Do you like Mountain Dew?

[Dannyalcatraz]

I always liked the übercarbonated Cokes I got in Germany as a kid. Those things would bubble away forever...and I think the overall flavor was stronger.

 

[frankthedm]

I used to drink 6-8 liters a day.

I am now diabetic

Sorry to hear that!

I'm one of those that used to drink it by the liter but stopped for health reasons. Not diabetic, that I know of, but needed to lose weight.

Now, the smell of it turns my stomach.

Just looking at the packaging makes my gut turn. Gods, all that sugar [ or corn syrup ]

Still need my caffeine, though, so its Diet Coke (around 6 or 7 of those a day) with Splenda.

Been trying to avoid artificial sweeteners since i noticed they do give me a noticeable late day hunger overdrive.

Used to love Dew, but there is a LOT of diabetes in my family history and I'm still too fat to take chances. Maybe if I lose another 75lb. I'll drink it regularly again.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Been trying to avoid artificial sweeteners since i noticed they do give me a noticeable late day hunger overdrive.

Just so you know: it's not just you. Several studies over the past few years have noted an increased caloric intake by subjects who regularly consumed sizable amounts of the major artificial sweeteners.

 

[frankthedm]

Just so you know: it's not just you. Several studies over the past few years have noted an increased caloric intake by subjects who regularly consumed sizable amounts of the major artificial sweeteners.

Not sure about all the claims those studies make, but after they pointed it out, I finally noticed too much artificial sweetener really did send my big eater appetite berserk mid evening.

 

[Roland55]

That's me, too, but the diet variety, and Cherry on the Diet Dr P, though I also drink Cherry Coke Zero and sometimes Vault Zero now that it's available at the FLGS. I like mixing the Cherry Diet Dr Pepper and Diet Mountain Dew half and half.

You have saved me the trouble of posting.

Eerie, that.

 

[Wycen]

I don't always drink soda, but when I do I prefer Cheerwine .

I have heard of Cheerwine before and once while looking through Beverages & More noticed it in their section of single bottle sodas. So I bought one and tried it, but I don't recall how it tasted.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not sure about all the claims those studies make, but after they pointed it out, I finally noticed too much artificial sweetener really did send my big eater appetite berserk mid evening.

Well, they pretty much found in controlled settings the precise behavior you're describing: somehow, the artificial sweetners seemed to trigger increases in appetite, resulting in higher daily caloric intake.

I can't tell you what level of sweeteners triggered the effect, though.

 

[frankthedm]

I can't tell you what level of sweeteners triggered the effect, though.

A 2 quart pitcher of crystal light or a 2 liter of diet soda in one day was usually enough to put me in a feeding frenzy.

 

[Richards]

No Mountain Dew for me, thanks -- in any of its various flavors. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Mello Yello guy! (Although if you ever find yourself with the opportunity to try Mello Yello Zero, give it a pass -- that stuff's nasty!)

Johnathan

 

[john112364]

Mountain Dew is my caffine of choice. Though I have been using 5 Hour Energy first thing in the morning and it really does seem to work better than Mt. Dew. Code Red is still my favorite soda though.