Diet Coke 12 x 330 ml Cans

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Generally, the ‘Best-By’ or ‘Best If Used By’ dates indicate the start of deterioration. Can You Drink Expired Diet Coke? It leaned heavily into its association with the fashion world’ ... the late Karl Lagerfeld, a one-time Diet Coke creative director. Photograph: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images Of course, the extra caffeine present benefits your energy levels as well, as the artificial sweetener in low-calorie drinks isn’t metabolised like sugar. What Are The Side Effects Of Too Much Caffeine In Diet Coke?

My morning Diet Coke rapidly becomes the best part of my day – I crave it in an animalistic way and I eke it out in tiny sips to make the precious cola last as long as possible. Very old Coke will have gone flat and the added flavor would have settled, creating a bland and off-taste. Even though this soft liquid contains preservatives and it is tightly enclosed in a can, it doesn’t mean that nothing can happen at all, and we can treat it carelessly. But other explanations exist, too. Your soda can become flat if it is in a plastic bottle for instance. It will go flat if unopened anyway, but in a plastic container, it will happen faster because the fizz pressure seeps around the seal. Marlow speculates that the bubbles in Diet Coke may increase the addictiveness of the drink. “This is only a theory, but we know that, when a person drinks champagne, they absorb the alcohol faster than if it were a glass of wine, because the bubbles increase the area that delivers alcohol into the bloodstream,” she says. “I wonder whether the bubbles in Diet Coke make you absorb the addictive substances in the drink faster.”

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Alice Davies, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, told Sky News: "Something being classed as a carcinogen doesn't tell you how much it could increase the risk of cancer. If you want the best taste, then it would be best to open Diet Coke within three months after the expiry date. Does Opened Coke Expire? In the 00s and 10s, Diet Coke leaned heavily into its association with the fashion world, recruiting Jean Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld as creative directors. More recently, as the body-positivity movement has gained traction, Diet Coke has pivoted away from this association. But as someone who grew up associating Diet Coke with skinny models, the imprint remains. To me, Diet Coke is diet culture in a can.

Although Coca Cola is the most popular Coke globally (and most people’s go-to), others do exist, with some other big brands here in the U.K. According to Anna Jezuita, a specialist change counsellor, I’m being hard on myself. “Diet Coke has been your friend since you were four,” she says. “This is the Mount Everest of habitual behaviour. You can’t just destroy it. What you need to do is wind down one habit and develop another one, so that, beside Mount Everest, you’re building the small pebbles of a new behaviour.” I snap and drink four cans. I hide the cans in the bottom of the recycling bin, hoping my boyfriend won’t noticeExpired Coke can still taste like regular Coke, which is fairly sweet since the expiration date is just a label that Coca-Cola uses to ensure top-quality during consumption. Caffeine doesn’t justexist in coffee, it is in tea and may also be in chocolate bars, energy drinks, soda like coke, and some non-prescription medications, such as cough syrup.

This – according to Dr Sally Marlow of King’s College London, a specialist in addiction and mental health – is because I am in physical withdrawal from the caffeine in Diet Coke. The average can of Diet Coke contains 42mg of caffeine, the equivalent of roughly two-thirds of a shot of espresso. Caffeine is a medically recognised addictive substance that, when taken in excess, activates the brain’s reward circuitry. “The caffeine will be stimulating neurotransmitter pathways, including dopamine,” says Marlow. “Your brain has become used to having a certain amount of caffeine in it and, when you take that away, you go through withdrawal. It’s physical. You get crashing headaches.” Since soda expires mostly due to the loss of carbonation and artificial sweeteners, when the drink is opened, carbonation starts to leak out slowly. This leads to the drink losing its taste gradually, the same as potency and bubbles. Photo by Ja San Miguel

Although I was concerned about the health risks of aspartame, the sweetener in Diet Coke, Pigott tells me not to worry. “Aspartame is a heavily tested sweetener,” she says. “There is no strong evidence linking it to any health consequences.” In the grand scheme of things, Pigott says, Diet Coke isn’t terrible. “It’s definitely a better option than full-sugar Coke. But it’s the amount you’re having that is potentially harmful,” she says. Can you drink soda if it’s flat? Well, if the drink lost its bubbles because you stored it open, then drinking it is safe but you won’t enjoy the taste. But if soda was initially flat when you opened it, don’t drink it since eit can be contaminated! Credits: narong27, Canva.com How Long Will Soda Last? Jezuita helps me to calibrate my expectations to something more realistic – reduction, with the aim of stopping, but in a kinder and less self-loathing way. She also encourages me to savour the taste of Diet Coke. “Really enjoy it,” she says. “Every time you have a drink, sit down and let the world stop for a minute.” The Food Standards Agency (FSA) agrees. It says the JECFA report into aspartame is not something people should worry about, as long as they follow the advice that's already out there.

If you hear no fizz or no bubbles forming upon opening or pouring Coke, your Coke has gone flat and expired Diet Coke is a way to enjoy the flavour of regular Coke without the added calories. Drinking Diet Coke can be a good choice for those looking to reduce their sugar intake or manage their weight. However, the use of artificial sweeteners has been linked to an increased risk of certain cancers ( 2). But it can also have plenty of negatives. Some can suffer from heart palpitations and have a big crash once the positive effects pass. This is why some choose to moderate their intake, and every individual is affected in different ways. Demant explains that I have to be watchful in the future, so I don’t slip into old habits. “With any pattern that is compulsive or addictive, you have to be on the watch all the time,” says Demant. “Because you may think: ‘Oh, I’ve conquered this,’ and then five minutes later you can go to the shop to buy Coke. Always be on guard.” Marlow agrees. “What we know with most addictions is that people relapse when they think they can have just one,” she says. “For many people, it’s simply not possible. My advice is: don’t think you can just have one can. It’s not worth it.” Marlow has not drunk a Diet Coke in five years. Caffeine is in a lot more drinks than you’d first expect, so if you drink coffees and sodas, you need to be careful that you don’t consume too much caffeine in a day.

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Week two of my tapered extraction programme. The first day is OK, but on day two I snap and drink four cans. I hide the cans in the bottom of the recycling bin, hoping my boyfriend won’t notice, but he had counted the cans in the fridge that morning. Rumbled. Week three: a week without Diet Coke. I anticipate this like I do a cervical smear, only with less enthusiasm. On my first day, I feel like I am going to cry. I miss it. I miss Diet Coke.