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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With fizzy drinks I found it very easy to shift towards flavored seltzers instead of it's the fizz specifically. And if it's sodas... Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular due to the mix of multiple sweeteners. Totally different from diet sodas which usually just use one or two, usually aspartame which also has a strong aftertaste.

If possible for chocolate, higher quality products often will hit that craving better than the cheap candy bar type stuff with 5x the amount of sugar.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular

Unless you have hypersensitivities and can taste the sweeteners lmao. Though I have to say that most of regular sodas taste like chemicals too, so it's not that different either way

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

I was gonna say, I can not only taste the difference, but I also get violent diarrhea whenever I drink the zero-sugar sodas.