The Rev

Two days without diet soda. I am beginning to hallucinate as the large buildup of aspartame/sucralose is departing my central nervous system.



The Rev

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farmergiles

Good move. Fizzy sugar water is not really good for anything.

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eldizle

DO IT!! This is one easiest and perhaps quickest to notice health lifestyle changes-When i started becoming one of those crazy people who has a waterbottle everywhere * i.e i need water, not hummingbird food- My mental focus and clarity of thought really seemed to increase substantially. Still can't construct a proper sentence this early in the morning-perhaps i'm dehyrdrated? chuckle

I think a lot of that has to do with actually just being hydrated-I used to consume a bulk of my fluid a day in soda-that makes me cringe now-yet i know this is the case for many people/

Do it. You will feel so much better-exercise will become easier-you will become a pocket protector wearing nerd-do it.

Geeno

Fuck soda. I might have one or two diet sodas a week and even that is more than my body can handle.

I drink coffee, water, occasionally juice and the rare glass of milk.

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fenderbender

i dont get why anyone would drink diet soda over regular soda.



that being said, i drink entirely too much soda. Id like to cut it from my diet soon enough

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eldizle

artificial sweeteners never taste right in any proportion.

stevia is alright, but that's not really the same sort of thing.

Captain Cannabis

i can't drink that stuff at all without mixing 1:1 with water. makes my stomach unhappy

if you want to quickly turn yourself off of it i can recommend reading the ingredients or doing some research about what goes into its manufacture

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deadhead94

Doesn't matter. I expect to be poisoned a little bit every day.


I live in the 21st century in a developed country.

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Captain Cannabis

obviously yeah. but poisoning yourself extra every day can't be the right way to deal with it

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fenderbender

yet drinking further purified water is pointless...




god i hate you capt

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eldizle

can you give some examples? I noticed things like sodium benzoate, and how the sugars/sweeteners in sodas are linked to obesity-but i'm wondering if you have a more specific chemical I could research?

all the stuff on soft drink manufacture i find are written by corporate folks trying to sell factory equipment (basically)

just curious.

Captain Cannabis

E150d/c

http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/caramel-c...g-petition.pdf

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Mercury

I love drinking pop. It definitely has an effect on my "happy levels". I tend to feel quite content when I'm sipping on Cocoa-Cola. I know it's bad for me but, as deadhead said, this is 21st century America, everything is bad for me.

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Geeno

It's kinda like evolutionary masturbation. You're getting something you didn't work for, something that your body thinks is the shit but it's actually just shit.

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fenderbender

LOL AND THEN YOU LINK THE FDA AS WELL


u bastard

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Sir-Ex

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Learn how to read past the 1st two lines you FUCKING ASSBURGER

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fenderbender

fair enough, it is still petitioning the FDA, aka concerning the FDA...

AND NOT EVERYONE LIVES IN PLACES WATCHED BY THE FDA BLAH BLAH



regardless my hate will forever burn with the intensity of a thousand suns for that man.


or at least until he accepts my facebook friend request. either way. HATE

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Sir-Ex

he was citing an example for ellis for the purpose of providing information on a substance... which has nothing to do with the FDA's jurisdiction and nothing to do with you and what you're talking about.


I gotta wonder about the thought processes you have.

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Dhomnley

Sucralose is supposedly not that bad. I'd drink at least 2 monster low carbs/day if they weren't so goddamn expensive.

I'm getting sick of regular sodas, never liked diet or coffee (makes my urine smell like vinegar). It's possible I'll switch to caffeine pills, crush them up and snort them.

But quitting diet sodas is a good move. I'd recommend the caffeine pills thing to rev.

AnimalLover420

Here's a little story that might motivate you in this decision:

When I was a little girl, my mom had a friend who drank Diet Coke all day every day. Anytime she was thirsty, that's what she had. She suffered from terrible headaches, and she would ask for my mom's advice (AL420 Sr. is in the medical field). Mom would tell her that headaches were a common side affect of consuming aspartame and that maybe she should switch to something else. Lady said not a chance and just attempted to deal with the headaches.

Years later, homegirl now has brain cancer and is in a coma from which she may not wake up. Now I realize that it's not fair to point the finger directly at her soda habit, but it was still enough to scare the shit out of me and make me thankful that my daily liquid intake consists of nothing other than water and coffee. Stay with it, Rev. You are definitely making an improvement here.

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