In addition to drinking Coke Zero like a fiend, I also drink lots of water, so my pee is almost always silvery white.

I'll be 34 in three months. I'm about 15% overweight.

So should I cut down on my CZ intake, or should I cut it out completely?

Also, there's a comforting tinge of authority on your tone. What are your credentials?

I must say, I just noticed your struggle with possessives and plurals. Now I'm a bit dumbfounded as to your standing.

What's the sweetener in coke zero?

Is there an answer coming if I provide this information? Or just another question?

The sweetener is aspertame. At three cans a day, I'd be scared of cancer, but that's rooted more in unfounded fear than anything backed by hard data.

Re: your 15% overweight -- Zero calorie foods and beverages are tricky here. As implied, they don't directly add any calories, and with 0 grams of carbohydrate, you shouldn't expect any weight as a direct result of your consumption. What's harder to pinpoint is how these foods effect your overall appetite. There is compelling research that foods flavored with "artificial" or "natural" flavors trick your body into thinking you are getting vital nutrients, and that your requirement of these nutrients is then satiated, when in reality you've taken in no nutritional content, and now have no appetite for it. I'd suggest eating something light and healthy with/before your soda, and see what that does to your craving.

There are a few more layers of questions, but an answer is coming

Sorry, more on artificial and natural flavors: not only do these flavorings trick you into thinking you are nutritionally satiated, but they can actually trigger digestive processes that are intended for more nutrient-rich food. Your body can start trying to break down food that isn't really there, and this can lead to diabetes, hypo/hyper-glycemia, and obesity.

Relevant information and actionable, practical advise. There's nothing I don't like about your post.

stop drinking it, rafa..

What do you drink, doug?

water, unsweetened iced tea and jameson

Colleagues give me shit for drinking soda in the morning, as if coffee was so much better.

I fucking love Coke Zero.

How much of it do you drink?

Enough to make him hate fat people.

yeah, fuck those jerks.

HA Twitter handle guy, everyone

Soda is so gross

Agreed! (with the EH guy regarding soda. Thanks for cutting in line, theplatypus!)

Off topic, but--I get nervous about posting when the moderators come around. It's silly, but-- It's like jr high, when we (kids) were laughing it up at the lunch table and everybody would get quiet when a teacher (or monitor lady) would walk by.