[Diabetes-talk] Coke 0 type drinks

Fri Apr 24 18:01:32 UTC 2015

I come from a family of soda drinkers. My mom is pretty much addicted, and
she rarely drinks anything but soda. I've always been a big water drinker,
but I use to consume quite a bit of diet soda and drinks like Crystal Light.
When I was diagnosed with tachycardia years ago, I cut way back on caffeine,
like no more than once a week. When I was pregnant, I ate healthier than I
ever have. I drank about 64 to 96 ounces of water a day, and while I don't
drink quite that much now, I try to do 32 to 64 ounces of water a day. My
husband loves tea and soda, but I do not allow sugar soda at all in the
house,, and limit diet soda, and even then, only caffeine-free, and this is
not even the worse aspect of soda, as others have pointed out. I allow tea,
but I rarely drink it. I do not allow my son to drink soda at all. He gets
water or milk with a little 100% juice thrown in. He tends to get
constipated, so he's allowed to have a bit more juice than I would normally
give, but we also do lots of fruit too, which helps with this problem as
well. While I have not cut soda out entirely, it's by no means a staple in
my life. I also bought a Brita squeeze water bottle, so I can take that with
me and fill it up as I need. It was $15 for a set of two on Amazon, and in
the long run, it's cheaper than bottled water, plus, with all the concerns
about plastic, it's nice for that reason too. It's a personal choice, but if
asked, I would advise at least drastically limiting soda and drinks with
artificial sweetners if not cutting out entirely.

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Dr. Denise M Robinson via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:51 AM
To: Bonnie Lucas; Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Coke 0 type drinks

Along with Bonnie and research
Artificial sweeteners are not better in any drink. It turns to formaldehyde
after ingested...it makes your crave drinking soda even more.
Love the weight loss side effects---but the poison aspects sway me even
more.
Denise

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Bonnie Lucas via Diabetes-talk <
diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I am subscribed to this list because I work with diabetics but I am 
> not diabetic. Generally I do not post but I cannot resist this time.
> Personally, I limit my soda products to none a year. Between the sugar 
> and the artificial sweeteners and everything else in soda, I think it 
> is deadly. You may think that is radical but simply cutting them out 
> entirely several years ago, I lost 10 pounds. There is no evidence 
> that they are helpful to anyone. Good luck making your personal 
> decision. I anticipate this post will spark a lot of opposite view 
> posts. I hope there are a few who agree with me!
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> Hi Folks,
> I was wondering what you think of Coke 0 type drinks.  My grocery 
> store has some that are raspberry and lemonade flavored.
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:40:03 -0500
> From: "Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter" <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> To: "'Marshall Scott'" <mfscott at me.com>,        "'Diabetes Talk for the
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> If you're going to drink soda, I guess sugar-free is best, at least 
> for diabetics. Note, though, studies are showing diet soda can 
> contribute to belly fat actually. Plus, soda is full of synthetic 
> ingredients. Despite what some say, I also still think too much caffeine
is not good.
> Personally, I limite my soda consumption to no more than 3 a week, and 
> then, it's caffeine-free and of course, sugar-free. Diet A & W or diet 
> Barq's root beer is my favorite.
>
> As for taste, I can not stand Coke products and am probably the wrong 
> person to ask, grin. Coke 0 is sugar-free and calorie and carb-free 
> though, so in terms of it affecting glucose levels, it shouldn't, 
> though I believe some studies are also suggesting artificial sweetners 
> can affect glucose levels in some cases.
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> Not sure exactly what info you were looking for, sorry.
>
> Bridgit
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> Hi Folks,
> I was wondering what you think of Coke 0 type drinks.  My grocery 
> store has some that are raspberry and lemonade flavored.
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