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Marc_Anthony1
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Has anyone else tried this? I think it's really good. Tastes a bit different to regular Coke, but is basically half the calories. It contains a blend of sugar and stevia. I despise Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Max etc due to the use of aspartame, this is a naturally sweetened drink that tastes good and is better for you. A first class diet Coke, I rate it a 9/10.
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I know what you're getting at. It's quite clear by Coca-Cola's attempts to create a more natural Diet Coke that there is a market for people wanting natural based drink products, that have less calories. I avoid artificial cack. 1) I can't stand the taste 2) I don't like the thought of it 3) it isn't good for you (even if it isn't necessarily that bad in small quantities) 4) It also makes me more bloated than other real versions 5) as I say, I avoid artificial sweeteners etc.
It's not really though is it. Not anywhere near as bad as artificial crap. I try not to have too much refined sugar, but I know what I would rather eat.
Do you know how it is made? Do you know what damage it could possibly cause?
I've seen the big bottles in asda.
I hate the taste of diet coke so I might give this one a try instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature
Because diet coke tastes like the devils peepee and regular coke has too many calories.
What damage could it cause then?
I could. I got pimms made with diet lemonade once and could taste the 'characteristic taste' of artificial sweetners.
Maybe it is one of those things like people who think cucumber has a really strong taste, that some people are just more sensitive to artificial sweetners
I'd actually be surprised if anybody couldn't tell the difference! Regardless of which you prefer, there is a pronounced difference in taste between diet and full-sugar drinks.
Stevia often contains other ingredients
Glycerine: This is often found in liquid stevia extracts.
Natural flavors: a.k.a “this could be anything.”
Xylitol: Truvia is a popular sweetener made with stevia and xylitol. Although proponents bestow the title “natural” to this sweetener, I’ve never eaten Truvia because I’m not a fan of this uber-processed ingredient.
Stevia is “sweet” on the palate, so the body assumes it is receiving sugar and primes itself to do so. Glucose is cleared from the bloodstream and blood sugars drop, but no real sugar/glucose is provided to the body to compensate. When this happens, adrenaline and cortisol surge to mobilize sugar from other sources (liver and muscle glycogen, or protein, or body tissue) to bring blood glucose back up.
Aspartame is terrible Stevia is less terrible. Just don't drink coke in all of its forms.
http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/7-side-effects-of-drinking-diet-soda
That article tells us precisely ... nothing. 'Science' lite at its worst. Lots of 'might', 'possibly', 'unclear'.
I could definitely taste the difference between a diet drink and a normal drink. Diet drinks taste foul to me.