Is it better to drink Coke or Diet Coke?

Healthy Eats Winner: Although both beverages have a long list of cons, diet soda wins this fight by the smallest of margins. Drinking large amounts of regular soda has been shown to lead to weight gain and a variety of long health conditions and switching to diet can help cut calories and shed pounds.

What is worse for you Diet Coke or regular Coke?

Flickr / niallkennedy Diet sodas may be calorie-free, but they could be worse for your health and your waistline than ones with sugar, a new report suggests.

What do doctors say about Diet Coke?

Doctors may suggest cutting calories with diet sodas. Researchers have strong evidence that consuming sugary, regular sodas increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related diseases, such as gout. People often drink diet soda as an alternative because it has no sugar—and no calories.

Is Diet Coke really no calories?

It usually has very few to no calories and no significant nutrition. For example, one 12-ounce (354-mL) can of Diet Coke contains no calories, sugar, fat, or protein and 40 mg of sodium (1). However, not all sodas that use artificial sweeteners are low in calories or sugar-free. Some use sugar and sweetener together.

Is it okay to drink diet coke once in a while?

Drinking a reasonable amount of diet soda a day, such as a can or two, isn’t likely to hurt you. The artificial sweeteners and other chemicals currently used in diet soda are safe for most people, and there’s no credible evidence that these ingredients cause cancer.

Is Diet Coke bad for your stomach?

Drinking excessive amounts of diet soda can sometimes affect the lining of the stomach. “Over time, it can get irritated from the carbonation,” Valdez says. Heavy soda drinkers frequently develop indigestion, bloating and heartburn. Plus, carbonated drinks are a known trigger of acid reflux.