• rayyy@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Artificial sugar also triggers hunger. That’s why you often see people with a diet Coke in one hand and a Snickers bar in their other hand.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      fwiw I found that the caffiene in diet sodas was the cause of Xtra hunger. Switching to decaf soda made a huge difference.

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        17 hours ago

        that has to be specifically coca cola, right? i don’t know of any other soda with caffeine in it, and even the amount in coke is tiny compared to something like coffee

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          14 hours ago

          Almost all colas and cola-adjacent drinks that I’m aware of have caffeine in them. Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Diet Coke, Pepsi Zero, Mountain Dew, etc. etc. The “clear” sodas usually do not - Sprite, 7-up - and usually ‘fruit flavored’ drinks, like Fanta do not.

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            11 hours ago

            right, so i just find it a bit weird to say “sodas” when it’s a tiny minority of sodas that have caffeine