the diet coke question

U know I had a diet coke yesterday and have been nauseous since. bad batch of diet coke? Never had this reaction to it before.

If I remember right, the following was a large study done on thousands of women over 25+ years.....

Drink your water, green tea, water w/ a spritz of juice, an occassional glass of red wine . . . . and you will be much better off. Diet is not good for you.

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Diet soda associated with loss off kidney function
Reported by: Barbara Smith
Last Update: 7/23 7:58 pm

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) -Diet soda is popular with thirsty people trying to avoid calories. But a new study shows drinking two or more a day could decrease kidney function.

Diet soda accounts for a quarter of all pop sales. But a Harvard study released at the American Society of Nephrology meeting gives news reason for concern about how much people drink on a daily basis. The study of more than three thousand women found those who drank even a couple a day saw a reduction in kidney function. Dr. Terrence Bjordahl, who practices nephrology at the University of Utah says “it was only associated with two sodas or more, any less than that was not associated with the progression of kidney disease.”

The serving size was either a glass, can, or bottle of diet soda. Of the women in the study, 11.4 percent had a kidney function decline. The decline was 30-percent or more. The study spanned eleven years. Some decline in kidney function is normal as people age. Dr. Bjordahl says “you would expect a five to ten percent decline and this was a thirty percent change in kidney function, so it was fairly dramatic.”

The loss of kidney function can be serious. The kidneys process your blood, sifting out waste products and water. If the kidneys stop functioning Dr. Bjordahl says the best options are a transplant or dialysis. He says thirteen percent of American adults already have kidney disease. Limiting soda intake is a good idea he says, but there are other bigger concerns. “The major cause of kidney disease, and the progression of kidney disease, is from diabetes and hypertension and high blood pressure.”

Those are the risks associated with heart disease and stroke. Other studies have drawn a correlation between diet soda and an increased risk for heart attack stroke, diabetes, and weight gain. Dr. Bjordahl says more study is needed before a direct correlation can be made between diet soda and lowered kidney function.
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Something tells me I had better knock my diet cocke addiction into touch! I live off the stuff!!!!!!

Ok, so normal soda has too much sugar in it, diet soda can give you liver issues, "vitamin water" has mega sugar just like regular soda, juices you buy are generally high in sugar and quite often preservatives so what are you supposed to drink when you are out and about and have had enough water?

Ok, so normal soda has too much sugar in it, diet soda can give you liver issues, "vitamin water" has mega sugar just like regular soda, juices you buy are generally high in sugar and quite often preservatives so what are you supposed to drink when you are out and about and have had enough water?

Find unsweetened tea or juices that are clearly labeled as 100% juice. Also, I think the no cal version of SoBe's LifeWater is sweetened with stevia, so if you don't have a problem with stevia, you can try that.

Ok, so normal soda has too much sugar in it, diet soda can give you liver issues, "vitamin water" has mega sugar just like regular soda, juices you buy are generally high in sugar and quite often preservatives so what are you supposed to drink when you are out and about and have had enough water?

I drink water, water and more water.......................Tea (hot and cold), coffee (plain black) and from time to time I do enjoy a Zevia soda.

It is pretty natural and is sweetened with Stevia. I like the orange and root beer.

When I go out I drink unsweetened tea and I bring my own sweetener (Stevia). Otherwise I drink water and milk. I don't like juice but you can drink 100% juice (8oz a day). Once your body doesn't have the junk in your body you feel much better and you don't want to put the junk back in.

I quit my one-a-day Diet Coke habit almost a year ago. Once in awhile, I will have one, and I'm so bloated afterward. Ick! :sick: Whenever I get a craving for it, I try to remind myself of that feeling. I quickly dismiss the craving, and drink my water. :drinker: :drinker: