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EventualDecline posted...

Also, the aspartame in Coke Zero is less healthy than the normal sugar in regular coke.

This is ridiculously untrue for the vast majority of human beings.

Sugar can contribute to a number of diabetic-related problems, along with just increasing your caloric intake and contributing to overall obesity (and all the problems that come with it).

Aspartame is really only a problem if you have phenylketonuria. Or if you're drinking more than two dozen cans of soda a day (but in that case, you've probably got bigger problems)



EventualDecline posted...

If Coke Zero, and diet sodas in general were serious about providing a healthier alternative to regular sugar-filled sodas, they would use stevia, an actual healthy alternative to sugar.

Because most people who have tasted stevia (at least in the US) complain it isn't sweet enough. Which means either people won't buy your product, or you have to supplement the stevia with something else (usually aspartame) anyway.

And even beyond that, stevia has a much lower threshold for "acceptable dosage per day" than aspartame for most governing bodies. Something like even three cans of soda a day would put you over the recommended limit.