diet sodas

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: soydios
Beware: my dad used to drink a lot of Crystal Light, and found out after a year that the high potassium in it (a salt) was raising his blood pressure. Salts and sweeteners are both used to make consumables taste better.

No worries from me, I don't have much money and Crystal Light is expensive! I'm use to making Kool Aid for like 35 cents a pitcher, Crystal Light is like 5x as much if not more.

Diet Dew seems decent it's missing the overall sweetness I like, but I don't get much of an aftertaste so I'm alright.

 

[hemiram]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I don't think any of the diet drinks taste anything like their regular versions. I like Coke Zero and Diet Dr. Pepper but not because I think they taste like the originals. They're just tolerable to drink.

I totally agree that diet drinks taste nothing like the regular versions. I've tried and tried to get used to them, but it's like tossing money away, as it was rare that I would ever finish a can or bottle. I pretty much switched to Iced Tea, and just don't drink diet pop at all. Even the Splenda sweetened drinks just aren't right at all.

Diet Dr. Pepper.........? Excuse me while I shudder uncontrollably!

 

[hemiram]

Originally posted by: QueBert
Picked up some Diet Dew, it's not bad, definitely not as sweet, and sort of has a weird aftertaste, the first glass I had wasn't bad and I think if i drank it for 2 weeks straight I would be totally accustomed to it. Only problem is this Aspartame crap it has, in the long run this is probably worse for me than the sugar of regular sodas. I just can't win. And I have to do research on this "contains Phenylalanine" thhing I'm reading on this Diet Coke I'm drinking sounds like a warning label to me.

Phenylalanine isn't a problem unless you have Phenylketonuria. Since you don't know about it, you don't have it. It's a condition where certain amino acids can't be tolerated, and that's what the warning means. The wierdo conspiracy stuff about Aspartame/Equal is total nonsense. There is stuff on "kookpages" that ranges from a little over the top, to outright insanity about the stuff. Most of it takes a common reaction that many foods have, and somehow try to claim the chemicals Aspartame is broken down into is somehow terrible when many foods do exactly the same thing. Then there is the supposed behavioral and memory changes it causes.

 

[eplebnista]

Tab :thumbsup:

 

[Eos]

Originally posted by: Flashram
Diet A&W is awesome.

Agreed.

I only drank Diet Coke for years. I switched to this a couple years ago.

It's not available everywhere, so I drink iced tea (no lemon) with Splenda when at restaurants.

Diet Hansens is really good. They have a creamy root beer and a black cherry. Very good.

I've seen Crystal Light for as much as $4 for a package that makes 12 quarts. But also as low as $1.99, so YMMV. Stock up when it's on sale?

 

[SmoochyTX]

Coke Zero
Diet Coke
Diet A&W
Diet Mountain Dew

 

[Zee]

not sierra 0, doesnt taste as good as other diet drinks or regular sierra