THE TRUTH ABOUT DIET COKE!

I know you all know that one person that swears they are eating healthier by choosing a Diet Coke over regular Coke. And you have all heard the commercials for all these diet drinks.  "Tastes just like regular!" So shouldn't people be wondering....hmm so what did you have to do to this diet coke to make it taste JUST LIKE coke?  Here's a list of the ingredients from the Nutrition Connection Website.


INGREDIENTS:

• Carbonated Water,
• Caramel Color,
• Aspartame,
• Phosphoric Acid,
• Potassium Benzoate (to protect taste),
• Natural Flavors,
• Citric Acid,
• Caffeine

Lets just take the first ingredient I can't pronounce.  Aspartame.  The New York Times published an article in February of 2006 stating that Aspartame could be linked to different types of cancers, including Leukemia.  The 7 year long study was done on rats that were injected with the equivalent to a 150 pound person drinking 4 to 5 20 ounce diet cokes per day.  Now I know what you're saying...I don't drink that much.  But why would you want to ingest ANYTHING that is the even remotely associated with the word cancer? I don't know about you but cancer has affected my family more than once and I'm willing to bet every American can say the same.


Another article written by Daniel J. Denoon for WebMD named Drink More Diet Soda, Gain More Weight says that research conducted at the University of Texas Health Center found that drinkers of diet soda had a higher risk of obesity than people who drank regular soda. It goes on to say that there was a 41% increase in the chance of being overweight for EVERY CAN OF DIET SODA A PERSON CONSUMES PER DAY.  41%!??  That means that the Coca Cola Company is selling everyone on their "Diet" Coke being healthier than their regular Coke, yet, research shows that the opposite is actually true!  


One last bit of proof (if you are not already convinced).  I want you to go to Google and type in how to clean your toilet bowl.  I guarantee that you will find an article called How to Remove Stains From Your Toilet on Ehow.com and suggestion number one is:

"Pour a can of Coca-Cola in the toilet bowl and leave it overnight. Diet Coke doesn't have the same effect so make sure it's regular Coca-Cola. In the morning, the toilet should require very little scrubbing for the stain to disappear."

ANYTHING that can clean grime off your toilet bowl, DOES NOT belong in our bodies.  Can you imagine what it does to our system if it cleans gunk off your toilet bowl?  

Now i am a realist.  Ideally, everyone would drink water and green tea all day and we wouldn't have to worry about this soda business.  But let's be realistic. Every once in a while, you want something with some flavor.  Here's a couple of suggestions for substitutions for Diet Coke:

• Whole Foods 365 Organic Soda (it is so good! My husband LOVES soda and i got him to try it and he loved it!  We tried the Orange Creme flavor and it tastes like a Dreamsicle)

                                          

• Any brand carbonated water 
• There are lots of other Organic Sodas that you can find at your local Whole Foods Store or any health food store.  Try them and see which one you like!  Make sure to ALWAYS look at the ingredients though.  If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't eat it.  

I hope this will make you think twice about drinking soda :)  

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