I had 2 cans of diet coke today. Hope I make it past x-mas :upsidedow

50 brain tumors

It's got huge benefits..

Trust me, if you knew me offline, you'd be surprised as hell to hear me even posting something like this thread, for years I've drugged , drank and smoked and eaten myself nearly to the grave...

in the last year I've given up drugs, and drink only occasionally, I smoke still (for now), but only outdoors and have cut down to about 1/5th of what I was smoking...

Of all these changes, I noticed the biggest improvement once I made the food and water changes, it was very quick and very noticeable..

I thought fluoride is good for your teeth?? and that's why they put it in the water supply??

diet coke is a seriously fucked up beverage

Google it..

Watch the fluoride deception, or hit http://www.fluoridealert.org/ for information.

I'll tell you how I got into researching fluoride, I grew up in the country on well water .. and had PERFECT teeth till I was 20, then I moved to the city and within 2 years I had litte brown pits forming in my teeth, ( not like a cavity, different ) and within 5 years I had my entire mouth rot out... The only difference was fluoridated water, and I've been proven to have fluorosis ( fluoride poisoning )

Fluoride is scraped from the smoke stacks at fertilizer factories.. then added to our water.

no shit :2 cents:

you smoke and you are worried about diet sodas......muhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Yep, can see how that's funny, and even hypocritical, however .. I've been smoking for 20 years and am highly addicted

I'm planning on quitting .. just slowly, as unlike water and diet soda it's addictive and alot harder to change.

I guess you missed the part where I was smoking 5 times more a year ago..
I was a 2 pack a day smoker, now I'm down to about a half pack or less a day ( even less if it's freezing out )

I went through a similar experience in the last year. I was barely 30 and I got really sick and doctors couldnt figure out what was wrong with me, they threw all these ideas at me that I got tested for from auto-immune diseases to cancer to adrenal burnout. They said I had chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia, there were days when I couldnt leave my couch. I started losing weight drastically, in an unhealthy way.. 15 lbs in 3 weeks. I was getting constant chest pain and there were days where my body was in so much pain I just stayed in bed. The fatigue was so bad that I couldnt make it up the 12 steps at my house sometimes without stopping.

Time passed and I decided to change my lifestyle and habits. I knew I wasnt the healthiest person but I didn't think I was that bad but I realized I had to take matters into my own hands if I wanted to get better. I changed my diet.. went organic as best as I could and refrained from junk. I never drank much soda to begin with but switched entirely to water, herbal teas, and natural juices. Went to nutritionist, tested my blood, worked with my deficiencies with proper supplements. I stopped taking any pharmaceuticals minus advil sometimes.

Its been a little over a year later, my weight dropped almost 40 lbs (from 178lbs - 140 lbs) and I am in the best health I have ever been. Keep in mind, I used to weigh 135lbs 7 years ago before I moved to the US, I didnt realize how much excess strain that weight had put on my body, joints, and spine. I havent gotten sick since then except for a minor cold which I was able to curb pretty quickly with vit C and sinus rinses. My immunity is better... my energy levels are better.

I definitely believe the food made a difference as well as the drinks that I blend with spinach and stuff. Yoga has also been pivotal for me. I cook most of my own food and not only does the food TASTE better but I definitely need less of it. I have had many people tell me I look a few years younger because of my healthy glow.

I did all this after doing my own research because I used to laugh at health nuts. Now I send friends recipes and tips. Speaking of recipes... I will leave you with the green drink recipe that I use which will boost immunity and energy and give you a good dose of greens high in alkaline:

1 cup spinach/kale
Half lemon (Leave skin on if you have a good blender)
Half apple, cored
1 tbsp parsley
1 inch ginger, peeled
1 stalk celery
A few ice cubes
¼ - ½ cup water or more, depending on how you like consistency.
Optional Ingredients:
1 tsp honey to help sweeten
Some cucumber
1 tbsp liquid cod liver oil, high in Vitamin D and Magnesium (the drink will help mask the taste)
1 tbsp omega-3 oil (flaxseed, fish, etc) for essential fatty acids

It helps to have a good blender and don?t be alarmed that the drink is a bit thick, you will need to drink the fibers as well for a lot of the benefits. It also may help to cut some of the ingredients into smaller pieces to help with the blending.

Wishing you all happy and healthy lives. :)

I was just busting your balls :) You're on the right path, best of luck kicking the cancer sticks. :thumbsup

Hmm, not sure that sounds so tasty but I'll give it a try :D
The biggest thing about all this is trying new things...

Artificial sweetners are evil... Those of you who know me know I am in a wheelchair with a form of Muscular Dystrophy from birth. A few years ago my pool therapist convinced me to try and eat better, switch to diet soda, etc etc..

Shortly after, I had developed a lymph infection in my lower legs, they were constantly swollen, sore, need pressure wraps, etc etc, not a pretty picture. So a while ago I started drinking water instead of soda and started drinking organic milk instead of regular milk. Odly enough, swelling in my legs has gone, sensation in the skin is returning, less head aches and light headedness and the organic milk does not congest me, IE no more sleep apnea.

More about the poison known as aspertame...

http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/fraud.htm

What really sucks nowadays, is that poisons like aspertame are sneaking into all sorts of foods, under the cover of "natural and artificial flavors".

It is VERY difficult to stay away from Aspertame, MSG, and numerous other poisons in our foods and drinks.

When a kid goes nuts and shoots up a school, do they check them for Aspertame, MSG, and other brain-fucking chemicals?

Why are these chemicals allowed in our foods? Is it the profit JUST from the Aspertame, or is it the additional profit from anti-depressants, medical expenses, population control?

Will the Obama administration address any of this?

At a minimum, we should at least KNOW if Aspertame or MSG are in a product, without hiding the fact - at a minimum, but really these things should just be illegal - period!

:1orglaugh Maybe he'll part the red sea too...

The amount of faith people are putting in Obama is really starting to scare me.

Great thread. Thanks for sharing everybody - positive or negative :thumbsup

Well I don't know what to say.

I'm 35. This morning I ran 12 km in just over 50 minutes. I hit the gym hard for an hour, and I did 2 punishing hours of martial arts this evening.

All of this pumped up on food fall of all these evils. Steroids and horomones and aspartame, oh my! I guess my body hasn't read the memo.

you roll the dice, you take your chances, there are no guarantees, but you can shift the odds around by the actions you take in life

you might eat like shit all your life, and smoke cigarettes, and live to be 105, but the odds of doing so are likely much less if you push your luck that way.... but some people get lucky, just like some people can do nothing all their lives, save nothing, don't work, but hit the lottery, that is the way it goes sometimes :2 cents:

Oh, don't get me wrong. I don't eat sugars, or white flour, grease, MSG, etc etc. I do have a can of diet cola every once and awhile though. I eat chicken, meats, dairy and vegetables never going free range or organic.

Fuck, give me some of the steroids and growth hormone in a syringe and I'll bang that shit right in to my quad now. :)

The point of the video, and it's made very clear in the video .. is that some people are just naturally weaker to fight off toxins like aspartame..

Hell, we all know some dude that smokes 4 packs a day and eats like a pig and is in great shape, but that's not the norm.

This video is saying that cigarettes will pale in comparison to the damage Aspartame is doing, I mean it's only been on the market since the mid eighties.. and the long term effects of it are starting to show up.. some people can drink it for days and have symptoms and others can drink the shit for years without symptoms, or only have "mild" symptoms.. or have symptoms that are diagnosed as other problems due to the misinformation that's out there surrounding this chemical..

All the problems I mentioned above with my bowels, and stomach I always thought was caused by coffee and cigarettes.. well, I'm drinking the same amount of coffee today as ever, and all the problems are gone after subtracting all these chemicals from my diet.

My brother asked me a valid question after talking about this " Well how come you have a few drinks of alcohol then? it's a poison isn't it? "

Alchohol is also a poison,

BUT I consume alcohol on my own will knowing when I'm taking it.. it's not snuck into my foods and drinks without me suspecting anything

it's a poison sure, a poison the body can break down for the most part, whereas aspartame is a cumulative poison like mercury, it never leaves your body..your body cannot break it down...
and someday you could discover a big ass brain tumor in your head ...

Doctors will likely blame it on smoking though :2 cents:

and you might end up much better off from the shots too

but the hormones you get from food though are much more likely to be estrogens, not anabolics or growth hormones, which mostly don't survive the digestive system that well :2 cents:

Cows get Bovine Growth Hormone though, right? I need some anti aging HGH treament combined with some testosterone replacement therapy. Christ, if I could get the body chemistry of an 18 year old again, you couldn't keep me away from that stuff. :winkwink:

Have any of you guys tried all natural Jamba Juice? They have some great products..

the peptide hormones such as growth hormone do not survive in the digestive system, so even if the cows were loaded with it your stomach would destroy it absolutely and completely

estrogens on the other hand often are absorbed very well by your digestive system, and these are the hormones that one should be concerned about in the diet :2 cents:

Jamba Juice is on the right track, but many of their drink choices are extreme on the sugar carbs

some of the whey protein drinks they have are a better more balanced choice though

I've recently pulled out my Brita water filter and started drinking more water. Still drink coke (the real/sugar laden version), but I've cut back on it significantly.

I read recently that the newer Brita filters don't actually filter out fluoride which is of concern.

Been thinking about going to a farmer's market rather than buying produce from the local supermarket, it's fresher and cheaper.

Little steps...

Coke Zero

funny thing is, while those foods will definitely make you feel better, in the end it is all up to genetics

I know triathlon runners that died of a heart attack while jogging, in perfect physical shape

I also know my 90 year old grandmother that has a recipe book she makes meals from every night...EVERY SINGLE recipe calls for at least 1 stick of whole salted butter...she has eaten processed foods, red meat, candy and soda since she was a child, and to this day, at 90 years old, she climbs on her roof and empties her own gutters

every single person needs to figure out their OWN spcific diet for their OWN bodies...it took me years to figure out what what my body thrives on and I stay in perfect health eating is shit you all would die in a year from eating....triple bacon cheeseburgers, pizza every other day, 12 pack of coca cola every day, etc...not to mention 2 packs of marlboro reds every day (which I smoked since I was 11)...my last physical was 2 months ago...all blood levels were perfect for my age and the doc said "you have the lungs of a 16 year old, there is no damage that is apparent"...not to mention I NEVER get sick, EVER.....last time I had even as much as a cough was 5-8 years ago

a good rule of thumb when picking things to eat, if yoou eat it, and you don't like it or it made you feel like shit afterwards, that is your bodies was of saying that particular food isn't right for your body

wanna REALLY go crazy and break this down even further? Figure out your blood type and then grab this book http://www.google.com/products/catal...658#ps-sellers and use it as a manual for eating for a month. My wife used it and within a month she was her perfect weight and felt like she was walking on clouds

Coke Zero has artificial sweeteners as well.

Plus it doesn't taste the same.

http://www.thezeromovement.org/coke_...gredients.html

No, they don't..
Also, here's a fun fact.. The SECOND you use hot water through a brita, it's useless, from that moment on it filters nothing :(

Check out RO water, I pay literally the price of 2 coffees worth for a weeks supply.. and I have a large family.

I was wondering what hot water would do to an on-tap filter. I was going to buy one the other day, but decided against it when I saw the mention of it passing fluoride through. Might look at getting an under-sink system installed instead.

kinda scrarry ..
i dont dreak coke anf other sweet drink..only water and milk!

google Fluoride, and Bovine Growth hormone ... :2 cents:

Ever wonder why all the 14 year olds got big ass titties now adays ?
Google has your answer..

You're STILL killing yourself.

And yes, I know that all these nice titties seem like a benefit, but look into it a bit and you'll see why it's not..

http://www.dorway.com/
http://www.dorway.com/
http://www.dorway.com/
http://www.dorway.com/

http://dorway.com/dorwblog/
http://dorway.com/dorwblog/
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Get the facts.

I'd fuck her cancerous brains out ...

Coke has been a problem since...forever. And many other drinks with bubbles. I am on a natural diet too and works great

It is actually not bad.... I have sold other people on it just by tasting it. Use spinach instead of kale... it will help with the flavor.

ok, fuck it last day of diet coke. I've been wanting to quit that shit for some time. Plz post more healthy drinks recipes, as alternatives...

The fact that I am agreeing with you scares as I firmly believe you are a lunatic but I had to stop drinking Diet Coke (I drank a lot) a while ago because I was getting massive headaches. My brother alerted me to some of the health effects and so I switched to coffee and now my headaches are gone. I notice that now that when I occasionally grab a Diet Coke a headache soon follows. It seems that long term use of Aspertime may not be a good idea.

It's all good.. I am used to being called a lunatic online, I tend to spout off randomly..
However, if you were to meet me, and sit down with me, you'd find I'm actually a very intelligent and level headed person.

I'm just feeling a little ripped off by the "illusions" around us lately...
I study history alot and I see the writings on the wall of repetition, People seem to think because it's 2008 we're above evil and deceit.. that's more crazy than ANYTHING I've been saying.

perhaps I'm wrong about everything, and I'd me more than happy to be wrong..but I doubt I am :2 cents:

Thank you!

I have been saying this for years but everyone thinks am mad!

I would rather get fat than consume that artificial sweetener shit

Thank God I don't like it

i quit diet coke today

I can think of much more dangerous things that will kill ya

this is an excellent read, for those of you wanting to do some more of your own research:



The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health
http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-L...9125467&sr=1-1



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here's where you can read a few pages:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0525...0V#reader-link

Congrats! Now I'll get back to eating my delicious, fresh, hot, crispy, deep fried chicken nuggets.

I get a headache sometimes after drinking Coke Zero.

Cherry Coke - when it was available in Australia - was guaranteed to give me a bad headache, although I don't recall it being marketed as sugar free.

I am happy to report that after consuming another can of Diet Coke tonight, I am still alive.

Tonight I substituted freshly cooked cooked chicken breast (flattened it then grilled it in some foil with a couple of lemon slices over it) instead of slices of processed chicken loaf.

Add some fresh tomato slices, wholegrain mustard and whole egg mayo... yummy sandwiches!!! :D

Little steps

:1orglaugh

Just wondering cause you seem like you're very fit, and health wise..
have you considered while reading this thread, that perhaps you'd see a major increase in stamina and the gains you're already making if you cut some of the chemicals out of your diet?

You seem eager to shoot a chemical into your body for the gains and rejuvenation, has it crossed your mind that cutting out the chems might provide this to you?

Just a thought.. but maybe you'd run that 10 miles faster, and have more energy left over after? possible ?

I invite you to try it for a month .. last week we all read you make tons of money lol, so clearly you can afford the organic and high quality foods, what do you have to lose?

Hey, if fluoride is so bad then what do you use to brush your teeth with? All my toothpastes have fluoride. I also use a mouth wash that contains fluoride also..

So you don't even buy normal toothpaste like crest or colgate??