A diet coke experiment
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A diet coke experiment
Postby anttismo » Thu May 08, 2014 10:28 am
In my experiment I will be ceasing to drink the stuff. The reason for doing so is just simply for the sake of it - see if I notice a difference
As background, I've drunk about 8 cans a day (so about 3 litres) for the last 3 to 4 years. Not only diet coke, but coke zero, pepsi max and diet pepsi. Love them all, drink them all the time. I don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol or any type, don't smoke, do any kinds of drugs, have no kinds of medications. There was only diet coke to help ease the pain. But now it seems there will only be water
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby marty_one » Thu May 08, 2014 10:40 am
anttismo wrote:As background, I've drunk about 8 cans a day (so about 3 litres) for the last 3 to 4 years. Not only diet coke, but coke zero, pepsi max and diet pepsi. Love them all, drink them all the time. I don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol or any type, don't smoke, do any kinds of drugs, have no kinds of medications.
Damn, I thought I had a problem with 1 (possibly 2) cans a day. I know I need to reduce my consumption so that I having maybe 1 or 2 a week. I would be interested to see if you have the typical headache related with drawls from not having coke/pepsi that most people I know have gone through as they gave it up.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby bychosis » Thu May 08, 2014 11:16 am
Based on the experience of others with coffee withdrawal I suspect it could be significant dropping from 8cans back to none, but good luck with it.
Maybe cutting by 2 cans for a few days at a time would belies likely to cause withdrawals.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby anttismo » Thu May 08, 2014 11:53 am
Anyway, yeah I expect a headache. Apparently 100mg day habit (i.e., one typical coffee) has been found to induce withdrawal symptoms in many people. Will see what happens.
Not sure about the caffeine and fatigue though. I ride in the very early mornings 1, 2 am kind of thing, always with no caffeine pre ride. When I do long rides, 150 or 200 kms, I often have no caffeine. I do occasionally have a coke on longer rides, but very rare. But, that'll be something interesting to see too
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby philmart » Thu May 08, 2014 12:17 pm
After ten years or so of this I think I may have built up a sensitivity to caffiene (or other chemicals in the drinks). About two years ago I started getting jittery and jumpy, my sleep was broken and I felt like I was on a knife edge all the time. I gave up and symptoms went away. I went back onto it again only three monhts ago and within two months started feeling the same symptoms. I have come to the conclusion that I need to give it up as this was not a good feeling. Been off it for about a week now and the symptoms have already abated again.
The first time I gave up, headaches and irritability for a few days to a week. This time far less problems.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby Farmer Elvis » Fri May 09, 2014 9:31 pm
It definatley dries me out if I have a can of the stuff it seems to go straight thru me, I used to drink a couple of cans a day at least now not a can a weekdarkelf921 wrote:I used to drink similar amounts of diet coke to you. When I stopped, I found I got headaches but drank a lot if water. The result was weight loss. I found through drinking large amounts of diet coke I was not drinking enough water.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby queequeg » Fri May 09, 2014 10:53 pm
Yikes, Coca-Cola (full strength) got me through a lot of all nighters at Uni, but these days I have maybe 1 or 2 a week, usually laced with something alcoholic Despite having an unlimited supply of free drinks on every floor in the office, I mostly stick to the water.anttismo wrote:I have heard/read a lot about the perils of diet coke, how it's full of chemicals, how it rots your teeth, how it stimulates your appetite, and so on. Personally I'm not sure any of this is a problem. But nevertheless, I'm about to find out if there may be changes due to diet coke.
In my experiment I will be ceasing to drink the stuff. The reason for doing so is just simply for the sake of it - see if I notice a difference
As background, I've drunk about 8 cans a day (so about 3 litres) for the last 3 to 4 years. Not only diet coke, but coke zero, pepsi max and diet pepsi. Love them all, drink them all the time. I don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol or any type, don't smoke, do any kinds of drugs, have no kinds of medications. There was only diet coke to help ease the pain. But now it seems there will only be water
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby Sir Stinkalot » Sat May 10, 2014 10:36 am
I substitute the Coke for coffee typically it is the equivalent of 4 single shots in the morning (6 on weekends) and then another 3-4 during the day. At work I try to be good and match the coffee intake with equivalent water, but not so much at home.
If I run out of beans I don't feel the best the next day but then no problems then on. I just make sure I don't run out of beans.
Best of luck with your experiment ..... I think you would be better for it.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby SuperSix » Sat May 10, 2014 11:46 am
Sometimes I relapse for a few days but it's easier to get off it every time.
Good luck with it. Caffeine is evil.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby mikesbytes » Sat May 10, 2014 12:36 pm
I was drinking a tonne of softdrink and I weaned myself off by using sparkling mineral water, which eventually got replaced with water.
Makes the shopping heaps lighter, you can leave the cage at home and do the shopping with the pushie or motorbike
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby anttismo » Sat May 10, 2014 3:34 pm
Otherwise I slept really well last night. And have probably drank more water than usual and went to the bathroom less. Did 4 hrs on the pushie yesterday morning, climbed a few hills, felt like any other day. This morning was wet but put in 3 hrs on the elliptical trainer at a steady 250w, feeling fine. Anyway, will see how it progresses. More interested if there will be any noticeable long term changes
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A diet coke experiment
Postby cyclotaur » Sat May 10, 2014 4:30 pm
Freudian slip ?anttismo wrote:All going OKish I guess. It's only beer 2 days so not too much to report .....
Haven't replaced diet coke with beer have you .... ?
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby anttismo » Sat May 10, 2014 4:53 pm
Whoops. I blame mikesbytes for mentioning beercyclotaur wrote:Freudian slip ?anttismo wrote:All going OKish I guess. It's only beer 2 days so not too much to report .....
Haven't replaced diet coke with beer have you .... ?
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Diet coke actually replaced beer in my life, so I don't want to start regressing.... yet
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby g-boaf » Sat May 10, 2014 5:52 pm
8 cans a day??anttismo wrote:I have heard/read a lot about the perils of diet coke, how it's full of chemicals, how it rots your teeth, how it stimulates your appetite, and so on. Personally I'm not sure any of this is a problem. But nevertheless, I'm about to find out if there may be changes due to diet coke.
In my experiment I will be ceasing to drink the stuff. The reason for doing so is just simply for the sake of it - see if I notice a difference
As background, I've drunk about 8 cans a day (so about 3 litres) for the last 3 to 4 years. Not only diet coke, but coke zero, pepsi max and diet pepsi. Love them all, drink them all the time. I don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol or any type, don't smoke, do any kinds of drugs, have no kinds of medications. There was only diet coke to help ease the pain. But now it seems there will only be water
The headache I'm not surprised about. I used to get that when I used to drink too much coffee (double-espressos) and stopped, that's when I'd get the headache. I went to tea as an alternative. Herbal teas are alright, peppermint is quite nice, lemon and ginger is also pretty good.
You've got some decent resolve so I've got no doubt you'll make it happen.
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A diet coke experiment
Postby cyclotaur » Sun May 11, 2014 6:16 pm
Hey, it's an age thing ....
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Re: A diet coke experiment
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby SuperSix » Mon May 12, 2014 12:02 pm
singlespeedscott wrote: They are a crutch of modern society IMO.
+1
Try any find a teenager that doesn't start the day with a 500ml Mother or V energy drink.
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Re: A diet coke experiment
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby anttismo » Thu May 15, 2014 9:16 am
Haven't noticed much on my morning rides, although last Sunday I did do 200kms over about 7 hrs and was feeling pretty drained and out of food with 30 kms to go. I bought a muffin and full strength coke and felt a million bucks. That may have just been a nice hit of sugar as anything else
Onward and upwards. Even if I feel I have to have a can a day it is a decent reduction from 8 a day
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Re: A diet coke experiment
Postby RonK » Thu May 15, 2014 11:28 am
That is some seriously addictive behaviour. :frown:
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