Posted by:
Tevai
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Date: April 30, 2014 08:29PM
honestone Wrote:
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> What did coke do to your body may I ask....weight
> issue, nervousness, what?
I was in really bad shape when I started to transition off of Coca-Cola because I used to drink Coke instead of water (which is a really not good thing to do), and when I had important deadlines to meet, I would--for the duration, which could be maybe three weeks or so, depending on the project--more or less "live" on Coke and organic popcorn with melted organic butter on top. :0 Do not do this!!! You will NOT like the results!!!
Yes, I did gain weight, and I also developed brand new acne that shouldn't have happened (and vanished after I stopped drinking Coke and eating too many fats in general--even if, by themselves, they were "good" fats).
I was also developing skin tags (those little "things" of just skin that stick up), and I had blood sugar problems (which was a real concern because my Mom had had diabetes when she was growing up, and my first husband--who is now deceased--had HUGE Type I diabetes instability for all of his adult life).
I was also getting all kinds of weird colds, flus, coughing fits, etc. that I NEVER got before--and we found out that the "caramel coloring" in Coca-Cola (and most cola drinks) was originally PATENTED as an immune system depressant: a 12-ounce Coke will lower your immune response by 25% in the four hours following the time you drink it.
I had doctors repeatedly telling me that my Coke consumption was leaching calcium out of my bones and teeth, and that I REALLY needed to either drastically limit my intake, or else cut it out entirely.
And it WAS adding to anxiety, sleeplessness, etc. (which was bad, because the end years of my "Coke years" was a time of high financial instability and stress for me, and Coke--which I used to drink from morning to night to get through--was NOT helping...it was making it all MUCH worse!).
But the thing that was MOST bothersome was that I started itching incredibly everywhere, but especially on my legs. I was scratching myself bloody (even when I was sound asleep) because my skin itched so much, and I could NOT stop scratching. I used to be close to screams AND tears of frustration because my skin--all over my body--itched SO much).
When we started researching Coca-Cola (I was really loyal to this particular brand...because of the advertising I grew up with, I actually used to feel patriotic drinking it! :D ), we started finding out all of these things. (There are more, but these were the ones that were affecting me.)
So I started transitioning away from actual Coca-Cola and used the Hansen's Natural Sodas, in the cola flavor, as my crutch through what had become a fairly ferocious Coca-Cola dependency. (I do think that I was probably "addicted" to it during that period of time.)
I switched to Hansen's cola, tapering off all the while, for about two or three years, and then I realized that I didn't need cola of any kind anymore.
The last cans of Hansen's sat in our refrigerator for about four years before I finally emptied them into the sink and put the empty cans into our recycling dumpster in early July, 2011.
I would never, ever go back to drinking any kind of cola--for me, I think it would be just too easy to get all of the bad things started again, and absolutely NOTHING is worth THAT!!!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2014 08:35PM by tevai.