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Cutting out coffee or diet coke

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  • Mandylou19912014
    Mandylou19912014 Posts: 208 Member
    TheMagicOneMikeD wrote: »
    Mandylou19912014 wrote: »
    I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it

    Same here with the heart palpitations, but I'd also get charlie horses. I found out what the problem was... for some reason caffeinated stuff seems to really suck the potassium outta me. If I consume extra potassium it goes away.

    I was freakin out the first time I got heart palpitations. thought I was gonna have a heart attack or something. But I'd always had charlie horses and my doctor told me to eat a few bananas each day.

    I accidentally figured out caffeine was causing the heart palpitations too because I would take the potassium for the charlie horses and the heart palpitations would go away with em.

    Apparently, for some ppl, too much caffeine causes hypokalemia (I probably chopped that spelling up)... I would definitely fit well in the group who overdoes it on caffeine... it's one of the last bad habits I still have to kick.

    I quit smoking, quit drinking, quit with the junk food, but I'm having a hell of a time with the caffeine.

    The heart palpitations really suck don’t they! I haven’t drunk coffee in years now as it’s just not worth it .. green tea I can have a few of but then need to stop. What are Charlie horses?
  • Mandylou19912014
    Mandylou19912014 Posts: 208 Member
    edited June 2018
    stevencloser wrote: »
    Don't you guys wish our bodies hat some sort of biological mechanism that excreted a pH neutral liquid into our mouths continuously which would neutralize any remains of acidic substances instead of having our teeth soak in it forever?

    Yeah it’s called saliva
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    Ok, it looks like we have the "back up your point" idea well covered. Can we move forward from here now, back to something or another to do with coffee and sodas.

    Don't forget to be polite and respectful to one another please.

    4legs
    MFP moderator
  • TheMagicOneMikeD
    TheMagicOneMikeD Posts: 94 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Ok, it looks like we have the "back up your point" idea well covered. Can we move forward from here now, back to something or another to do with coffee and sodas.

    Don't forget to be polite and respectful to one another please.

    4legs
    MFP moderator

    Why re-open this? I doubt it will go much better the 2nd time around.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    edited June 2018
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    Ryansworld84 wrote: »
    My advice is to give up diet coke as it is unhealthy even if it is 0 calories. And keep coffee but with a change: learn to like black coffee (nothing added). If you slowly over time cut it down and make good quality coffee (not folgers) you can learn to love the taste of black coffee! I limit my diet pops a lot, on occasion I may have one but that is where it stops at one. I dont keep any in the house and if I do go get one its just one serving not a case or 2 liter.

    If your goal is weight loss limit your liquid calories which also includes juice! Most Juice is just pop without the fizz. If you want orange juice, eat an orange is what I always say.

    Hope this helps, and dont forget its not off limits forever, just limit yourself. Maybe if you a great week Mon-Friday and on saturday you want a mochachochalala coffee drink, get one but have limits and make it a rare treat.

    And why is Diet Coke unhealthy?

    Here's an interesting take on the subject by way of a clinical trial posted at the NIH.
    It's interesting to ask why this is the case, that is: diet beverages in relation to discretionary food choices.

    I won't lie, an ice cold Diet Coke on a hot day tastes great to me. I suppose, like so many things in life, moderation is the key.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432876
  • Xerogs
    Xerogs Posts: 328 Member
    I used to be a heavy diet soda drinker for many years, after a kidney stone and just general ongoing malaise I decided to reduce my diet soda intake and drink more water. I think I am sensitive to Aspartame and other artificial sweeteners because I get blinding headaches and weight plateaus when I have had to much of them. This is purely anecdotal and I think some people can tolerate artificial sweeteners more than others. That being said I've always had tea without sweetener and for the past year I've either had my coffee black or with half and half depending on how good the coffee is. I will still have a diet soda without Aspartame once in a great while but I stay away from them just because I just generally feel better not drinking them. I think its a personal choice but it's worth making a change if you have some type of sensitivity in regards to artificial sweeteners. These days my palate has changed so much that most diet sodas are way to sweet and I just don't like them. Cutting that "sweet fix" out of my diet helps me control the sweet/salty snacking mindless eating balancing act that was my routine for many years. If I want something with carbonation I add a little lemon or lime juice to some carbonated water. My go to bar drink is the same thing with some vodka thrown in but that is a rare treat.
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