Comments on: Buh-bye Diet Coke!

By: Jennifer Shipley

Jennifer Shipley — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:21:57 +0000

I contracted aml luekemia last year. @ the time I was drinking 4, 64ounce fountain diet cokes a day. I know that I contracted this from drinking to much coke. I’m still fighting the disease and would love to talk to lawyers out thier that could help me with my case. I do not have a history of cancer in my family, I’m only 33 years old and have not been hardly sick at all in my life I don’t drink and smoke. You can contact me @ rickracks@hotmail.com

By: Lily

Lily — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:16:52 +0000

I myself keep trying to lose weight and am constantly frustrated by the things diets tell me to cut out first. I don’t drink pop/soda more than maybe once a month at most. I already take my tea black, and coffee with one cream, one sugar. I also don’t drink fruit juice, which my dad guzzles even though it’s sugar water as far as I can tell. I haven’t eaten white bread in years, and the other bread products my family consumes are almost all whole grain.

I do have a coca-cola addicted friend, and she’s had to cut it out. She’s had a chronic pain injury in her arm, and while she doesn’t agree, we think her bones must be weaker for some reason. Coke might just be the cause. (Most people’s bones can sustain a university student’s courseload and its required handwriting…)

At any rate, great that you’ve decided to cut it out. I’m still trying to find things to cut out and I really appreciate the skeptism you show for the FDA’s apparent approval of many products which may be extremely carcinogenic. If they actually knew what caused cancer and made an effort to limit the public’s exposure, there might be a lot more whole families today.

By: amy

amy — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:58:46 +0000

I’m on day 5 of cutting back from 88+oz of diet coke to one can a day. I never notices that EVERYTIME i would stop somewhere i would buy a diet coke. I do feel a lot better without it, but i also miss the amounts I would drink :( When I get the craving though, i just remind myself that a can has about 6 packets of sweetener in it — at my prior amounts that is a disgusting amount of sweetener. I can just imagine the huge pile of packets I’m putting into my body. That makes it easier to drink water instead.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:50:34 +0000

Im almost there with you. My nutritionist always said to give it up, but I never saw any harm in it. I didn’t drink diet coke for 2-3 days this week, cause of my cleanse, but then I got some Diet Icea Tea from the varioety store. It had aspertame too. I dont understand it. Is there anything we can still get from a store? Even those flavoured waters have sucralose in it? Is that bad too? Is Splenda safe? Im confused. It seems, everything we like is bad for us!

If you know Beth, can you let me know. You seem very knowledgeable on this!

By: Bigg Blue Lue

Bigg Blue Lue — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:19:53 +0000

While I’ve had a lot of questionable habits over the years? — thankfully pop, diet or otherwise, never became one of them. Nor coffee either (not that I didn’t try) . I do drink a mean glass of decaffienated herbal tea from time to time though….

In any event, here’s wishing you much luck and success in going Diet Coke free!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:10:41 +0000

Not to defend diet sodas, but the link to bone problems is pretty much an urban legend. A 1989 study of young women athletes suggested a link, but many more controlled and better designed studies since then have come up empty.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:51:09 +0000

Stevia is an herb from South America that is much sweeter than sugar. Stevia fans talk about how great it is and how they've been using it for decades in other countries. But there are stevia detractors who note that it may be problematic in huge doses (like if we turn into a mega-ingredient like high-fructose corn syrup). This means that stevia is like every other artificial sweetener: you can find fans and foes. But since I don't care for the taste of Splenda, and I am very suspicious of aspartame (which you wouldn't know from my ridiculous Diet Coke habit), I tend to use stevia at home and Sweet 'n Low when out. I don't cook sweet things, so I don't need something for baking...I mostly use it for iced tea, so my use is fairly minimal. Though it may be going up now that I'm off Diet Coke :).

By: duenneschen

duenneschen — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:58:32 +0000

question: whats stevia?

By: Lynette

Lynette — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:22:12 +0000

B’wha! Thanks for the advance warning Beth!

By: mary

mary — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:20:15 +0000

I haven’t had a Diet Coke in about 15 years. I used to drink it on occasion when I was on my diet. But I much prefer a citrus taste, so if I have a yen for soda at all, it’s usually for the diet versions of 7-up or Sprite, or for Fresca (my personal favourite soda). The best, most thirst-quenching drink for me is lemon or lime juice in water, with no sweetener of any kind; hot in winter, cold in summer. You can’t beat it!