If you recently bought Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade, please note that Coca-Cola voluntarily recalled 13,152 cases because it was found that they contained full sugar. Check the label before you drink it, especially if you're watching your sugar intake for medical reasons.
I know the headline sounds funny, but remember that could kill a diabetic.
FYI there is no such thing as truly “zero calorie”. Sure, we can’t use aspartame and those “0 calorie” sweeteners for energy BUT our gut microbes can metabolize those compounds into products that we can then use for energy. So one way or another you’re still taking in calories. Now do you gain more energy from straight sugar vs the sweeteners? I have no idea, I haven’t studied this in years. I just like to bring up that little bit of trivia whenever anyone brings up zero calorie drinks in conversation :)
So after a little research the caloric intake might be more than 0. I feel like your original comment came across as suggesting that “0 calorie” drinks had just as many calories as sugar, which is obviously far from the truth. But this research is interesting and important, and there’s a good chance I read your first comment in bad faith. Thanks for sharing
FYI there is no such thing as truly “zero calorie”. Sure, we can’t use aspartame and those “0 calorie” sweeteners for energy BUT our gut microbes can metabolize those compounds into products that we can then use for energy. So one way or another you’re still taking in calories. Now do you gain more energy from straight sugar vs the sweeteners? I have no idea, I haven’t studied this in years. I just like to bring up that little bit of trivia whenever anyone brings up zero calorie drinks in conversation :)
It doesn’t really matter if aspartame and sugar have the same amount of calories when you use 1/200th as much to get the same level of sweetness.
Ya thats a fair point!
Scared me a bit with my 1.5 average liters of coke zero a day :x I know I have issues
At least it’s coke zero, but that stuff is still not good for you. Even the acid alone is bad for your teeth.
Ever considered switching to seltzer water? I find it to be a great substitute for idle consumption.
I know you stated that you’re aware of the issue, but holy shit dude
That’s a hard to believe claim. Do you have a source for it?
ya I did a lit review for my thesis a few years back, plenty of papers on microbes metabolizing these compounds, shouldn’t be hard to find.
So no, you don’t have a source
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144565/ Here’s a good start on “NNS”/non nutritional sweeteners.
Honestly its probably not a very big impact, its more of a “its possible” sort of thing.
Its a really interesting field!
So after a little research the caloric intake might be more than 0. I feel like your original comment came across as suggesting that “0 calorie” drinks had just as many calories as sugar, which is obviously far from the truth. But this research is interesting and important, and there’s a good chance I read your first comment in bad faith. Thanks for sharing
Hah, love this. Never change buddy. You’re the best :-).