Are you Really Getting Vitamins in New Diet Coke Plus?
D.
Plus," which has a number of vitamins and minerals added to it. Later
that same day, I read a story about Coke and Cargill getting together
to market a new type of natural sweetener based upon the ancient plant
Stevia. These items seem to be the start of a trend where some of the
world's largest companies are sitting up and taking notice of the
natural products industry.
While I haven't been able to get a confirmation of this Stevia work,
it appears to be a rumor that has really made the rounds. It's getting
a lot of play because giant corporations such as these are not most
people's choice for natural, healthy products.
A closer examination of Diet Coke Plus shows that it is the standard
Coke product with the addition of a very small amount of nutritional
supplementation (B6, B12, niacin, zinc, and magnesium). These five
ingredients are present in this drink at an absurdly small level, most
likely due to cost. There's about a penny's worth of these ingredients
in a can of Diet Coke Plus (my guess).
Is this going to mean that Coke drinkers are suddenly going to start
to be a lot healthier? I don't think it will make any difference at
all for most people--certainly not enough of a health difference to
overcome the health COST of drinking all those artificial sweeteners.
What it WILL do, however, is cause some people to grab a Diet Coke
when they might have instead enjoyed something more healthy, perhaps a
spring water or juice drink.
In short, it's a marketing gimmick, pure and simple.
While I wouldn't want to see Coke or Cargill start messing with Stevia
(modifying the plant for patent purposes), Stevia as a sweetener could
indeed be a revolutionary change in a product like Diet Coke Plus if
the sugar substitute was left in its natural state. I might even drink
that product.
Dave
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Logan Shaw
> A closer examination of Diet Coke Plus shows that it is the standard
> Coke product with the addition of a very small amount of nutritional
> supplementation (B6, B12, niacin, zinc, and magnesium).
Seems like exactly what I'd expect from a product called "Diet Coke Plus".
I'd expect it to be like regular Diet Coke but with some small thing
added to it. And in fact that's what it is, Diet Coke plus a few
vitamins.
> These five
> ingredients are present in this drink at an absurdly small level, most
> likely due to cost. There's about a penny's worth of these ingredients
> in a can of Diet Coke Plus (my guess).
It could be cost.
It could also be that some people drink more than one soft drink a day.
If you make the levels in one can too high, the people who drink several
cans will get too much of the vitamins, and some vitamins are harmful
when you get too much of them. So to me, the levels of about 10-15%
of the recommended daily amount seem like just about the right levels.
It could also be taste. When I tried it, it seemed to taste just a
little different from regular Diet Coke. If I wasn't just imagining
that and if they doubled the amounts, it might taste a LOT different.
> Is this going to mean that Coke drinkers are suddenly going to start
> to be a lot healthier? I don't think it will make any difference at
> all for most people--certainly not enough of a health difference to
> overcome the health COST of drinking all those artificial sweeteners.
> What it WILL do, however, is cause some people to grab a Diet Coke
> when they might have instead enjoyed something more healthy, perhaps a
> spring water or juice drink.
Since most Americans are overweight, Diet Coke is probably a lot
healthier for them than a juice drink. The reason is simple: aspartame
has not even conclusively been shown to cause any problem, but being
overweight *has* conclusively been linked to diabetes, heart disease,
stroke, high blood pressure, and about a hundred other ailments from
skin conditions to joint problems.
> In short, it's a marketing gimmick, pure and simple.
Well, yeah. But considering it's exactly the same cost as regular
Diet Coke, if you already drink Diet Coke and want the extra vitamins
it provides, I say go ahead and drink it.
- Logan
D.
Good comments, thanks Logan. There are a lot of scientists, however,
who are studying the reasons why diet sodas seem to make people MORE
obese. But that's another subject altogether . . .
Dave
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Read somewhere that it's not so much the diet drink itself, but the
snacking that goes along with it.
If one drinks water (much better tasting IMO), one typically does not
crave snacks to the same extent.
Another article suggested drinking diet sodas is mostly a marker for
those who are already overweight (The overweight tend to be the biggest
user segment, hoping to lose weight) .
Nevertheless, I've never tasted a diet drink that didn't taste (mostly
after taste) like turpentine.
Logan Shaw
> Nevertheless, I've never tasted a diet drink that didn't taste (mostly
> after taste) like turpentine.
They do still have a bit of that nasty synthetic taste. But, they're a
LOT better than they used to be when they were made with saccharin.
Plus they have less of an aftertaste than the regular drinks that have
high-fructose corn syrup.
That said, I only drink them because I like them better than having water
all the time. For someone who doesn't like them, there would obviously
be no reason to partake. :-)
- Logan
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>>> What it WILL do, however, is cause some people to grab a Diet Coke
>>> when they might have instead enjoyed something more healthy, perhaps a
>>> spring water or juice drink.
Juice is never a healthy choice. It's got all the fructose and none of the
fiber. Eat a piece of fruit and skip the juice.