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(you guys are going to hate me! now you're going to get the whole story of my caffiene addiction and attempt to get the monkey off my back!)

many people find the aspartame in Diet Coke to be a GI irritant, as well. i had no clue about that 'til a friend said something about aspartame. i totally didn't believe her, but after a while of being frustrated with the diet i decided to switch to Coke as an experiment. (mind you, the diet says "no sodas" so i had a lot of nerve being mad that the diet "wasn't working!")

i had already switched from coffee and Diet Coke to tea and the occasional Diet Coke and it helped... but i was still getting my "D."

so i thought, well why not try the aspartame theory out!? i switched to Coke. my diarrhea all but went away. can you believe it!? i mean, i still had attacks back then, but i stopped running to the bathroom 5 times a morning like i had been... i can't drink a lot of Coke, and i really do better if i have it with/after soluble fiber, but still. that's not too shabby.

WARNING: i immediately noticed the extra calories in Coke. they showed up as pounds on the scale.

now i only have one or two a week as a treat.

*j

PS: i always thought people who took aspartame and things like that out of their diets were neurotic. the joke is on me, isn't it!? i had to give up sodas, aspartame, and wheat! add that to the fact that i gave up red meat, drink soy, primarily shop at a health food store, and take all sorts of weird supplements... i've turned into that woman i used to laugh at. who cares!? no more diarrhea! WAHOO!

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