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Which is worse for your body, coffee or diet sodas? (And why?)

Neither is good for your body, but if you had to drink one, which would be the better choice, and why?

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In excess, both are terrible.

However, if you take generally good care of your body otherwise, you would get more trouble from the soda simply because of the acidic content.
Coffee will stain teeth and so will soda, but the soda actually eats away at the enamel.

I don't like coffee and coffee has more caffeine per cup than even regular soda, but I also can't stand drinking regular sodas - it's too "rich" and makes me feel sick from drinking it - so if I do drink soda I drink diet or opt for the lemon lime sodas that are available.

I just love the carbonated liquid because it's fun to hold that in your mouth before swallowing.

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I'm not planning on drinking either in excess. haha. Although if you wanted to know how much of a drink with caffeine it would take to kill you, you can find out here (this is fascinating) http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine
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they are both bad
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Phoenix, I read your profile and I see you like videogames. Do you have a PS3?
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No, I have a PS2 though, but I don't play it too much now so that's why I haven't bought a PS3.. even though then I'd have a Blueray player.. which would be smart. I mostly play PC games right now. Though I'd play more Guitar Hero if I could find it...
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look at wal-mart they have all guitar hero games
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@Phoenix: Awww. Well if you ever get an account on PS3, tell me, alright?
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I have the game, I just can't find it :/
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Did you know chocolate has caffeine? The dark chocolate is good for you, but it's still got caffeine content.
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Realeh?! :P
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Yeah - go look that up. That's one of the reasons chocolate can be so addictive because of the caffeine.

I remember back in March I had a stomach ulcer and the doctor said no caffeinated beverages or foods and she said chocolate is on that list - I'm not addicted to caffeine but I just love the taste of chocolate so I was bummed when I looked it up and sure enough, caffeine.
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Geez. Sorry.
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Coffee because you could get addicted to drinking it everyday and with diet soda you might not drink it eveyday

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Hey, Phoenix! It's an honor to answer one of your questions.

Probably diet soda. I'm no professional though. Both would kill you if you drank them too much, it's just a matter of which one would give you more time to live.

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diet soda is has all the fake sugars in it, more chemicals then coffee.

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That's true and coffee actually is rich with antioxidants that are good for you.
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Yes very true. I also heard that tea is better for you than coffee :) LOVE TEA!
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Coffee is good for you?
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Both are good for you in moderation, but usually only if you make it yourself. Like the bottled tea is pretty much just sugar and some for coffee drinks.
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Oh yes! Buying at the store is always worse, making it at home is much better for you.
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Up her in Minnesooota, we calls it pop...donchaknow!!

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I call it pop and soda. Haha.
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In some states if you say pop, they wont have any idea what youre talkin about!! We went to New York for a field trip for choir and i just couldnt get used to calling it soda!! People in New York are rude sometimes, so they just looked at me funny and looked annoyed and asked me rudely to repeat myself. And i hate repeating myself. And i hate repeating myself.
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I hate it when people don't finish their sentenc.
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i call it pop
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i live in pa
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@Marcus. Hahaha me too!! Unfortunately careless people do it all the time.
@Belieber. We stopped at PA on the way there, but i never ordered a pop. Well, i spose i never ordered one in NY either...everything was soda.
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well i was raised in the south so that might be it
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Haha probably, but Minnesota's about as North as one can get in the US.
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i was raised in texas farm girl here
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Cool!!
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yeah i guess cept i can't do nuttin my room has to be spottless can't have a boyfriend can;t go anywhere by myself not that i follow those rules cept for my room
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I understand the boyfriend part.
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rents don't allow relationship for you either but mine don't know about my boy
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.but i still have one
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Sounds perty tight around your house. Dont worry i understand, and eventually when you get older, you'll be able to do more.
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i'm 13 the don'y know a bout most things i do if you want to know you must ask
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@BelieberBabe: What was that last thing you said? I didn't understand.
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I didnt either. I dont understand texting language ;)
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Me either.
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Those artificial sweeteners are brutal, but keep coffee to a minimum too.

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Definitely diet sodas. Bad, bad, bad. Coffee on the other hand, awesome! Someone said that coffee has more caffeine than regular soda - not true. Mt Dew has much, much more caffeine than coffee. All the old folks that I've known that drank coffee their whole lives lived well into their 80s and 90s and still had plenty of energy. I don't mean Starbucks, I mean just making you a pot of regular Folgers or Maxwell House.

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Diet soda is a bunch of chemicals and you can get addicted to it too! It sounds weird but most of my family on both sides are diet cokeaholics

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Coffee does crap to your body

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