Coca Cola vs. Coca Cola zero

       Yesterday night, I was looking at the Facebook Newsfeed as usual and saw a video called "Coca Cola vs. Coca Cola zero sugar test". As a person who prefer Coca Cola over its zero, I thought the video was very interesting, but later I was disappointed by the results.
       The person in the video started to boil both Coca Cola and Coca Cola zero, and stirred them until all the water was evaporated.

      After some bubbles formed, the water finally evaporated completely. And the result was astonishing. As the picture shown below, compare to Coca Cola zero (on the right), which had few sugars remain, Coca Cola (on the left) left with a lot of sugars after the evaporation.
       To find out exact sugar content in the drinks, i looked up the nutrition facts of Coca Cola and Coca Cola zero in the www.cocacola.com.

        The picture with the black background is the nutrition facts of Coke Zero, and the one with the red background is nutrition facts of Coca Cola. Even though both of them have same serving sizes (240mL), the sugar contents are differ by great percentage. In contrast to Coca Cola zero, which contains 0% of sugar, Coca Cola contains more than one fifth (22%) of sugars. On the other hand, coca cola zero has the higher contents of sodium.
          I was confused how Coca Cola could taste similar to regular Coca Cola without that much sugars. In fact, according to the article written by Elizabeth Wolfenden "Coke Zero Health Risk", Coca Cola zero adds aspartame instead of sugars to make it sweet (Aspartame, popularly known as NutraSweet, is a sugar substitute found in many no-calorie, no-sugar sodas).
         Because coke zero does not contain any calories, fat, carbohydrates, cholesterol or sugars, a lot of people prefer Coca Cola zero. However, it also has certain number of health risks:

• A 2005 European study conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation suggested there may be a link between aspartame and cancer.
• The drink does not provide any nutrition benefits: it does not contain any protein, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin A, calcium or ion.
• The caffeine in coke zero may cause some side effects, such as restlessness, irritability and difficulty sleeping.

        Drinking Coca Cola zero would not likely to pose any potential health risks for healthy people, but you should still consider more before drinking too much. If you drink Coca Cola zero for a diet purpose, it would be better for you to drink low in calorie but nutrient-rich beverages such as Gatorade. Also, drinking pure water is a good choice for your body.