Fascinating. My boyfriend will only drink diet soda, preferably Coke Zero. I've long been suspicious of things that claim to be food but aren't, but his notion is that he doesn't want the calories in his day to come from his drinks. I'm sending him the link to that article and I look forward to the discussion that will follow.
Diet drinks are very addictive. And the fake sugars in them have a nasty habit of turning into formaldehyde if heated- like leaving a six pack in the car on a summer day.
Aspartame is a migraine trigger for me = a few sips of diet soda, and in 20 minutes I'm at level 9 crying from the pain and thinking about going to the ER.
Unfortunately, I can't taste the difference between sweetened-with-aspartame and sweetened with HFCS. Now, give me two bars of chocolate, one with real vanilla and one with artificial, and I've identified that icky metallic tasting vanillin in a heartbeat. (Keeps me away from the less expensive chocolate...) Of course, I also find maybe one good truffle more satisfying than several cheaper chocolates.
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I get weird headaches when I drink diet drinks.
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The formaldehyde thing is interesting. I'll be sure to mention that to him.
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Aspartame is a migraine trigger for me = a few sips of diet soda, and in 20 minutes I'm at level 9 crying from the pain and thinking about going to the ER.
Unfortunately, I can't taste the difference between sweetened-with-aspartame and sweetened with HFCS. Now, give me two bars of chocolate, one with real vanilla and one with artificial, and I've identified that icky metallic tasting vanillin in a heartbeat. (Keeps me away from the less expensive chocolate...) Of course, I also find maybe one good truffle more satisfying than several cheaper chocolates.