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1 posted on 08/07/2026 5:26:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Wait what?

(I do not consume diet soda. I do not consume any soda).


2 posted on 08/07/2026 5:28:44 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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Sadly Dr Pepper Zero Sugar is sweetened with a combination of aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K).

Not sure I can give it up.


3 posted on 08/07/2026 5:29:01 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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Most of these artificial sweeteners are bad news, either for your heart or your brain, and probably for your pancreas as well, since “it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.”


4 posted on 08/07/2026 5:29:28 AM PDT by montag813
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Is this to attack Trump ?


5 posted on 08/07/2026 5:29:55 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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So I’m okay with Splenda? :-)


6 posted on 08/07/2026 5:31:05 AM PDT by Twotone (Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle.)
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I don’t drink diet coke.

Do I ?


10 posted on 08/07/2026 5:35:49 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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I’ll give up my Diet Coke when they... when they ... do something.


11 posted on 08/07/2026 5:39:13 AM PDT by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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“ The study’s newest findings present a concerning link between low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) used in diet drinks and accelerated cognitive decline.”

Well, they’re not food. Why would anyone consume them?


12 posted on 08/07/2026 5:40:19 AM PDT by stanne
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Constant conjunction is not causality. Perhaps it a particular type of person who drinks diet coke regularly.

Of course, it is possible that trailer parks cause smoking and tornadoes.....


14 posted on 08/07/2026 5:42:19 AM PDT by proxy_user
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If it’s that bad for you then you might as well have a non-diet Coke and never switch back...or try a Vernors!


16 posted on 08/07/2026 5:45:43 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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Is it aspartame or specifically diet coke?


18 posted on 08/07/2026 5:47:26 AM PDT by Milagros
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I’ve seen enough anecdotal evidence for this to believe it’s true. This is why I ONLY drink Coke ZERO or cane sugar Coke.


19 posted on 08/07/2026 5:47:30 AM PDT by Kleon
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So is this 2 ounces per day or 2 liters? Kinda worthless without.


20 posted on 08/07/2026 5:47:33 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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In general, life kills you.


25 posted on 08/07/2026 5:49:29 AM PDT by GingisK
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Interesting. I am currently 60. I have been drinking DC for maybe 40 years now. Lately though I do mis-speak and say April instead of August, or other kinds of similar slipups. Trump does this too. Could just be natural aging, or maybe there is something to this?


26 posted on 08/07/2026 5:50:33 AM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent)
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I had sa friend who had to get diet coke or he would get withdrawal symptoms


31 posted on 08/07/2026 5:54:11 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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I was a diet cokeaholic when I was working....since retiring in 2020 I’ve probably had less than 10 sodas.....I’m STILL dumb. 😆


32 posted on 08/07/2026 5:56:37 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people tin hat hate it won't leave!)
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Serving size? How often? Does the body purge the sweetner if you skip days?

N-E-I ...


33 posted on 08/07/2026 5:57:34 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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Naming a single, branded beverage is clickbait. (Got me to click!) Why Diet Coke and not Sam’s Choice Zero Sugar Cola, you might ask. Just cola, and not lemon-lime? What about red or orange pop?

Maybe it’s because the study was done in Brazil, and Brazil doesn’t have the same array of private-label, artificially sweetened sodas?


34 posted on 08/07/2026 5:59:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm difficult. I have a two-year planner and an attitude problem.)
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Thanks! My wife guzzled huge amounts of Diet Coke in years past. She’s 74 and no signs of cognitive decline. Of course, I’m 75 and the cognitively deficient probably don’t recognize cognitive decline in others. Not that I’m cognitively deficient, of course. Now why did I enter this chat room?


36 posted on 08/07/2026 6:05:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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