shertex
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queen shiba
Posts:76
| | 07/26/2007 4:54 PM |
Alert | | Yes sodas are tough on your teeth. Especially if you drink a lot of them. I will usually only have one soda a day or less than that. Then I drink about a gallon of water a day. If I get bored of it I will put lemon with a little Splenda in my water to make it taste like a treat. Diet soda is better. But having 9 sodas a day is a awful lot of empty calories being consumed in a day. Imagine 9 12 oz Cokes that is 1350 calories. That is how much I consume a day for weight loss. Yowsa! | |
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sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/27/2007 11:28 PM |
Alert | Okay, this is freaking me out! Scary! I must say that I was completely off soda a few years back when I was trying to get pregnant the first time. I got hooked on Diet Coke while I was in College. I drank about 3 Big Gulps a day. So when my husband and I were trying to get pregnant I went completely off of it. Yeah, those withdrawal headaches were terrible. I actually stayed off of it until my 2nd child was a baby. Then out came the Code Red Mountain Dew. Dummy me tasted it and I started drinking diet soda again. I like the Diet Code Red. My youngest is 6 now and I think he was one when I started drinking it again. We've been trying to get pregnant for 4 years now and yes we have fertility problems. I had bad endometriosis that has since been removed. But now this makes me wonder if drinking diet soda is one the reasons why I'm still not pregnant? The doctor says he has no idea why I'm still not pregnant. Hmmm. I drink maybe 2-3 12oz cans a day, so not a ton but probably one is even too much. Sometimes I'll get a large Diet Dr Pepper from Sonic. That is too much cause their large is really big. My feet always ache, my back hurts a lot, and yes I'm always tired. I could get 8 hours of sleep but it doesn't matter, I'm still tired all day. I have a great low sugar hydrating drink that I'm going to start drinking more of. It has nothing bad in it at all.
Okay, so I'm done. I'm not buying anymore Diet Soda. I'll finish off what I have in the house which is 2 cans I think and then I'm done. Oh boy, I'm not looking forward to those headaches. I may be on hear looking to scream at someone. Please bear with me.
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MaricopaTrainer
Posts:128
| | 07/28/2007 10:29 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By sjtrim on 07/27/2007 11:28 PM
Okay, this is freaking me out! Scary! I must say that I was completely off soda a few years back when I was trying to get pregnant the first time. I got hooked on Diet Coke while I was in College. I drank about 3 Big Gulps a day. So when my husband and I were trying to get pregnant I went completely off of it. Yeah, those withdrawal headaches were terrible. I actually stayed off of it until my 2nd child was a baby. Then out came the Code Red Mountain Dew. Dummy me tasted it and I started drinking diet soda again. I like the Diet Code Red. My youngest is 6 now and I think he was one when I started drinking it again. We've been trying to get pregnant for 4 years now and yes we have fertility problems. I had bad endometriosis that has since been removed. But now this makes me wonder if drinking diet soda is one the reasons why I'm still not pregnant? The doctor says he has no idea why I'm still not pregnant. Hmmm. I drink maybe 2-3 12oz cans a day, so not a ton but probably one is even too much. Sometimes I'll get a large Diet Dr Pepper from Sonic. That is too much cause their large is really big. My feet always ache, my back hurts a lot, and yes I'm always tired. I could get 8 hours of sleep but it doesn't matter, I'm still tired all day. I have a great low sugar hydrating drink that I'm going to start drinking more of. It has nothing bad in it at all.
Okay, so I'm done. I'm not buying anymore Diet Soda. I'll finish off what I have in the house which is 2 cans I think and then I'm done. Oh boy, I'm not looking forward to those headaches. I may be on hear looking to scream at someone. Please bear with me.
Edited to remove smiley. I keep forgetting they just don't work. </div>
For your own health it will be worth it. The list of possible side effects are long and terrifying. As a member of the National Soft Drink Association Coke (also the maker of Dr. Pepper and a long list of others) opposed FDA approval of aspartame for beverages. Their objections, running to several pages published in the Congressional Record of 5/7/85, said aspartame is uniquely and inherently unstable and breaks down in the can. It decomposes into formaldehyde, methyl alcohol, formic acid, diketopiperazine and other toxins. In a study on 7 monkeys 5 had grand mal seizures and one died, a casualty rate of 86%.
In addition, caffeine constricts blood vessels, which reduces blood flow to the uterus and prevents eggs from attaching to the uterine wall.
I personally know a girl who started to suffer from seizures and started to develop MS. Docs couldn't figure out the cause. As a last resort he suggested she stop drinking her daily Crystal Light. Both to her dismay and joy all her symptoms went away.
You owe it to yourselves to become responsible for what you and your family consume. Until these companies are forced to come out with the truth due to deaths and illnesses and HAVE to take products off the market you won't hear it. It's no different then big pharms. Remember Olestra? Remember saccharin? This is the pattern, and it will continue to be. Now they are saturating the market with genetically modified foods and that opens up a whole new can of worms.
Sorry I can just go off on a tangent here. Best of luck to you! Come off slowly. | | | |
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Java Lover
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| | 07/29/2007 4:36 PM |
Alert | Wow...I thought Shertex was talking about me for a moment.  I drink way too much diet and not enough water. Thanks for all the great info.
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socrlvr
Posts:89
| | 07/29/2007 9:44 PM |
Alert | | Nope Java...it's me! I will have diet pepsi flowing through my IV one day! LOL! | | | |
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heat sprite
Posts:338
| | 07/29/2007 10:20 PM |
Alert | that's why I drink regular... well, not really, but now I have an excuse...  | |
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race88
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| | 07/30/2007 3:39 PM |
Alert | If you must drink soda, you are better off taking in the calories in regular soda then the poisin (nutrasweet, splenda, ect.) in diet soda and other "sugar free" items. Here's a good rule of thumb I like to go with:
If it's made in a lab it's not food!!!
Also interesting that they are called "artificial sweeteners". You wouldnt eat an artificial piece of fruit would you?
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shertex
Posts:1053
| | 07/30/2007 4:09 PM |
Alert | | OH gosh...you too Java! | |
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Java Lover
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| | 07/30/2007 4:26 PM |
Alert | | Sad but true....now that's soda is not on sale I've not been buying it. So now I'm 'forced' to drink water. LOL!!!! | | | |
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Java Lover
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| | 07/30/2007 4:27 PM |
Alert | | I actually go through spurts where I will do really good on drinking water and only have one diet a day. Then I fall off the wagon and pretty soon I havn't had any water at all! Need to get back on the wagon. | | | |
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LoveScience
Posts:81
| | 07/30/2007 6:05 PM |
Alert | so are you saying I can't drink my diet coke with splenda??! I thought I was being so good by getting rid of the aspartame (sp?)!!!
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shertex
Posts:1053
| | 07/30/2007 6:11 PM |
Alert | | Looks like you better hit the water sales! | |
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MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 07/30/2007 6:36 PM |
Alert | | Yeah, if you have trouble pronouncing or reading the label, leave it on the shelf! | |
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Java Lover
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| | 07/30/2007 7:00 PM |
Alert | | Ahhh, but I love the taste of Acesulfame potassium in the morning. | | | |
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sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/30/2007 8:22 PM |
Alert | | I had my last one on Saturday. It hasn't been that bad really. I've had headaches but they aren't near as bad as they were when I quit diet coke several years ago. It's all worth it. Water, water, water! | |
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Java Lover
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| | 07/30/2007 8:28 PM |
Alert | I must admit I had a diet from Costco today. But I choose water when I went out to breakfast (I had already had a latte at home).
Water!!!
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heat sprite
Posts:338
| | 07/30/2007 9:52 PM |
Alert | | Let's just say that if I ever have to give up coke, you will feel like the town has been hit by a nuclear explosion. Since I wish to avoid distressing all of you that way, I will continue with my only acknowledged vice. | |
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TheShermanator
Posts:277
| | 07/31/2007 7:59 AM |
Alert | Hee hee.
I know.
I quit smoking.
I started eating better.
I started exercising.
No more diet coke?
I'm struggling with that one.
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Fritzydoodle
Posts:1055
| | 07/31/2007 8:44 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By TheShermanator on 07/31/2007 7:59 AM
Hee hee.
I know.
I quit smoking.
I started eating better.
I started exercising.
No more diet coke?
I'm struggling with that one.
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Have you noticed that this getting healthy crap is about to kill us? | |
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