Law of One Religion?

[dreamliner]

Why Carla drinks this stuff when in such bad health, I don't know. But she has her own personal reasons (or foibles). This is NOT something to emulate, if you must emulate.

Just speculating; she may have issues with sucrose (table sugar; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose ) and/or fructose (fruit sugar; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose), and as a result may be preferring artificially sweetened coke.

Nowadays, some health professionals highly recommend people to stop consuming any kind of sugar (especially sucrose, fructose etc.), because of their high glycemic index/load ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_load). Some even label sugars as "poison".

All cells in the body, and especially the brain, need blood sugar (i.e. glucose; which is different than table sugar or fruit sugar, table sugar is converted to glucose after digestion) to function. Blood sugar should neither be low, nor be high. When it's "dangerously" low, which is called hypoglychemia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia ), symptoms and effects like anxiety, blurred vision and seizure arises. It can cause even death. When it's "dangerously" high, which is called hyperglychemia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperglycemia ) some other health problems occur in the long run.

Blood sugar (i.e. glucose) is regulated by a very delicate mechanism/metabolism, main players of which are pancreas -secreting insulin and glucagon ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucagon )- and liver. Liver overcomes sudden increase in blood sugar (caused by high glycemic index/load) by converting to fat and storing around the belly -mostly-. That's why, "some health professionals highly recommend people to stop consuming any kind of sugar". Instead of high glycemic index/load foods, they recommend proteins (preferably vegetable protein, any kind of meat, egg, etc.), butter (not trans fats), olive oil, dairy products, yoghurt, beans etc., which are converted to blood sugar slowly.

People having problems with their "blood glucose regulating metabolism" (such as diabetic people, people who have insulinoma/hypoglycemia, etc.) usually enjoy "zero sugar" beverage like diet-coke. Although artificial sweeteners are generally considered "harmful", the benefit-cost ratio is high compared to ordinary/normal sugar for those kind of people.

Nevertheless, I would recommend "stevia-coke" ( http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/health/stevia/ ) instead of diet-coke, if it is available.

Stevia is a natural sweetener and superior to any other artificial sweetener: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

It is so superior that, the whole "artificial sweetener industry" have been carrying out black propaganda against it.