Rant No wonder I'm getting Nausea.

[whm1974]

I was feeling rather Nauseous since last week until a few hours ago from reading these two articles, it sounds like it is the high consumption of diet soda that I have.
https://www.doctoroz.com/blog/donna-cardillo-rn-ma/diet-soda-reason-youre-not-feeling-well
https://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/upset-stomach-after-drinking-soda

Now I'm wondering if this triggered my current strong depressive episode that begin last week. It is so bad that I didn't even shower, changed clothes, or even clean my apartment before this weeks Inspection.

That it I quitting soda completely before I make mental health more worse than it is already is. Or ruin my stomach.

 

[deadlyapp]

When you say high consumption, how much are you talking? I wouldn't trust articles from someone like Dr Oz who is primarily focused on generating value, not good health advice.

With that said, yes, artificial sweeteners are well known to cause digestion issues - you can read plenty of stories of people who ate entire bags of sugar free gummy bears only to be shitting out their intestines hours later because the body can't digest it appropriately.

Empirically - I've had no issues with artificial sweeteners of any kind, however I only probably have 5-10g on a given day (protein powder, some sugar free condiments, etc).

I wouldn't jump to correlation = causation quite yet, but limiting or eliminating your diet soda consumption is by no means a bad thing (soda does literally nothing nutritionally for you).

 

[whm1974]

Yeah I was just looking up info about the subject and I should have posted a better link then Oz.

I drink at least 2 to 4 2L bottles a day and have gone to 6 of them in one day.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah I was just looking up info about the subject and I should have posted a better link then Oz.

I drink at least 2 to 4 2L bottles a day and have gone to 6 of them in one day.

Do you drink anything else, or just diet soda?

 

[whm1974]

Do you drink anything else, or just diet soda?

I drink tea mix when I fill the empty bottles up, and sometimes I have force myself to even do that.

 

[whm1974]

Well the good news is that I haven't had soda since yesterday afternoon.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Try a little SAM-e for any mood adjustments needed - supplemented with a multivitamin. Lovely combo.

(it's a prescription anti-depressant over in Europe)

 

[whm1974]

Well I was just put on a mood stabilizer Monday.

 

[deadlyapp]

Yeah I was just looking up info about the subject and I should have posted a better link then Oz.

I drink at least 2 to 4 2L bottles a day and have gone to 6 of them in one day.

Holy shit. Yes that is way too much. I don't understand how you can even consume that volume of liquid without having them permanently on IV drip.

I'd either look at mixing them 50/50 with water or simply cut back as significantly as possible if you can go cold turkey.

 

[whm1974]

Holy shit. Yes that is way too much. I don't understand how you can even consume that volume of liquid without having them permanently on IV drip.

I'd either look at mixing them 50/50 with water or simply cut back as significantly as possible if you can go cold turkey.

Unfortunately I went back on soda after a few days of going cold turkey. To encourage myself to quit, I'm going to buy a music keyboard for my birthday in about a month. Giving up soda should allow me to save up for good ones like Casio and Yamaha.

 

[mikeymikec]

If I were you I'd seek professional advice if possible for whether cold turkey or cutting back is the best plan.

 

[snoopy7548]

Slowly switch to water. After you take a sip of soda, take a sip of water. Keep doing this and gradually decrease your soda intake as you increase your water intake. Four two-liter bottles of soda per day is insane. Even two is insane.

 

[whm1974]

If I were you I'd seek professional advice if possible for whether cold turkey or cutting back is the best plan.

I'm already considering doing exactly that. But thanks anyway.

 

[FeuerFrei]

o_0

And here I thought guzzling a whole 2 liter of regular Mountain Dew over an 8 hour shift was bad. ​

 

[daveybrat]

Here's 19 facts about diet soda that might make you finally stop drinking it:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nu...top-drinking-it/ss-BBVmpAa?li=BBnb4R7#image=1

 

[snoopy7548]

Here's 19 facts about diet soda that might make you finally stop drinking it:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nu...top-drinking-it/ss-BBVmpAa?li=BBnb4R7#image=1

This one makes me want to start drinking diet soda...

 

[whm1974]

Due to a friend just been tested for Iron Deficiency which his doctor told him that caffeine can cause that, and ordered him to limit his soda to one can a day, I'm now wondering if I should get blood work done to test for that given that I drink far more soda then he did.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/481280-iron-deficiency-caffeine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_deficiency