New Coke??

[Bob_Skurka]

I'm allergic to the tannins in red wine, same effect, bad headaches. Even when I only take a small amount of a red, like a half a glass. So I limit myself to the whites and eliminate the side affects.

As for the caffeine, I am a coffee junkie at work, but I learned long ago about the problems of caffeine withdrawl so I drink it on the weekends too /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif As I now approach my mid 40's I'm adding a lot more water to my diet as well. My main complain is it tastes like water!

 

[slowrev]

Why is a bottle of POP cheaper than a bottle of water ?

 

[dummy]

I noticed the same thing about beer.

 

[Gatorboy]

Gasoline is cheaper than both.

On a tangent, did you know that at the fast food joints, it's drinks and fries that give them their profits? A large soft drink (including cup) costs the restaurant about 8 cents -- and they charge over $1 for it. Fries have a similar cost.

 

[tracdoc]

slowrev,
Sounds like you're off the scale on the chemical aftertaste and upsets that nutrasweet produces. Fortunately, my distaste for it is mild. Saccharin bothers me more. The new one, sucralose (Splenda) bothers my wife and a lot of other people I know, but not me. It's interesting. In Europe and in many other countries the chief sweetener is still cyclamate (Sucaryl) which was dropped by Abbott Labs in the USA because of concerns that it caused bladder cancer in mice. Turns out that the study design was flawed, and it's harmless (in that regard at least). Patent expired, and other companies started making it worldwide. A can of diet Coke in the EU has a blend of these chemicals, and its taste is 'distinctive', to say the least. I won't drink it there. On the other hand, the taste of Classic Coke in the EU, and I imagine the world over is just like in the USA. Can't beat good ol' sugar--in moderation, at least.

 

[Egon]

Chim:
I was thinking of the pre 1911 coke.

Water and lemon juice just can't be beat when your working hard and thirsty.

Egon

 

[Junkman]

For the difficult question since this thread has turned to health.... What causes Migraines?? What foods should be avoided that might contribute to their frequency?????

 

[fishman]

Caffeine = the devil's work = poison
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At least that's what I've come to realize after kicking the coffee/coke habit after years of caffeine addiction. I HAD to have a morning caffienated drink or I was worthless. Used to drink a minimum of 3 caffeinated drinks per day. I've got it down to a science now. I can drink a coke every three days and be fine. If I drink on consecutive days, there is good odds that I'll get tired and/or a headache on the afternoon of the second coke-free day. If I drink coke for three days, I will get sick, tired, and a headache on the afternoon of the second day.

Of course, to avoid all of this hassle and counting days, etc., it's easier just to drink water or juice or my personal favorite, decaffienated quick brew Lipton.

I think a lot of people who suffer from headaches and tiredness don't make the connection between them and caffeine intake/dehydration. It's amazing how much a gatorade will improve how you feel.

 

[_RaT_]

You may well be on to somehing. I can remember when I was framing homes for my Dad and at lunch he would bring us a bottle of Pepsi, Dr Pepper etc., about 1/2 hour later I was worthless and all I could think of was a pillow and getting horizontal. On the other hand, water seems to do this the least. After football practice here in the heat of Sacramento summers, we would drink many gallons of fluid. I was just on the cusp of not being allowed water during practice. My senior year we got a sip of salty so called Gatorade half way through practice.

 

[higgy]

Gatorboy,

Try a vitamin b complex when you go to bed. This will help eliminate many of the head aches. It has to do with the metabolism of the alcohol.

Give it a try works for me.