame based?

Aaron Baugher wrote:

Mostly water, or decaf, unsweetened, iced tea. But when I want a
soda, I drink Diet Rite, which is sweetened with Splenda.

Funny.... was just at store looking at diet rite soda
with splenda

Picked up diet coke with splenda instead

will try diet rite next time

"nanner" wrote:

sugar-free Jones is splenda too and better than diet rite imo. i lovvve the
sugar-free black cherry

cool!!


I love Jones soda... didn't know they had a splenda
based one tho!!

writes:

Will try splenda based soda..... but do you think it
safer than aspartame based?

Well, I don't *know* yet that aspartame isn't safe. Millions of
people have complained of various side-effects, but millions of people
play the lottery too, so that's not much proof. There's a lot of
smoke, but no one's really pinned down the fire yet. The political
process that got it approved was shady enough that anything's
possible, though.

Splenda, on the other hand, hasn't generated large numbers of
consistent complaints yet, as far as I know. It was used in other
countries for years before the FDA approved it here. (They protected
that Nutrasweet monopoly as long as they could.) So far, the negative
articles I see about sucralose talk about "potential" dangers, and
stem from research in mice, which sometimes relates to humans and
sometimes doesn't. Maybe someday we'll learn something harmful about
it, but the FDA tried really hard and couldn't.



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Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

They all have such tiny amounts of sweetener that I doubt it is a problem.
Aspartame is a problem for people with Phenylketonuria but not for most
normal people.

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|
| Same gut feeling as well.... but needed confirmation
| from someone else. G
|
| I realize NEITHER is good...but since its unlikely I
| will quit drinking soda entirely I'm trying to
| determine the lesser of the evils.....real sugar vs
| chemical sweetners and their unknown long term effects
|
| I've been drinking diet soda with aspartame..... but
| reading more abt how bad that stuff "might" be.... how
| the body breaks it down
|
| Will try splenda based soda..... but do you think it
| safer than aspartame based?

You might also note that millions of people don't understand the concept of
cause and effect.

Aaron Baugher wrote:
|
| Well, I don't *know* yet that aspartame isn't safe. Millions of
| people have complained of various side-effects, but millions of people
| play the lottery too, so that's not much proof. There's a lot of
| smoke, but no one's really pinned down the fire yet. The political
| process that got it approved was shady enough that anything's
| possible, though.
|
| Splenda, on the other hand, hasn't generated large numbers of
| consistent complaints yet, as far as I know. It was used in other
| countries for years before the FDA approved it here. (They protected
| that Nutrasweet monopoly as long as they could.) So far, the negative
| articles I see about sucralose talk about "potential" dangers, and
| stem from research in mice, which sometimes relates to humans and
| sometimes doesn't. Maybe someday we'll learn something harmful about
| it, but the FDA tried really hard and couldn't.

nanner wrote:
"Aaron Baugher" wrote in message

Mostly water, or decaf, unsweetened, iced tea. But when I want a
soda, I drink Diet Rite, which is sweetened with Splenda. I'm not
sure Nutrasweet is especially harmful, but I like to support
competition in the field.


sugar-free Jones is splenda too and better than diet rite imo. i lovvve the
sugar-free black cherry

I get the Hanson splenda-sweetened soda. So far my favorite is tangerine-lime.
Yummy! And spendy enough at almost $.50/can that my inner cheapskate rebells at
the idea of more than one a day.