The Effects of drinking a Can of Cola (Coke, Pepsi etc)

[DoubleK]

This reminds me of my Grade 4 teacher who used to drink a 2L bottle of coke every day! She wanted to give up, so she started drinking 2L of Diet Coke.

that sounds like me, i can go through a 1.25L bottle before dp gets home from work, then probably another one with him.. im kinda dependant on it! i dont think ive gone without a drink of coke for more than a day(if that!) i know its bad for me, but like slyder said.. i dont drink coffee, or smoke, very rarely drink alcohol... i dont think i could ever stop!

i wont be letting Krystal drink it, maybe a sip but not a glass full one afte rthe other like i do, thats for sure!

[doulamamma]

we dont have soft drinks in our house and anytime we are out and there is on the table, dd always asks for it - with a spoon - she can't handle the bubbles and needs to stir it till there aren't any. i dont think kids should drink any fizzy drinks - water only and juice for special occasions - the sugar content is just too high for them- and if its not in the fridge it wont get into them - and eventually they will stop asking - i;ve seen it happen

[Zee]

Oh no im so addicted to coke... (Used to go through 4ish ltrs a day here till I fell PG) now I might have a glass once every 2-3 weeks.

[Matryoshka]

I can see why people get addicted to it. My mum started drinking it when she quit smoking, which was about 15 years ago now. She goes through cans a day and you can tell when she hasn't had one in a while by her mood and the relief when she does drink one. Sugar and caffiene are just like another other drugs really.

I've never been a soft drink drinker really, but in recent years i made the choice not to drink it, coke in particular purely for the fact that it is an absolute waste of time - it has no nutritional value and makes me more thirsty! My DS has never tasted it and i hope to avoid that for a long time, obviously i want him to experience it so that deprivation doesn't lead to desire but hopefully he'll be set up with good eating and drinking habits and make healthier choices by then - how much better is a fresh blueberry oat milk smoothy or something like that!

[Celsie]

I don't usually drink Coke, but when I was in labour with my DS, I just HAD to have it. Maybe I was needing sugar? Anyway, it stayed down for about 5 minutes...

A family friend is addicted to coke. She won't drink anything else. Only coke. She's had two lots of stones removed from her kidneys (emergency surgery), she's got Osteoporosis (she fell down a very small ramp going into a shopping centre and broke both her ankles SNAP!) and just last week, one of her front teeth fell out! Her doctors have told her it's all due to coke, yet she still keeps drinking it. Crazy!

Celsie. xoxox

[Visitor7]

I'm another that hardly ever drinks the stuff. But in saying that, I do enjoy it. Nina accidentially drank a mouthful of coke out of my straw one night, and hated it. She's never wanted some of my drink since. Which is probably a good thing.
Another thing, I'm a migraine sufferer, and apparently one of the best things you can take when you have a migraine is to drink some coke.

[Catastrophic]

OMG! No wonder i have hardly any calcium left in my body (just got told that the other day)~
Thanks for that Bath - I am seriously wiping that out of my everyday diet (I'm a coke addict, its my one weakness) - I new it was bad, but not that bad!

[Janie]

Thanks for bumping Bath I have to confess that I occasionally have a small glass of Diet Coke, but not very often at all (usually with fish and chips, now there's a healthy combo!).

The real deal, Diet, Zero, whatever, it's all shocking stuff! And to drink it on a daily basis.........I can't imgagine what it's doing to your teeth!!!!!! (Sorry, I can't help myelf ). Actually, I can imagine, because I see it in my work, more often than I would like. Do yourselves a favour......break the habit now! You'll thank us one day

[Trishk]

So glad I don't let me kids drink it. However I will reconsider if I should drink it.

Looks like utter poison - wonder if anyone have ever died after drinking it...lol

[Visitor3]

I love lemon, lime & bitters too, but don't forget bitters is 49% alcohol?

[AliBaby]

Cant stand coke as it is sooooo sweet. But I love diet coke.
I know diet coke is very bad as well (but for different reasons to coke). I think the main reason coke is so bad is not because of the cafeine but because of the extremely high amount of sugar and the effects that has on your body (like weight gain, rottign teeth, diabetes)

Like some dentists on here have said...We were never allowed any softdrinks or full strength juice as kids so we all have pretty good teeth. My sisters and I have never had a filling (so my mum is very proud). I can remember occasially having a flavoured mineral water at christmas or birthdays and we never felt like we were missing out.

Very interesting thread. I think it all comes down to moderation.

Another interesting fact is Coke-a-cola used to have cocaine in it when it first came out.

Pretty butterfly- bitters is 49% alcohol but becaue there is only a few drops in a pre-made lemon lime and bitters you can buy it from a supermarket.

[Visitor3]

Yeah it's usually what I drink If I'm designated driver but I think most people don't realise it's 49% alcohol. But you're right if it's only a few drops hopefully it won't be picked up in a breath test. Can you imagine, "please Mr Officer I swear all I had was 12 lemon, lime and Bitters ??"

[AliBaby]

Can you imagine, "please Mr Officer I swear all I had was 12 lemon, lime and Bitters ??"

LOL

[Lolli]

Yeah it's usually what I drink If I'm designated driver but I think most people don't realise it's 49% alcohol. But you're right if it's only a few drops hopefully it won't be picked up in a breath test. Can you imagine, "please Mr Officer I swear all I had was 12 lemon, lime and Bitters ??"

My FIL is a limo driver and had a bottle of lemon, lime and bitters that he bought from a servo which he was drinking as he drove back froma job. Got pulled over, RBT'ed and blew .06. When he said all he'd been drinking was the l,l&b, they made him wait 20 mins and blow again.. and it was down to .01. So it will leave a mouth-alcohol reading, if not a blood one.

And on the actual subject of the thread I am a bad coke addict But inly for Macca's coke (and only in a medium cup), or from a glass bottle. i have one a day, every day (but follow it up with heaps of water).

[Bathsheba]

Bumping this again... seems every second person I meet these days is a closet coke drinker... talk about being on a mission! LOL I know there are seemingly "worse" addictions... but daily cola consumption really is insidious ...not judging though!!!

[rosehannah]

I was googling Diet coke tonight and came across this !!!
http://www.dietcoke.com/press_032207.pdf

Even a addict like me can see the wool being pulled over my eyes lol

[Bathsheba]

Hmmm... yes, I'm sure there will be TOKEN ammounts of "vitamin and mineral supplements" in that product... what a crock.

[Bathsheba]

Met a couple today that used to be huge coke addicts... they've given it up because both have serious health issues... not sure whether it's helping their conditions but they have lost a significant amount of weight! They are also new parents... and I suspect they have found their sleep (when they are getting some) isn't as disrupted by the caffeine as well. They say they haven't been dieting... just ban coke from their fridge.