A man who "drank too much Diet Coke" said he refused to accept it was bad for him, before embarking on four weeks without the beverage in a bid to prove his belief.
Paul said: "I was aware that Diet Coke has the artificial sweetener aspartame in it, but then so do tonnes of drinks, even many fruit squashes and flavoured waters. People also told me what happened if you left a penny in a glass of coke and how it must be doing the same to my insides, but no way was I giving it up."
He added: "One room of my house was always stocked with crates of the stuff, and there was a ready supply in the fridge." "While day one saw no dramatic physical effects from my sudden change in liquid refreshment, and I found drinking water okay, I did crave sweetness a little. But I did have an epiphany of sorts. I realised that my glass of Coke with a meal was not just for liquid refreshment, I was drinking it because my body had got used to having a mouthful of something sweet after every bite of savoury.
"I began having debates within my own brain. My brain would say, 'just have your Coke, you love it, it probably won't make any difference any way', then another part would hit back with, 'no, you can do this - stick at it'.""I went for a 55k cycle in beautiful warm weather and how I craved an ice cold Coke with little bubbles forming on the outside of the glass. I could almost taste it, hear the ice cubes clinking together.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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