Terzo 333

I drink a can of normal "full fat" Coca Cola every day. If I was to cut this down to say, one or two cans a week, would I see much in the way of weight loss ?

Thanks.

dpb

goodness knows - depends on your metabolism i imagine.

however not brushing your nashers will result in your teeth dropping out in quick order..!

wakeboardar

i have a diet pepsi everyday dont think pepsi diet or full is to good for belly really but other diet drinks are gross

davegtt

disgusting stuff, only thing I drink is water or Orange Cordial, I always feel like my teeth are sugar coated after coke and it bloats me out so if its not Lager I only drink water based drinks.

killa

iTrader: (7)

Not sure about weight loss, but it does have a lot of sugar, makes little kids go crazy and hyper , id cut it out totally and use orange juice or others, along with some good training u should see the results, but u will need to take into account other factors of which there are many...

FASTER MIKE!!

Trezo i did that about 6 month to a year ago, used to have a can of pepsi for dinner at work, now i just have tooth kind ribena cordial and have notice no change in my weight though i must add i was'nt over weight. hope that helps

mike

mart360

diet stuff contains phenlywhatnot, too mutch of that gives you the trots..

M

Gutmann pug

Watched that Gillian whats her name doing some programme on crap foods last night and fizzy drinks came out top as the worst thing you can eat or drink.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Yes it would help,

IIRC can of coke contain 5-6 TABLEspoons of sugar! (35g for coke 40g for pepsi)
And it is correct that diet coke is worse healthwise - long term.

Be prepared for sugar lows mid-day though in the first few weeks. But once your body gets over it you should find it less of a problem to cut the stuff out of your diet.

I've done the same myself - used to drink 2-3 cans a day. Now down to 2 to 4 cans a week, and feel better for it. I guess my weight loss though is mainly due to the reduction in Overall food intake, rather than cutting out one single thing.

Eating less bread, or going for pita bread as an alternate is also a very good step to help with weightloss (plus a good excuse for a kebab ).

And beer is very fattening

SupaMiniCupa

So me switching from Guinness to a Vodka and Diet Coke mixer sounds like a bad idea healthwise...?

Back to the drawing board....

letdown

Is coke not water based then??

Jaybird-UK

According to the can of Coke in front of me water is the primary ingrediant

RAJ27

My mate works for Coca-Cola in Hammersmith and he knows what exactly goes in terms of sugar.

CocaCola is 6 teaspoons in a can, but disturbingly there are 12 teaspoons of sugar in a 500 ml bottle of Oasis!!! He only drinks water, wonder why?

kammy

The diet rots your teeth even more with all the acid in!
The sweetner Aspartememess (SP! is unclear regarding its long term health risks- cancer is the main risk.

I tend not to drink the junk stuff, but admit I do drink alot of Red Bull type drinks during exam time and gym periods.

LG John

Diet Pepsi and Diet Cola have around 1 cal per 100ml. In terms of watching your weight they are little different to drinking water! In fact, the caffine would likely raise your body's metabolism were it not for the fact the aspartame probably lowers it again. Anyone drinking 7 cans of 'normal' coke a day that switches to diet coke and makes no other change would see a difference over a year.

However, to say diet coke, etc is as good as water because its basically zero calories is very misleading! The acids, sweetners, chemicals and god-knows-what else isn't good for your body.

Mitchy260

Funny you should say that about oasis?

I have 1 here sat right in front of me.

Only 25kcal per 100ml. Fruit juice is about 60kcal along with fizzy drinks!

If it is so high in sugar then why the low calorie count compared with the other drinks?

Does say 6 gram of carbohydrate and 6 grams of which sugars? What the **** does that mean?

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Hmmm, I was told it was tablespoons.

So thought I'd double check:

Teaspoon = 4grams
Tablespoon = 7grams

330ml of Coke = 35g = 8.75 teaspoon = 5 tablespoons.

Eiether way, it's bad

SC008Y

I use to be hooked onto coke aswell but learned from one of my friend just how bad it actually was. Try putting a small piece of mean inside a glass of coke and leave it in overnight. I stoped dringin coke for around 6 years now and If I do ever have a try then find it tasting like disgusting rat wee

paulr

I read recently that one can of coke supplys 50% of an average persons daily calorie requirement.

Mitchy260

Doubt it buddy seeing as a mans reccomended calorie requirement is 2500 calories.

A pint of beer has around 300 calories so a drinking bender lasting 10 pints and you can see why you get a beer belly! Along with the normal food intake during the day with a few bags of peanuts and a kebab at the end of the night and your speaking 6000 calories!

A can of coke has around 50 kcals per 100ml so around 170 calories per can! No where near as bad as a pint.

1400 calories in a big mac meal .....

http://xo.typepad.com/blog/images/calories.jpg

Is it a wonder why we are a nation filled with fatties

scud8

iTrader: (1)

Don't move on to fruit juice either - most have huge amounts of sugar in as well. Better to eat the fruit instead.

paulr

okay,good explanation.

LG John

At least is natural sugars usually - better than the refined sh*t added to fizzy drinks. Sugar is not to be feared as it is a source of your body's energy. Like all things though it should be a clean natural source and in moderation and balance with other food/energy sources.

PG

How bad is it ?
I used to work with a guy that drank a bottle of Diet Coke each day.
He has now been medically retired (35yrs old) and has a bag to do his business in ! Nice !
The medical staff that worked on him put the blame on the Coke he used to drink. It had just eaten away his insides !!

The Rani

I knew someone who did that .... really hyper .... mood swings didn't come into it

brickboy

Normal Coke is THE best cure for stomach upsets / trots ever.

Just stir it so it's not as fizzy, sorts you right out. Kills all the nasty flora in the gut ... and probably most of the good flora too

The Rani

Can't stand the stuff myself, anyway

davegtt

letdown, Jaybird, you know what I mean more than 60% of water in the drink lol

Saying that I do have about 3 cups of Tea a day with 2 sugars. Thats not gonna be any good for me, I did cut it out in the summer and felt great for it although now winters here and my working environment is cold Im back on it.

kend

If nothing else changes, and your weight is currently stable then you would see some weight loss. If you are currently gaining weight, then would probably slow down weight gain.

Roughly speaking - for every 5000 calories less you put in than you burn, you will lose about a pound of fat. So if your weight is completely stable now, and you cut out 5 cans of coke a week (call it 900 calories) then should lose about a pound every 5 weeks.
These figures are based on a roughly averaged size person, doing a roughly average amount of exercise, and on a roughly normal calorie intake.

Milamber

iTrader: (2)

So the aspartame doesn't worry you then?