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Addicted to Coke

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vibgyor79

12:26 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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It's quite a hot summer this time over here and it looks like I am addicted to coke. I drink atleast 2 cans of coke everyday!

Is that bad for health? Any doctors turned SEOs around here?

Mike12345

12:29 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Not a doctor, but i drink way more than that, about three to four litres of diet coke a day.

In my experience, once you start feeling ill because all you have had is coke and no food, you weigh about 9 stone when your 6 foot tall, and your spit is brown you have drunk to much and need to lay off.

lol! Its supermodels diet y'know. that and ciggies ;)

<added>Glad somebody else brought this up, i thought i was the only coke addict here :)</added>

trillianjedi

12:31 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I'm no doctor, but I do know that:-

1. It's bad for your teeth!
2. It's high in caffeine which is the addictive substance, and that's not so good for you either (unless in moderation).
3. You'll get fat!

So I guess it's not so good for you unless in moderation (like most things). So the real question is, can two cans a day be considered "moderate" and therefore no big deal?

TJ

lazerzubb

12:32 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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i'll drink around 1,5-2 liters a day, ciml calculated how much i would have to drink before it would kill me due to the amount of caffeine :)

creative craig

12:33 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I am an orange fanta man my self, all though the new fruits one is nice :)

You seen the advert for the apple tango ads in the UK, they make me laugh!

Craig

korkus2000

12:34 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Drink plenty of water in the heat. Coke will not rehydrate you. Nothing against Coke since I live in Atlanta, but the salt in coke could lead to kidney stones if you don't stay hydrated.

2 cans a day though is childs play. I wouldn't be worried unless you are not also drinking water. It is also not so great on your teeth.

kevinpate

12:38 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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2 cans a day .. I don't think you have a lot to worry
about, but if you do like to worry, see your local
doctor. For the standard office fee he or she will
tell you, loose some weihgt, eat oats to drop
cholesterel, eat salds to improve fiber, exercise more
and hey, lay off that Coke stuff. Then again, it seems I just saved you the cost of a doctor visit, doesn't it.
Buy a coke for a buddy and we'llc all it even.

Mike's consumption sounds like mine. I can hardly recall the last time I bought a can or 20oz bottle of diet coke. After all, they do seel those convenient single servings 2 liter bottles cold. Plop one on the desk corner in the morn, it's gone before it even thinks about warming up, and that's after the get me fired up glass or two at the house.

And for those going ewww or ick, all I can say is, before ya throw stones, how many cups of java or tea or fatty milk are you knocking down from 6-11 every morning

creative craig

12:40 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hardly any, I dont drink coffee, de-caf tea but 99% of the time its water, if I drink anything its usualy fanta about once or twice a week :)

Craig

Sinner_G

12:43 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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no milk (allergy)
tea only if I'm sick
one (small) cup of coffee in the morning.

no coke, only water.

Mike12345

12:46 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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3. You'll get fat!
- I eat burgers and not much else and im only about 9 stone, but i guess its like the atkins diet.

Kevinpate, im sure they only sell those 2 litre jobbies to get addicts like me and you to buy more. Convinient though! I find if you buy in bulk you save more money ;)

Coke is the first thing i drink in the morning.

Ill agree with it rots your teeth though, my dentist hates me! :(

trillianjedi

12:47 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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no milk (vegan)
I eat fresh tea leaves as part of my salad and fruit diet.
No coffee
I drink only water
Don't smoke
Get up a 6am every morning and go for a 6 mile run.
Never in front of a PC for more than 20 mins at a time.
I practise yoga and row on sundays (after Church).

TJ

dazz

12:51 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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opposite to trillianjedi

vitaplease

12:53 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Heard from a friend of a friend of a friend:

Too much Diet Coke > Anal leakage

Have a nice weekend.

globay

12:54 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Coke is bad for you!

Being an acid, it distroys the calcium in your teeth and bones. If you drink a lot of coke, you should also eat a lot of cheese, and drink milk! (No, a cheese burger every day is not enough ;-)

edit_g

12:55 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Coke is the first thing i drink in the morning.

There are other problems than the obvious sugar implications.

My uncle used to drink coke (around 3-4 liters a day) until he became violently ill one day. The doctors didn't know what the hell was wrong with him - his glands were all inflamed, he had trouble breathing and he had a terrible red rash all over his body. He kept drinking coke while in hospital and the doctors eventually got to the diet issue and told him to stop drinking it. All the symptoms went away - it turns out that he had become allergic to coke. This was 10 years ago - if he drinks it today the same symptoms come back. He now drinks pepsi.

topr8

12:56 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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hehe t-j

i thought you meant row but then realised you meant row

i was chuckling at the contrast on a sunday until i realised!

vibgyor79

12:58 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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>>> You'll get fat!

Oh Good! I need to increase my intake then. Eventhough I am over 6 feet, I weigh only 55 kilograms. I went to a local gym in an attempt to "grow" some muscles - I ended up losing 5 kilograms!

My teeth are pearly white ;)

trillianjedi

1:03 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Oh yes, I forgot about that:-

My teeth are also pearly white.
My gums are a perfect shade of healthy pink.
I have a glowing complexion.
I have 40:20 vision and the reflexes of a fighter pilot.
It's my 104th birthday this week.

TJ

DaveN

1:09 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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vitaplease "Too much Diet Coke > Anal leakage" shouldn't stick things were they don't belong.

laz try one of these a day the daddy size [theonion.com] of coke bottles

Dave

vitaplease

1:12 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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DaveN>>>vitaplease "Too much Diet Coke > Anal leakage" shouldn't stick things were they don't belong.

In the Netherlands we call it Cola Light - if that helps?

caine

1:14 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Growing up my father had a nightclub, and me and my borthers used to drink about 2-3 litre's of coke a day for years. Made us full of beans, i knocked it on the head, and didn't drink any coke for about 4 years, now i have one can a day, though not necessarily coke, preferebly IRN-BRU. If you think coke can strip the grease of a coin, IRN-BRU could strip paint off a car.

ncsuk

1:16 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I think someone atually sued Coka Cola because they got a stomache ulcer.

He won on the basis there wasnt a medical warning on the can saying not to drink too much.

deejay

1:33 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I drink atleast 2 cans of coke everyday!

ppffftt! .... amateur..

TallTroll

1:34 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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>> Any doctors turned SEOs around here?

profitpuppy

>> I drink atleast 2 cans of coke everyday!

A mate of mine used to drink 4 - 8 litres of Diet Coke per day. He ended up needing surgery to repair his stomach lining

Mike12345

1:34 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I havent experienced any Anal leakage, well not yet anyway *turns around to check* nope definatly not yet. No stomach ulcers either.

spikedo55

1:41 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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The Wall Street Journal recently had an article that related what science tells us about successful weight loss. In the article, it was said that a person who drank one can of regular coke a day would gain 15 lbs. in a year.

Sodas are empty calories. Basically, in one experiment detailed in the article, two groups were given some food to eat. One groups was given a glass of coke, the other a glass of water. After both groups were finished, the two groups were given more food. The group who had water didn't eat any more food. The group with the coke ate more food.

rossH

2:03 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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never have posted in foo .. but since this comes up

run a search on aspartame, it's a sweetening ingredient still found I believe in Diet coke. once you learn that Monsanto owns it you'll begin to smell the rat

the US Air Force had a bulletin warning its pilots not to chew gum containing aspartame from fear of blackouts during flight - this is true.

The FDA finally approved it I believe during the Reagan years, although it had been listed as a bad bad thing, and I believe still is in Europe. The new director of FDA responsible for the ban lifting either previously or subsequently had a consulting gig with monsanto

or something .. I'm not up to speed on the whole conspiracy plot, and I don't much care for those things. But diet coke will fry your nerves (is it parkinson's disease, I'm not very medical) - or so all the literature says. And there *is* an MS epidemic running through america in recent years.

In this day and age, you have to ask yourself if you really trust the American corporate food supply chain to keep you healthy, and IMHO you have to learn to read labels.

This is not a rant, just a hip tip, I shudder to think of good people going down because of bad people

good luck

Sinner_G

2:07 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Ooooh come on, if you're going to read every lable, where is the taste? What I mean is that if you stop eating every thing that contains a bit of some unhealthy ingredient, you won't have much left to eat.

As my chemistry teacher used to say: "There is nothing that's not poisonous, it's just a question of quantity."

kevinpate

2:11 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I don't have clue one whether aspartame can be dangerous or not. If so, I've somehow become the exception to the rule because it's now 20+ years of multiple liters daily without any noteable effect other than the enjoyment of the product.

werty

2:37 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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trillianjedi happy 104th (c:

As for the coke, I have heard that they pour it on the highway to remove bloodstains from roadkill.

Also, I heard if you put a chicken bone in a cup of it it will dissolve it in a matter of days(weeks?).

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