Bishop Mackem
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@Harry Angstrom theyre bitching about you here mind 
Diet/Exercise ignorance based things that make you want to die
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Harry Angstrom
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Daydream Believer
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My knees were a mess until I started running again.
The Spezial One
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The best Arnold one liner ever isn't even from a film of his.
When people used to say to him "I don't want to look like you" his reply was "Don't worry you never will"
A truly unbelievable post from Harry Angstrom on the SMB: apparently PED using athletes "Don't train properly."
"But I can drink Diet Coke because it has zero calories"
I used to try and educate them about what carbonated soda really is and about empty calories but would usually resort to punching myself in the face after two minutes.
foggy
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Slimmer's world and Facebook. There's a lass on mine who is otherwise really canny who does this. They eat unlimited amounts of 'free' foods apparently, like pasta, post their first week 'weight' loss, have the coven saying 'eeh pet that's fantastic', repeat for a few weeks, disappear for a year, reappear heavier than the last time, repeat.
CraigyLee
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I get empty calories but what's up with diet coke?
Yea, I was thinking the same. I'm familiar with the cancer issues linked to artificial sweetener, particularly aspartame, but other than that I'm not sure what he's getting at. Be interested to know.
dangermows
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Thats me binning the protein shakes.
The Spezial One
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I was just using that brand as an example, I meant all pop really.
Unless there's been a ground-breaking piece of research published very recently that I haven't seen, there are no cancer issues with artificial sweetner.
What's the issue, though?
gardni
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My dad thinking working on a building site aged 12 was better for me than going to the gym to become a gay
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The Spezial One
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Are you winding me up? You don't know why fizzy pop isn't healthy?
Charmless Man
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You've just said this morning the sweetener it contains is sucrose. That's natural sugar man!
You said diet fizzy pop in your original post. What's the big issue with it?
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You've just said this morning the sweetener it contains is sucrose. That's natural sugar man!
Maybe he got confused with sucralose?
Charmless Man
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When you carbonate water you create carbonic acid which isn't great for your teeth. It's about as acidic as orange juice.
I presume that's what his point is like.
Deleted User 11453
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Fat bint at work: "Why are you drinking half a pint of full fat milk? You'll get fat".
Charmless Man
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Having looked at the ingredients in Impact Whey that's evidently what's in it.
Still, @dangermows shouldn't be concerned:
"In determining the safety of sucralose, the FDA reviewed data from more than 110 studies in humans and animals. Many of the studies were designed to identify possible toxic effects, including carcinogenic, reproductive, and neurological effects. No such effects were found, and FDA's approval is based on the finding that sucralose is safe for human consumption." For example, McNeil Nutritional LLC studies submitted as part of its U.S. FDA Food Additive Petition 7A3987 indicated that "in the 2-year rodent bioassays ... there was no evidence of carcinogenic activity for either sucralose or its hydrolysis products ..."[24]
Didn't know that, cheers. I don't drink much fizzy pop, the occasional Coke Zero, but I do tend to favour sparkling water over still water. Bugger...
Charmless Man
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Just stick to water and if you're going to have an acidic, sugary drink at least make it worthwhile like fruit juice (Waitrose do an apple and rhubarb drink which is absolute nectar I've just discovered).
I'm very much one for an IIFYM diet and am a 'no such thing as clean foods' Nazi but I still don't do fizzy drinks. Even diet ones.
Except beer like
Obviously you can avoid excessive carbonation in beers by having CAMRA approved ales, which only have natural carbonation from the yeast and nothing added after fermentation.- Status
