I know the headline sounds funny, but remember that could kill a diabetic.
FYI there is no such thing as truly “zero calorie”. Sure, we can’t use aspartame and those “0 calorie” sweeteners for energy BUT our gut microbes can metabolize those compounds into products that we can then use for energy. So one way or another you’re still taking in calories. Now do you gain more energy from straight sugar vs the sweeteners? I have no idea, I haven’t studied this in years. I just like to bring up that little bit of trivia whenever anyone brings up zero calorie drinks in conversation :)
ya I did a lit review for my thesis a few years back, plenty of papers on microbes metabolizing these compounds, shouldn’t be hard to find.
It doesn’t really matter if aspartame and sugar have the same amount of calories when you use 1/200th as much to get the same level of sweetness.
Scared me a bit with my 1.5 average liters of coke zero a day :x I know I have issues
At least it’s coke zero, but that stuff is still not good for you. Even the acid alone is bad for your teeth.
Ever considered switching to seltzer water? I find it to be a great substitute for idle consumption.
My favorite zero calorie drink is water.
I feel bad for people’s whose stomachs get upset when drinking water, they have to turn to solutions like sugar-free drinks whether they like it or not.
As @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world astutely points out, it’s a big deal for a lot of people with dietary issues, diabetics being the most prominent.
I have a hard time believing someone can be sick from water but artificial sweetener in water doesn’t cause that. Has to be psychosomatic.
Straight water doesn’t make me sick, but unless I’m already pretty thirsty (working hard/exercising outside in summer) and it’s full of ice, I find drinking water unpleasant.
I’ll drink water when I have to, but I’ll drink flavored/calorie free drinks because I enjoy them, thus staying far more hydrated.
it is psychosomatic, but can still be debilitating. i knew a Navy veteran who could not drink straight water at all because while in the Navy, he had to drink several gallons of the stuff every day. as soon as he was discharged (honorably), he found he couldn’t have water without anything added to it simply because he had so much of it in the service. of course, he still has to drink water, so he carries around a bottle of flavoring
Well, I mean it’s not going to kill a diabetic if they consume sugar they weren’t anticipating… sure it might spike their levels higher than anticipated, but it would only cause harm long term if they didn’t monitor .
It depends how much sugar. I have type 1, and if I had 20 grams on accident, it could ruin my levels for half a day but not the end of the world. If I had 45 grams (a can of soda) or more on accident I’d probably just go to the hospital at that point. Or at least I’d be scared. Once blood sugar levels get too high it’s rough to control and you’re in a somewhat fragile state. And also you start to feel like shit the longer it goes on (dka.)
I guess I’m saying is usually no it won’t kill you but especially for type 1 people it’d probably make for a somewhat traumatic experience.
Sugar or high fructose corn syrup?
HFCS is sugar. Just not cane sugar. And at the end of the day, sugar is sugar and we shouldn’t be having it all the time.
Yes but I like making cheap jabs at the drink industry.
On a serious note - you’re absolutely right to avoid sugar, and I stopped drinking sweetened beverages many years ago. From what I understand though, people would develop fewer health problems if they consumed cane sugar instead of HFCS. Apparently the unbound fructose makes a difference when consuming sugar at such a high volume.
I’m afraid that HFCS and cane sugar affect your health equally.
Sounds like a class action suit for any person that consumed the drinks while it was advertised as zero sugar
Only if they suffered harm. I’m not sure that enough people will have suffered harm for it to be a class action.
