Addicted to Diet Coke anyone ?

[joy division]

Just wondered, I'm a complete diet coke addict, I simply have to have it every day!!

Any body else out there also addicted to this crap? & if so what's your view on the health concerns & scare stories about coke ( the kind you drink :0)

[ermintrude35]

..me too totally addicted and if by 10.30 am if I haven't had my fix I end up with a banginig headache, I am also an imsomniac...I know this is down to the caffine, I dont drink tea or coffee, only d.coke and water, I am constantly thirsty (but am not diabetic)...as for health concerns I'm an ostrich on this issue...I just stick my head in the sand and hopes it goes away...

[Snappy]

Yes! i love it! I drink it every day, the only health problem i've ever had was cystitis 3yrs ago when i drank nothing but diet coke for about a month!

[BigMac]

When a friend was investigating diet drinks before trying to manufacture organic cola and organic diet cola, his research told him that if his kids insisted on having coke then they should have then normal one - the health risks from any of the diet drinks were too great for him.

I think it's the aspartame (artificial sweetner) which has been linked to cancer.

I too used to drink it all the time but gave it up almost overnight. It can be done. I think I've had maybe a dozen cans in the past three or four years...

[whiskeysheri]

My best friend's mum is addicted to it. She's quite a big lady and eats a lot of chocolate, so I'm not sure why she likes the diet stuff so much. I think she drinks about 10 cans a day! x

[Goldspot]

Joy Division:

Exercise one : Fill Glass ; make sure it is cold by living in the Ice Age ; She's lost Control : drop Glass ;Passover ; I remember nothing; go 24 hours then say Your no good for me !

Transmission complete - No love lost matey !!

[Scarlett]

I gave up diet coke nearly 2 years ago, and haven;t had any caffeine since. At first I had hideous withdrawl symptoms- headaches and flu like symptoms. But I feel SO much better for it now. There is also evidence that diet coke causes damage to bones. You can get just as much of a fizzy fix from a can of organic lemonade once the caffeine is out of your system.

[heathfield]

In other some English-speaking countries, Diet Coke cans bear the warning "Not suitable for children". If it's not suitable for children in those countries, why isn't this warning on cans in the UK, I ask myself.

There are very many reports that the Aspartame in Diet Coke can cause all kinds of health problems, up to and including heart arrest. (Aspartame was passed as suitable for consumption against the wishes of both the US Food & Drug Agency, and the WHO). Some airlines even prohibit their pilots from drinking Diet Coke - what does that tell you?

[Greedyfly]

I hate to admit but all I have drunk since I was about 10 is Coca cola and Ribena - I drink nothing else Id rather not know what it has done to by insides, my teeth and still intact although my enamel has been replaced.

If ever you read the side of a Coca Cola can it says: 139 calories (kcal) per 100ml can is 330ml and the recommended daily (kcal) for women is 2000 - I would say on average I go through about 6 a day - how bad is that, my poor insides.

[feelap]

I AM COMPLETELY ADDICTED!! Not just diet coke but all the other 'diet' drinks especially diet sprite! dont know what it is about diet coke, just has a lovely taste.

[1234sambo]

I used to drink only about 3 cans a day and i kept having really bad tummy pains and feeling sick and dizzy then i finaly twigged that it could be the diet coke so i stopped drinking it and my tummy is now happy!!!!

[Scarlett]

You know that Diet Coke have a secret ingredient which nobody knows- which people have tried to find out, but never been successful? And you also know that when it was first invented the reason it was called COKE was because it contained cocaine. It was given to the troups to keep their spirits up! Of course, that is not allowed these days. Or is it?

[Scarlett]

Greedyfly- If what you are saying is correct, then a can of coke has about 400 Cals....? If you have about 6 a day then 2400 cals a day (more than your recommended daily allowance) is going on Coke alone. So a huge proportion of what you are putting into your body in order for it to run, and repair itself, is sugar, caffeine and god knows what.

I suggest you cut down! I would also question why the US government has not banned the stuff. Could it be that it is OWNED by Coca Cola? Or that coke constitutes a high percentage of it's income???!?!?!?!?