re: One last thread for the day, this boards thoughts on diet/zero sodas.

I've been drinking LaCroix Coconut and Mango to get fix my fizz addiction. Works pretty well

Chemicals they extracted from the oils of the labeled fruits.

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The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional. Natural flavors include the natural essence or extractives obtained from plants listed in Secs. 182.10, 182.20, 182.40, and 182.50 and part 184 of this chapter, and the substances listed in Sec. 172.510 of this chapter.

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Artificial flavors are the exact same thing, except the chemicals were made in a lab instead of extracted from a real food source. No real difference, as a molecule is a molecule, but people like the term "natural" over the term "artificial".

Well if Cherry is natural and you have an artificial way of flavoring something cherry flavored. BAM! natural flavor!

I think La Croix tastes like sweat or worse. It is oddly "flat" tasting yet bubbly. Very weird stuff. Maybe I'm drinking the wrong flavor? Is there a "best" flavor? I'm using it at night to replace nightly wine but am struggling to choke it down.

Still no cure for the 4 diet cokes a day though. I drink the ones with splenda ... not sure if that is better than aspartame. Really need to stop. And no, I'm not overweight.