I'm addicted to any kind of soft drink except 7-UP, which I don't like the taste of.
When was the last time you looked at the sweetener they used? The only diet pop I drink is Diet Rite, because around here it's all Splenda. I can't drink aspartame because it gives me nasty headaches. But Splenda is OK with my body.Originally Posted by Nekomania
Diet Rite....
0 Sugar, 0 Calories, 0 Caffiene, and 0 Sodium. The sodium is a double bonus for me because I try to avoid excess salt in my diet as well.
If you have to get addicted to Soda, give Diet Rite a try if you haven't, their Cola is pretty good. =) It's almost as good for you as drinking water would be, except it contains aspartame... ^^; But the only negative thing that it has on me is that it makes me crave REAL sugar and that can be a hard urge to fight.
I have the same problem..I hate all citrus flavors especially orange juice,I find it to be the worst..It's like pure acid yuck, and same with gatorade, it tastes too sour/salty - i mean I know it's supposed to since it has salts to provide electrolytes but I hate the taste.Originally Posted by strange_wings
My problem is that I haven't found anything other than water that I can really drink. I can only drink juice and tea in small amounts otherwise I get very nauseous.You'd think the Pepsi would be worse... I hate citrus flavors, oranges have to have one of the nastiest flavors, closely followed by bananas.
Milk - I have to buy lactose free milk. It's expensive.
I cannot have any artificial sweeteners, they make me sick.
oh yea, growing up my drink of choice was always strawberry/chocolate milk, hot chocolate, things like that. And the nesquick chocolate milk we had was wayy sweeter than most of the chocolate milks in grocery stores I find now. When I came to the US they had chocolate milk at the school cafeteria and I remember thinking "what is that" cuz to me it was like regular milk with a very faint taste of chocolate.Originally Posted by strange_wings
I'm guessing, like me, you were raised on sweeter stuff? Drink wise. And just can't handle really tart or bitter stuff very well. Genetics also play a part in whether or not a person can eat and actually enjoy bitter foods.
I think I'm a moderate taster for bitterness, since I like a lot of veggies. But my hypersensitive sense of smell makes some things impossible to eat.
That was likely caffeine withdraw - even though you were drinking coffee, without the soda you probably reduced your caffeine intake considerably. Caffeine withdraw gives the worst headaches.Originally Posted by CatNurse22
Beware of the headaches from Diet Coke withdrawal!!! I use to drink Diet Coke all the time (I'm talking probably 3-4 12oz. cans a day though,) and when I stopped I got the absolute worst headaches. I think it's from the aspartame since I was still drinking caffeine.... I'll still go from one every once in awhile, but now just drinking them gives me headaches! I think it's a lot to do with the mental effect though.
Personally, I think screeching young children cause the worst headaches, followed by an out of tune 5th grade band class and other migraine triggers.Originally Posted by carolinalima
Caffeine withdraw gives the worst headaches.
My mother is also highly addicted to this substance. She had a recent battle with cancer, where they told her to drastically cut back if she could not quit. They didn't even consider it a liquid suitable to count as a drink.Originally Posted by ut0pia
Hi, I'm Mariya....
and I'm a diet coke addict!!!!
Seriously though, I always talk about how I'm addicted to diet coke, in the weight loss thread and elsewhere I'm sure- but I never actually said how bad it is. Well I'm going to say it- I drink about 2-3 2 liter bottles of diet coke every day. I don't drink any water at all or any other liquids. I've been like this for about a year and I honestly think it's like an addiction, because if I don't have it I get very frustated and I start to daydream about how i'm going to buy a bottle of diet coke and I'll hear the fizzzing as it opens and everything will okay as soon as I take the first sip...
I don't like any other sodas, not dr. pepper or mountain dew or even any other diet drinks. I actually find all other diet sodas very nasty and leaving a bad aftertaste, including coke zero...
So I have decided that I've had it with this madness. I bought all kinds of juices- grape, apple, cranberry- the kind that are sweetened with real sugar, and I plan to dilute them with water so that I can start getting water...
Anyone else addicted to anything so random??? I'd love to hear about it
Thanks for that link, I found it very helpful. This really shocked me:Originally Posted by cococat
My mother is also highly addicted to this substance. She had a recent battle with cancer, where they told her to drastically cut back if she could not quit. They didn't even consider it a liquid suitable to count as a drink.
I call it a substance because there is nothing natural or "good" about this liquid with the made made "stuff" in it. It also has caffeine, which acts like a diuretic. And if you aren't drinking enough water, this will do a lot of damage to you over time.
It is sweetened with aspartame, which IMO isn't safe and it is artificial/chemical and made man, and which hasn't been around long enough to assess the damage it does on a person long term, since "Diet Coke" came out around the mid 1980's. What we do know isn't really encouraging.
Hope this helps you kick your habit that you say you have had it with the madness lol
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/
Good luck.
Maybe you can try a big glass of ice water with some sprigs of fresh mint from a garden (or store) and a slice of lemon.
Apparently aspartame itself is addictingSince aspartame can be very addicting, it is not a good idea to cut out both aspartame and caffeine at the same time. Aspartame is far more toxic and should be eliminated immediately. Be aware that aspartame withdrawal symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to several weeks.
This is false! Look up new studies - or any studies.Originally Posted by cococat
It also has caffeine, which acts like a diuretic. And if you aren't drinking enough water, this will do a lot of damage to you over time.
I was under the impression that Splenda contained Aspartame? I could be wrong, maybe I am thinking of something else... Isn't splenda the one that comes in the pink package?Originally Posted by emrldsky
When was the last time you looked at the sweetener they used? The only diet pop I drink is Diet Rite, because around here it's all Splenda. I can't drink aspartame because it gives me nasty headaches. But Splenda is OK with my body.
But the only flavor I really like is the red raspberry. I'm not a huge fan of the other ones. Really cheesed me when Target stopped carrying that flavor.
Splenda is usually in little yellow packets that say Splenda. It doesn't contain aspartame, it's it's own sweetener.Originally Posted by Nekomania
I was under the impression that Splenda contained Aspartame? I could be wrong, maybe I am thinking of something else... Isn't splenda the one that comes in the pink package?