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Re: PCOS, eating disorders, & diet coke
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:18:58 -0600 (CST)
Jodi I appreciate your posts, that was well thought out and a very
insightful thing to point out! I have some pretty severe weight isses
(my weight now borders on disabling for me) but I never, never could dig
the diet coke thing. It's just too nasty for me to stomach! BUT, I have
been an avid coffee guzzler for years. I grew up in a swedish family
and not only do we make our coffee like 3 times the strength of
"average" American coffee, I remember being spoon-fed it when I was a
toddler and given mugs of it in kindergarten. I've never looked back,
and believe me it was a godsend in college! But I have also struggled
with insomnia because of it, and now that we are actively ttc I think I
have to give up the caffeine. (I am thinking this is related not only
with the caffeine but also in an ED kind of way, I haven't eaten
breakfast in probably a decade, just coffee, and I use it to replace
other meals too!)
At 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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