Today, I start the fight against Diet Coke. I have been a heavy user for more than 10 years. I have tried stopping before, but never really committed myself.
This weekend I overheard some medical people talking about how any soda keeps your body from absorbing nutrients. Anyone heard of this?
Is this going to help my training/performance?
Yes. I try and live by the rule if I cannot pronounce it then I don’t put it in my body.
There are alot of chemicals in soda. It may not kill you, but, who knows?
Adopting a healthier diet will always pay off in the end, both in training and overall health.
GOOD FOR YOU.
There was a study in Pediatrics released today, that said that every 1 serving of sugary drinks (from juice-like "ade"s to colas etc.) that a kid consumes on a daily basis nearly doubles their chances of being obese in the near future. Anything with added sugar or aspartame or those other crazy substitutes is BAD FOR YOU.
I quit drinking any kind of pop (diet or otherwise), or sugar-added juices, etc. after seeing “Supersize Me”. Not that I was consuming much before then, but that sealed the deal.
I quit caffeine cold turkey two years ago (used to drink 5 cups a day). I had massive headaches and was very irritable for about a week. But it’s the best thing I’ve done in a long time, I really notice the difference. Ditto on cutting out pop (diet or otherwise).
Warn your friends and loved one you might be Mr. CrankyPants for a while. And GOOD FOR YOU.
The warning sign has been posted
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Does diet coke have caffeine in it? If it does, and if that’s the addictive factor for you, and if you struggle with quitting, I suggest switching to caffeine free for awhile to ease the transition. (If you can go cold turkey, so much the better.)
This weekend I overheard some medical people talking about how any soda keeps your body from absorbing nutrients. Anyone heard of this?
I’ve heard of it, but I heard somewhere just last week that it might not be true. (I think what I heard about was the claim that soda prevents your bones from absorbing calcium. Turns out that what happens is that people who drink a lot of soda just don’t get much calcium, because they don’t drink much milk and other good stuff.)
i quit drinking diet coke for a year, but i’ve relapsed! figure ill get sick of it sooner or later. i drink the coke and train instead of thinking about it the whole time im training and getting pissed i wont let myself have it -(true addict here, very sad) “if you cut open my arms diet coke will run from the veins” my training partner
I don’t know that it will help your training/performance, but I cut out all soda (diet or otherwise) 5.5 years ago. Initially I just wanted to start drinking more water.
The only soda/pop I have since has been during the run on IM’s and a couple of times on long, hot bike rides when I’m about to hit the wall.
However i do drink a lot of espresso now. 
scott