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I’ve never seen a skinny person regularly drink Diet Coke/Pepsi

Diet carbonated drinks just make me gassy. I’d rather have the sugar from a regular Coke and just not drink one every day, or multiple ones per day. I have co-workers that drink 6-8 per day.

I find the “tiny” cans which are only 7.5 are about the perfect size. 3-4 drinks, only 80 cslories, a small bump of sugar...if I drink a 20oz bottle I usually can’t finish it as it’s way too sweet. Turns out the original size of a bottle of Coke was 6.5 ounces.

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I drink Coke Zero all the time, and I have been described as skinny by at least one ultrasound technician. I think you might just not be noticing when non-fat people drink it.

> I’d rather have the sugar from a regular Coke

I guess this is what the article tries to achieve. Just PR to steer you to more unhealthy consumption.

Safe choice here was always to simply avoid sweet beverages altogether, and not just Coke, all the juices too.

There's nothing wrong with having something sweet.. occasionally.

I made this mistake for a long time, trying to fudge my diet with faux-healthy snacks that were still basically just packaged fake sugar.

If you want a bit of chocolate, have a bit of chocolate. If you want a soda, have a bit of soda (the small cans are about the right size it seems). Just don't have 8 sodas a day, or eat an entire cake to yourself. Calorie count. Make sure most of your diet consists of things other than empty carbs. Eat your veggies, etc.

As someone that drinks around 10oz of soda a week, I don’t think it qualifies as unhealthy consumption. It’s not perfect, but it’s below the threshold of meaningful impact on my weight.

People seem to focus on the daily consumption which is sadly common. But, there is a huge range between daily and never. I also eat fast food a few times a year which is fine.

I drink a whole lot of diet soda, and I'm skinny. (If I lost 10 pounds, I'd have an "underweight" BMI.)

Of course, I also drank diet soda when I was overweight. And it's fair to say that when I switched from regular soda to diet, I was hoping it would help me lose weight.

Diet sodas appeal to people who are looking for an easy answer to the problem of losing weight. It just so happens in my case I eventually found and committed to a not-easy answer.

I still drink diet sodas for two reasons. One is that I enjoy the variety. At times I have drunk just tea and water, but I get bored with that. The other is I do feel like they make it marginally easier for me to maintain a healthy weight. Without them, I'd probably indulge in non-diet sodas from time to time.

https://www.instagram.com/matpatgt/?hl=en

> Creator of Film Theory, Game Theory, and co-host of GTLive. Diet Coke addict. Owner of a cat and a baby.

I don't know if he counts as "a skinny person", but he's not exactly a FatPat either.

Caffeine, sugar, (and alcohol) aren't necessarily bad for you. Joe Rogan repeats a phrase on his podcast all the time that I quite like, "keep all things in moderation, including moderation itself"

That's originally Oscar Wilde “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”

"It has been my experience that those with no vices have very few virtues."

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/25755228385065369...

That feels like just anecdotal evidence from one fat diet coke drinker.

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