Regular Soda vs. Diet Soda?

Question

Which is better?

Diet soda lacks un-needed calories, but has artificial sweeteners and asparteme.

Regular soda has real sugar, but has loads of calories.

I know neither are particularly good for you, but if given the choice, which would you choose.

Oh, and just for fun...

COKE or PEPSI??

Answer 1

I always pick regular soda as the artificial sweeteners in the diet sodas are worse for you than sugar. Coke Classic over Pepsi when I can - Pepsi is too syrupy sweet for my tastes.

Answer 2

There was a study released recently showing that people who drink diet soda regularly are more likely to be pre-diabetic or develop Type II diabetes. However, the authors of the study said that they don't know if the diet soda is a cause or a symptom -- meaning they don't know if drinking lots of diet soda contributes to developing diabetes, or if people who are at risk of developing diabetes tend to drink lots of diet soda. I've always thought myself (in a completely unscientific way) that there might be some correlation, since drinking something that tastes sweet but contains no sugar might somehow trick the body into releasing some small amount of insulin, which could build up an insulin resistance over time. The best liquid in the world for your body is water, so I'd play it safe and drink as much of that as you can.

Answer 3

I prefer Pepsi- Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi.

Water is probably better, but I like the taste. I get the pop taste and none of the calories or sodium.

Answer 4

Ohhhh Diet Coke all the way. It doesn't have that already-flat, strangely sweet taste to it that Pepsi does. I don't know why, but I *LOVE* the taste of Diet Coke. God knows why, I don't drink it because it has no sugar/calories but because I love the taste/aftertaste. Am I the only one? o_O;

Answer 5

I would choose Diet soda because no calories and make it a Pepsi.

Answer 6

Coke. I don't drink diet because of the artificial sweeteners. I only drink Coke about once a month. My favorite pop of all time. I love Captains & Coke, too. : )

Answer 7

I'd choose the regular. The diet sodas are probably worse for you due to the artificial sweetners and such. And I'd choose coke any day.

Answer 8

Regular Pepsi...no diet junk or coke for me

Answer 9

I would choose diet. Sugar makes you fat. And i don't want to be fat. Your right neither are very good for you. And i would choose coke.

What about you?? diet or regular... and coke or pepsi..???

Answer 10

UM...I LIKE BOTH REGULAR AND DIET ..BUT IF AT A PARTY DEN I PERFER REGULAR ....IF I FEEL LIKE GOIN ON A DIET DEN I JUST DRINK DIET PEPSI CUZ IT FEELS LIKE IM ON A GOOD DIET....ALTHOUGH REALLY IT DOESNT REALLY DO ANYTHING.....