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Old 11-24-2012, 07:20 AM   #26
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Fuck it, I'm just going to drink water and juice from now on.
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Don't drink juice. Too much sugar in juice.

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Generally, 100% Fruit Juices are best. Anything else is shit.
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Old 11-24-2012, 07:41 AM   #27
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Yeah no. As a general rule of thumb, anything that tastes good is bad for you. Double that if it tastes sweet. There's no two ways around it, frankly. We've cultivated fruits to be sweeter and thus less healthy, in this example, so even "natural" fruit's ridiculously unhealthy.

So, you know. Either you munch on your asparagus all day long or you admit that life is, in fact, worth living.
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Old 11-24-2012, 07:44 AM   #28
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Yeah no. As a general rule of thumb, anything that tastes good is bad for you. Double that if it tastes sweet. There's no two ways around it, frankly. We've cultivated fruits to be sweeter and thus less healthy, in this example, so even "natural" fruit's ridiculously unhealthy.

So, you know. Either you munch on your asparagus all day long or you admit that life is, in fact, worth living.
I said they were the best, out of fruit juices. Yeah, they tend to be pretty sugary, but fruits as a whole have other benefits, unlike soda.

And asparagus tastes really good.
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Old 11-24-2012, 07:53 AM   #29
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Yeah no. As a general rule of thumb, anything that tastes good is bad for you. Double that if it tastes sweet.
I keep forgetting you're like 12 years old. This is quite untrue.
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Old 11-24-2012, 08:02 AM   #30
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Not really. Our brains have evolved to mostly love fat and sweet things. And since said fat and sweet things made us so damn intelligent, we started cultivating most crops to taste better. AKA more fatty/sweet. Which made us more damn intelligent. It's a vicious cycle!

But yeah. There are plenty of exceptions, such as some vegetables, some meat, etc etc. However, fruit reaaaaaaallly isn't a good thing if you're trying to lose weight, which is basically the definition of "healthy" now anyway.
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Old 11-24-2012, 08:23 AM   #31
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Not really. Our brains have evolved to mostly love fat and sweet things. And since said fat and sweet things made us so damn intelligent, we started cultivating most crops to taste better. AKA more fatty/sweet. Which made us more damn intelligent. It's a vicious cycle!

But yeah. There are plenty of exceptions, such as some vegetables, some meat, etc etc. However, fruit reaaaaaaallly isn't a good thing if you're trying to lose weight, which is basically the definition of "healthy" now anyway.
While this is a slight derail, our brains have already loved fatty and sweet foods, as it is a sign of having a lot of energy that our bodies need. I've never head though that fats and sweets make you more intelligent. You don't see that in animals.

Fruit is probably not the best thing if you are trying to lose weight. But, if you are at your goal weight, with a balanced diet, fruit is a healthy food for the large amounts of water soluble vitamins it has, as well as various minerals.
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Old 11-24-2012, 08:37 AM   #32
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Fairly certain that as our brains grew, we needed more fat to sustain it, hence the cravings for fat. However I can't be arsed to find a source for it.
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Old 11-24-2012, 08:40 AM   #33
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Fairly certain that as our brains grew, we needed more fat to sustain it, hence the cravings for fat. However I can't be arsed to find a source for it.
The correlation between brain size and fat consumption and the correlation between fat consumption and intelligence are not the same.

Well, to finally answer the question, I drink regular, because I like the taste of good old sucrose more than aspartame.
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Old 11-24-2012, 08:48 AM   #34
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Regular except for Diet Vernors, which is superior.
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Old 11-24-2012, 12:36 PM   #35
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Yeah no. As a general rule of thumb, anything that tastes good is bad for you. Double that if it tastes sweet. There's no two ways around it, frankly.
Or you just have shit taste in food. Veggies are delicious, and you can't tell me meats cannot be good for you either. Basically, your logic is terrible.
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Old 11-24-2012, 12:56 PM   #36
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Veggies are delicious, and you can't tell me meats cannot be good for you either.
Most tasty vegetables are boiled in salt or bullion (which is basically chicken/beef fat), which lines up with what Rangeet says. Plain boiled vegetables can be good, but I can't imagine someone finding them "tasty" relative to something with high fat/sugar.

Meats aren't good for you in high quantities, and it really depends on what you eat. I eat almost exclusively lean beef and chicken breast, which has the lowest fat content...then I go and cut off the fat when preparing it, and further cook off the fat. That just leaves me mostly with protein, which can also lead to weight gain.

As a rule of thumb, what Rangeet pointed out is generally true. Tasty food = fat/sugar, which can be bad even in small quantities depending on diet and exercise routines.
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Old 11-24-2012, 01:28 PM   #37
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Old 11-24-2012, 02:39 PM   #38
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Diet Coke > Flavored Diet Coke > Flavored Coke Zero > Coke Zero > Regular Coke

Qualifications: I consume a lot of Diet Coke.
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Old 11-24-2012, 03:14 PM   #39
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I don't notice any change in taste between Coke Zero and Diet Coke. Heck, I hardly see how they're supposed to be different.
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Old 11-24-2012, 03:35 PM   #40
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I view Diet Coke as a completely different kind of soda compared to Coke. In many ways, Coke Zero is the diet version of regular Coke, not Diet Coke, which tastes completely different. I can't taste much difference between Coke Zero and regular Coke, whereas I can definitely taste the difference between Diet Coke and regular Coke/Coke Zero.
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Old 11-24-2012, 03:59 PM   #41
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Old 11-24-2012, 05:36 PM   #42
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Doppel and Rangeet clearly do not know how to cook vegetables correctly.
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Old 11-24-2012, 06:08 PM   #43
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Also Doppel, because I went back and actually skimmed the thread, I am personally ok with the whole aspartame thing. 0 calories (or whatever) + myth about cancer (that I've never actually seen substantiated though my female friends insist is true) is better than 240 calories per soda. Add on to this the fact that I like Diet better, and it's a no brainer for me. I find it difficult to drink regular Coke at all, much less enjoy it.
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Old 11-24-2012, 07:20 PM   #44
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All carbonated beverages are bad tasting, and bad for you. I choose the "neither" option.
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All carbonated beverages are bad tasting, and bad for you.
Even seltzer water?
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Even seltzer water?
Okay, you may have gotten me there with bad for you. Still doesn't excuse the "tastes like shit" part.
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Old 11-24-2012, 11:18 PM   #47
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Diet Coke tastes amazing.
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Old 11-25-2012, 12:29 AM   #48
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I don't really drink pop at all, and I hate all forms of what is considered the 'standard' pop, Coke.

However, when I do have pop, it's because I'm having my personal favorite, Root Beer. And lessening a treat just seems stupid. Thus, vote rounds up to regular.

Also, loving the chemesty talk.
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Can't stand root beer.
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Old 11-25-2012, 01:25 AM   #50
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Diet Coke tastes amazing.
I think phoopes meant seltzer water tasted bad. From experience though, I've noticed older people tend to like it more. Not always, but most of my older friends who hated seltzer a few years ago now like it. Not sure why? Maybe metabolic changes.
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