46 Responses to “Why I stopped drinking coke and why you should too”

I would worry about the phosphoric acid (rust dissolver).

Left by cyber_rigger on September 17th, 2006

I fully agree with the “addiction” effects as soon as you want to stop drinking coke.

It struck me a lot, as I was proud to be “addict-free”, not depending on any morning coffee or cigarette, etc…

But suddenly I bitterly needed my daily half-liter of coke after lunch, else I felt quite lacking of energy and sleepy…

Thanks for this very interesting research !

(I’ll go on with my attempts to stop with even more determination now !)

Cheers.

Left by another_coke_addict on September 18th, 2006

Maybe you have some unusual sensitivity to aspatame? But doesn’t diet mountaindew also use aspartame?

I drink 4 diet cokes/day, and have for years — with no ill effects whatsoever. Calorie free joy brotha! Also they give me a nice pep in the mornings.

To each his own.

Left by Will on September 18th, 2006

I used shove a gram and a half of cocaine up my nose EVERYDAY along with about 15 bottles of Budwieser. I drink diet Coke now and go to therapy (probably for the rest of my life). Try to quit everything? jeesh give a man something! I don’t smoke either…..you guys are pansys….your gonna die of something!!!!!!!!!!!! might as well enjoy your life………idiots. I would suggest your in just as much trouble breathing teh toxic air you do in the lousy city you live in…..or all the preservatives in our food….or the nags who proclaim everything is “unhealthy”. A s far as the list of things refering to why Apertame si harmful, some items contradict each other…..your gonna suffer and die from something or other….get a frickin life while you can. Winy crybaby.

Left by bumpy187 on September 18th, 2006

If you’re worried about the phosphoric acid then you might be worried about the gastric acid in your stomach, which is more acidic than coca-cola.

Naw I’m still more concerned about the copeous amounts of sugar and caffine in sodas than the diluted acids.

Left by Jared on September 18th, 2006

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Bumpy, I used to smoke a fair amount of meth back in the day and let me tell you it’s a far cry from coke buddy. You think snorting blow is rough buddy, try binging on tweak and crack for weeks, stealing from your friends and parents and anyone you know. I’ve switched over to diet pepsi because it has far less sugar, and so far the transition hasn’t been too bad.

Left by Frank on September 18th, 2006

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Left by Grandes Poches » links for 2006-09-19 on September 19th, 2006

is there a “light” or a “slave” cleanse? i think it’s a good think, but don’t think i could do the full monty. please advise.

Left by R. Summers on November 23rd, 2006

Asking Jared who submitted a message above:

Isn’t the gastric acid in your stomach neutralized by the mucus that is lining the inside of your stomach? If the acidity increases far too much, the mucus might not be alkaline enough to neutralize the acidity in the stomach. By the way, I rarely drink carbonated drinks except when at fast food restaurants, which is usually decided by my family.

Left by theworldisquiethere on December 14th, 2006

Interesting post but it is full of bogus information. The list of health problems caused by Aspartame is ridiculous. The FDA data sited about aspartame is self-reported by people with little to no scientific training. The data is not supported by any peer reviewed research and is without merit.

And taking the anecdotal advice of a chiropractor is just ridiculous. Why not check and see what “real” doctors and scientists have to say?

Caffeine is really not that bad. The website you reference is biased against caffeine. In fact they state “…Both decaf and regular coffee increase your cholesterol and homocysteine, the biochemical that science has linked to increased risk for heart attack…” Since decaf (no caffeine) and regular have the same effect, it would suggest that it’s not the caffeine in coffee that’s responsible for increased heart attack risk but something else.

No, the gastric acid is not neutralized by the mucous membrane. The body needs the acid to help breakdown your food.

I really enjoy your site and quote it often. But an article like this that only propagates bogus science is disappointing.

Incidentally, I’m not advocating soda drinking. The extra, empty calories are not good and should be spent on healthier alternatives. But don’t use junk science to support a valid position. It underminds the whole notion.

Left by Perry on December 18th, 2006

Hello- I am a ND student and I have to verify some things. I personally spoke with a gentleman from one of the soda companies and he told me that they bring in these barrels of ingredients and that they have even had a skull and cross bones on them. These ingredients indeed are considered toxic and they are diluted down to 15 percent.

Soda is around 100,000 times more acidic than the water we put in our bodies and that out bodies should be.
Disease loves an acidic environment.
I also had a student who was the nurse that aided a study on artificial sweeteners. I am afraid to tell you they are actually worse than they tell you. She stated that she will not touch any of them now.

This is really simple- this stuff is highly acidic –
( this is not a comparison to the hydrochloric acid in your stomach- that is supposed to be there and its molecules are different)- Yes you need that acid, but not teh acid in your can. BIG difference.
Cancer cells are metabolized by sugar- period.
As far as caffeine is concerned, yes it can be harmful- many Americans have put a large strain on their adrenal glands through the regular use of caffeine. Many de-caffeinated coffee use chemicals to make them that way- so be aware they may not be good either. Cocao and other things that contain xanthine (pronounced- zan thine) are actually biochemically different form regular caffeine and do not appear to tax the body in the way that caffeine can if consumed too much.

A great article for this can be found here-
“stereo-chemical and clinical work on xanthines in the last couple of decades have shown that, though similar in structure, the members of this class have widely varying pharmacology” (Daniel Mowry, Ph. D) Yerba Mate (Ilex Paraguariensis) Does Yerba Mate Contain Any Caffeine?

However, even in moderation this stuff is what it is folks.

Left by Dianne Irene on October 23rd, 2007

i ws nt aware about the ill effects of caffeine….. bt m glad tht i got to knw about the same….

Left by maggie on February 6th, 2008

Was that guy up there serious about blowing coke once a day? wtf is he doing on a website like this. i hate junkies.

Left by Dave on November 23rd, 2008

He’s a bit confused…

Left by Erich on November 24th, 2008

It’s all really about will power and your ability to control your body with your mind. I drink coca cola every so often. I enjoy the taste and I don’t get caffeine withdrawal or anything. I don’t suffer from loss of calcium, which is possible if you over indulge. I don’t suffer from weight gain of any of that. It’s just keeping in mind that you should be drinking more water than anything else throughout the day. Soda is for casual enjoyment for me!

Left by Launster on March 24th, 2009

hello there i found your piece interesting.

i recently read an article on the web about a guy and he was saying he had 3 cokes and he started to trip out and getting into severe hysterics also something similar happend to me but i only had one coke i was wondering if you could tell me what you think it might have been
many thanks zero

Left by zero on April 19th, 2009

I’ve been living on bread and water on a self impossed diet for 15 years now and i had my first coke the other day and it never harmed me mind you the other day i was sitting down and passed wind and some one else said it was unhealthy.
What do you make of that am i being paranoid or should i never drink coke again?
Please help me!

Left by Just admit it on April 19th, 2009

Oh puhleeeze. You people will believe anything. Yea, I work for the soda company. We secretly put rat poison in soda, because… because… uh, because we can! Yea, that’s it. It’s extra tasty and the customers all get addicted, just like with cheese.

The real danger out there is all the di-hydrogen oxide. It permeates most foods and soda, coffee and most alcoholic drinks are full of it! Farmers spray it all over their crops and even the bottled water companies use it. If there’s any one thing you should avoid, that’s the one.

Left by Dr. Soda on July 20th, 2009

That’s funny, Dr. Soda…dihydrogen oxide. Which is essentially otherwise known as H2O. Even though it would technically be dihydrogen monoxide. Witty.

I think this article has merit for my own personal reasons, one being that its happening to me now.
Typically a very outgoing and energetic person, I have regressed into a highly negative and confrontational person. My weight has slowly risen over several years (even though I exercise regularly), my joints ache bad enough that I went to take tests for arthritis at 37 years old, my knees feel like cantaloupes after a mile of running, and lately my idea of a good weekend activity is sitting on the couch all day playing XBox.
So I recently married an incredible woman and she told me I should try this “lemonade diet cleanser”. Which led me to this site…where I saw the article about kicking the Coke habit.
I always knew I had to get off the Coke, but the headaches brought me back. Being in the military, I was in Iraq 18 months ago and squashed the habit because of massive intakes of water, (its 130 degrees and the Coke just wasnt cutting it).

But, it wasnt long after I returned to the states that I fell back into the habit. As of now, I drink 5-6 twenty ounce bottles of Diet Coke a day. I hardly take in any water, other than the water that is in the bottle of Diet Coke. I hope to God that this lemonade diet can kick some of that crap out of my system and I can get off the habit again.

So…Lemonade Diet, here I come.

Left by Diet Newb on September 2nd, 2009

Yay!! Hi-five!
I never drink coke or similar softdrinks too! =D

Left by David on October 8th, 2009

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Left by emotional disturbances on March 4th, 2010

I drank my first coke today aged 40 and thought I was having a heart attack. The immediate kick it gave me was incredible, a sense of euphoria. However, moments later (just minutes) my heart began to beat ever so fast. I’m a healthy, active 40 year old male.

Coke is bad. Very bad.

Left by Robert Thompson on May 21st, 2010

its funny to read some comments of really ignorant people saying that coke isnt bad and they never had a negative effect, or the one that suggested not to ask a chiropractor but a real “doctor” what does a real doctor do?? just prescribe drugs to people and get money from the pharmaceutical companies to screw even more the person, or a chiropractor’s ways of curing people with no negative side effects and curing even more in a natural ways as it was intended by nature.. coke is bad and period, ive seen it in people around me, but what i think is the saddest part is that wether we like it or not we will drink soon or later either socially or by yourself, so try not to drink and avoid it, if it makes you happy to drink and indulge yourself, ok, but i think that nothing is more worthy than your own life

Left by cthulhufury on October 1st, 2010

Whatever happened to TAB? Now there’s a real man’s drink. They say if you drink TAB you will see dragons and vampires. Wake up! Chemicals are bad, driving a car is bad and cheating on your spouse is bad.

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@bumpy187 you’re the pansy. only doing a gram and a half a day. Stop whining about your problems. I’m recovering drug addict and I try to perfect my life in every way possible so I can be the best of me, which includes quiting sodas. I have been soda free for 1 1/2 months now and I have never felt better, with a little bit of cardio I have lost tens pounds so far!

Left by Ben on June 10th, 2011

The only time I treat myself to pop now is when I can find pop with real cane sugar. At least cane sugar is somewhat natural. But such products are almost non-existant. I know a place in town that sells Boyland’s and I buy a bottle of the birch beer now and then for a treat. Beyond that, when I want something bubbly now I just drink plain seltzer or pellegrino. And I keep lemons and limes in the house and have a small handheld citrus press. It’s a little sour at first but once you get used to it it’s a million times more enjoyable than pop. Just a glass of seltzer with a meal with a whole lemon in there… nice. Sorry I don’t have anything to say about crack, meth, cocaine… whatever.

Left by Jim on June 15th, 2011

I quit drinking diet Mt Dew when I was pregnant with my daughter. All it took was one can a few months later (I wasn’t breast feeding) and I was hooked on pop again. In 2008 I found out about the awful effects of Aspartame and how it’s been linked to Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s, Lou Gerhrings, and Hunter’s and I totally cut out all artificial sugars, MSG, and other excitotoxins (read Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Dr. Russell L. Blaylock, MD). So I quit drinking diet pop–and the daily tension headaches I’d been having disappeared! Then I turned to drinking regular Mt Dew. I know; Mt Dew is, like, the worst pop a person can drink (corrosive acid, anyone?), but it happens to be the one I like. I didn’t drink it every day, but I noticed I did have issues when/if I didn’t have at least one/day: I craved that pop like it was no one’s business. I definitely believe that soda is very addictive. How? Caffeine, and high fructose corn syrup.

Because I also have food intolerances, a compromised immune system, and malabsorption issues (it’s a long story; I’ve been battling for 4 years now to get my body healthy), I and my family currently follow an organic lifestyle. But we still occasionally get a few things in a regular supermarket or a gas station (and we’re trying to cut that out). I just love me a soda once in a while; that sweetness.

However, I believe that sweetness is making me sick again. Just did a ton of Internet research and discovered that corn/high fructose corn syrup, for those who are allergic/intolerant to it, can cause the lips and mouth to inflame/swell, crack, and cause angular cheilitis in the corners of the mouth, leading to ulcers–which I have had (both severe and mild) since June of this year. And it is NOT fun.

Looks like a soda elimination diet is in my future. I’ve already tried adding more of every mineral and vitamin that might be the cause of angular cheilitis, with absolutely no result. I do drink Japanese Matcha green tea–so I have a new and safer caffeine supple (and all of my tea was bought before the radiation problems in Japan, so I’m safe.)

So it looks like regular soda for me is going to have to go (organic soda, on the other hand, uses pure cane sugar and no corn, so that might still work. Have to investigate).

There is a lot of evil in soda pop. There is also a lot of evil in regular supermarket food, processed food, manmade factory-nonfood stuff that is sold to us as “food,” and feedlot/factory-raised and processed meat. No wonder our bodies are depleted and deprived of good nutrition; we aren’t being offered any in the grocery/supermarket stores. It’s hard, very hard, to switch over to organic fare and have to make all your food from scratch. It’s expensive and time consuming. But it is so, so much better for you and your body. But it’s still hard to totally say good-bye to an occasional snack or sweet from the by-gone days.

And for all of you naysayers out there who shout “I need peer reviews and scientific proof of what you say!”–go hang yourselves. People are sick, having chronic diseases, and multiple food issues BECAUSE of the food our supermarkets are making available to the general public. Before you cry and state that everything I say is “hearsay” or just plain wrong, take your blinders off and go and do your own research–with an open mind. The mainstream media is NOT your friend. Nor is government, big business, agri business (Monsanto is EVIL), the military complex, the food-industry complex, the chemical industry, the pharma/healthcare complex, etc., etc.

YOU are the only person who you can trust that can ensure that you stay healthy, and that starts first with having an open mind, doing your own research, and realizing that all of the conglomerates and corporations and industry complexes in the world are NOT interested in keeping you safe or healthy; their main and only interest is in the bottom line: making as much money as they possible can–whether that’s at the expense of your health or not.

That’s right: only YOU can make the choice to be healthy or not. After all, you’re the one who decides what you’re going to put into your mouth. Be informed. Learn.

Left by ACurtis on July 6th, 2011

We are all going to die. Nothing you can do about it. If you smoke a lot there is a good chance you will die earlier than if you had not smoked. If you exercise and eat well there is a good chance you will live longer and have a better lifestyle than if you didn’t. Otherwise there isn’t much difference what you do. Diet soda? Please!

Left by marc foster on July 8th, 2011

Great article! If you are looking for even more of an incentive to stop drinking sodas, here is an article about the environmental impacts as well. http://www.greenlivingeco.com/dangers-soda-pop/

Left by greenlivingeco on July 14th, 2011

ACurtis, you are so right. Hope you have kicked the cold drink habit. Try organic tea if you must have the caffeine, then switch to green tea, then stop altogether if you want. However, a little tea may actually be good for you.
Soft drinks are the worst food on the planet. Future generations may look back on this time as the “Fast Food Holocaust.”
ACurtis, you said it like it is. We can choose what we put in our bodies. We can choose to take off the blinders. We don’t have to wait for biased rat experiments. We can choose to give up high fructose corn syrup, chemicals, and fast food. It really feels good to pick up a can or carton, read the ingredients, defiently pop it back on the shelf, then go buy a bag of walnuts and organic apples. Feels so good, body and spirit.

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Left by ศุทธินี on August 25th, 2011

Well my dear poster, I truly appreciate your expose on this coke of a thing. I had been ‘addicted’ to it for quite sometime myself but not seeing any benefits whatsoever in it have since stopped. But never did I for once believe that coke could actually be harmful.

Thanks for throwing light on this.

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Interesting.
So people with Wilsons disease should consume coke?

Very interesting indeed.

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Left by Your Questions About What Is Phosphoric Acid on October 29th, 2011

just drink sodas with regular sugar like Jones Cola or sierra mist regular or HEB sodas with pure cane sugar…thats my answer! or Mexican Coke…

Left by mmm on October 31st, 2011

Great article. I’ve done exactly the same after experiencing the same symptoms. Read a lot of info about Aspartame and the more I research about it the more I cannot believe its still legal for it to be in soft drinks and not to mention all the rest of the s*** they put in it.

I feel a lot better too since never drinking soft drinks all together. I just stick to water. From coke, I couldn’t sleep properly, would feel very desperate for a can or a bottle of it and would get horrible headaches, blurry vision, sensitivity towards noise (car doors shutting would make me jump) anxieties for no reason (would not go out) depression, severe blood shot eyes, skin on my face would be dry and flakey (I think down to dehydration), and the list goes on…

I strongly recommend people who drink a lot of energy drinks, coke, and other soft drinks should stop. You will feel a significant difference in your health.

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READ THIS
I LOVE COKE!!
10 years ago I changed for DIET COKE, because I wanted to loose weight, and I was only using sweeteners. When I move to USA 6 years ago I started to drink diet coke like water. I never felt thirst, even in the days that I did not drink diet coke. For people who told me diet soda is bad and sweeteners is bad, I replied if it were true I would be dead. Now I have Reflux (GERD) after each meal. hehe .
The doctor said: no soda at all, no coffee, no chocolate bla bla bla…..I did not paid attention to him in the beginning, the drugs he prescribed me gave me allergy (zantac, omeprazole), that means no relief for heartburn.
25 days ago I stopped to drink soda, coffee and stopped to using sweeteners. I’m drinking tea wiht raw sugar, a lit bit apple cidar vinegar in the morning.
Now NO HEARTBURN at all, NO CRAVING for sugar, reflux just 3 times a week and I’m really thirst, I’m waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and drinking two glasses of water. My skin is beautifull. Hope that help.
PS:

Left by Sheila on January 22nd, 2012

READ THIS 2
I forgot to say the first week I stopped drinking coffee and soda I thought my head would explode. I get a lot of pain, but I took a couple of Tylenol in the morning , afternoon and night for a week. Now no headache anymore.
I hated tea, but as my grandmother told me one day: who is in charger, you or your body?
your taste becomes accustomed what you insist. I tried diet coke yesterday, and taste weird like medicine and the tea every day I like more.


Left by Sheila on January 22nd, 2012

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