EPTAddicted to Soda - Page 4
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onyxAnubis
United States15 Posts
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hoby2000
United States918 Posts
On April 02 2013 06:16 Torte de Lini wrote: Really? Yeah, I love Cherry Dr. Pepper and the new Red Mountain Dew is pretty good. How long have you been addicted? If I try pretty hard, I can probably stay away from it for a good two weeks before I get the craving again. It just makes my meals so much more refreshing and appetizing and it keeps me alert. I don't ever feel like I'm in a sugar rush or I'm coming down from a sugar rush (tired, exasperated, etc.). I was thinking of trying to eat pure fruits. It would hit two birds with one stone by quit eating snacks. My whole life, at least from as far as I can remember. My mom his a pretty heavy Coke drinker. I know your feelings exactly. That craving for a soda with food is so hard to deny. I can go for awhile, but I always seem to cave. Usually under stressful situations. Usually trying to get use to water again helps me. Usually having it handy and whenever I crave soda, I drink water instead. But I always end up drinking soda anyway. But when I'm serious about quitting, I usually do that and it works. | ||
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ihOpe
192 Posts
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shizaep
Canada2920 Posts
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SoleSteeler
Canada5401 Posts
Also, you really do just need to man up a bit. You can't just say "I don't like this, this, this" etc. I used to never drink water either, only juice/pop/milk, but now all I drink is water really. Took a few weeks to completely switch but it's well worth it. Much cheaper, too. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Just went food shopping. Bought one of those new Mountain Dew drinks (blue! It's so good!) and that's it for the next two weeks. Bought some nectarines, apples and bananas, so let's see how I hold out for the few weeks. On April 02 2013 08:40 hoby2000 wrote: My whole life, at least from as far as I can remember. My mom his a pretty heavy Coke drinker. I know your feelings exactly. That craving for a soda with food is so hard to deny. I can go for awhile, but I always seem to cave. Usually under stressful situations. Usually trying to get use to water again helps me. Usually having it handy and whenever I crave soda, I drink water instead. But I always end up drinking soda anyway. But when I'm serious about quitting, I usually do that and it works. Yes, that's exactly it man! Gonna try and kick it now, maybe make a few changes to my lifestyle after I get a good eating rhythm goin'. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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willoc
Canada1530 Posts
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Impervious
Canada4166 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On April 02 2013 11:59 Impervious wrote: I was diagnosed with diabetes several years ago. I used to drink several litres of soda at the time, and I had to stop cold-turkey. I did start drinking a lot of Crystal Light and Arizona Iced Tea sugar free mixtures, as well as diet variants of sugary drinks that I currently consumed. While not as good as regular drinks at first, I grew to like them more. Now I prefer the taste of them over sugary drinks, finding that the sugary drinks are just too sugary for my tastes now. Plus, Crystal Light and the Arizona Iced Tea mixes go great with vodka. Is Arizona Fruit Punch one acceptable? I like that a lot. How do you know if you have Diabetes? Pretty obvious I guess, but I never learned anything about it. Sorry to hear you have Diabetes? How long were you drinking sugar stuff before you found out? | ||
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Impervious
Canada4166 Posts
My blood sugars were so fucked from drinking that stuff that I was initially diagnosed type 1, even though I'm actually type 1. As for how you'd know, you probably wouldn't. I actually found out by accident - I went to the doctor because I had an inner ear infection that was bugging me, and the next day I was in the hospital on insulin injections to put my blood sugars back to normal levels..... EDIT - as for the fruit punch - the stuff I'm talking about are the sugar-free packages that you just mix with water. ![[image loading]](http://www.cw-usa.com/common/images/products/large/tea-arizona-sticks-green-tea-pomegranate-case.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.cw-usa.com/common/images/products/large/tea-arizona-sticks-green-tea-ginseng-case.jpg) etc. They have a large number of flavours that you can find in those sugar-free packages that you just mix with water. They're also insanely convenient, and way cheaper than soda glass for glass. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
Please watch these two videos. (only the first hour of the second one) Please report back if you are still addicted to soda after watching them. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
What is BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL? Brominated Vegetable oil is a vegetable oil that has the element Bromine(35 on the periodic table, second column from the right 3 rows down) added to it to increase the density of the oil. The food manufacturerer most likely uses this over regular vegetable oil to prevent the oil from floating to the top of the product. Where does BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL come from? Vegatable Oil comes from pressing vegetables, and the Bromine for commercial purposes is obtained by treating brines (from salt wells or seawater) with chlorine, which displaces the bromine. How is BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL made? Mixing bromine and vegetable oil while monitoring the solutions density. Is BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL healty for me? Bromine is a halogen and displaces iodine, which may depress thyroid function. Evidence for this has been extrapolated from pre-1975 cases where bromine-containing sedatives resulted in emergency room visits and incorrect diagnoses of psychosis and brain damage due to side effects such as depression, memory loss, hallucinations, violent tendencies, seizures, cerebral atrophy, acute irritability, tremors, ataxia, confusion, loss of peripheral vision, slurred speech, stupor, tendon reflex changes, photophobia due to enlarged pupils, and extensor plantar responses. In one case, a man who drank eight liters of Ruby Red Squirt daily had a reaction that caused his skin color to turn red and produced lesions diagnosed as bromoderma. The excessive quantities together with the fact that the man had a higher than normal sensitivity to bromine, made this an unusual case. A similar case reported that a man who consumed two to four liters of a cola containing BVO on a daily basis experienced memory loss, tremors, fatigue, loss of muscle coordination, headache, ptosis of the right eyelid as well as elevated serum chloride. In the two months it took to correctly diagnose the problem the patient also lost the ability to walk. Luckily bromism was finally diagnosed and hemodialysis was prescribed which resulted in a reversal of the disorder. A Pepsi product website notes that BVO has been used by the soft drink industry since 1931. The FDA says this about adding things to vegetable oil: (a) The additive complies with specifications prescribed in the "Food Chemicals Codex," 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 40-41, which is incorporated by reference, except that free fatty acids (as oleic) shall not exceed 2.5 percent and iodine value shall not exceed 16. Copies of the material incorporated by reference may be obtained from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20418, or may be examined at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. (b) The additive is used on an interim basis as a stabilizer for flavoring oils used in fruit-flavored beverages, for which any applicable standards of identity do not preclude such use, in an amount not to exceed 15 parts per million in the finished beverage, pending the outcome of additional toxicological studies on which periodic reports at 6-month intervals are to be furnished and final results submitted to the Food and Drug Administration promptly after completion of the studies. [42 FR 14636, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 5610, Feb. 14, 1984] More information about BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL. Bromine is the only liquid nonmetallic element at room temperature, and one of only six elements on the periodic table that are liquid at or close to room temperature. In test animals, BVO consumption has caused damage to the heart and kidneys in addition to increasing fat deposits in these organs. In extreme cases BVO has caused testicular damage, stunted growth and produced lethargy and fatigue | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
diy http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-06/how-make-your-own-home-carbonation-system http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Soda-Water-&-Home-Carbonation---Pays-For-Itsel/ or buy one from the store, such as a sodastream. I don't recommend buying that product though, their factory is on contested west-bank land in Israel...avoid them. | ||
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feanor1
United States1899 Posts
Easiest way to not eat any sort of junk food is to not have it in the house, just don't but it at the supermarket and then you kinda have to deal with it not having any. Limits the amount of times that you have to have self control. Nowadays I drink sodas for mixed drinks or occasionally if I am at a restaurant or something, but I usually just order unsweetened tea or water when I am out. Been about 5 years since I really drank pop more than once every couple weeks. | ||
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rad301
Canada196 Posts
Hopefully that helps, good luck. | ||
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
On April 02 2013 04:27 Torte de Lini wrote: I tried going pure ginger ale, I might try again if it's just as good as a solution as seltzer water. yeah, I'm drinking Sprite right now. If I try hard, I can usually make a 2 Litre bottle last 4-5 days before I have to get some more. I drink soda out of a straw because my teeth are pretty bad. If you're addicted to soda... yet you can make a 2L bottle last 4-5 days. I can barely make a 2L last 2 -_____- | ||
FlaShFTW
United States9977 Posts
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Grumbels
Netherlands7028 Posts
And check your dentist for your teeth, to see how long they have left... And if you have addictions you shouldn't manage them or slowly reduce them, that will just make it impossible to quit. If the withdrawal won't kill you then just quit cold turkey and never use them again, but try to think of a good way to manage the cravings. You don't actually need to drink anything, with most diets you get enough liquids from the food. Fruit juice has a lot of sugar and isn't necessarily healthy. Caffeinated drinks are addictive and otherwise unhealthy. Just change your diet a bit to have more fruit and vegetables, that will help with cravings You could also try taking more chromium, see here. | ||
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50bani
Romania480 Posts
With soda/soft drinks I would worry about my money first of all. | ||
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) but at least no sugar etc. 
