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Re: PCOS, eating disorders, & diet coke
From: Dona (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:10:21 -0600 (CST)
>My dad mentioned to me that he is reading the Syndrome X book and it warns agains drinking diet sodas because nutra sweet is a mirror image to sugar in your body and can cause IR to worsen????had anyone else heard of this?? I'm going to have to barrow this book from him when he is done!!
Dona
Wed, 28 Feb 2001, jodi wrote:
>now that i know there are at least two other people here with eating
>disordered pasts... i want to again bring up the possibility of a
>relationship... with one other factor.
>
>it's been my experience that people with eating disorders put away a
>significantly greater deal of diet coke (or in my case, diet pepsi...)
>than the rest of the population. perhaps this is true in the case of
>ANYONE on a seriously hard to follow diet. i mean, you can consume mass
>quantities of this stuff... it has no calories... it fills you up...
>it gives you energy...
>
>i was guilty of putting away 2-4 litres of this stuff a DAY for YEARS.
>if you think cigarettes are an expensive habit, try diet coke. :P
>
>(i have, thankfully, finally kicked this habit...)
>
>but anyway. on the one hand, i think bulimia plays a big role in
>worsening the symptoms of PCOS. as to whether or not bulimia brings it
>on in the first place, i don't know for sure. but i do think it worsens
>the symptoms.
>
>i have a sinking feeling - and have for some time - that consuming huge
>amounts of diet coke does the same thing. i have read in multiple
>sources that caffeine raises your insulin levels. i have also read that
>nutrasweet raises your insulin levels, merely because it is a sweet
>substance and makes your body think there is a need for insulin. (i am
>not sure if i buy this one... i like to think your body would be smart
>enough to figure out a sweet taste from an actual rise in blood sugar...
>but the possibility exists.)
>
>SO. those of you with EDs & ED histories... do you also have a history
>of diet coke guzzling? even those of you without a history of EDs...
>since the weight struggle is so prevelent among us, do any of YOU have a
>history of diet coke guzzling? of black coffee or other caffeine source
>guzzling, for that matter?
>
>i just wonder if there could possibly be a connection between diet coke
>and PCOS...
>
>for what it's worth i know avoid caffeine and nutrasweet COMPLETELY. i
>might consider trying that splenda stuff some time... but for now i am
>trying to eliminate funky cehmicals from my diet.
>
>- jodi
>
>ps - i feel like i ramble too much on this board without contributing
>anything useful... if anyone else feels the same, feel free to ask me
>to shut up. :)
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