Help! Addicted to Coke....zero ;)

[joncaputo]

I swear someone please help me. I guzzle like 3 cans of this crap a day and cant stop. Coke Zero - I am sure they put something in here thats addictive but I just cant stop drinking it

[Uruss]

I too have been pulled in by the power of Coke Zero, it's ridiculous!

[madurolover]

It is the only soft drink that I drink regularly.

[joncaputo]

What the hell is in this stuff? Everyone I know that tried one cant stop drinking it. I just used to laugh at them. Now whose laughing?

[madurolover]

To me they taste pretty close to the old formula Coke. Hey, maybe they have coke in them!

[jledou]

Drink more beer John, that will take care of it!

[tx_tuff]

I drank one the other night because the vending mechanize was out of Diet Dr Pepper. It was good, better the reg Diet Coke (which in a can or bottle has a pencil lead taste to me). So its a better back up then Diet Coke but I will stick with Diet Dr Pepper. But don't worry Dr Pepper is a Texas Thing.

[QWKDTSN]

Diet Dr. Pepper is the best tasting diet soda but Coke Zero is pretty good as well.

[dinoa2]

I agree that Diet Dr. Pepper is as good as the regular. Sorry guys but I think you drink so much coke zero because you are trying to get some taste from it. in my minority opinion, they left the taste out of it but if you enjoy it, go for it

[Strick]

Diet Coke for me...Guess I developed a taste for it long ago

[GlockG23]

Originally Posted by Uruss

I too have been pulled in by the power of Coke Zero, it's ridiculous!

+1

[themoneycollector]

Originally Posted by GlockG23

+1

+2

My preference is Coke Cherry Zero

[DSturg369]

I've never tried Coke Zero myself. At the most I have 1 soda a month. My weakness is sweet iced tea.

[tzaddi]

BUZZ KILL ALERT

I found the following on this site.
the zero coke movement - Coke Zero Ingredients

Coke Zero Ingredients
Coke's marketing people talk about "zero consequences", but can they promise Coke Zero's ingredients are without consequences?

The ingredients (as written in bold) are listed on Australian cans of Coke Zero. Water anyone?
Carbonated water
Colour (150d) - aka "Sulphite Ammonia Caramel"
Food acid 338 - aka "Phosphoric Acid" (Also used for rust removal!)
Food acid 331 - aka "Sodium Citrates" (Also used in photography and as an anticoagulant of blood stored for transfusion!)
Flavour
Sweetener 951 - aka "Asapartame" (According to the US FDA, "the [National Cancer Institute] currently is studying aspartame and other dietary factors as part of a larger study of adult brain cancer." You might want to wait for the results before you drink it. Also, avoid this one if you're moody!)
Sweetener 950 - aka "Acesulfame Potassium" (Looking for reasons to avoid this sweetener? Look no further...)
Preservative 211 - aka "Sodium Benzoate" (Undiluted this stuff isn't too bad... Just don't let it touch your skin!)
Caffeine
"Two all beef patties..."
Practice this catchy line and impress your friends...
"I'll have a glass of carbonated water with Sulphite Ammonia Caramel, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Citrates, Aspartame, Acesulfame Potassium, Sodium Benzoate, flavour and caffeine please. I'm on a health kick."

2005 Study links Aspartame with cancer - available at the US government's NIH website
From the Conclusions... "Our study shows that Aspartame is a multi-potential carcinogenic compound whose carcinogenic effects are evident even at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg bw, much less than the current ADI for humans in Europe (40 mg/kg bw) and in the United States (50 mg/kg bw).
...The results of our study therefore call for an urgent reexamination of the present guidelines on the use and consumption of Aspartame. The decision to use experimental data to protect public health is important because the time span of widespread Aspartame use is still too brief to have produced solid epidemiologic data. Moreover, it is unlikely that sufficient epidemiologic data will be available in the near future, given the difficulty of finding a control group that has not been exposed to this widely diffused compound."

You guys are funny if someone put this stuff in your cigars and told you to go ahead, relax, have a smoke would you?

EDIT: PS Nothing wrong with some good old sugar cane.

[madurolover]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

[B]


You guys are funny if someone put this stuff in your cigars and told you to go ahead, relax, have a smoke would you?

Only if it tasted like a Pepin!