re: Coke-ZERO Sugar

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Can diet beverages really be bad for your brain?
Researchers analyzed health data from nearly 3,000 adults who had filled out diet surveys, and determined their incidence of stroke or dementia over 10 years. The findings were alarming.

Compared with people who said they didn't consume diet drinks, those who had at least one per day suffered three times more strokes, and were three times more likely to develop dementia. Consumption of regular (non-diet) soft drinks was not linked to a higher risk of these brain problems. And the results were unchanged when accounting for other important factors such as gender, diet, smoking, and physical activity.

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Harvard Health LINK

Soda is one of the worst processed foods/drinks regardless of whether it is sugar free or not. Do some research on your own because many of the responses to your question on the "health/fitness" board are idiotic and run counter to science.

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lsu777

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I have no dog in this fight, but I frequent this board and you argue with everyone.

You post studies on everything, but when someone else posts a study you fricking claim that its not legitimate.

You are the Pride87 of this board, and its not a compliment

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and lets get something straight...im not arguing with anyone, i am correcting them. there is a difference.

you wont find me being wrong on many things...because if i dont know...i shut the frick up or say i dont know.

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Holy shite

Coke Zero may have no downside affect to my health, but it certainly acts as a "gateway" for me in the sense that after I have one, I crave sweets and excess carbs. I tend to stay away for that reason and just have a Topo Chico for when a carbonation craving hits.

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lsu777 is argumentative, but he's right. There's a plethora of misinformation surrounding health/fitness about the most basic of basics, not to mention the "gurus" that lead people to disordered eating mentalities for their own profit based around the confusing minutiae of health.

Evidence-based nutrition/health is pretty clear on a lot of topics that people like to debate way too heavily on this board. As 777 says, people debate the small things and ignore the core principles. If you're listening to Rhonda Patrick and Andrew Huberman for health advice and are 100lb overweight, you're probably missing the forest for the trees. And that's rich, coming from me

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thank you

pretty much my point

unless you are ffmi of 23 or 24, resting heart rate in the 50s, 12% or lower Bodyfat, getting 8k steps every single day, average 8 hours of sleep per night, perfect blood sugar, perfect cholesterol....etc etc...then we can walk about coke zero maybe not being the best choice


FTR im not saying coke zero is better than water or addin crystal light is better than drinking straight water

but what i am saying is...it is better than having a regular coke, it is better than having a slice of cake etc etc

i am saying it can help you on your weightloss journey and help keep the fat off(as seen in the studies) and

i am saying its not a zero sum game. 99.99% of the articles using scare tactics about things like coke zero do so by referencing bullshite studies like the havard article where they say...well we sent out a survey. so...just a cooralation. people want to prop them up because again it makes them feel morally superior in the way they approach their health. Yet we have multiple double blind causation studies showing that they help with fat loss, keeping it off, dont affect gut health negatively for 95%+ of people, dont cause cancer etc etc and the same people shite on those studies

why?

because it doesnt confirm their biases or it doesnt help them uphold some moralistic view that somehow...using zero calorie drinks are suddenly bad

and what they are going to say is...well its processed....look at the ingredients list...that cant be good for you. Cant tell you shite about 99% of the ingredients listed...yet will bitch about them.

then they are going to turn around talk about Europe has banned them etc and hold up Europe as some bastion of health and act like its because of things like this.


the lack of understanding of scientific principles and how to read a study, interpret data etc from otherwise intelligent people is just mind blowing to me.

My favorite summertime alcoholic beverage is Vodka/Sprite Zero.

My favorite weekend morning beverage is an ice cold Coke Zero straight out of the can, where the spiciness makes my eyes water!

Perfectly fine and safe to drink no matter what IG “doctors” say.

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And as far as the 777 stuff..
Dude knows what he’s talking about. People will link an article or “study” citing it as fact but don’t research them enough to know the details. That’s not a knock. Most people, myself included, don’t spend the time breaking down the details, control groups, etc.
777 does and has the educational background to establish his credibility.
Gary Brecka comes to mind who I’ve been corrected on before.

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thanks

but all you have to do is subscribe to the research reviews and let guys that are smarter than me do it. Just have to have some understanding to make sure they are breaking it down correctly.

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I'd argue all the PFAS's in regular sodas are worse for you than the sugar.

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You could go out right now and kill a wild deer, carefully butcher it yourself, only store it in non-plastic containers, then cook it and it would still likely have PFAS in it

Its not whether or not its there, its how much. A lot of it is alarmism. But significant amounts can be very detrimental.