Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Andy’s last week in the United States 😢

The Question of the Day today was:
From a health standpoint, which is worse for you: diet or regular soda?

“Diet Coke is way worse than regular Coke!!!”

How or why anyone believes this – I don’t know. And judging by the answers today, this appears to be consensus in our country because literally 90% of people who answered at the gym today said DIET soda is worse.

Diet Coke has ZERO calories and ZERO sugar. A regular 20 ounce bottle of Coca Cola is 240 calories and has 65 GRAMS OF SUGAR in the form of High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Yes, the Diet Coke contains Aspartame. But here is the thing about Aspartame: it is perfectly safe to consume in the smaller quantities it is normally consumed in. It would require people to drink 20+ cans of diet soda a day for a LONG time for anything bad to start happening. Imagine how quickly you’d develop health problems if you consumed 800 grams (20 cans of soda worth) of high fructose corn syrup each day.

In closing: I don’t condone drinking either. But diet is a FAR BETTER choice. And I am willing to die on this hill. Just ask Jess.

Two minute read – Artificial Sweeteners: is the evidence as sweet as the substitutes?

Workout of the Day

A.
Deadlifts & Double-unders
Every 2 minutes, for 20 minutes (10 sets):
5 Deadlifts at ~60-65%
30 Double-unders

Rx+ 50 double-unders

B.
AMRAP in 7 minutes of:
3-6-9-12-15-18-21 etc of:
Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (95 / 65)
Box Jumps (24 / 20)

Masters: 65/45, 20/16
Rx+ 115/75, 30/24

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