I was just fixing to post and tell y'all about the Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper that is AWESOME. does not remotely taste like a diet soda. but then, i decided to take my "beating cancer with nutrition" book with me to the rads onc today, and i got to the Sugar Chapter. Not only is sugar evil, but so is aspartame, and saccharine. Sigh. 95% of the diet drinks out there are sweetened with aspartame. i know, because i went to the grocery store after the dr, and checked.
Near as I can figure, my three choices in regard to diet, non-aspartame sodas are: Diet RC, Pepsi Zero, and Diet Rite. I bought a 2 liter bottle of Diet RC, and tried it. It's not repulsive, but it is not fabulous like the aforementioned Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper.
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I finished cancer treatment on October 12, 9 months to the day after I heard those words, "The tumor was cancerous."
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3 comments:
I know it sucks, but you really are doing the right thing. I actually have almost entirely weaned myself off of diet sodas because of my growing aversion to chemicals and processed foods. (I used to have one every day, and now it's down to 1-2 a week, and falling.)
What does your cancer book say about honey vs. refined sugar? How about fruit juice sweetened stuff? I've made my own homemade ginger ale with honey. And Whole Foods and Central Market carry sodas that are sweetened with natural stuff. Is it having the sweet calories at all, or the processed sugar? If it's the latter, there may be options for you. They don't taste as much like processed-goodness as the other sodas do, but it might be better than nothing. :)
What a bummer! I hate when my choices, especially in regards to food, are restricted like that for whatever reason. I feel your pain! LOL
i saw an ad for that and thought "ewww" however, i was not brought up in the land of dr. pepper. i want to give up sugar as well but it is just evil i tell ya.
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