Diet Soda

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  • harleigh67
    harleigh67 Posts: 131
    If you are here to learn a healthier lifestyle or lose weight then LOSE THE SODA....
    We have all these supposedly great soda alternatives from low cal, to no caffeine to , zero calories,
    funny that the obesity rate continues to grow...

    I truly understand soda addiction.I started drinking coke at age 2, until 18 then I got married and he drank RC close enough I went with it.....then I found the love of my life PEPSI....which i have been drinking since....43 year soda drinker here
    I drank a 24 pack a day.... that is 7 24 packs a week all by myself I was a Pepsiholic....

    The last time i quit .....

    I weaned my self down slowly, I started by drinking a bottle of water between each Pepsi found I drank less
    went down to a 12 pack a day!

    then second week I would drink 2 bottles of water between each....and continued this way until it got to a can a day when I wake up in the morning, but I fall back into drinking more occasionally like when I go out with friends to eat on auto pilot when asked tell them Pepsi..
    the last week before I quit I started taking a Motrin each morning, then stopped and still toke Motrin. each morning to prevent the caffeine headache

    When I quit before I went 6 months)with out a Pepsi I felt awesome, looked better and I also..... dropped 30 pounds the first month I quit ..... lost another 20 in the next 5 months and I was not exercising or eating right....lost 50 pounds in 6 months by just giving up soda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    but since they started all these preservatives, chemicals on our fruits & veggies, GMOs, fake sweeteners etc in our foods and drinks the obesity levels rose in our country, disease & illnesses rose....... like Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis,, Fibromyalsia ,Cancer and more..... have taken a toll on people and they continue to rise

    People who have given up soda, eat organic fruits & veggies, grass fed meats are much healthier than other people and those who were sick and changed their diets to eat healthier have had less problems, symptoms and are getting better.

    See all these companies & doctors doing studies do not get paid if you are not sick, So it is to their advantage to tell you a chemical laden food or drink is fine!!

    i HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, FIBROMYALSIA, GERD,IBS,, VERTIGO, INFLAMMATION, AND SEVERE THYROID ISSUES.....I CHANGED HOW I EAT (ORGANIC 7 GRASS FED) AND I FELL SO MUCH BETTER, I HAVE NOT HAD A FLARE UP SINCE I STARTED, MY STOMACH AND INTESTINES ARE WORKING WELL, I HAVE LESS HEADACHES, LESS ACID RE-FLUX, AND DOING 60% BETTER THAN i WAS........

    WELL I HAVE YET TO STOP DRINKING PEPSI, AND AM STRUGGLING TO GET WEIGHT OFF.....SO TOMORROW i AM STOPPING PEPSI SO I CAN DROP THIS EXTRA WEIGHT AND GAIN THAT OTHER 30%o OF MYSELF.... BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL NEVER BE 100% AGAIN AS I HAVE PERMANENT DAMAGE BUT I WANT TO REGAIN AS MUCH OF MYSELF AS POSSIBLE......
    AGAIN I AM QUITTING TOMORROW NO MORE PEPSI AND MY BEST FRIEND STOPPED DRINKING DR. PEPPER AND WITH IT SOME OF HER PROBLEM STOPPED WHEN SHE DID........

    YOU ARE NOT A CAR WHICH CAN HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS INSTALLED OR TRADE IN ON A NEWER MODEL YOU WERE GIVEN ONE BODY, SO TAKE CAR OF IT BECAUSE THAT IS ALL YOU GET!

    IS YOUR HEALTH AND OR WEIGHT ISSUES WORTH HAVING THAT TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH!!

    Ultimately the decision is yours, but I will tell you straight up there is no way in hell I would ever drink DIET......... I see the words DIET, FAT-FREE OR LOW FAT , I think Chemical **** STORM! If I can not read or pronounce its ingredients I will not eat it...
    My father switched to diet pop and became diabetic after about 5 years of drinking it, his blood sugar went up into the 260 range and they could nit get it under control, he started insulin injection I tried to get him back onto regular pop, he refuses and is sicker now....still will not listen still getting healthier and sicker......that was his choice

    just give it up with me.......Here's to our Health if you decide to live healthier

    If you choose not to...best of luck with your health!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,975 Member
    Always love the "if you can't pronounce it" statements. Like that's a pre requisite for "non chemical" foods!:laugh:

    Pronounce these: neohesperidin, naringin, rhoifolin, lonicerin, hesperidin, and other polymethoxyflavonoids (tangeretin, nobiletin, sinensetin, auranetin, rutin, etc.) dimethoxycoumarin and umbelliferone, citraurin, violaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin.

    Believe it or not, that's the chemical make up of an orange peel.

    Diet soda is fine in moderation. There aren't real health issues (unless you have PKU) that pertain to the general public.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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  • sodadog
    sodadog Posts: 4
    What?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/10/new-study-of-splenda-reveals-shocking-information-about-potential-harmful-effects.aspx
    You lost me at Mercola. MercoLOLa is a crackpot and his "science" has been thoroughly debunked.

    You also lost me at the 'chlorine' thing. Table salt is sodium chloride - one sodium atom and one chlorine atom. Sodium is an element of NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide) which is highly toxic. Chlorine (Cl) is also toxic. But when mixed together, they form a compound that is found in many of our foods. Isn't that strange?
    Diet soda is fine in moderation. There aren't real health issues (unless you have PKU) that pertain to the general public.
    QFT.
  • ndnyl
    ndnyl Posts: 96
    Nothing beats good old h2o,diet soda is worse then normal soda

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