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[happysanook]

DocN, on 2012-01-12 11:04:12, said:

Simple question: where to get Coke Zero or Diet Coke?
TV posters answers: Drink water, drink fruit juice, why drink that crap anyways....

A bunch of smart@sses, aren't we?
I am diabethic, f.e.!
Fruit juice: not good!
Water: boring ALL the time!
Ingrediences in Diet Coke harmfull...maybe...in the future: well...I have the choice of dieing tomorrow, with high blood sugar ....or maybe in 30 years with cancer!
I guess, I take my chances!

Thanks for the concern and now: where do I find Coke Zero, Pepsi Max or Diet Coke again???

this was basically my point...not saying fruit juices are bad for most...but assumed op was either dieting or diabetic..

also im not saying artificial sweeteners aren't bad for u either, but in the 30+ years aspartame and other widely used a.s. have been around, there's been no evidence other than anecdotal that they're harmful in any way...ie no scientific evidence.  and trust that it's been put to the test innumerable times.


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Edited by happysanook, 2012-01-12 14:48:49.

[impulse]

I get my Coke Zero fix at McDonalds or Burger King.  I prefer the fountain variety anyway.  Not all McDonald's have Coke Zero, but most of them seem to, especially in tourist areas. All Burger King's I've been to in BKK seem to have Coke Zero.

I love the street vendor fruit juices, but can't take the sugar, like several other posters.

[gk10002000]

The Lipton Lemon Ice tea in Cans seemed to vanish when I was in Pattaya in December.  All the stores had the Peach flavor.

  On a lighter note, I cringe when I go to a restaurant and they serve coke in glass bottles.   That coke always seems to taste like it was bottled on the copyright data shown on the side of the bottle,  AKA the vietnam war era!

[Jdietz]

If only... there used to be cocaine in it at that time.

[bkk_mike]

In Bangkok, I seem to have better luck in MaxValu rather than Big C or Tesco.
Even got the 1.25l bottles this week where I'd only seen cans since November.

If you're in Pattaya, I had more luck at Makro or at the small shops when I was there during the flooding than at the main supermarkets.

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[Sortapundit]

Bloody hell, this is going to be rough. The missus and I got back here a couple of days ago after leaving in October.  I can easily go through 3 litres of diet coke/zero each day if there's nobody available to strap me down and gag me, and my first night here was spent on an ever more desperate search around the 7-11s and family marts near Asok.

I feel your pain, OP.  I'm on real coke right now, a drink so painfully sweet it's like switching from sherbet to cocaine.  Bah.

[draftvader]

Just found 1.5 litre bottles of Pepsi Max in Tesco, Bangplad.  I think they have just got round to the restocking.  I think they might well have been loading the market in time for the Christmas/New Year holiday then Children's Day, then Chinese New Year.  None of these festivals have ANY space for sugar-free beverages.

Ah, tasty Pepsi Max.

[phuturatica]

It seems it disappeared after the flooding and isn't yet back in the country. I have seen a few Tesco Lotus' and Boots stocking them though. My friend is severely diabetic and can only drink Coke Zero. She said it was impossible to find these days.

[CharlieH]

Depends on area i suppose.Tescos is full of coke zero in the North

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[theoldgit]

Our condo in Thonglor has a little shop come "restaurant", ordered some food today and noticed that her fridge was fully stocked with Coke Zero at 15 Baht a can, I asked her were she got and she said they had loads in Lotus.

[lopburi3]

Indeed Lotus has it in there distribution system again, for at least the last several weeks, but quickly sells out.

[TheKeeNok]

I used to be a carbonated soda addict.  Would down bottles of that stuff everyday.  The first thing I did when I would wake up was crack one open.  At breaks during work I would grab a bottle. I had a massive collection of empty soday bottles.  This all ended via some intervention.  A help group is ESSENTIAL if your REALLY KEEN on getting off this stuff.  The good new is that THERE IS HELP, but ONLY IF UR READY!

Good luck!

Edited by TheKeeNok, 2012-01-28 11:46:42.

[Bpuumike]

The bar on the corner of Soi 5 have cans of Diet Coke and, being good people, they will probably sell you a case at a not rip-off price... if you're desperate.

[emilyb]

7-11s in Nonthaburi are stocking Coke Lite again sporadically (Coke Zero is omnipresent once again and has been for 2-3 weeks), which indicates that the supply chain may be providential once again.  7-11s do JIT inventory, so unlike the mom and pop joints they don't find a case of Coke Lite in a dusty pile somewhere, it comes in from a warehouse or distributor.  If we're getting it out here in baanokistan then that's probably good news for the urban residents of central 'kok.

Edited by emilyb, 2012-02-11 04:11:01.

[alexth]

Not sure about Coke, but it seems harder and harder to find 7Up around anymore. Does anyone have any idea what's that all about?

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[Kripe]

happysanook, on 2012-01-11 21:49:58, said:

but they still contain calories ...and often processed added sugar as well...

reports regarding aspartame and other fake sugars being bad for ur health...in the 30 years they've  been around, are anecdotal at best...ie..BS

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For Diabetic there are no way around the artificial sweetener, except by drinking water - they do not contain calories or less than 1 calorie in a can - one calorie is burned by waking 20 meters :-)

I am diabetic my self - and agree with above post :-)

Edited by Kripe, 2012-02-26 12:27:27.