Diet Coke from fountain dispensers still contains some saccharin to extend shelf life. In other countries in which cyclamates are not banned as they were in the US in [ 5 ] [ 6 ] , Diet Coke or Coca-Cola light may be sweetened with a blend containing cyclamates, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium. In , under pressure from retailer Walmart which was impressed with the popularity of Splenda sweetener , the company released a new formulation called "Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda".
By late , some distributors had stopped supplying Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda. The controversial New Coke , introduced in , used a version of the Diet Coke recipe that contained high fructose corn syrup and had a slightly different balance of ingredients.
When Tab was released in , the Coca-Cola Company refused to release a diet soda with the Coca-Cola name, fearing that its flagship brand might suffer. In the UK, a ml can of Diet Coke contains around 1. Main article: History of Coca-Cola. Further information: Aspartame controversy.
The most commonly distributed version of DIET Coke and the majority of beverages that contain artificial sweeteners relies on aspartame , which has been suggested to pose health concerns. Aspartame is one of the most intensively scrutinized food additives. While it never regained its lofty status as the top diet soda, loyal Tab fans kept the brand alive. While some might think Tab was the first diet soda, that honor actually belongs to a beverage called No-Cal , which was developed by beverage industry pioneer Hyman Kirsch in Kirsch wanted to create a soda for diabetics and people with cardiovascular problems, so he used cyclamate , which was discovered in by a graduate student working at a University of Illinois chemistry lab after he licked some of the substance and found that it tasted sweet.
But from the start, No-Cal was popular with a different type of consumer: dieters. Canada Dry followed soon after with a line of diet sodas called Glamor, marketing it to women trying to lose weight.
Like No-Cal, Diet-Rite initially targeted diabetics and was often placed in the over-the-counter medicine section of grocers. But it soon became clear that the real market was dieters. Coca-Cola and Pepsi, finding themselves behind the ball, scrambled to come up with their own diet soda offerings. It wanted to come up with a soda that tasted good, had a proper mouthfeel — sugar adds not only sweetness but also viscosity — and was attractive to women, the presumptive market.
It also needed a catchy name. I thought I'd pass away by that time but it just didn't happen. Given that the word "diet" is right there in the name of Diet Coke, it would be easy to assume that drinking Diet Coke would be better for one's waistline than regular sugar-laden Coke. Not only is that not the case, but a research study indicated that drinking diet soda can actually lead to weight gain, not weight loss, particularly in older consumers.
A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society drew a direct link between diet sodas such as Diet Coke and obesity in people aged 65 and older. The study monitored subjects and found that those who drank diet soda demonstrated an increase in waist circumference that was nearly three times that of those who didn't drink diet soda.
University of Texas researcher Sharon Fowler, lead author of the study, determined that "increasing diet soda intake was associated with escalating abdominal obesity, which may increase cardiometabolic risk in older adults. Another study, undertaken by the University of Sydney in Australia, followed on that earlier research to determine why sugar-free soda was associated with weight gain and not weight loss.
The study came to an interesting conclusion: drinking Diet Coke and other types of artificially sweetened diet sodas can lead the brain to crave more calories than it otherwise would.
According to a press release for the study, which was published in the Cell Metabolism journal, researchers confirmed that diet soda actually makes those who drink it feel hungrier. As a result, those who drink artificially sweetened soda such as Diet Coke will ultimately eat more than they would if they were drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage.
The study found that the brain expects sweetness to be accompanied by calories. When the brain's pleasure center experiences the sweet taste without the accompanying calories, the brain then "recalibrates" and causes the brain to crave the calories it was expecting to receive. A study co-authored by Yale researcher Dr. Dana Small dug deeper and came up with some even more surprising findings. Not only can drinking Diet Coke and other diet sodas lead to craving more calories, but that becomes considerably more pronounced when the soda is combined with carbohydrates.
According to the study, consuming carbohydrates and artificial sweeteners together will lead to confusion in the brain, blunting its response in metabolizing what is perceived to be sugar but actually isn't — what Small describes as a "circuit change" within the brain.
If this "blunting" effect keeps happening on an ongoing basis, difficulties can arise when the brain and body attempt to process the nutrients but aren't receiving accurate information. Back in , a shocking infographic about the dangers of Coke became a viral sensation as it ricocheted throughout the internet.
That was followed by another focusing on the hazards of Diet Coke , claiming to detail the scientific effects on the human body one hour after drinking Diet Coke. However, BuzzFeed broke down the infographic and reached out to some actual scientists to see if the information detailed in the infographics was accurate. As it turned out, the scientists were able to debunk many of the claims in both infographics, particularly one alleging that the combination of caffeine and aspartame in Diet Coke creates "an addictive high similar in the way cocaine works.
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