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OnDoutside

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4. There's definitely something there alright. I went through

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 03:05 AM

Apr 2017

A bad phase of 3 or 4 pints a day for a few months and my stomach felt really uncomfortable after it. I now drink a minimum of 4 pints of still water every day, but am still drinking about a pint of diet coke. I'm going to try and go off it completely for May. I find carbonated drinks cause more wind, which has a knock on effect, for me, of being less regular.

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I'm off diet coke. The news that it messes with one's gut bacteria did it for [View all] applegrove Apr 2017 OP

Good for you, I need to do the same. OnDoutside Apr 2017 #1

I figure I have some sort of metabolic syndrome. And diet coke applegrove Apr 2017 #2

There's definitely something there alright. I went through OnDoutside Apr 2017 #4

The acid in colas plays hell with the bones as I got older dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #11

I like plain soda water Major Nikon Apr 2017 #7

been on 2-5 diet for 5 week. safeinOhio Apr 2017 #3

I did that for a bit. Could not sustain it. 500 to 600 calories is just too hard applegrove Apr 2017 #5

I'll tell you my secret. safeinOhio Apr 2017 #6

I do Fast Five TuxedoKat Apr 2017 #9

Do you like Cranberry Juice? TuxedoKat Apr 2017 #8

Congrats. Thanks for the advice. applegrove Apr 2017 #10

I've never been able to stomach any kind of diet soft drink ailsagirl Apr 2017 #12