I drink sugar-free soda, so I'm doing well, do you think? Think again. These 11 facts about diet sodas might do in the future you just grab something more to a glass of water.
1. Light or not, both soda variants contain phosphoric acid, a direct attack on your teeth. It takes only 10 minutes for the phosphoric acid attacks the enamel of your teeth.
2. The difference between Coca-Cola Light and Coca-Cola Zero does exist, and has everything to do with the flavor base. Both variants contain no sugar and use the same sweeteners, but Zero is intended to taste more like regular Coke, while Light has its own distinct flavor.
3. Light soft drinks have a pH-value of 3.2, which is to say, as: a very high degree of acidity.For comparison: in acid batteries have a pH of 1, water has a pH of 7.
4. A can of regular soda sinks into the water, driving while light variations. The sugar in "conventional" soft drink provides a denser substance, causing the cans to sink to the bottom.
5. The high acidity in (light) soft drinks can upset your pH levels, which can lead to acne and other skin problems.
6. Aspartame, the sweetener that is used to replace sugar in diet soft drinks, is 200 timessweeter than sugar. Therefore, only use a very small amount per serving.
7. Nutritionists warn that artificial sweeteners may trigger insulin, allowing your body starts to 'fat storage mode' and you therefore to come.
8. Diet sodas are often not adapted recipes from the original soda, but mostly a totally different recipes with a completely different formula.
9. After drinking a diet soda, your body still longing for the "real" sugar has gotten it yet. That in turn leads to choosing other sugary snacks.
10. Diet Coke was launched, it was subjected to a whopping 450 testing, to make sure it would fit the standards of the company.
11. A large coffee from Starbucks contains 4 to 5 times more caffeine than a can of Diet Coke.
By: Nina Dillen, Source: Cosmopolitan, HLN / © Thinkstock
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