Diet Coke

[mungbeanz]

Should this man sue Coca-Cola for false advertising? His diet isn't going as well as he planned.

http://www.dailymail....ng-18-cans-A-DAY.html

[China Doll]

What false advertising?

[cazzz1975]

full sugar coke is probably the more healthier coke than the diet version

[ummmm]

Aspartame is very bad for you in large doses.

I was addicted to caffeine....quite badly. The withdrawals are much worse than people think.

[Frank97]

Wouldn't it be the caffine that he's addicted to hence the bad moods when he doesn't get his fix.

[ummmm]

Oh...and there's no false advertising. The ingredients are listed. Caffeine, like any drug, is addictive.

[Old_Geezer]

I'm unsure why some folk have to reach such a dramatic stage before they realise there is a problem that needs to be tackled. I'm also unsure why any newspaper would consider it news, I guess it must be quiet in the world today. I don't see any evidence of planning. Just compulsive behaviour that has yet to be tackled.

[sp1814]

Years ago when I used to work in a branch if MacDonalds, it always tickled me when someone would come in, order a Big Mac, large fries, apple pie and a Diet Coke - like the drink was made of magic.

[Old_Geezer]

:-)
But the thing is it didn't increase an already large calorie count as much as the non diet would. Damage limitation.

[flip_flop]

He should be more concerned that he's massively overweight.

[China Doll]

Splat - I would order that in McDonalds if I went too... I just don't like the taste of the full flab drinks*, nowt to do with the magical properties of diet coke! :c)

(*Cept ginger beer, I like full flab ginger beer).

[mungbeanz]

That is what I was getting at flip_flop. If I was addicted to a weight loss aid, I wouldn't expect to have that many chins!

[Gromit]

A friend who works in a hospital told me that babies born to women who drink lots of Cola drinks during pregnancy behave like babies born from drug addicts. The babies cry a lot because once born, they too are addicted to what the mother has been having and are suffering from withdrawal symptoms.

[jno]

ah, but how fat would he be if all those Diet Cokes were real Cokes?

[ummmm]

Not sure but I do sometimes wonder if the body can actually deal with real sugar better than it can deal with the artificial stuff.

[Sgt.Rock]

Hasn't caused him any health problems? He is probably on the top rate of "sickness" benefit?