Wow what an awesome child hood you were lucky to have! Thank you for sharing your experience.

And you are so right, food almost worldwide is not as high quality as it used to be, with most people eating so much processed food and literally killing themselves early, not to mention how they suffer due to the different disease conditions. This is why a lot more people are choosing to grow their own food as much as possible, depending on themselves and at the same time educating themselves on what proper nutrition is all about.

Now I think my mom’s irrational paranoia of ‘chemicals’ was great, Thank you mom!

And I also feel that growing up where I did was a sort of health spa vacation compared to what american kids get.

After I moved to America at the age of 18, my cola intake went through the roof Because of cola served in the college cafeteria!
Anyways I moved back at the age of 24 but now the local food isnt as good as it used to be.

Hurray for capitalism with a weak government!
-Timur

Great question and the answer is yes. Cola is an acid and if we know anything from basic chemistry is that acids react with metals by breaking them down. Now naturally the metals are treated a bit and not raw metals in the cases of the cans, and in much of canned food, they are in fact lined with BPA (the hormone altering plastic substance) which is even worse.

Bottom line all soda should be avoided, but if one has a choice between glass, plastic and metal can – always choose the glass container. This holds true for all foods.

Now as for the difference in how you feel from a fast food dispenser compared to a can of pop, that is a whole other issue and has nothing to do with the metal. Fast food restaurants “water down” their soda so you do not get the same concentration of the substance you do, compared to drinking it from a can (ex. the caffeine amount). In fact, I was once told that it never comes to them for the dispensers in bottles, they reconstitute the mix from a syrupy liquid in the restaurant with water. This is the most likely reason why you feel the way you do. Think back and notice the difference in taste. Soda from restaurants never seems to taste the same as straight from the can or bottle.

I try not to drink much pop, but on the occasions when i’ve had a can of pop even at noon, I’ll wake up between 3-5 consistantly! yet i don’t notice as strong a tendancy to wake up when i drink the same pop out of the dispenser from a fast food resteraunt. One of my friend noticed the same trend.

Thanks much.

Oh how wonderful to hear from you and hear about your progress! I cannot tell you how happy I am for you – 5 months – wow! Congratulations!

Linda, your words and feedback went straight to my heart – thank you so much for what you expressed. I am just so happy that I was able to help in some way.

It is great that you are moving more and more away from all soda. Here is an idea to really kick up your health and get hooked on drinks that you never have to feel bad about drinking: If you have a blender, start making your own smoothies. They honestly are so quick and easy, taste great, will save you money and will continue to nourish your body with the essential nutrients it needs and once you start putting greens in them, even offer the very helpful alkalizing effect.

Making them in the morning and taking them with you in a big thermos or something to work if that is part of your routine works too. This way you know what you put into this substance you are consuming and can enjoy it too as they can be so delicious.

Start with something simple like blending some strawberries and bananas and crushed ice. Once you get comfortable add in more combos of fruits and slowly experiment with adding veggies, especially green leafy ones. There are some smoothie recipes on this site too, if that helps.

Anyhow, thank you for sharing how you have been doing – I can only imagine how much further and even better feeling you will be in the next 5 months with the motivation and pace you are at now :)

It actually wasn’t as tough as I expected it to be. I haven’t had a drop of coke since the day that I quit and have been eating alot more. I gained 10 pounds and now weigh a near healthy 107 (I’m 5’4).

I now need to kick another habit…I replaced the Coke by Ginger Ale! I don’t drink near as much of it that I did coke though. I drink lots of water and juice now.

Thank you for your web site. You’ve done more for me than you can imagine, and certainly more than any of the dozens of dr’s that I saw.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me! I’m 36 hours Coke free (I have never went more than 24 hours in the past 4 years and that’s because I had surgery). I usually get to bed at 11pm, yesterday, I was dead tired by the time it was 8h30pm. I went to bed but had a very restless night, but today was great. I feel so good about not putting that ‘crap’ into my system. I even ate more today than I have in years!
Again thank you. I will write again but I have this feeling that I spent thousands of dollars on doctors and years suffering which could have been avoided had I found your website.

Based on what you wrote, although I cannot speculate for sure without further looking at your diet, based on what you described it is very likely that the large amounts of coca-cola are leading to your digestive disturbances. Here is why:

Coca cola is very corrosive, based on the amounts you were drinking it is likely that it has interfered with your natural stomach acidity, never mind your stomach lining which could be at risk as well.

Secondly coca cola has loads of sugar in it and is highly addictive. Based on your amounts, your body now treats this substance like a drug and I can only imagine the withdrawals you are going to face getting off of this. But stick with it and do not despair! You need to clean out and detox your system.

Thirdly coca-cola is highly acidic, now not from a direct point of view, but indirect in terms of what it breaks down into. Such breakdown products cause your bones to release A LOT of calcium and other minerals to neutralize these effects in your blood stream. So comes the weakness and fragility.

To add to all of this, you are probably severely depleted of valuable nutrients like minerals and are in serious need of alkalizing your body.

I am thrilled to hear that you have decided to give up this substance. Do tell us how it is going for you and how you feel afterward. I applaud your stance for giving it up, it is nothing but a poison to your body which your body wants none of.

And finally in terms of doctor’s giving you a clean bill of health – it all depends on what they tested. As long as your basic blood work is fine, they say all is well, but it is only on a deeper level that we find lots of things lurking within that are the precursors to future diseases. A great thing to do would also to be consider locating a naturopath in your area and having some detailed tests done where they can really analyze the state of your body and help you bring it back to balance, to avoid future health conditions.