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A comment on Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks advances in California. Parent comment

Re:Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks adv... by mcny on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:03AM (#20001577)
I thought the diet stuff was supposed to be bad for health? I can't keep up...
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Re:Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks adv... by ryanianian on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:07AM (#20001622)
It's almost certainly not good for you, but it's also almost certainly better for you than the full-sugar version.
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Re:Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks adv... by smileysteve on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:59AM (#20002205)
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/95/4/909/4576821

Suggests otherwise, diet soda results in obesity and diabetes at a rate approaching 2:1 when compared to regular.

It turns out that trying to fool our systems with "reduced fat" and "reduced sugar" results in our bodies not being fooled.

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