HELP! I'm Addicted to Cherry Coke!

Why not just exercise it off? Once a week is hardly the kiss of death. Besides, if you have it to look forward to you won't be as crazy to binge on it.

agree! If you don't let yourself have one at least once a week, then I think you will go crazy and just drink like 5 of them a day :laugh:
You need to treat yourself once in awhile!

I made the transition from Coke to Coke Zero (and the cherry coke zero is good) by stopping all soda cold turkey for about 2 weeks (I hate diet!) then I drank a Coke Zero and it was the best thing I ever tasted. I don't know about all the negative press for aspartme but I have found that it icreases my headaches and the sodium makes me feel bloated. I still have one about once a week or so though when the urge hits....but I have found that I CAN live without it!

Not from the aspartame or artificial sweeteners : caused by the phosphoric acid in the soda regular Coke, Dr. Pepper and others are included....

I'm curious, do you have any scientific studies that back this up? For the last several years all I heard was "Aspertame, aspertame, aspertame" until it became clear that the science didn't back up the paranoia. And now, suddenly, in every thread that mentions diet soda, it's "Phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid."

I'm not saying you're wrong, I would just like to see some actual scientific evidence from SOMEONE.

Phosphoric acid, used in many soft drinks (primarily cola), has been linked to lower bone density in epidemiological studies. For example, a study[3] using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry rather than a questionnaire about breakage, provides reasonable evidence to support the theory that drinking cola results in lower bone density. This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. A total of 1672 women and 1148 men were studied between 1996 and 2001. Dietary information was collected using a food frequency questionnaire that had specific questions about the number of servings of cola and other carbonated beverages and that also made a differentiation between regular, caffeine-free, and diet drinks. The paper cites significant statistical evidence to show that women who consume cola daily have lower bone density. Total phosphorus intake was not significantly higher in daily cola consumers than in nonconsumers; however, the calcium-to-phosphorus ratios were lower.



What I take away from this is the last line, balance. Balance all of your nutrient intake and all is good. Or at least of what you can control. Always going to be genetic and certain factors you can't influence that can affect bone density.

The subject says it all. I cannot go a week without giving in to my inherent 'need' for cherry coke. Has anyone kicked the soda habit? I need to. It legitimately always is the cause of a bad calorie day. :grumble:

Switch to coffee or tea. Both have caffeine and proven health benefits. You'll miss the sweet sugar for a few months. Eventually those cravings will go away though.

I had a ginormous soda addiction up until October 2010. At that point I went cold turkey. Haven't had soda (diet or regular) since then and I don't miss it. That's the only way I could get rid of the addiction, keep telling myself NO.

I very rarely drink soda at all, which is a miracle for me. I used to drink those big 2L bottles by myself in about an hour. I stopped buying it. Can't drink it if I don't buy it. Same with anything else I struggle with. Ice cream is my biggest vice, that's hidden at the bottom of my freezer, by the time I've taken everything out, found it, put everything back in again and managed to keep the dog from investigating every single item...I'll actually have earned it, just the thought of it is enough to deter me, I'll never get everything back in, it'll take me an hour just to close the freezer door again! So chances are I'll only go for it if I've had a crap day and the effort is worth it. And when I say crap I mean sit alone in a dark room crying and eating ice cream is the only avenue left.

Really, the only way to kick your addiction is to say no and stick to it. Make it easier to say no by avoiding the drinks isle when shopping and not having any in the house. Sure you'll still have it on occasion, but it'll be something you have to go out of your way for and after a while you'll no longer crave it.

Drink Water with your Cherry coke!! Have a sip of Pop and then sip water!! you will drink less pop!! This is what I do and I have cut my Pop drinkage by half!!!!

I have!! I've been a year without it. you are welcome to add me. for me I was so soda crazed i had to quit cold turkey. it was hard at first and the withdrawls from the caffeine was rough but I kept going forward. I am helping another friend my bestfriend actually with his soda addiction too.

I Cherry Coke!!!

I try to only drink soda once/week and Cherry Coke Zero is a good substitute I think. If you don't want to do diet, and really want to kick the habit though, just wean yourself off it, that is what I did to get down to once/week. I used to drink soda non stop all day, but replacing a few at first then gradually going down to none I was able to kick the habit for the most part without going crazy.

Good luck

Start watering it down with club soda.

Just a tablespoon to start, then work your way up to half cherry coke and half club soda within 3 weeks. I do this to my juice now (for different reasons: it was just way too sweet for me) and it works like a charm.

Have one a week and account for it caloriewise. Nothing is off limits. Just try to take my wine away from me, I dare you!!!!!

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Try buying fresh cherries in the produce dept and cutting and pitting them and adding them to a diet coke. I love soda as well, and that works for me when I have a cherry coke craving. You get used to the taste of the diet over regular over time. But I LOVE a good diet coke with fresh cherries!

I have 3 words for you....



Cherry Coke Zero

And ignore all the research that indicates diet soda is probably horribly bad for you? It's much better to just get over the addicition to drinking sweets.

What research? I have yet to see a single study that proves causation. You can argue that it's not good for you, but don't try to say science proves it isn't.

Epidemiology also said that dietary fat was the cause of obesity and that the cholesterol in eggs will kill you and a whole host of other crap.

There isn't a single long term RCT in humans that examines this issue. So while I agree that epidemiology does not prove causation, it's the only evidence that we have. Furthermore, RCT's in animals do support that artificial sweeteners are extremely bad for you. Furthermore, the epidemiology is very strong. For example, a study published online on Jan. 27, 2012 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found a 43% increase in the rates of heart attacks and other vascular events in diet soda drinkers. While it's true that there could possibly be confounders, it's pretty unlikely that diet soda is totally benign.

And in regard to your comparison to the BS epidemiology that said eggs and saturated fat were bad, I would have to disagree. The epidemiology studies looking at end points in sat fat and egg eaters never showed anything close to a 43% increase in heart attacks. Furthermore, unlike eggs and saturated fat, there is absolutely NO REASON to drink diet soda. So why poison yourself?