Diet coke...

[ljcoolj]

Does anyone have a good list of why this crap is so bad for us? I have a friend who swears she can't give up diet coke. I'm a firm believer that nothing comes by will power, it all comes by knowledge and I'd like to give her some. Thanks!!

[veggie]

I am an ex-diet coke fan...we are talking I used to go through a liter at least every day. Worst thing I could've done to my body.

For one, it depletes the minerals in your body, depletes your bone, which could cause osteoporosis. I'm convinced that this is why I have bone problems now. I heard from a nurse in TX that there are now babies being born without cheek bones and/or skulls probably due to the excess soda consumption of mothers.

Diet coke is a double whammy because not only does it have the phosphoric acid, but it has the artificial sweetner which has been shown to cause brain tumors. Additionally, the caffeine is a stimulant.

[rawfigure]

The fact that diet coke is addicting and hard to drop from the diet, like cig, coffee, alcohol...tells us alot. I went cold turkey 10 months ago and do not miss it. My dh on the other hand has not been able to ditch the Aspartame, he uses it in coffee, drinks, in his cottage cheese, yogurt.

Fortunately once you go Raw the taste alone become offensive and it is easy to drop from the diet.

The "worst" ingredient is the Aspartame, put that and Diet Coke into Google and you will get alot of resources on the ingredients sides.

[ljcoolj]

personally, I think it tastes like a can of chemicals...which it is.

[dreamrawalwz]

personally, I think it tastes like a can of chemicals...which it is.

same here.

[Eveleaf]

OH yeah, this stuff is poison, no joke. I cut aspartame out of my diet long before I ever heard of raw-foodism! :D

Here's just the tip of the ice berg. Do a google search for "dangers of diet coke" or "dangers of aspartame" and you will see over 245,000 hits!!!

http://joi.ito.com/archives/2002/10/26/is_diet_coke_bad_for_you.html
http://www.spiritual-endeavors.org/health/aspartame.htm
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

Cheers and good luck! I know how hard it can be watching a loved one do this to him/herself. After many years of addicition and struggle my mom finally poured hers down the drain a few days ago! I was sooo proud of her!

[ljcoolj]

Thanks Eveleaf...just what I was looking for!!

[Spectatrix]

Ugh, aspartame. Never could consume the stuff in beverages because it would make me nauseous. In food it was ok; don't know if it was because it was smaller quantities or mixed with more bulk or what.

[rawpriestess]

aspartame has been known to cause lupus like symptoms, which Doctors have been diagnosing incorrectly for years, I know several people who are completely disabled from drinking diet coke,


Once they finally gave this poison up, they are now working again, and feeling great.
it is also highly addictive, as stated above.

[sevenbravo]

I think everyone knows it is bad, but it is addicting so we hang on to it for as long as we can. I used to be addicted to it, but have been "clean" for over 3 years now. I used to get headaches a lot when I was on diet coke, now I very rarely get them.
Tell your friend to find a replacement of some sort. For me it was 100% orange juice or grape juice in a tall glass with lots of crushed ice. Since then, I have transitioned to just pure water....but that took a couple of years to get to that point.

Good luck!!!

[lissomllama]

-The chemicals that make coke "diet" or "sugar free" are dangerous chemicals that harm the brain and vital organs.
-The extremely high, unnatural acid content in coke can digest a steel construction nail in overnight (just imagine what it can do to one's stomach and esophageal lining)
-Coke causes ulcers
-It clogs the liver so that it can't detoxify the body properly
-It depletes calcium stores and bone density

Also, regular coke has it's own list of horrors as well:
-Extremely high unnatural sugar content. High Fructose Corn Syrup is horrible for one's body. It rots teeth and dumps far too much sugar into the blood.
-Same acid problem as mentioned above
-The caffeine content is bad for hair/nail growth and one's heart
The list goes on an on.

It is widely suggested that coca cola will clear the corrosion from a car battery in minutes.

[akh78749]

See this thread I started about what diet coke did to me one morning. It has a link to articles written by doctors on the dangers of aspartame.

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15177

[JennaBoBenna]

here's another link:

http://www.mindconnection.com/library/health/softdrinks.htm

[Spectatrix]

-The chemicals that make coke "diet" or "sugar free" are dangerous chemicals that harm the brain and vital organs.
-The extremely high, unnatural acid content in coke can digest a steel construction nail in overnight (just imagine what it can do to one's stomach and esophageal lining)
-Coke causes ulcers
-It clogs the liver so that it can't detoxify the body properly
-It depletes calcium stores and bone density

Also, regular coke has it's own list of horrors as well:
-Extremely high unnatural sugar content. High Fructose Corn Syrup is horrible for one's body. It rots teeth and dumps far too much sugar into the blood.
-Same acid problem as mentioned above
-The caffeine content is bad for hair/nail growth and one's heart
The list goes on an on.

It is widely suggested that coca cola will clear the corrosion from a car battery in minutes.
While acidic, the harm of the acids in coca-cola have long been exaggerated. It doesn't come close to dissolving a steel nail overnight. The acids in coke are much weaker than the hydrochloric acid in your stomach.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

As for the sugar in regular coke, it's about the same concentration as in orange juice. That's still not great, but it helps put things in perspective.

I do agree that neither aspartame nor caffeine are particularly good substances to ingest.

[LightLover]

Alkalize or die:

To neutralize a glass of cola with a pH of 2.5, it would take 32 glasses of alkaline water with a pH of 10. :p

Have a coke and a smile! :p :confused: :mad: :eek:

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