I'm going to try and not drink diet coke in the evenings which will be very hard

[applegrove]

for me. Tell me how bad it is for me. I need all the encouragement I can get and I know diet soda is bad for you, I just don't know why exactly.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. That crap can come back up on you.

[dimbear]

2. The worst thing about it is the way the empties accumulate.

Otherwise no negatives at all.

[applegrove]

3. Yeah that will be a plus if I manage to quit diet coke.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. I drink seltzer water with fruit essences.

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Not club soda -- that has added salts. Arrowhead makes a really tasty pomegranate/lime flavor.
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Though I've found really good and CHEAP generic flavors, too.
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I still get the carbonation (scrubbin' bubbles... ESPECIALLY in the morning),
but there's no worries about artificial sweeteners.
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Of course, some say that the carbonation itself is also bad for you.
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But it might be a good compromise for you
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[davsand]

5. A lot of people think Nutrasweet is a neurotoxin.

Personally, I dunno if it is or not, but I figure every little bit you can keep out of your body is a good thing. Also, I'd think you will sleep SO much better if you aren't putting all the caffeine into your system!



Laura

[Graybeard]

6. Have a beer.

Since the days of the ancient Egyptians it's been mankind's drink of choice.

...:beer:

[Bake]

7. Diet Coke is okay ... add a couple of shots of bourbon and it'll be better.

And won't keep you awake ...

:hi:

Bake

[pitohui]

8. you'll sleep better

in my younger days i didn't realize some of the diet colas had caffeine in them, i think it contributed to my chronic pain because i never slept deeply

when i gave it up i actually stopped having the pain, and i'd been having that pain for 20 years so i thought it wasn't even possible not to be in pain

i gave up coffee as well but eventually could drink coffee again, only in the mornings tho