Quitting Diet Coke

For me it's the fizz. I mostly drink diet dew and diet Pepsi not diet coke, but I was drinking too much and have been cutting back. But ohhh I crave that fizzy taste.

I heard the sweet taste makes you crave sweets and carbs, and my dentist says the acid in it is really bad for the teeth and wears out the enamel, and I've also heard the fizz is bad for bones. But mostly, well there isn't anything *good* in it. I'm not that worried about caffeine itself, I even read that coffee has antioxidants and can help reduce insulin problems and possibly alzheimers. I drink my coffee plain black, so I'm not adding any bad into it. I drink about 1 big cup in the morning most days.

I tried some sparkling fizzy V8 fruit drinks for when I have a mad fizz craving. They taste pretty good, no nutrasweet in it and its got some vitamins and not insane amounts of sugar like most other drink, I think it does have splenda though. I've been experimenting with making ginger tea and may make some home made ginger ale at some point.

In Elle magazine, last month, they had a feature titled "Secrets of skinny people", and one 'skinny people' was quoted for saying "Only fat people drink diet coke". Something to do with replacing the fats in it with sugars?

I've managed (since Christmas) to get down to one can of caffeine free a day. I totally admire you, and anybody else, who can give it up completely though. Well done! (:

I quit soda cold turkey back on March 1st. Hardest thing I've ever done. Between the withdrawal, the cravings and the headaches the first two weeks were HELL. And then it all passed. I'll see it every now and again and want one, but with the exception of one gourmet rootbeer that I split with my husband on vacation I have not had a drop of soda since. You can do it! It will get better.

On the doctor's show they said that the sweetner in Diet Coke was 200 times more addictive than sugar! All the research on it is hard to ignore. Diet Coke is like a drug. I'm a teacher and if the Diet Coke is out of the machine everyone goes crazy! I quit at the beginning of the school year last year and have not had a sip of any pop since then. I've been asked how long am I giving it up for? ...For the rest of my life. I do still have cravings like someone giving up smoking, those perfect times that one would be so perfect and everyone else is drinking it in front of me. Bottom line I'm stronger than Diet Coke and so are you if you want to be.

Aspartame has been a godsend for me. Replaced all my tea/coffee sugar with it, and cokes to diet cokes. Made hitting my calorie deficit much easier, and I've never felt better!

Lots of bad info on the free web. Try snopes.com to debunk some urban legends.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Aspartame is harmless. Which should be intuitive, since it's been in general use for so long and is FDA approved.

LOL!!

Vioxx was FDA-approved, too.

You can do it, and eventually you will feel so much better!! Over a year and a half ago (Christmas 2010) I realized that I was addicted to soda, so I gave it up cold turkey for a year. Once last Christmas came around I didn't want it anymore. I still get the fizzy water type drinks - you know the kind that doesn't have calories, sugar, additives, but only a little fizz. and that takes care of my fizz craving at times. Now it's been almost 18 months and I feel so good! Good luck!

I was addicted to diet coke and diet dr. pepper for years. Now I am completely free of the addiction by I have to say, it took me a 2-3 years to get off the stuff. It was hard but so worth it to get away from aspartame. Such an evil chemical. Blue Sky diet is made with stevia which is all natural. Sometimes I will drink one. But very rarely

Diet coke contains aspartame. I recently learned exactly what that is. Do a little research you you will never want to drink diet sodas again.

For example:

"...aspartame may cause phenylketonuria...if you have PKU, you could unconsciously impair your mental function by consuming aspartame."

"aspartame can also cause headaches. These headaches are an allergic to aspartame. In addition, this artificial sweetener may trigger the onset of migraines if you are prone to having migraine headaches." (i actually have this migraine problem and it's 100% truth)

"Claims have been made that aspartame is related to health effects ranging from mild problems such as headache, dizziness, digestive symptoms, and changes in mood, to more serious health issues such as Alzheimer disease, birth defects, diabetes, Gulf War syndrome, attention deficit disorders, Parkinson disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and seizures. "

This is from 5 minutes of Googling "aspartame". Think about it.

Nowhere does it say Aspartame may cause phenylketonuria. Phenylketonuria is an Inborn Error of metabolism. Diet foods and beverages typical contain PHE (or Phenylalanine) which people with Phenylketonuria have to strictly monitor and limit. Aspartame contains PHE. Please don't talk about what you don't understand. I despise Aspartame but what you stated has no basis in fact.

As someone who was born with an inborn error of metabolism (not PKU, similar to it but much more rare) I think I know what I'm talking about here.

"Phenylalanine occurs naturally in many protein-rich foods, such as milk, eggs and beef. Phenylalanine also is sold as a dietary supplement. And the artificial sweetener aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet), which is added to many medications, diet foods and diet sodas, contains phenylalanine. Because of this, federal regulations require that any food product that contains aspartame bear a warning stating 'Phenylketonurics: Contains phenylalanine.' This warning helps people with PKU and other conditions avoid products that are a source of phenylalanine."