Coca-Cola also hitched a ride on this "healthier" money train last year when they introduced a new product called Coca-Cola Life in Argentina and Chile. The soda pop is a lower calorie version of the beloved original, and it is sweetened with Stevia, a plant-based sweetener. Coke Life comes in a green container (because we all know green means "Look at me! I'm making a smart choice!"), and is being marketed as a healthier alternative to regular Coke. With Coke Life, you are not getting the cane sugar or high fructose death syrup. You are getting a "naturally sweetened" beverage that has a reported 89 calories per serving instead of the 140 from the Classic. Sure, it's not the zero calories Diet Coke has to offer, but it also doesn't contain Aspartame. I'll leave it up to you to research all of the health concerns and horror stories related to Aspartame. I believe that shit is nothing but poison. Anyway, Coca-Cola plans to sell their Life in Great Britain later this year, and it should make its way to the United States shortly thereafter. But will us Americans embrace it? The image of this American original, all decked-out in red and white, has been burned into our minds since we were children. Will Americans crap all over this green abomination as if it was the idea of Batman being played by Ben Affleck? And will Coke's sales take a hit like McDonald's did when they went "healthier"? You used to know exactly what you were in for when you drove through a Micky D's drive thru, or when you cracked open a can of icy-cold Coke on a summer day. To some Americans, you just don't mess with the classics.I'm Rex Delaney, and I don't really think Ben Affleck is all that bad... in moderation.








































