You should probably choose Diet Coke if…. You splurge on sweets, alcohol, or other high-calorie treats so that you don’t have any “spare” calories in your diet to spend on beverages. You don’t get headaches or other unpleasant side effects from aspartame, which is the artificial sweetener in Diet Coke and most conventional Diet sodas.
Conclusion. Puleo concluded that, at the end of the day, it’s hard to say whether diet or regular soda is better than the other. “They both have pros and cons, and they both contain zero nutrition,” she said. “For someone who wants a zero-calorie beverage, diet soda would be the way to go.”. However, the dietician point out those who The can of Diet Coke shown above has a mass of about 370 g, as does a second spare can. Its overall density is 370 g/380 cm 3, or 0.97 g/cm 3. This 3% difference in density as compared to that of water is enough to allow the can to float as in the photograph above. Each can of regular Coke currently on hand has a mass of about 384 g. VlVC.