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I'm cutting back on diet coke. Who's with me?
I drink one Coke a day. It took me weeks to get to that point. I lost weight also. Diet Coke is nasty, Ra. Stop drinking that crap.
i hate drinking water unless i am in a situation where i am basically dehydrated. i would drink diet coke in a box, i would drink diet coke with a fox (megan), i would drink diet coke both here and there, i would drink......
Everywhere! That's only because you're a Hoosier, Kevin. You all will drink anything.
I already started cutting back on sodas a while back - at first, it was only one - first thing in the morning, but now I only drink water, tea, or coffee. I've been doing that for a bit over a month now and I don't miss the diet coke at all. This morning, it's Tazo's Awake Tea for me.
I used to drink six Diet Coke's a day, the first when I woke up. One day I didn't have any, got a hellacious headache from caffeine withdrawal by the end of the day, and thought it may be best to stop so I did. Only Iced Tea, Lemonade, Water and the occasional Root Beer now. My wife is almost off of Diet Coke also.
Funny enough, I used to drink a LOT of Diet Coke.
For the most part, I stick with water. Whether I'm at home or at work - thankfully, my office has a nice water machine, and I'm constantly refilling my water glass - I make sure I get plenty of water during the day. Once a week, I'll drink a Sprite, but no Coke or Diet Coke. I just can't stand the taste of those anymore.
For the most part, I stick with water. Whether I'm at home or at work - thankfully, my office has a nice water machine, and I'm constantly refilling my water glass - I make sure I get plenty of water during the day. Once a week, I'll drink a Sprite, but no Coke or Diet Coke. I just can't stand the taste of those anymore.
I love my Diet Coke. I know that it's bad for me and I should quit it, but I'm at 2-3 per day. Which isn't so horrible, but it's still too much.
I have about one diet soda a week, usually after a walk in the afternoon when I'm hot and need some caffeine to get me through that last bit of workday.Chris bought a whole box of Coke from Costco a few weeks ago, because it was that Coke in bottles, from Mexico, made from real sugar instead of corn syrup. I have one of those once in a while, too. Again, about one a week.
Otherwise, I have water, or tea, or orange juice, or milk. Or pear cider, if I'm out at my book group. :D
Diet Coke tastes like some strange chemical to me. Something tells me very subtly it's not for human comsumption. I don't know.
Larry wrote: "Diet Coke tastes like some strange chemical to me. Something tells me very subtly it's not for human comsumption. I don't know."
Maybe its the label on the bottle that says "Not for human consumption", also known as the ingredients list.
Maybe its the label on the bottle that says "Not for human consumption", also known as the ingredients list.
Is it just me, or is every variant of artificial sweetener that has been used in diet cola since the 70's been found to possibly cause cancer years after the fact?
Yeah, and so will laying out in the sun too long. Sitting too close to the TV will make you go blind. Jerking off too much will make your palms grow hair, which explains so much about so many of us.Never mind.
They need to bring back Coke with Cocaine in it. Sales would skyrocket.
An old mural in our downtown area proclaims "Coke - Relieves Fatigue." I still chuckle every time I see it.
tadpole: Take a picture!!I've heard that if you're trying to cut back on caffeine, sometimes quitting pop doesn't help because you end up drinking just as much caffeine in coffee and tea. Same thing goes for water + vitamins; sometimes it's healthier just to drink water because of all the added sugar.
I'm thinking of cutting back on pop as well, partly because it's an addiction I don't need. It can cost a lot if you're drinking a lot (although by comparison, it also costs a lot when your water isn't drinkable so you have to buy water).
The high fructose corn syrup is the worst. From personal experience, I think that is what makes people drink so much pop in the first place. Jackie, have you noticed that drinking sugared Coke "hits the spot" better than corn-syruped Coke? That was the big difference for me when I was in India-- I could have a glass of Pepsi and it hit the spot.
I will be super pissed if I find out the weight I've gained in America is all pop-related. I've heard you can lose as much as 40 pounds by cutting out pop, but I don't know how much a person would have to drink in order to do that, and whether other health changes will go along with that.
i love diet coke and i have a slice of lime in it every chance i get. i keep fresh limes at home just for that reason. speaking of limes..... i have found a new limeade drink that is absolutely puckery. i love it. comes in a bottle like wine but is just limey lime juice. wish i had some now. thanks alot
I was watching last week's episode of The Biggest Loser last night. They were talking about how bad sodas are for you, and this made me shudder: a 2-liter bottle of Coke contains approximately 40 tablespoons of sugar!
I've seen a lot of my co-workers drink Coke or, even worse, Mountain Dew. Not a single one of them drinks water. One of them developed kidney stones. I couldn't feel bad for him, because he drank 5-6 Mountain Dews a day.
I've seen a lot of my co-workers drink Coke or, even worse, Mountain Dew. Not a single one of them drinks water. One of them developed kidney stones. I couldn't feel bad for him, because he drank 5-6 Mountain Dews a day.
I only drink diet coke...never anything with sugar. But what's replacing the sugar? Weird chemicals I can't even begin to understand, you know?I only had one cup of coffee and one diet coke yesterday. Whoa. I was dead by about 5PM. I just got really busy at work and didn't walk down to the campus coffee place (about a block and a half away but all indoors) to get coffee. I won't make that mistake today. Off to get more coffee...
RA, I wish you success on giving up the diet soda. When I worked (teaching) I found that it was making me extremely irritable; I guess that was the caffeine. I'm trying to cut back now, but without much luck. And someone please explain to me why one can buy sugared beverages abroad but not in the U.S. Are we just fools who blindly poison ourselves, or is there another, more reasonable, less paranoid construction to be put on this?
Thanks, Bun; at least that's beter than the idiocy theory.
wow, i am going to start calling you Bunopedia if you don't mind
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It's good that he's cutting back, then, Sally. ;)
Well, I wish him success on either front. Are ya listening, RA?And, to address an earlier point...why do we not grow more sugar beets? They do well in cold areas (Maine and Idaho produce much beet sugar) and would be more eco. than corn, I think. I know that sugar cane is tough to grow and labor intensive to harvest, but man, we need to stop this endless corn syrup cycle.
Better living through chemistry, my foot.
Misha! You are a regular fount of information. Thanks for that very informative entry! I hate Diet Coke, but I drink coffee. I did not know high fructose corn syrup interferes with the chemical in your brain that tells you when you're sated and now I'll check everything for that! Thank you!
This could replace the Pig-Flu scare! High Fructose Corn Syrup Scandal! Aie!
Dang, I can't even stir up a good rebellion. lol
Status update: I'm down to one diet coke a day, on the way to work, except yesterday, when I had two. So thanks, people:)
Those data are fascinating, too, Misha...makes perfect sense to me, too.
RA do we need to do an INTERVENTION????!!!! We can get Jim to do it, he lives closest. Oh, but today is football day, just drink beer for heaven sake.
i mostly only drink soda when its mixed with alcohol, i'm bigger on iced tea or coffee once in while, trying to drink more water too.. and i agree beer is good too..
Woo-hoo RA! Keep it up. You'll be so happy that you've conquered it.I started drinking diet coke/pepsi in high school when I found out I was diabetic, so I had years to accumulate all that great chemically stuff. Then a few years ago my doc told me that the phosphoric acid in cola (but slightly higher in coke products) worsened my arthritis, so I switched to diet Mt Dew. Now it seems that artificial sweeteners are all bad, contributing to all kinds of symptoms, including a theory that they screw with your bloodsugar (regardless of the non-sugar content) and contribute to alzheimers. Dangit.
So, now if I can't handle just water I drink fruit infused sparkling water like Talking Rain. Still... nothing beats a bubbly iced fountain soda version of diet pepsi on a hot summer day. Absolutely with lime, Kevin! ;)
Oh, and don't get me started on the Splenda
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I might buy diet A&W root beer every once in awhile, but rarely. Every 4-5 months, maybe.
I can't stand the taste of diet pops. The issue for me is that I drink far too much caffeine. I like your idea of not drinking caffeine after midday, LG.
I gave up all pop for a whole year, and realized that there's more to the juice section than just orange and apple juice. But I got horrible headaches for a whole month after I quit. Now I just need to cut back on everything from Starbucks, and I'll be much healthier.
I'm going on 2.5 weeks without a DC...I'm feeling much healthier without drinking three or four diet cokes today. However, I might have one at the movies today, as going to the movies without DC feels wrong.
Have you tried a non-diet coke RA? Or should I say a regular coke?
I tend to agree, Barb. Sometimes I'll have some ginger ale on the plane when I'm really dry. That's about my limit.
I know it is bad for me, but I love my Coke Zero. I drink it in the afternoon as a pick me up. I am addicted to caffeine.... there are worse things. Charlie Sheen, for example!
I'm not addicted to Charlie Sheen, either.
Why? Because that crap is bad for you and I drink way too much of it.
Anyone else drink too much soda? Ever drink a lot of it and quit? I once had a student tell me she knew class had started when she hear the "pop" of a diet coke can opening. And I don't like the way too much soda makes me feel. So I'm cutting back and/or quitting. So there!