90% of that infograph is about the effects of sugar and caffeine whereas I was specifically talking about caffeine-free coke zero which has neither
sweeteners are poorly researched, the "studies" lobbied by the manufacturers to make them appear safe, and give misleading or incomplete scientific analysis of the long term health effects.
Look at your own experience with them, when i take them my stomach feels very uncomfortable, bloated and ibs type reaction.
Now look up independent articles and data on the sweeteners outside the US "studies" at the major institutions, major claims of being bad for gut microbiome, major claims about it being bad for insulin resistance, eg it is fucking up your bodies ability to regulate blood sugar, eg having a large negative effect on the pancreas.
Also I have found that i for some reason dont drop weight that well even in a calorie deficit when going hard on sweeteners and sweetened drinks coincidence maybe, but added to the information in the independent studies, likely if not probable correlation. This leads me to believe a larger more systemic effect on the hormonal system, it is causing disregulation of some major hormones and hormonal systems to have such a large effect.
My trick for you either squirt some lemon juice, you know the really concerntrated lemon juice you buy in those small bottles, this is great for flavouring water, nothing bad in them gives water a tart taste.
or combine this with a splash or two of pure orange juice to flavour water.
