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Re:How the gut differentiates artificial sweeteners from sug... by louthy on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:01AM (#30056579)
> Diet soda tastes bad.

I believed that until I was in a relationship with a diabetic, and so we'd have Diet Coke in the fridge rather than regular. It takes a bit of time to get used to it, but you do.

My preferred option these days is to drink neither :)

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Re:How the gut differentiates artificial sweeteners from sug... by krageon on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:12AM (#30058571)
In absolute terms I guess everyone could get used to a bad flavour with enough exposure (something I theorise happens with beer, as it's actually disgusting. You just learn to drink it), but why would you? It doesn't make sense with beer and it doesn't make sense with sweeteners.
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