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I wish to say something. I consume between 2 and 3 liters of Coca-Cola(diet) per day, which uses Aspartame. I have done so since 2014, but moreso in the past 2 years.

This is without the additional Monster Energy diet which I may consume within the same day. I do hope it's only this and not something more sinister, like cancer.

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I go nuts on Diet Coke, we all have our vices, but 2-3 liters a day plus monster ... bruh! Nothing - absolutely nothing - in this life is free. There is a cost for everything. This is undoubtedly having negative impacts on your health.

Still, the same amount of regular coke and monster would be worse.

A wise man once said: It's best if you drink water. If you drink one coke a week, then it's best you drink a regular one with sugar. But if it's more and you can't help yourself, then at least drink diet coke instead of regular coke.

What makes this man wise, when the effects of excess sugar and a blood sugar spike are well documented and aspartime in diet is one of the most heavily-researched sweetners with nothing more than questionable claims attached (and unlike some sweeteners does not have a GI load)?

As I understand it Cola based beverages containing phosphoric acid are linked to kidney disease. So regardless if this particular issue proves to be true I think it would be in your best health interest to cut back.

https://kidneystonesclinic.in/carbonated-beverages-may-be-hu... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433753/

From your link:

> Old fashioned, homemade lemonade is one of the healthier options for your body.

This is very bad advice. Old fashioned homemade lemonade is water plus lemon juice plus enough sugar to make it sweet. Lots of sugar.

Which I assume is why they said "healthier" and not "healthy".

Like smoking a cigarette with a filter tip is one of the healthier options for your body, compared to without it.

Like smoking half a pack is better than a pack a day, yeah.

Probably not great for your teeth, either.

I’ve done the same for roughly the past 20 years. No increase in anxiety beyond the level I already had before, though I can’t exclude the possibility that it would have gone down further without that consumption.

Studies have been conducted about this, and many times have shown at best very mild correlations with confounding not controlled for (one French study is an example of this).

I hope you have a very active lifestyle and good genes as this will probably wreck your liver.

I used to till around 2 years ago. But I am on track to my prior athletic performance.

Regardless of the almost certain negative health effects, that's one hell of an expensive habit! You'd save money if you switched to smoking cigarettes!

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