[debonadiet]

WOW! thank you so much for all of your informative posts, but reading this one was especially timely for me. I have diet cokes in the house this week left over from a get-together. I was JUST thinking that one or two couldn't possibly hurt me. I'm NOT drinking them now. I've never been "addicted" to diet sodas, but I do like one every now and then. After reading this- it's not a "splurge" worth taking. Coffee and water (water, water, water, water- ad infinitum) here i come. lol.

[locks]

Thank you Carla, I loved the article.

Any type of soda pop is even bad for your teeth! I see patients that drink 2-5 L a day. Their teeth are crumbling! They wonder why at every 6 mth appt they have another carrie. If that ruins enamel imagine what it does to the rest of our body.

[jd447]

Wow! Thanks for the article Carla. I used to drink 2 or 3 can of Diet Pepsi a day. My dh has been trying to drink less since I stopped cold turkey. I will definitely show him this! I thought it would be tough to give up the pop but really is hasn't been. Don't really miss it.
I looked up the link to Blisstree. Wow again. May have to use some brain bleach to get one of those articles out of my mind!!!LOL

[sgorny]

I drink Organic Cascade Ice, which has zero calories, no caffeine... it should be okay, right?

http://www.cascadeicewater.com/0cal/estore.html#clear

[jenben]

Thankyou for the info. I had a question about the caffine . does it make your panceras produce enough insulin to make it so we shouldn't have this on the IP?


You're welcome, Everyone! I can't take credit for finding this. Elizabeth aka Eli aka DeineKatz was the first person to post this and to share it with me. I have since then read it a few places and even had it emailed to me!

I tried to find Elizabeth's post but couldn't. I thought the information was worthy of reposting and its own thread.

I am grateful to know others appreciated it as much as I did!



I heard that too!! Isn't it amazing! It is worse than the 1 to 1 ratio of coffee to water!! There is no way I could go through an extra 256 ounces of water a day! LOL[/QUOTE]

[jenben]

So what does the caffine do to us? I heard that int make the panceras release the insulin. So is it okay to take caffefine in some other form. Doesn"t coffee have some kind of acid in it also?

[showgirlaz]

Originally Posted by jenben

So what does the caffine do to us? I heard that int make the panceras release the insulin. So is it okay to take caffefine in some other form. Doesn"t coffee have some kind of acid in it also?

We are allowed caffeine. It has a somewhat different overall response in each person.

Caffeine can cause your pupils to dilate; your blood pressure to rise; as a response. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness. And, there are other changes too for some people. It does cause a blood glucose increase and the insulin increase.

We would want to avoid too much caffeine if we want to keep a more normal body Ph. To much caffeine does contribute to a more acid body environment.

Caffeine has a lot of good and bad. In the short term it changes acidity, increases blood sugars, increases insulin. In the long term it is an anti oxidant, has high levels of magnesium, and has been shown to help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Some articles on the topics are:

Caffeine-Induced Impairment of Insulin Action but not Insulin Signaling in Human Skeletal Muscle Is Reduced by Exercise, by F.S. Thong and Colleagues. Diabetes 51:583-590, 2002


Coffee Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by Rob M. van Dam, PhD; Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD JAMA. 2005;294:97-104

[Mrs Diettrich]

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[GinaXOXO]

Is tonic water ok? I did a google search and found this information. Thank you so much!

I had a large diet coke yesterday at the movies. I thought it was ok after noticing some people on the board continue drinking it. I feel puffy now and diet soda is one of the few things that I can think of that could have caused it. I am still in ketosis. That is the good news!

[sandyh50]

Thanks for bumping this! Loved the article! I've had 2 diet cokes with splenda in ten weeks and thought that was ok since it had splenda. NOT AT ALL! I know now that it is too acidic and we don't want that environment in our body.

[JoLoMN]

Thanks Carla! Great information. I learned a ton!

[stickingtotheplan]

What do you guys think of Powerade Zero? It contains potassium and magnesium and B vitamins? It does have Sucralose.

[2RIDEROLLERCOAST]

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[Jewels02904]

Can we use anything to flavor the water?

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Jewels02904

Can we use anything to flavor the water?

My coach told me nothing...I do know other use (I believe) Mio which can cause sugary type cravings. At the beginning I was using a squirt of fresh lemon and now I simply chug enough water with each time I have to pop some pills!