Diet Coke Vs Juice
Diet soda has long been advertised as the healthier alternative to regular old fat soda.
Diet coke vs juice. But as i learned previously while analyzing all the ingredients in diet coke the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas specifically aspartame will still fuck you up pretty bad. Coke and pepsi on the other hand can be obtained in 32 oz containers and the size is usually much larger than juice in any case. These types of drinks are exposing the teeth to tooth decaying acids causing dental erosion that leads to cavities and other health problems.
If you order juice in a restaurant even a fast food restaurant you usually get 8 oz of juice. Assuming water is a no no i would generally like to drink either a diet coke or orange juice. However research is showing that healthier choices like juice diet soda and even tea are not much better than sugary soft drinks.
People know that soda is bad for them but i had one patients in my clinic drinking 2 liters of orange juice a day thinking he was getting all these health benefits all while gaining weight causing liver problems and. For example 330ml of supermarket orange juice might have around 141 calories 27g of carbs with 27g being sugar and perhaps 2g of. If it s larger not by much.
It s zero calories but some people say it makes you gain weight but nobody has a source to back it up that i ve found. Almost half of americans drink diet soda every day according to a gallup poll via fox news these days americans are also more health conscious with the rise of wellness drinks like celery juice and kombucha plus a multitude of boutique fitness studios and far too many health blogs to even try to keep track of it s no wonder that people are taking notice of what they put in their bodies. Plus you get the vitamins with fruit juice so it s still a better choice.
On the face of it orange juice seems more healthy but it has many more calories and lots more sugar than a diet coke. Okay if you re trying to lose weight is there a disadvantage to drinking diet coke over water. The problem comes when non soda drinkers swap out all their fruit or water for juice an increasingly common diet habit.
Even though diet coke might not have the calories that a regular coke does artificial sweeteners still affect our hormones.