Could diet coke be making me feel sick?

(Ellen) #1

First up, I have a caffeine addiction without liking tea or coffee, have managed to reduce consumption to 2 cans in the morning at work but recently have started feeling ill by 11ish, could this be my body telling me the sweeteners in it are bad & I need to quit?
Have tried green tea but doesn’t really do it for me, do I just need to battle through and quit the coke?

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #2

It could be, but it is most likely caffeine withdrawal.

I have had to quit caffeine during the day, but I have a stimulant to help. It’s an insufficient dosage, but that’ll be ramped up eventually. But caffeine is highly addictive and will go wrong if not kept to the normal schedule.

This may pass in a couple weeks.

#3

As far as diet sodas go, I’ve only tried Diet Dr. Pepper. It was nasty and it turned me off any diet soda. I do like sugar free energy drinks though.

(Sophie) #4

I was never hooked on cola but I did love a ton of flavored creamer with my coffee. When I stopped coffee, because I couldn’t drink it black, I switched to Black Tea. It’s the highest caffeine content of the teas. Green is second highest. You might want to try it.

(Garry (Canada)) #5

Keep some Advil (Headache medication) handy when you decide to quit the caffeine…

(Karl) #6

I drink a ton of Diet soda - at least 2 liters a day, and a couple of Monster Ultras to boot. Doesn’t affect me in the least keto-wise.

(Ellen) #7

Grr, I hope not, last time I quit I was the Wicked Bitch of the West! Just have to grit my teeth and push on.

(Ellen) #8

Yeah, I’ve got green tea, it just doesn’t really seem to hit the spot, will keep trying though.

(Sophie) #9

Not sure where you are but these are my go-to’s. I found them both at WalMart.
My favorite:

My #2:

(Ellen) #10

Cheers Sophie, not sure I could get them in the UK, but I’ll keep looking for something to have.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

Caffeine withdrawal lasts no more than a couple of weeks. You can either tough it out, or else do what I do: hook a coffee pot up to an intravenous drip! :smiley:

(Susan Lawrence) #13

The sweeteners in the diet pop could be messing with your gut bugs.
I’m a licensed acupuncturist and am super interested in nutrition, I’ve been doing my continuing education in functional medicine and In my studying of the microbiome this is actually very common.
I wish it weren’t so. (the gut thing)

(Niall) #14

I had 3 glasses of diet pepsi last night before bed. Today I have felt really sick and lethargic and dizzy. Could this be caused by the diet Pepsi then?

(Ellen) #15

Could be, hope you’re feeling better today.