Diet Coke gets a little healthier

My kids have been drinking diet coke since they were little. The little one grew a tail. He finds it very useful.

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oh no!!! does that mean they are changing coke zero too?

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The Coca Cola company should be ashamed.
There is research showing that Aspartame, (Nutrasweet) metabolizes into formaldehyde when raised to - guess what- BODY temperature. Gee, that cannot be good for brain cells or any other cells in the body... Guess someone with big money got that through the FDA back when the INSECTICIDE was found to have a sweet taste- guess what it was--- aspartame. There are more reports to the FDA of side effects from aspartame than you could imagine--- but lets just go ahead and poison the American public.

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Color soda's such as diet coke have phosphoric acid in them that makes bones soft. In fact, people with kidney failure are told not to drink color soda's.

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sucralose and aspartame are 2 different sweetners, and are 2 very different products.

I am allergic to nutrasweet (aspartame) and can't not have anything that contains it anyway, but have had warnings since shortly after it came out, especially for children

Splenda is better that sweet n low, and nutrasweet, but they should be used sparingly anyway

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big corporations want you to drink soda. drink water!

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My mother lived to a ripe old age--big diet coke drinker. Asked for one while on he deathbed!

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Well they have all these studies that prove or disprove all the claims well I work for coke and I can't say one way or another if those claims are true however I can say that the biggest problem is that in this country we do not seem to be able to consume anything in moderation I see my customers all the time buying 3 or 4 or even 10 12 packs of soda if people would buy 1 less 12 pack of soda and maybe 1 more case of Dasani water or eat 1 less cheeseburger and eat 1 more salad maybe all of these health problems that we all seem to have wouldn't be quite as bad. And by the way if you go onto cokes website you will find many alternatives to soda that are just as tasty but much healthier.

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I have fibromyalgia and I DON"T drink soda at all. Doc said it was possibly caused by the cleaning supplies I have used for the past 17 years for my cleaning business. Comforting huh? Makes sense though.

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I know for a fact that diet coke is not bad for you. In fact it has some benefits. I was married for 25 years and smoked for most of those years. Then I quit. Took up drinking diet coke. Then one day while I was having myself a cold dc she said she wanted to leave. Stopped at the store after work to pick up a dc a few days later and she was gone.....THANK GOD FOR DIET COKE.

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this is nothing new, the f.d.a.learned of this 16 years ago,they did not ban it but came to an agreement with the soda companies to gradually stop using it, some companies replaced it with sugar and chemicals called chelating agents, others have done nothing yet, in the comments no one has hit it yet, the soda companies are running scared, maybe because there is a chance of them being sued, here is the real reason, the two ingreedients are---benzoate, a preservative,and ---ascorbic acid, a form of vitamin c, when these two items interact they form benzene which is a carcinogen which can be linked to leukemia-and other cancers of the blood- anemia- and chromosome aberations, benzine is particularly toxic to children, in the united kingdomi think it has been banned, if you want to check go to www, motherearthnews.com--june/ july 2006, also go to www.ewg.org and search for benzene lisy

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Vicky, I agree diet soda is very bad for you. Aspartame is very bad for the intestines and can cause tumors. Heard this from more than two doctors. I drink plain coffee in the morning and water all day long. A lot safer that way. They should ban diet soda. A good sweetner is Stivia and it is very natural. I have tried it before and believe me it is very sweet without sugar in it.

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I was just diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney failure and have been instructed to quit drinking ANY soda with phosphoric acid, which of course includes Diet Coke and my fave Coke Zero. Bummer for me

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I'm all for the REAL thing. When Diet Pepsi first came out, it was said you couldn't tell the difference. What a LIE. I bought some by mistake, thinking it was the real Pepsi. I gave it to my husband and he said what is this? I tried it and thought it was the most disgusting thing I ever tasted. It belonged in the toilet. And even the toilet is too good for that. So stick to the REAL THIING. If one is worried about his/her diet or medical concerns, then limit yourself. Enjoy one can or bottle of the real thing is better than an imitation.

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I had a tooth that was very sensitive to sugar, so I switched
to Orange Drink made with Equal, but my tooth got worse.
The pain was unreal. I couldn't understand why, then I read the
ingredients on the Equal packets. It contains Dextrose, a sugar.
Also, I realy believe that cold viruses feed on sugar.
It seemed like every time I consumed a lot of sweets, I would get
a bad cold the next day or two.
I tried some experiments and those Rhino viruses love sugar.
If you get a lot of colds, chances are you have a lot of disolved sugar in your blood.
Al
alfredschrader@aol.com

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For health reasons I drink water most of the time. However, when I feel like having a nice, refreshing Coke, I go for the Coke Zero. I get a cold can out of the fridge and pour it into a tall glass of crushed ice. Mmmm......just like the real thing but with 0 calories. I agree that water is the best thing but sometimes you just want a Coke.

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I heard that if you put 50% Rum in your diet coke it makes everything ok!!!
So, let's all try that for a week or so and see if you all feel better... and I'll bettcha there'll be a few pregnancies out of this plan as well.

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how long till some crybaby $ue$ so they won't have to work anymore?

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Coca Cola and all providers of diet drinks should eliminate aspertane from their beverages since it is a know cause for panic
attack in millions of Americans. Now that Splenda is available as
a subsitute sweetner, aspertane should be banned from all diet
foods.

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I asked my doctor about soda hurting bones and he said you have to drink a ton of it a day and then not get your daily amount of calcium for it to hurt you. As always, it's the extremes they are talking about, not normal usage.

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