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Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by themitigating »

dougdonohoe wrote: post #63

Back in the dot-com days, thanks to employer-subsidized soda fridges, I was drinking easily 6+ cans of diet soda a day (in my case, Diet Dr. Pepper). Along with other startup related behaviors like eating fast food (Carl's Jr, what's up?) and not exercising, my weight increased to around 220 lbs on a 6'1" frame. I stopped drinking diet soda around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating he…

I think everyone knows that "diet" in a product name means it's healthier than the non-diet product.

It also does help with your health if you were going to consume the non-diet version of that product in similar quantities.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by x3iv130f »

dougdonohoe wrote: post #63

Back in the dot-com days, thanks to employer-subsidized soda fridges, I was drinking easily 6+ cans of diet soda a day (in my case, Diet Dr. Pepper). Along with other startup related behaviors like eating fast food (Carl's Jr, what's up?) and not exercising, my weight increased to around 220 lbs on a 6'1" frame. I stopped drinking diet soda around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating he…

The trick is to do an 4:1 dilution of sparkling water and diet soda.

You will end up with 1-2 cans of diet soda heavily diluted by water.

After you get used to it, ordinary canned soda will start tasting like the carbonated syrup it actually is.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

maleno wrote: post #45
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me check my spam folder - yeah, there are tons of phishing attempts with unusual combinations of hyphens, no hyphens, and company/inc/group that have similar amounts of legitimacy. A domain of coca-colacompany.com doesn't seem that unusual. Oh, you mean the #:~:text= URI fragment - yeah, that is weird! I wonder what the function of the :~ emoji is in their CMS. I know from painful experience that XML names can be…

It's not a CMS thing, it's a Chrome thing.[1] It highlights the text in the URI fragment when you click through to the page, and also auto-scrolls to that text. [1] https://web.dev/text-fragments/

TIL! I'm a Firefox user, so didn't see anything.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by systemvoltage »

dougdonohoe wrote: post #63

Back in the dot-com days, thanks to employer-subsidized soda fridges, I was drinking easily 6+ cans of diet soda a day (in my case, Diet Dr. Pepper). Along with other startup related behaviors like eating fast food (Carl's Jr, what's up?) and not exercising, my weight increased to around 220 lbs on a 6'1" frame. I stopped drinking diet soda around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating he…

What would have happened if you continued to drink Diet Dr. Pepper while also joining the weight-loss startup, eating healthier and exercising?

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by mlyle »

amelius wrote: post #61
tetraca wrote: post #26

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It generally isn't. Some people don't have the ability to metabolize phenylalanine, and it will slowly poison them. However, if this is you, you would definitely know.

So if your PA level is constantly high because of drinking Diet Coke, then you will poison yourself too?

No.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by rr888 »

themitigating wrote: post #71
dougdonohoe wrote: post #63

Back in the dot-com days, thanks to employer-subsidized soda fridges, I was drinking easily 6+ cans of diet soda a day (in my case, Diet Dr. Pepper). Along with other startup related behaviors like eating fast food (Carl's Jr, what's up?) and not exercising, my weight increased to around 220 lbs on a 6'1" frame. I stopped drinking diet soda around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating he…

I think everyone knows that "diet" in a product name means it's healthier than the non-diet product. It also does help with your health if you were going to consume the non-diet version of that product in similar quantities.

> I think everyone knows that "diet" in a product name means it's healthier than the non-diet product.

Disagree with this. Its marketing BS to focus on one diet optimization usually at the expense of something else.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by pigtailgirl »

sph wrote: post #20
bena wrote: post #2

I wasn't even aware this was a question. I'd also consider the possibility that high-achievers realize that drinking calories is hardly ever worth it. And if you want something that tastes like soda but has all the nutritional value of water, Diet Coke is your best option.

One thing is certain: after years of Coke Zero, I've come to dislike regular sugary Coke. It's undrinkable, makes me even thirstier, and the American version with HFCS might be even worse. Also, Coke Zero >> Diet Coke, it's the perfect version of the Coca-Cola formula in my opinion. The other day I had a sip of some no sugar soda, and I had to double check if I had by mistake bought the full sugar one, it tasted so s…

-- can't drink coke zero or regular coke, regular coke is so disgusting - coke zero is meh - however - easy to knock off 3 or 4 diets cokes in a work day - tastes so good --

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by treeman79 »

dougdonohoe wrote: post #63

Back in the dot-com days, thanks to employer-subsidized soda fridges, I was drinking easily 6+ cans of diet soda a day (in my case, Diet Dr. Pepper). Along with other startup related behaviors like eating fast food (Carl's Jr, what's up?) and not exercising, my weight increased to around 220 lbs on a 6'1" frame. I stopped drinking diet soda around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating he…

Between personal experience and Having talked to a lot of weight loss people. Diet sodas seem to increase overall hunger. Making it harder to stick to a good diet.

People have one can lose weight on a Twinkie diet. Doesn’t mean it will work for the 99% of us.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by treeman79 »

tppiotrowski wrote: post #38
dwaite wrote: post #13

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I suspect this is to try to quantitatively match the stimulant effect of caffiene plus sugar/HFCS in the sweetened alternatives.

Am I the only one that experiences sugar as a depressant? Eating high glycemic index foods makes me lethargic and sleepy. I've never experienced a "sugar high". I also don't have diabetes as my blood sugar level is within norm during routine physicals.

Had that for years. Then got diagnosed with an autoimmune condition. Eliminating sugar is the number one thing that helps prevent flares for me.

Re: Diet Coke probably isn't a cognitive performance enhancer

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Post by acka »

maleno wrote: post #45
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me check my spam folder - yeah, there are tons of phishing attempts with unusual combinations of hyphens, no hyphens, and company/inc/group that have similar amounts of legitimacy. A domain of coca-colacompany.com doesn't seem that unusual. Oh, you mean the #:~:text= URI fragment - yeah, that is weird! I wonder what the function of the :~ emoji is in their CMS. I know from painful experience that XML names can be…

It's not a CMS thing, it's a Chrome thing.[1] It highlights the text in the URI fragment when you click through to the page, and also auto-scrolls to that text. [1] https://web.dev/text-fragments/

It appears that Google Search has started to add those text fragments onto URLs in search results. Is there a setting or a browser extension that allows me to get rid of them?
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