Jezebel: Diet Soda

Diet Soda Will Melt Your Teeth

Anna North — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EDT

You know how sugary drinks are bad for your teeth? Turns out, sugar-free ones are too. More »

A Wedding Gown For The Birds • New Moms Using HIV Drug To Stop Lactating

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:40:00 EDT

• If you're getting married and have a spare $1.5 million, why not walk down this aisle in this wedding dress made with peacock tail feathers? • More »

The Sorrows Of Young Werther's Originals: Or, Why Artifical Sweeteners Are Bad

Moe — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:30:00 EDT

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Dear Leslie, Congrats on the publication of your essay In Defense Of Saccharin in the Black Warrior Review. You're a hell of a writer; I totally get what Harvard/Iowa/whatever dude you wrote this essay to get over saw in you. So it sorta kills me to say that you're wrong. It doesn't sound particularly counterintuitive to say so, but artificial sweeteners, like the high-fructose corn syrup they were engineered to replace, are wrong. From a public health standpoint they only breed diabetes and deforestation, but it's actually more your tastebuds I'm concerned about: six Equals into a cup of coffee is simply gross. More »

Vintage Soda Ad Shames Women Into Drinking Tab

Slut Machine — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:40:00 EST

Above is a 1970s TV spot for Tab, and it's probably the creepiest soda commercial we've ever seen. As the first diet soft drink of The Coca-Cola Company (and the second diet soda ever), Tab was marketed to women as a way to keep slim, and thus, keep a man. As the voice over says, "When you can't be with him, be in his mind. Be a mind sticker." Then a spooky voice sings, "Don't you want to have a good shape?" It's like the Tab marketers are trying to scare women into saying, "Yes! Uncle! Uncle! I want a good shape!" Tab has had its ups and downs over the years: First it was sweetened with cyclamate, which was eventually banned by the FDA, then it was sweetened with saccharin, which eventually was required to carry a warning label that it may cause cervical cancer. (Just like HPV!) Since 1984, Tab has been using a blend of saccharin and aspartame to create its low-cal goodness. More »