Addicted to diet coke.. help :(

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  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    Reasons:
    http://www.naturallivingideas.com/13-scary-reasons-to-stop-drinking-diet-soda-right-now/
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    Metabolic syndrome
    http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    DebSozo wrote: »
    PennWalker wrote: »
    healthy491 wrote: »
    So today I went to a confectionery and bought a diet coke and the store owner and my dad started giving me a lecture about how its bad for me , causes diabetes , weight gain etc.
    I am kinda worried now as I am literally addicted and love it and its all I drink since I really hate water :( I drink about 4 Litres a day ( I know its a lot ). Anyone has an idea regarding what I can do ?

    Coke of all kinds is about as acidic than battery acid (I learned that in a science class). You can use it to clean rust off your car.

    http://www.livescience.com/7198-acids-popular-sodas-erode-tooth-enamel.html

    Don't tell yourself that you hate water -- give yourself a more positive message. Become a water freak. Put chilled bottles of water in your fridge. Try water with a slice of lemon or lime over ice. Buy yourself a gorgeous water bottle and carry it everywhere.

    The kindergarten teachers use Coca Cola to clean dried paste off of scissors. It makes a great cleaner.

    Google "gastric acid" (you know, the stuff that's in your stomach 24 hours a day for your entire life) and see how acidic it is.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I want the black version. Love this.
    queenliz99 wrote: »
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    I got the girl version! Yay me!
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    This thread. I can't even. There's so much facebook pseudoscience BS woo that my head hurts.

    OP is already convinced that her diet coke is perfectly fine...

    Believe science not woo (we need this on a shirt or something).

    /thread.

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    I want the black version. Love this.
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    jsw60tb7cx0y.jpeg
    I got the girl version! Yay me!
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    This thread. I can't even. There's so much facebook pseudoscience BS woo that my head hurts.

    OP is already convinced that her diet coke is perfectly fine...

    Believe science not woo (we need this on a shirt or something).

    /thread.

    Googling now!
  • MissJanet55
    MissJanet55 Posts: 457 Member
    I'm not one to argue on internet forums, but there is a lot of documentation.

    This science paper:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474447/
    And this piece on safefood, although this group obviously has a point of view:
    http://www.safefood.org.nz/aspartaddict.html
    An FDA paper on aspartame toxicity:
    http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/jan03/012203/02p-0317_emc-000199.txt

    And many more. There are also pieces saying it is perfectly safe, so pick your poison. But one thing is sure - giving it up is not going to hurt you.


  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    Metabolic syndrome
    http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688

    Did you actually read the study or did you stop at the title? Perhaps point to the place within the study where you feel they demonstrate a causative effect between drinking diet soda and weight gain or the development of type 2 diabeties. Or perhaps point out the part of this study where they provide the mechanism by which that would happen given that aspartame is just a methylated dipeptide.

    It won't impact me because I try to avoid it. That is great if everything is okay. I will be happy for everyone addicted to diet Coke. I have heard mixed reports.
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    Aaron, did you read the results in the article?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    I want the black version. Love this.
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    jsw60tb7cx0y.jpeg
    I got the girl version! Yay me!
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    This thread. I can't even. There's so much facebook pseudoscience BS woo that my head hurts.

    OP is already convinced that her diet coke is perfectly fine...

    Believe science not woo (we need this on a shirt or something).

    /thread.

    Etsy!! and it is also in black!!

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  • mom22dogs
    mom22dogs Posts: 470 Member
    edwardetr wrote: »
    Try a soda stream to carbonate your water and add a little of whatever flavoring you like. I like drinking carbonated water more than still.

    So you're basically saying to replace flavored carbonated water with a different flavored carbonated water. Good idea.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited August 2016
    rankinsect wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    healthy491 wrote: »
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    doesn't cause weight gain, doesn't cause diabetes, doesn't cause cancer, etc. etc. etc.


    The only worry i'd have consuming the amount you're talking about is the damage to your teeth or potential Reflux/Acid symptoms.

    Really ? Thanks :) literally EVERYONE tells me how bad it is for my health and that I should stop

    The phosphoric acid in Coca Cola has been known to cause osteoporosis by leaching calcium out of bones and weaken teeth when consumed in largr quantities.

    Teeth? Sure. Bone? Not a chance. To actually weaken bone via acidity, your blood pH would need to fall below 5.5 - which is far beyond the lethal level. Normal body pH is incredibly tightly regulated.

    For that matter, acidic drinks are not going to increase stomach acidity, because you'd never swallow anything more acidic than your stomach acid - whatever you drink is going to reduce the acidity of your stomach contents. Actual acidosis tends to be caused by either kidney damage or poisoning, such as by drinking methanol, or by severe oxygen deprivation, not by consumption of acidic drinks.

    http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/features/soda-osteoporosis ("Researchers at Tufts University, studying several thousand men and women, found that women who regularly drank cola-based sodas -- three or more a day -- had almost 4% lower bone mineral density in the hip, even though researchers controlled for calcium and vitamin D intake.")

    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/84/4/936.full

    It's not via acidity. If occurring, it's probably via co-ordination (a broad category of interactions including chelation). And, no, not every phosphorus containing compound would have this effect. It would be limited to phosphoric acid and the related phosphates in which there are free oxygen atoms available to co-ordinate to the calcium. It appears that the caffeine may also be a contributing factor (since the noncola sodas were not shown to give the same reduced bone density).

    Anyway, I managed to drastically reduce (but not eliminate) my diet soda intake by replacing it with flavoured waters (e.g. Crystal Light) which I increasingly diluted. I was able to get myself up to about half my intake being water, most of the rest being flavoured water or home brewed iced tea, with one or two diet sodas a day as well.

    I wouldn't have been worried if the OP said she was drinking half a liter a day, but 4 liters a day is going to be very hard on the teeth and may increase her risk of osteoperosis.

  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    @queenliz99 @cerise_noir

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    @queenliz99 @cerise_noir

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    Awesome!
  • Etsar73
    Etsar73 Posts: 260 Member
    I have drastically cut down over the last 2 months or so and I was addicted! I was about to go shopping for more and said to myself 'I drink too much of it, I need to drink more water'. I also wanted to save some money. I decided that I wouldn't have it in the house but that I would not cut it our of my life. If I wanted diet coke, I would have to go and buy it in a litre bottle at the shop. I told myself I should feel no guilt about wanting to drink it. I end up drinking water because there is nothing else and I can't be bothered going to the shops. I also stopped buying sparkling water... just water now. I did get massive headaches for about a week but it's all good now. There have been a few times when the craving came and I went and got some and enjoyed it! I drink it at restaurants too. It's like chips and chocolate for me... just don't have it in the house and you find alternatives.
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    edited August 2016
    AnabolicMind2011 wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    Reasons:
    http://www.naturallivingideas.com/13-scary-reasons-to-stop-drinking-diet-soda-right-now/

    I'm not sure why you continue to comment on these types of threads. People are asking for help. Spreading misinformation isn't helping. Maybe learn the facts for yourself before posting because it's extremely unfair to newcomers that you continue to do this.

    It isn't misinformation. Phosphoric acid is in Coca Cola. It dissolves your teeth and studies suggest that it could possibly cause osteoporosis over time with women.

    I'm not saying a glass or two a day would necessarily hurt someone. I have no idea what safe limits are. But some people drink 2 liters or even a 6 pack or more a day.
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    DebSozo wrote: »
    AnabolicMind2011 wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    Reasons:
    http://www.naturallivingideas.com/13-scary-reasons-to-stop-drinking-diet-soda-right-now/

    I'm not sure why you continue to comment on these types of threads. People are asking for help. Spreading misinformation isn't helping. Maybe learn the facts for yourself before posting because it's extremely unfair to newcomers that you continue to do this.

    It isn't misinformation. Phosphoric acid is in Coca Cola. It dissolves your teeth and studies suggest that it could possibly cause osteoporosis over time with women.

    I'm not saying a glass or two a day would necessarily hurt someone. I have no idea what safe limits are. But some people drink 2 liters or even a 6 pack or more a day.
    Sincere curiosity, why is it that only women seem to be susceptible to osteoporosis but not men, if the risks seem to be so high in your opinion? What is it about men that protects them from bone damage?
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    ogmomma2012 wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    AnabolicMind2011 wrote: »
    DebSozo wrote: »
    Reasons:
    http://www.naturallivingideas.com/13-scary-reasons-to-stop-drinking-diet-soda-right-now/

    I'm not sure why you continue to comment on these types of threads. People are asking for help. Spreading misinformation isn't helping. Maybe learn the facts for yourself before posting because it's extremely unfair to newcomers that you continue to do this.

    It isn't misinformation. Phosphoric acid is in Coca Cola. It dissolves your teeth and studies suggest that it could possibly cause osteoporosis over time with women.

    I'm not saying a glass or two a day would necessarily hurt someone. I have no idea what safe limits are. But some people drink 2 liters or even a 6 pack or more a day.
    Sincere curiosity, why is it that only women seem to be susceptible to osteoporosis but not men, if the risks seem to be so high in your opinion? What is it about men that protects them from bone damage?

    That is what the study found. Women were impacted. I don't know what protects them!

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