Anyone try the new Coke C2 yet?
I tried it today and it’s pretty good. I can’t stand the one calorie diet sodas, but Coke C2 is good enough that I could drink it instead of regular Coke. Coke C2 is the “low carb” Coke. It has half the calories of regular Coke. It has some aspartame (Nutrasweet) to sweeten it up along with the regular sugars. It doesn’t have the strong aspartame aftertaste that I get with diet sodas. I think Coke has a winner here.
Fewer calories in my sodas is a good thing.
i tried it.i think it is pretty good but once you get those Phenylketonurics in your system theres no going back…Diet Coke Rules!
Does it really matter? We’ll still all get esophageal cancer.
but its low carb cancer!
Oh thank God! My great uncle died of esophageal cancer, but he smoked a handful of cigars a day.
I have not tried C2, but as one with diabetes I’m not likely to anyway. Diet Coke does me just fine, but, of course, I appreciate the value of C2 to those who do not need for medical reasons to limit sugar intake but want to anyway.
Bit of a thread jack, but here in NJ Coke started marketing 1 1/2 liter bottles at prices close to what they charged for 2 liter bottles. Their ad campaign basically touted the ease of holding the smaller bottle. I have always bought whichever was the cheaper (usually the one that’s on sale) between Coke and Pepsi. After Coke started this campaign I started a one man boycott.
Lately the 2 liter Coke bottles have started to reappear, so hopefully this signals the failure of the 1 1/2 liter bottle.
Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
I’ll take h2o over c2 anyday… 
While this low-carb fad is an interesting idea, I can’t say I think it’s healthy. I’ve heard a lot of bad things about artifical sweeteners from the doctors where I work, and I feel safer using the “get on the unicycle” diet instead of the atkins diet.
Aside from that, the commercials for coke products have been really annoying lately, and Mt. Dew has Spy Vs. Spy commercials, so for now Mt. Dew is the only carbonated beverage I’ll drink
Speaking of low carb 1-1/2 bottles, you can get a 3 liter bottle of Fanta for 30 baht (75 cents)
I don’t get the point of low-carb soda. Carbonated beverages, no matter how they are sweetened, are bad for you. I don’t think that drinking a low-carb soft drink is going to be much more healthy than drinking a regular soft drink.
Besides, I still don’t think that the Atkin’s Diet is a healthy diet anyway. Sure, it can help you lose weight, but it may have some bad side effects (like heart disease).
Dangers of the low-carb diet
Pepsi is way better anyway so why should you guys care.
Jones soda is the supreame ruler though.
The point is to sell more soda. Simple. If it’s got less carbs/calories than the regular version, that can’t be too bad. Unless we find out later about problems with the sweetners.
I’ve yet to try the C2, or the new Pepsi product (Pepsi Edge?) that I saw in the store yesterday.
As has already been mentioned, when in doubt drink water. It is the main ingredient in all soft drinks anyway, with 0 calories and 0 carbs. And 0 caffeine. Not much of a rush, but it’s good for ya!
I collect Coca-Cola bottles and cans. But I mostly drink whatever. Jacquie prefers Pepsi, so that’s what’s in our house. But not very much of it as we try to drink lots of water.
One month I went on a Starbucks craze. Literally. i was mad and unhealthy when i didn’t drink Starbucks. But anyway soon I started having trouble breathing. And it got worse. i was on the borderline of passing out every night from 6pm-the next morining.
Anyway i told my mom and she told me i would have to either quit drinking coffee or switch to decaff. i stopped coffee for good. It was like going on de-tox (not that i would know or anything:D ). After a while i was fine. I practically live off of water now.
This only happened a few months ago. You never thought i used to be an addict did you? Kinda gives me a man of mystery kinda thing.
Tried C2. I like it, though when I drink Coke I will likely stick with Diet. I used to really hate diet drinks, but can’t even drink a regular coke anymore.
As for the dangers of a low carb diet, I am still waiting for a Doctor to explain to me how eliminating sugar from my diet is a bad thing. People who make the anti low carb diet comments are generally uninformed about “low carb” diets. That doesn’t mean that all people on low carb diets are neccesarily eating healthy either. I would challange any dietician, doctor or other “qualified” individual to find the danger in my daily eating habbits. Then I would challange them to test my Blood pressure, cholesterol, blood lipid profile, blood sugar, heart rate, BMI and any other test they can come up with to attempt to discredit the outcome of my 1.5 years on a low carb diet. FYI already been throught this battery of tests 3 times and it keeps getting better. My Doctor who is a lard ass and was my biggest detractor as I started this “low carb” lifestyle now says “Well if it works for you” like I am some anomoly.
All the while he looks like he is about to keel over any moment form congestive heart failure.
As for exercise? I could exercise all I wanted, but until I changed my fuel source, my body was fat. I have lived many food lifestyles over the years form vegan to low fat. This is the only one that has allowed me to maintain muscle mass while getting rid of fat. The scientist in me makes these diet changes as an experiment. I document almost everything, and evaluate the results. Oh yea when I went in for my pre diet change testing, my Doctor was advising me to start High Blood pressure medication and High Cholesterol medication. I declined and asked to have everything retested in 12 weeks. Never another word about meds. Too each his own, but if you haven’t tried it don’t pass on the PCRM (Physicians Commitee for (I)rresponcible Medicine) propaganda. They are nothing more that a PETA organiztion hiding behind their MD’s.
I like some of the Jones Sodas. Good stuff. But some of the favors are just wrong. Like bubblegum flavor, eeeuw. I tried the bubblegum and it just didn’t work for me. Maybe a 7 year old would like it, but I didn’t.
Root beers are the true supreme ruler. 
Coca Colas failed attempt of Dasani in UK
From BBC.co.uk:
"When Coca Cola launched Dasani bottled water in the UK in February, they had high hopes that the success the brand had enjoyed in the United States would soon be replicated across Europe.
Yet a mere five weeks later - after its source was revealed to be not fresh spring water but the tap waters of Sidcup - it had been withdrawn from sale at a cost of millions of pounds."
Yes, you read correct! Coca Cola opened a factory, ‘tapped’ into the national water supply, and bottled the water!
Sounds more like something off Only Fools and Horses!!
Joe,
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True, it isn’t spring water. They never said it was. If all they did was carry the bottles over to the tap and fill them up, I could see your consternation and outrage. That simply isn’t the case. The reality is it is one of the most expensive products to produce and package that Coca Cola packages.
Hmm, someone from Atlanta sticking up for Coca-Cola…do I smell a Coke employee???
I think all people probably understand that 99% of bottled water is NOT spring water so I don’t really see what the big deal is. All you have to do is read the label to see where the water came from. Luckily I live in the country and have awesomely fresh, great tasting well water so I don’t have to buy the bottled type.