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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by petecooper on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:55PM (#28790639)
I was hooked on Pepsi Max in the early 2000s. A high pressure tech support role at an antivirus vendor was the perfect environment for me to blast through a 2 litre bottle on a typical work day. That habit almost broke me physically, ended up binging and had a mini nervous breakdown within 2 years. Not recommended.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by layer8 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:28PM (#28790996)
Just n = 1 as well, but I’ve been drinking around 3 litres of diet coke per day for the past 15-20 years and haven’t had any adverse physical effects.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by Apocryphon on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:48PM (#28791206)
Ah, classic

https://www.theonion.com/man-who-drinks-5-diet-cokes-per-day...

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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by wcunning on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:39PM (#28791114)
1.5 liters of Diet Coke a day here, plus quite a bit of coffee and I'm also doing ok. No real signs of moderate or severe dehydration either, maybe mild, but very mild if so.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by chucksta on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:39PM (#28791750)
I'm not sure if your point is you would be dehydrated from the caffeine, but that not true; https://time.com/5192272/coffee-tea-dehydrating/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by DantesKite on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:59PM (#28791335)
The only thing that worries me about diet coke is what it may do to the gut microbiome and how it lowers Vitamin D levels in the body.

Other than that, far, far better than regular coke, which should be banned for people under the age of 21.

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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by bradlys on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:46PM (#28792533)
Same. I'm on caffeine free now but I haven't kicked the entire habit yet.

That said - it's much easier to drink just water now. No caffeine headaches and such. Can't actually drink the caffeinated diet coke anymore - get sick from it. Super weird.

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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by lloydgrossman on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:38PM (#28791099)
50/50 shot that you aren't aware of the adverse effects it is having.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by layer8 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:52PM (#28791259)
Well, studies so far seem to be inconclusive overall, so I’m hoping for the best. :)
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:57PM (#28791307)
If they aren't aware, is it even that adverse?
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by judge2020 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:24PM (#28791603)
Many potential side-effects might be invisible until it's already gotten to the point of causing damage. Think lung cancer in smokers that don't destroy the body for decades[0], or the amount of people with prediabetes that won't know until their blood glucose level qualifies them for a type 2 diagnoses.

0: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141009154007.h...

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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by rootusrootus on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:25PM (#28791608)
That's impressive. I thought I needed an intervention because the other day I managed to drink an entire six pack of Pepsi Zero Sugar in one day. Maybe I shouldn't worry so much...
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by kyleee on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:32PM (#28791050)
Jesus, any plans to donate your body to science at some point to study the effects of such high consumption?
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by sneak on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:28PM (#28791639)
I ingest twice that amount of sucralose every day and I'm fine, too.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by vorpalhex on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:33PM (#28791063)
Do you consume other caffeinated beverages like coffee or tea?
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by layer8 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:51PM (#28791239)
I don’t, or only very rarely. I like cold beverages, and I like the coke taste, to the point that I even drink caffeine-free coke in the evening.
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by falcor84 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:08PM (#28790794)
I would assume that the "high pressure tech support role" also had a lot to do with it
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Re:Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women a... by subsubzero on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:32PM (#28791049)
yeah, stress can do terrible things to your body, affect nervous system function, cognitive impairment, major stomach issues, affect the heart and its function, and on and on..
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