Well, this is gross. It’s the sequel to the notorious “Man drinking fat” commercial from the New York City Department of Health.
It’s not nearly as disgusting as the fat one, but it does kind of make me want to brush my teeth.
(Thanks, Joe!)
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Sweet!
http://instantrimshot.com/
i use to put more sugar than that in my frosty flakes
Sprite zero and cherry Coke zero FTW!
Hooray! Go cancer!
Umm… what?
Astrological-soda alignment? (Go Leo!)
Coke Zero uses aspartame.
…and acesulfame potassium. More yummy chemicals to put in your body in lieu of good ol’ sugar. Oops, forgot, high-fructose corn syrup (or as we Canadians get suckered into thinking HFCS isn’t part of our cola diet, glucose-fructose.) We are talking soft drinks here.
The correct terminology for hfcs is now corn sugar, so watch out for that.
“…in a comparison of people who drank aspartame-containing beverages with those who did not, increasing levels of consumption were not associated with an increased risk of lymphomas, leukemias, or brain cancers in men or women.”
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/aspartame
[citation needed]
Wow, sugar packets only have 16 calories? I should start using them more often!
Yeah, for most people the additional calories of 1 or 2 packets of sugar over the nasty flavor and aftertaste of artificial sweeteners is an easy trade off.
FWIW, I see many people putting 3-4 packets of the fake stuff along with 2 half and half containers in those shot glasses restaurants call a coffee cup and think they are being so smart and healthful. Then they scoff at me for putting in a 1/2 packet of real sugar (and 1/2 of one of those half and half containers) for using real sugar.
As almost always folks, the real stuff in moderation is better than overdoing the fake.
As to the sugar in soda and drinking that with your meal. Well, I could never get over the concept of drinking your desert while you ate.
I use about 1/3 packet of fake sweetener (saccharine) in my iced tea, because I can actually get it to dissolve. I find the idea of anyone using more than one packet of that stuff in a 12-16 oz drink rather disgusting.
But I drink way too much Dr. Pepper. I recognize it but apparently I don’t care enough about my health to stop. Like Homer Simpson picking at his doughnut head.
Is she drinking Grape soda, I love Grape soda. Fanta soda is by far my favorite when I decide to have a soda, which is few and far between, but I love me a Strawberry or a Grape soda every once and while.
The bottle says Cola on it, but the label is purple so I thought it was grape soda too when I watched it. Also, she’s black, and we all know about black people and grape drinks. I can’t turn down a grape soda or drink ever. My wife makes fun of me every time I get grape soda.
Dave Chappelle has a good sketch about it. I am the kid in the back he is talking about in the skit: (sort of NSFW, he swear a little)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UayQTu2kH-U
Isn’t “Cola” always the Pepsi and Coke knockoff?
I have up soda for lent when I was 15. I have only consumed a complete soda 3 times in the intervening 13 years.
This is one big reason why.
Who needs sugar when sanctimony is so sweet?
Yes, yes. Stating why I gave up soda is being self righteous.
But glad I got your attention!
I gave up religion for Lent when I was 18.
Although I do drink lots of seltzer and unsweetened tea, when I want a soda I have a soda. Preferably a soda sweetened with sugar rather than hf corn syrup, errr, corn sugar.
Yum, sugar!!!
I know someone who adds more sugar packs to their soda. I sent him this, but I’m sure it won’t stop him.
I used to drink 2 2 liter bottles of ginger ale a day. until I sat and worked out, just how much sugar I was taking in.. (67.62 oz a bottle, or in this, 54 packets a bottle (roughly))
the first week was hard.. but worth it…
Shouldn’t it be more someone drinking a 1.5 ounces of Corn Syrup?
Also – picture should show Steve Lemme chugging maple syrup (from super troopers)
Steve Lemme was Mac.
Only Rammathorn and Rabbit drank syrup.
Didn’t your momma teach you how to chug?
I’m sorry, Bruce.
These boys get that syrup in ‘em, they get all antsy in their pantsy.
Yeah, I used to eat sugar cubes like candy.. and occasionally eat the sugar with a spoon.. or take a spoon of peanut butter and dip it into the sugar bowl.. and only some higher benevolent being knows how much sugar I used to put on my already frosted or sugary cereal
and I am not overweight, no diabetes, no high cholesterol, I’m actually in good shape considering I am almost 35
Yep, when I was younger, I lurved me some sugar cubes. Though I have to admit, I didn’t do the peanut butter thing. I do dip my spoonful of peanut butter into mini chocolate chips, though. And I don’t know how much sweetened grape kool-ade I ate but I often wondered if my mother noticed the disappearing cans and packets…
The other day a sugar cube fell out of the bowl and tapped the back of my hand. I gained 5 pounds.
Remember rock candy? The thought of it makes my teeth hurt these days, but we ate a LOT of sugar growing up. We seem to have survived it okay.
If I wanted to eat sugar I’d go buy a candy bar or a doughnut. I drink a soda because it goes down easier and I don’t have to wait for the sugar to dissolve in my saliva.
I have, in fact, eaten more than 16 packets of sugar in a sitting. I love sugar. I add sugar to soda, to ice cream, pour it directly from the bag onto my cereal. My favorite part of the cereal is the bottom where it’s all sugar.
I need help.
Everyone knows there is no sugar in soda. It’s High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Specialty sodas use it (mostly). I’ve been indoctrinated into their sugary goodness by my honey. I’m trying really hard not to drink so much of it since I had mostly cut out the HFCS-infested crap.
Someone needs to do a little research on the term “sugar”.
Sucrose, commonly called table sugar is just one type of the many sugars in the world. If it ends with “ose”, chances are its a sugar.
Cellulose?
Yup. = polyglucose.
When are they going to do the one where the guy eats the amount of protein that is in . Fat, carbs, protein – the 3 main sources of calories. Alcohol is probably the 4th.
Tax dollars paid for this? The soda companies put how much sugar is in their product on the bottle. Its not like is obscured.
I’m quite pleased to see a positive use of my tax dollars.
I like how they made the black woman drink grape soda… Stereotypical much?
I like how they made the black woman drink cola.
Fixed that for you.
Grape soda, waffles and chicken, red beans and rice, gumbo….
Our honky food sucks.
I have never heard of that stereotype. The only thing I associate with grape soda is Radar from M*A*S*H
wow, now i don’t feel so bad about using 2 packs in my coffee.
Cute idea, horribly executed. Should have made it subtle instead of silly.
Chugging HFCS would have been grosser (and more accurate,) IMO.
Perhaps a nice homage to Super Troopers, as well.
He sure isn’t relaxing the throat and dropping the jaw though…
What is wrong with these people? I don’t want to know what is in my food, all I need to know is that it is full of delicious.
There’s 44 grams of sugar in the milk they suggested. That’s almost 11 packets right there.
Perhaps they are talking about some sort of milk I don’t know of? Milk is not a good way to lose weight or prevent diabetes.
Milk contains Lactase which is a lot less bad of a sugar than cane sugar.
That’s actually pretty effective. I drink a lot of soda, I admit. Makes me want to drink less.
Water, orange juice and beer for me, thanks. Not gonna waste the calories on soda.
Depending on the OJ, you could have as many or more calories….same for beer, which is also empty carbs.
I once ate three bowls of frosted corn flakes for breakfast. Once. The stomach pain of that experience has haunted me for 25 years.
Thank god I only drink cans of Coke!
Nevermind, I just watched the other linked video about the can of pop a day, ugh…
I put about 16 packets in my coffee… that is if I ever get regular coffee from Starbucks.
I don’t recall seeing Jemaine ever drink coffee. NOODLE THAT ONE.
You wouldn’t eat 16 packets of sugar…
Well not anymore, but a lot of people ate pixie sticks when they were kids and that was basically flavored sugar. There was also this other thing that was the same thing but bigger and came with a big candy stick to eat the powder with.
Still not 16 packets, or anywhere close.
We clearly hung out in different crowds. I totally remember Pixie Sticks (both regular-size and the giant ones) and Fun Dip (the “use a stick made of packed sugar to spoon more sugar into your mouth” one). We used to eat those things like . . . well . . . like candy. Lots and lots of sugary candy.
16 packets was more like a minimum requirement for my sweet tooth.
Fun Dip, that was the name of it. Thanks.
The stick you licked it off of was my favorite part. I could never make it to the end of the pouch without finishing the stick first.
I loved fun dip when I was a kid. Had them all the time at my Grandma’s cottage.
Pixie sticks as in more than one at a time.
Pixy Stix have 110 calories each. Strangely enough, though, Lik-m-aid is apparently only 50 calories per pouch.
You post reminds me of “You wouldn’t download a car?”
HELL YES I WOULD.
yeah PIXIE STICKS!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!! (yeah, got a sugar rush relapse from thinking about those things… 98% suggary goodness, 2% flavor)…
As an aside: Did anyone notice the guy in the video spilling a lot of sugar on his shirt? Wonder how many of those 16 packets actually made it in his mouth…
great ad as it targets all sugar!
(and not just HCFS)
The sugar guy is cute. He makes me want to eat sugar.
This video totally reminds me of college. I ate 40 packs of sugar on a dare – it was awesome! I stayed up for the next 10 hours, twitching.
Oh, please Consumerist – don’t keep trying to ruin cokes for me. You’re winning, and I miss them ):
Eat packs of sugar? Back in the day, we used to SNORT sugar packets. Yeah, kids are dumb.
It may take a little while, but the taste of seltzer grows on you. I like using seltzer to clear the taste of food from my mouth during a meal, so that I can taste the next bite more clearly and enjoy it more. There are also flavored seltzers that are still unsweetened. I like lemon seltzer as my new “sprite”.
Your sugar sensitivity will change as well, and fruit will be sweeter. Unfortunately, this also means regular soda may make you feel sick and nauseated from being overwhelmed by excessive sweetness.
Is the air better as well up there on that high horse of yours?
I find nutrasweet to be an excellent substitute for syrup on pancakes. To me the dipeptide tastes a lot better and doesnt make a mess or make them soggy.
You only have to eat 8 Sugar packets if, unlike this guy, you have the hand eye coordination not to pour half of every packet down your shirt.
Notice how they conveniently left out the fruity alcoholic beverages. Anyways, I’d say this is really micro-managing for a health department, like mom-level.
i wish the government would finally step aside and allow corporations to provide any service they want, at any cost, to the free market. AND ALLOW MONOPOLIES ALREADY, FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!!!
I want to see the commercial where the guy eats 2 cups of flour instead of a roll.
Hear, hear.
Shouldn’t he be drinking HFCS?
grrr, the ad reminded me of soda and now I poured my self yet another cup of grape soda. It taste soooooooo good but I don’t want to run out of it too quickly.