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I'm addicted to Coke
I just seem to drink tons of the stuff, and it really can't be healthy. Actually, it's Diet Coke because I prefer the taste.
I've been trying to cut back recently by drinking squash instead, but I still end up automatically reaching for the bottle when I'm in the supermarket. Also, does anyone else get annoyed that usually the only diet soft drink that pubs have is coke? What if I actually am trying to come off the stuff? Or maybe I just want to avoid the Caffiene? |
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I was addicted to pepsi max...........
You have to commit to giving it up...........drink J20 instead.... I ve been off it for 4 weeks now and feel much better for it |
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i'm addicted to chocolate milk
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I used to drink a crazy amount of coke about 3 years ago. The thing that got me to stop was realising how much weight I had put on and when my dentist advised that it wass wearing away tooth enamel. Not good.
The first day that I stopped it happened to be a day I was accompanying a friend to a passport office, I couldn't sit in the waiting area with out nodding off! Seriously, the first 2-3 days were hell! BTW, I've only had about 3 or 4 glasses since, I've not enjoyed it, |
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I was addicted to pepsi max...........
You have to commit to giving it up...........drink J20 instead.... I ve been off it for 4 weeks now and feel much better for it I have been led to believe that stuff is loaded with sugar!
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amazingly Coke doesnt have any fat but 21g of sugar am i right? that is shocking
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My hubby is addicted to diet coke. He can drink at least 1 2ltr bottle a day.
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My hubby is addicted to diet coke. He can drink at least 1 2ltr bottle a day.
That is WAY too much!
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The best thing you can do is go cold turkey. You will get headaches for a few days with caffeine withdrawal but it will pass eventually. Have lots of water in the meantime. After about 10-14 days if you tried to drink some Coke it will taste horrible.
I'm not totally convinced it is true but there is a lot of bad publicity about what the long term use of aspartame can do to you and I'm not willing to take the risk - google aspartame to see both sides of the story and make up your own mind but I tended to ignore anything from David Icke or the manufacturers as they both have their own agendas to push. |
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I can drink (and do on most days) 5 or 6 cans.
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My hubby is addicted to diet coke. He can drink at least 1 2ltr bottle a day.
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That is WAY too much!i didn't know there were that many coke lovers
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Diet Cherry Coke...
I have been good all day and not had any, however... I just stumbled upon this thread and BAM!!! Must have some now
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that is seriously unhealthy,
i didn't know there were that many coke lovers ![]() ![]() However I must admit I did have a bit of a problem with coke a year or two in high school, when I sufffered depression.
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Neither did I.
![]() However I must admit I did have a bit of a problem with coke a year or two in high school, when I sufffered depression. ![]() well heres to recovery
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I usually have 1 or 2 cans of coke a day if i drink any more than that i usually get spots.
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Coke is pure rubbish. I have seen people (one at Uni) who often had a 2 litre botle of it most days, the guy at Uni was so unfit, but i think he was also a depressive, he would chainsmoke too. I never touch the stuff (sugar caffiene chemicals) if say I am in McD's and want a soft drink I will always go for a Fanta which I believe is not half as bad, on the whole though the "soft Drink " industry is full of junk
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I used to drink Coke and Pepsi regularly, but I don't touch the stuff anymore.
The Diet versions are just as bad as they're pumped full of chemicals and sweeteners to make up for the lack of sugar. |
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I think it's true that the real dangers of drinking large amounts of soft drinks - particularly diet drinks isn't advertised much.
If you join weight watchers, you can drink as much diet coke as you like as it's (and all diet drinks) 0 points |
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I think the final realisation hit me last night when I got through i 2lt bottle in about an hour last night
. To be honest a bottle in the evening is not uncommon, and I'll usually have had a 500ml bottle at lunchtime.That, combined with 4 or 5 cups of coffee, has GOT to be screwing me up. ![]() I think it's time to take Caffeine out of my life! |
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Mrs RR here.
I used to drink coke and when I was getting married and needed to lose weight I stopped drinking it and started drinking water. I lost weight. Now when I taste diet coke it tastes vile. |
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my mum buys about 8 2ltr bottles of diet coke then about 3 days later has to buy more mind you me, my sis and my dad also drink the coke but my mum would probably drink about 1ltr and a half of dc a day everytime i see her she is drinking diet coke
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I wonder if you can get caffeine patches
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I wonder if you can get caffeine patches
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I love Coke. Used to go through about twelve to fifteen bottles a week (2ltr).
Not now though. It's all bottled water and Ribena.
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