diet cola
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This the only vice I'm keeping! But in moderation. 2-3 cans a day.
so,,,,as many as 21 cans a week. Interesting interpretation of moderation.
I drink 2-3 cans a day. AND I drink 5-6 bottles of water a day. The can is 12 fl oz and the bottle is 16.9 fl oz. Therefore, 252 fl oz of diet cola a week in comparison to 709.8 fl oz of water.
Yeah, I would call that moderation.
drinking 21 cans of diet coke a week is not moderation. It doesnt make it moderate because you also drink a lot of water. thats kind of strange logic. bu whatever...if you want to drink it , then drink it. but why fool yourself that 21 cans a week is moderate?
Moderation is not a concrete standard. It is subject to interpretation. What you interpret as moderate someone else might not.0 -
Oh please.
Driving is linked to car accidents. Injury is linked to exercising and playing sports. There's a difference in actual correlation and causation.
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Exactly, well said... er, typed!0 -
I drink diet coke every morning. Prob about 16 oz. It doesn't cause me to have sugar cravings nor has it caused me to gain weight. In fact I have lost 131 lbs. I used to drink it through the day but I have cut myself down to only in the morning. I did it for sleep reasons though. I ALSO drink 175-200 oz of water a day.0
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maybe mineral water? like perrier? these are just my guesses, personally that stuff tastes really nasty to me, but a lot of people love it.What is fizzy water?0 -
COKE ZERO! Diet Barqs. Diet Mt Dew. <333333333330
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Here I tought I was the only one who stole candy from my kids. I'm sure they must not miss it but, dang, sometimes It makes me feel so guilty bc I shouldn't eat it....and neither should they!Diet coke is a no no for me... I gave up drinking it entirely and switched to fizzy water and then last week i had cravings so gave in and had about 2 litres in 3 days... my diet nosedived and wanted to eat sweet things all the time... back on the fizzy water and the weight is coming off again AND i don't feel the need to steal candy from kids anymore!0 -
A&W Diet Cream Soda....yum!0
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? Like the fruit water from Walmart - Sams Choice Strawberry . I think its really just strawberry diet pop just no artificial colorings.0
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My Wife and I was taking in about a 12 pack of diet coke in about 2 days time. And that isn't even counting the diet soda that I was drinking at work. One Day, when we went grocery shopping, we didn't buy any soda. Instead, we bought a 2 gallon jug and started brewing tea for our caffeine fix. And we stuck with it. Now, every now and then we will pick up a diet soda when we are out and about running errands, but we never bring any home with us.
Was it painful - Yes... but with the Tea, we were able to get our caffeine fix without spending more money on diet sodas. Now, we even stopped brewing the tea and have been doing water... for our caffeine fix - we started using the energy shots from Mio and even Great Value (Walmart brand) which have worked wonders for us.
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I drink diet coke every morning. Prob about 16 oz. It doesn't cause me to have sugar cravings nor has it caused me to gain weight. In fact I have lost 131 lbs. I used to drink it through the day but I have cut myself down to only in the morning. I did it for sleep reasons though. I ALSO drink 175-200 oz of water a day.
How do you count your water drank?
Can I count my water that I add a Crystal light lemonaide drink stick to?
Can I count the water that makes up my shake?
What about the water in my Caffiene free Coffee?0 -
They replace the fats in normal coke with sugars, which are more addictive.
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^^^^ hahahaha0
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They replace the fats in normal coke with sugars, which are more addictive.
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You couldn't pay me to drink it!! I personally don't think it should be sold!!! I'm no Puritan, I promise (I like my wine or cider) but besides the health problems associated with soda I also worked in a dental office for years and saw up close what it did to peoples teeth!! If you think that our teeth are the hardest substance in our body and it eats it away, just think what it does to your stomach and your body!!! I say NO THANKS,!0
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This. I've actually done the math, there is as much "aspartame" (Aspartic acid + phenylalanine) in 4 oz of chicken breast as there is in 25 cans of diet soda. So anytime you eat chicken breast, you're consuming the equivalent of 25 cans of diet soda, every time. Critical thinking.
You don't have to stop drinking it. If it keeps you in check by satisfying your sweet tooth daily and helps to keep your calories in check, then it's fine. I personally drink at least 2 a day. There's lots of ANECDOTAL evidence of how bad it is for you, but actual medical science hasn't shown that a couple a day are going to "poison" you like many of the "health gurus" on here will tout.arghhhh ever since starting my weight loss journey last year im addicted to diet cola !!! i can go through 4 cans a day! today ive already had one can and will have one tonight gonna try and just have 2! anyone else drink it quite alot? i need to wean my self off it lol !!!
And before the lashing comes out from the haters, there is aspartic acid in all fruits in vegetables and phenylalaine is in meats and breast milk (these are the 2 main ingredients in aspartame). If those 2 ingredients are "poison" then stop eating meat and fruit and vegetables.
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Oh please.
Driving is linked to car accidents. Injury is linked to exercising and playing sports. There's a difference in actual correlation and causation.
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Diet soda is fine to drink. If you don't want to drink it or don't like it, then drop it but dropping it is not required to live a healthy lifestyle.0
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Oh please.
Driving is linked to car accidents. Injury is linked to exercising and playing sports. There's a difference in actual correlation and causation.
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Screw Polar Bears, SAVE THE PIRATES!!!!0 -
Too much water is fatal. :drinker:I hear that water is good for ya...lol0 -
Your stomach is way more acidic than soda. Your mouth is not. Vomiting up stomach bile causes hell on your teeth, also but it's perfectly fine in your stomach.You couldn't pay me to drink it!! I personally don't think it should be sold!!! I'm no Puritan, I promise (I like my wine or cider) but besides the health problems associated with soda I also worked in a dental office for years and saw up close what it did to peoples teeth!! If you think that our teeth are the hardest substance in our body and it eats it away, just think what it does to your stomach and your body!!! I say NO THANKS,!0 -
They replace the fats in normal coke with sugars, which are more addictive.
I'm desperate to stop drinking fizzy pop (may switch to fizzy water!), but by the time I've drank my 2.5 litres of plain water throughout the day, its a treat to have a diet coke on an evening
You didn't have your coffee yet, did you?0 -
If you think that our teeth are the hardest substance in our body and it eats it away, just think what it does to your stomach and your body!!! I say NO THANKS,!
Ummmm.... stomach acid is in your stomach, and it is much, much more acidic than soda (or pop as us Minnesotans call it). Yes, the acid in pop errodes the teeth, but don't extrapolate that into something its not.0 -
If you think that our teeth are the hardest substance in our body and it eats it away, just think what it does to your stomach and your body!!! I say NO THANKS,!
Ummmm.... stomach acid is in your stomach, and it is much, much more acidic than soda (or pop as us Minnesotans call it). Yes, the acid in pop errodes the teeth, but don't extrapolate that into something its not.
Yes, gastric acid has a pH of between 1 and 3. Not an issue.
However, I also shudder to think what diet soda does to our kidneys.0 -
If you think that our teeth are the hardest substance in our body and it eats it away, just think what it does to your stomach and your body!!! I say NO THANKS,!
Ummmm.... stomach acid is in your stomach, and it is much, much more acidic than soda (or pop as us Minnesotans call it). Yes, the acid in pop errodes the teeth, but don't extrapolate that into something its not.
Yes, gastric acid has a pH of between 1 and 3. Not an issue.
However, I also shudder to think what diet soda does to our kidneys.
From what I have read, the damage caused from over consumption of diet soda comes from caffeine. Do you also shudder while having your morning coffee or tea?0 -
Coke zero is my cola of choice! I would drink it all day if I could, but I can tell it causes me to retain much more water than usual. I have tried to stay with only one per day, but now that I have cut back....some days I don't have it and hardly miss it.0
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From what I have read, the damage caused from over consumption of diet soda comes from caffeine.
o god. total nonsense. but...no offense0 -
Love it! I would say I am addicted!0
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From what I have read, the damage caused from over consumption of diet soda comes from caffeine.
o god. total nonsense. but...no offense
I enjoyed your insightful and knowledgeable response.0 -
The worst part about soda is the sodium.
When you drink too much soda over a long period of time, you produce more acid and this can damage your esophagus. This can potentially do irreparable harm if this continues for a long time.
The artificial sweeteners are most likely not good for you, but their effects haven't been proven and their is not a consensus among the scientific community about whether it's detrimental.
As for the caffeine, too much isn't good and it could be one of the reasons you're addicted to the soda. Maybe try to have one caffeinated and one non-caffeinated per day.
The carbonation probably isn't good for your body. I don't know as much about this, but I would bet that, similar to artificial sweeteners, there isn't a consensus as to the detrimental effects of carbonation.
Because too much of anything isn't good, I'd recommend trying to cut down to one or two per day and then maybe trying to cut it out except on "special" occasions (going out to dinner, going to a movie, etc...)0 -
Sodium? There's hardly any sodium in soda, about the same as regular drinking water.0
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