I'm addicted to soft drink.
3181nike
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Would live some advice how to get over this! TIA
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I was totally addicted too, I made myself drink tea instead. To replace the feeling of soft drink urges. You can have every now and then try Pepsi Max or diet one.
I'm into ice tea atm
I think the key is to replace it with something better for you eventually you'll break addiction2 -
diet drinks are empty calories but weight loss wise, wont affect it.
years ago i had a BAD dr pepper habit. all day every day. i started alternating soda and water. after a soda, i had to have a bottle of water. then, increased it to 2 bottles of water. i also started by using the wateer mix ins to give the water some flavor. now i drink it plain or with some lemon, if i have any, but i dont need it.
now, i have my coffee in the morning, a diet soda, then water the rest of the day (and i drink constantly). i usually have a diet soda with dinner, but not always.
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yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion2 -
R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.3 -
switch to diet? problem solved.3
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R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
yep, the evidence is just silly, i mean of course acid doesn't erode of melt stuff does it?
yep. the British Dental Health Foundation and the American Dental Association are just silly, best ignore the professionals eh?
mouthhealthy.org/en/nutrition/food-tips/9-foods-that-damage-your-teeth
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I was addicted to diet soda and switched to sparkling water to get over it. I've since fallen off the wagon, but I'm in the midst of kicking it once more, and now I have a SodaStream. Highly recommend.0
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I just drink zero calorie soft drinks. I'm somewhat addicted to Pepsi Max which has no calories. Addiction is a desire to continue the behaviour. You get a craving for it and you give in to it. What I do is to change my attitude towards it. The thought of doing it has to feel so bad inside that it overcomes any expected reward. At least that's how I stopped eating chocolate. Every time I think about eating chocolate I think how disgusting that would make me. I think about how empty and stupid I will feel afterward. I think about how great being ripped will be. I remember how eating chocolate never made me happy. In the face of that, my desire is pretty much gone. ^^ After a while, cravings will go away too.1
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I, on the other hand, am addicted to water.6
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Try to switch to carbonated water instead and suppliment with tea for the caffeine.0
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Another fan of the carbonated flavored waters, like LaCroix. That and iced tea (unsweetened) helped me to kick my Diet Coke habit.0
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I quit cold turkey. Had been drinking 3-5 cans of regular Pepsi per day.
Over the years I'd give it up for Lent just to prove I could. It was always hard & Easter morning I would head straight for a soda. The headaches as I got through the caffeine withdrawal were quite painful.
Get it out of your house as a 1st step. If it's not there you can't drink it.
At least once per day substitute water or another no calorie beverage for your soda. Keep replacing soda with water until you have stopped drinking soda.3 -
I was but in the last 2 weeks I have only had 2 cans of Coke. You can do it. Replace the drink with water
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I drank tons of diet coke everyday. At first I went to those carbonated flavored waters. Not bad, and I didn't drink as much. I also had crystal light in between. Now that I am drinking 64 oz of water a day plus my morning coffee I have no room or desire to drink anything more. Its been almost 5 months.2
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I switched to flavored carbonated water when I broke my soda habit, way way way way way back in the day. I eventually started watering down the carbonated water with plain water and ultimately switched to plain water. I do drink some diet soda now.2
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I used to drink way too much diet soda. At the worst, around 13 cans a day. While, I believe, it is fine from a weight loss perspective I do believe it shouldn't be consumed in such large quantity or even at all.
From a weight loss perspective, I believe it is ok because it doesn't have any calories and I effortlessly maintained my weight in the low 120's for decades while drinking it like it like it was water.
One reason I think you shouldn't drink it in excess is because caffeine is addictive. When I stopped cold turkey (without realizing it because I switched to caeffine free root beer) I experienced a severe headache, naseau, and vomitting. That is kind of extreme, but it does happen.
I think the best way to stop drinking caffeine is to taper off so that you don't have withdrawel symptoms.
The second reason you shouldn't drink diet soda, or any soda, is because it is terrible for your teeth. A commentor above has already pointed this out and provided a useful link.
The low ph of soda is destructive to your teeth, particularly if you drink a lot of it. I have heard it suggested that if you must drink it, don't do it that often and drink it with a straw so that it won't come in contact with your teeth as much.
Another commentor above mentioned that this should not be a problem as long as you brush your teeth. However, this is not the advice I have gotten from my dentist. In fact, I have been informed that brushing too soon after drinking soda can actually make the problem worse.
So, with this information, I gave up drinking soda completely. It has been a couple of years and I do not miss it.
I learned only this week that carbonated water also has a low ph. Something around 3.5 or so. I am not sure about this, so please verify that for yourself. As such, I have (as of this week) given up carbonanted water as well. I am drinking only tap water.
Tl;dr soda is the devil. Drink only water.2 -
My aunt lost most of her teeth. She is still addicted to Pepsi.0
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I just switched from regular Pepsi to Diet Pepsi to comp for the calories. Diet carbonated drinks help to take care of my sweet tooth for the day.
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Could that be due to bad oral hygeine?tarynopolis wrote: »My aunt lost most of her teeth. She is still addicted to Pepsi.
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R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
It's the acids in soft drinks that will eat away at your tooth enamel. Toothbrush and toothpaste will not help, particularly if you brush too soon after drinking.3 -
I switched from regular soda to diet soda back when I started my weight loss phase and that saved me a lot of calories. I no longer drink any caloric drinks except for weekend alcohol and then in the winter I drink an occasional light hot cocoa (25 calories per cup ).0
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markrgeary1 wrote: »If you are addicted seek a 12 step meeting! Oh there's no 12 step group for soft drinks? Wonder why?
Cause it's not addicting. Just stop drinking it.
It has caffeine in it, which does make it difficult to cut out.0 -
As many said, I suggest that you stop gradually. if you currently drink 5 glasses per day, for a week drink 4 and substitute one with water/tea/herbal tea/whathever you prefer. the following week have 3 glasses per day and so on... best of luck!1
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »If you are addicted seek a 12 step meeting! Oh there's no 12 step group for soft drinks? Wonder why?
Cause it's not addicting. Just stop drinking it.
It has caffeine in it, which does make it difficult to cut out.
Yes it does. It can cause headaches, not withdrawal!
I don't know of anyone who committed felonies for pop. Cocaine, meth, opiods, alcohol... yes that happens.
If you have the privilege to spend weeks not sleeping, throwing up, shakes, tremors, and convulsions, we can talk about addiction.0 -
R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
It's the acids in soft drinks that will eat away at your tooth enamel. Toothbrush and toothpaste will not help, particularly if you brush too soon after drinking.
Sure, but an apple has the same pH value as soft drinks (~3.3), importance of dosage etc.6 -
stevencloser wrote: »R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
It's the acids in soft drinks that will eat away at your tooth enamel. Toothbrush and toothpaste will not help, particularly if you brush too soon after drinking.
Sure, but an apple has the same pH value as soft drinks (~3.3), importance of dosage etc.
I'm having problems right now with enamel erosion that we can't figure out (I don't really drink a lot of diet soda, ftr) and the dentist is scratching her head over it.
I eat a lot of fruit and use lemon juice a lot on my vegetables. While I do have GERD, it's controlled. The fruit is about all the dentist can come up with since I drink ... maybe 1/2 glass of diet soda a day.
Either that or it's genetic.
Or a combination of all the above, which is most likely, of course.
Honestly, the soda fear mongering amazes me. A lot of food is acidic.
BTW, she told me to keep eating and drinking as usual.3 -
Caffeine is a drug addiction. It has to be treated as such. Like smoking, drinking, or eating disorders you can either work your way down slowly, or cold turkey. I cold turkey'ed soda 15 years ago. It was NOT easy! I had horrible horrible withdrawal symptoms. I would get migraines and felt nauseous and dizzy. I refused to let it into my home at ALL and I wouldnt buy it while out. (THAT was the hardest to do.. not buy it!) It took 3 months of pure torture, but then I realized one day that I had no cravings for it whatsoever. The taste was the only lingering memory but I didnt feel the desperate urge to run out and chug one. I didnt try soda again for over a year. Then I decided to reward myself. Think of how it would feel and taste to pop open a bottle of maple syrup and drink it. That's what it tasted like. PURE syrup. I was shocked I had ever liked the nasty stuff. Today I will once in awhile get a craving and indulge, but I cant drink very much and never finish a bottle. I would say that I am pretty much cured now.4
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markrgeary1 wrote: »crzycatlady1 wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »If you are addicted seek a 12 step meeting! Oh there's no 12 step group for soft drinks? Wonder why?
Cause it's not addicting. Just stop drinking it.
It has caffeine in it, which does make it difficult to cut out.
Yes it does. It can cause headaches, not withdrawal!
I don't know of anyone who committed felonies for pop. Cocaine, meth, opiods, alcohol... yes that happens.
If you have the privilege to spend weeks not sleeping, throwing up, shakes, tremors, and convulsions, we can talk about addiction.
I never said it was addicting, I said it's difficult to cut out because of the caffeine.0 -
stevencloser wrote: »R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
It's the acids in soft drinks that will eat away at your tooth enamel. Toothbrush and toothpaste will not help, particularly if you brush too soon after drinking.
Sure, but an apple has the same pH value as soft drinks (~3.3), importance of dosage etc.
frequency is the major problem, so many people will eat an apple in a short period of time but will sip on a soft drink-exposing the teeth for much longer and more regularly2 -
R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »R_is_for_Rachel wrote: »yeah, you've just got to break the cycle. Just think about the damage it does to your teeth
dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/mouth-conditions/dental-erosion
I've always thought this was a really silly argument. It's called a TOOTHBRUSH and TOOTHPASTE, people.
I drink plenty of soft drink and my dentist loves my teeth. I'm pretty sure it's not addictive, either.
It's the acids in soft drinks that will eat away at your tooth enamel. Toothbrush and toothpaste will not help, particularly if you brush too soon after drinking.
Sure, but an apple has the same pH value as soft drinks (~3.3), importance of dosage etc.
frequency is the major problem, so many people will eat an apple in a short period of time but will sip on a soft drink-exposing the teeth for much longer and more regularly
Not me! I'm a chugger.
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