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Coke Addiction
I haven't drunk a regular soda in years. But I think I'm addicted to diet soda. I drink at least three cans a day. I don't even like the taste that much. I like the burning, fizzling sensation of drinking it.

I know it's bad for me-- all the chemicals and additives and crap.

How do I get off it? I've tried plain water and all sorts of teas but nothing's like diet soda. I'd drink juice but that'd be too much sugar and carbs.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
just stop. it's bad.
it you like the carbonated feeling
then get carbonated water and flavor it with natural stuff. :)
>> Anonymous
only consume suger-free products with sucralose.

sodium/potassium benzoate can react to seperate the benzene

benzene = cancer.

enjoy your cancer.
>> Anonymous
I know around here at least, Walgreens sells carbonated, flavored water, sweetened with splenda, the pomegranate cranberry, and the black cherry are both fantastic. you get the burning/fizzing, but without the additives. Or if you absolutely want diet soda, drink diet coke with splenda...
>> Anonymous
>>82413
Yeah, cause it's the sugar in soda that's bad for you.

Artificial sweeteners are the biggest joke in the food industry. They're all toxic to varying degrees, and taste horrible, but people go for them because they have fewer calories than ordinary sugar. I guess it makes sense though, it's a two pronged approach to weight loss. You consume fewer calories by using artificial sweeteners, plus they give you cancer which will really help shed the pounds.
As for OP, a diet soda once in a while won't hurt you. You're exposed to far more nasty shit just breathing the air in any industrialized city. Just don't drink it as your primary fluid intake.
>> Anonymous
>>82404
Doesn't that only happen if the stuff decays?
>> Artificial sweetener do not cause cancer Anonymous
>>82416
I can't believe you're really that stupid. It troubles me that people with an internet connection spout this bullshit when the answers are a google search away. Then again, you're probably a troll. If not - http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp. Oh, and sugar will fucking kill you.
>> Anonymous
>>82479

I stopped looking at Snope's sources when I saw the FDA. Those assholes are incompetent and don't know anything about health. They've been in the food and pharmaceutical industry's pocket for years.