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Diet coke vs coke zero on Cold Rick

17th May 2006

I can taste very little difference between these two products. When I discuss this with others, they invariably tell me that they prefer Coke Zero to Diet Coke. I still get the bitter aftertaste from the artificial sweeteners. People I talk to say they don't. So what's the real difference?

They both have no sugar and no calories. The only difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke is the types and quantities of artificial sweeteners.

Here are a few quotes from various websites .....

http://ries.typepad.com/ries_blog/2005/06/its_a_net_zero_.html

"The only chemical difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke is that Coke Zero has about half the aspartame but has more ace-k. Confused anyone? It's a marketing thing - Coke have manufactured a "diet" coke without using the word diet... which in their eyes will appeal to a different demographic."

http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2005/06/14/coke_zero_confused_anyone.php

The idea behind Coca-Cola Zero is to attract young male consumers who shun beverages with the word Diet on them. I guess we are assuming young men are really stupid. Any one who has finished the fifth grade can figure out Coca-Cola Zero is the same as Diet Coke!

http://www.mikeindustries.com

Coke Zero is Diet Coke with two sweeteners (Aspartame and Ace-K), rather than just Aspartame. It tastes better than regular Diet Coke, but it's still just as dangerous (as is anything else with artificial sweeteners):

http://joi.ito.com/archives/2002/10/26/is_diet_coke_bad_for_you.html

Aspartame is poison! Aspartame is not very sweet in itself, that may be why Equal puts Dextrose (sugar) and maltodextrin as the first ingredients, so that it tastes sweet. Aspartame is a brain drug that stimulates your brain so you think that the food you're eating tastes sweet. If you pay attention you'll notice that when using Aspartame, everything you eat at the same time also tastes sweet! This may be why Aspartame causes you to crave carbohydrates. Hence, you won't lose weight using it. By the way, cyclamates got pulled off the market in the 70's in the USA but not Canada or the rest of the world because the sugar industry saw too much of their market disappear.

Aspartame (aspartylphenylalanine-methyl-ester) breaks down to its poison constituents at 86 degrees (Aspartic Acid 40%, Phenylalanine 50%, and Methanol 10%). Remember your stomach is at 98.6 degrees! Therefore you should never use Aspartame in hot beverages or cooked foods such as Jello. How the FDA allows this remains a mystery.

There is mounting evidence that the "Burning Mouth Syndrome" experienced by the Desert Storm troops was actually Methanol poisoning from the Diet Coke they drank lots of, after being exposed to desert temperatures. Aspartame's 10% Methanol appears in the body quickly and is the same alcohol (wood alcohol also in lacquer thinner), that your mother correctly warned you could make you blind. Many skid-row alcoholics had major problems with this cheap but deadly form of alcohol. Aspartame's 40% Aspartic Acid is an "excitotoxin" in the brain and excites neurons to death, i.e. it kills brain cells and causes other nerve damage. Aspartame triggers Migraine Headaches This even happened to me!. The Usenet is filled with posts by people who have pinned their migraines down to aspartame consumption. Aspartame's breakdown products attack the bodies tissues and create Formaldehyde which builds up in the tissues forever. Remember the smelly, eye watering fumes from the frogs you dissected in school? They were preserved with Formaldehyde! Formaldehyde is thought to cause cancer. The American Bottlers Association did not want the FDA to approve Aspartame because of what the test report showed. But the FDA approved it anyway! Airline pilots stay away from Aspartame because they are well aware of the documented dangers.

Aspartame also breaks down to diketopiperazine [DKP] which is proven to cause Brain Tumors! Brain Tumors used to be rare. Several of the rats in the original study formed brain tumors during their Aspartame exposure. The researchers surgically removed the tumors and returned the rats to the study and discounted the tumors.

So there we have it. Not exactly the same as Diet Coke, but just another of the many "Diet" soft drink variations and so close to Diet Coke that there's really no point arguing the difference. What about the old TAB Cola? Again, just a slight difference in the quantities of the same ingredients and again, a few different artificial sweeteners.

Why bother? All artificial sweeteners taste like crap, and after looking into this I can see why they do.

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