Is That Bad ?

[joechimp]

Because I have nothing better to do at this moment, I write the following.


I drink about 2 gallons of liquid a day. It is in the form of fruit juice such as V8 Fusion.
Whole Milk, Diet Pepsi,or equivalent. Crystal Lite Lemonade, and lots and lots of water.
I don't always do this because I am dying of thirst, I just do it.
For example. A short while ago I drank about 8oz of Crystal lite. Approx. 32 oz of water.
I also, In the last 10 minutes  drank about 30 oz of diet Pepsi.
Going to go over 2 gallons today.

Is that bad?


oh yes btw, I pee a lot. 

[luikki]

i wouldn't think it is good...

Diet Coke™ is sweetened by aspartame

unless you buy Low Sodium V8, you get 600 milligrams of sodium in every 11½ oz. can

[Grandpa]

What is your B.P., your blood sugar lever?  Do you live where it is very hot and dry.  Your Dr. would be the one to ask.

[µT6]

gallons as in 1 gallon equal to 3.78 liters?

if you drink two gallons, then that would give you 7.6 liters more or less

daily you should drink around 3 liters of water(some says 2, others says 3), that includes water from food/fruits and other liquids/drinks but this also depends on the age, the older we get, the more liquids/water we need, especially to handle hard to digest food

if you live in a place where the temperature makes you sweat and the air is mostly dry, then maybe this wouldn't be too much but if is a mostly cold weather place, then, i think that you are drinking too much liquids

i would recommend you to limit yourself to 5 liters, that would be a gallon and 1/3 more or less

if most of that is water, your body will just sweat it or you will do from the 1 or the 2 alot, but as mentioned before, the other drinks contain lots of sugar/aspartame, lots of salt and who knows what chemicals and your body probably won't like that much, water helps handle all that, yes but if you don't put much load on your organs and keep things simple for your body, better for you i think

[Linux-Blue]

aspartame - 

I had Crystal Light. Maybe it's something in my body, maybe it was the anxiety I had before, but I WILL NEVER x1000 to the millionth power, drink this EVER AGAIN!!!!
EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With me, it screwed me up for 6+ months. I began to have panic attacks almost every time I went to any store, fast food, gas station, etc. at times. fear of panic while driving, fear of passing out, throwing up. at times, fear of people. the sight of people, even people I know and like at work, friends, yes, I'd instantly get into such a great panic of passing out or throwing up, that I'd rush to the bathroom. panics so bad, I left work early at times. Crystal Light. Something I started drinking back in June of '12 for two months, and start of June, I was going CRAZY with these panics.

If you feel light headed, maybe the runs every morning, dizziness, whatever, I'd stay clear of ALL Crystal Light and drinks like it, anything diet, anything with no cals.
Horrible!!!!!!!

Sorry. Just had to say at least that.

[joechimp]

Thank you all for your input.

Climate isn't a factor. My vital functions are in order , or maybe not it seems.

I have always enjoyed drinking a lot of liquids. The Diet Pepsi I know is probably the worst of the bunch. I don't normally drink as much of that as the other things. Today for some reason I did. I do drinks lots of water. I never thought that to be a problem. I started drinking V8 fusion because it had so many good things in it like all the fruits and vegetables you need in a day.
Oh, I left out I have one cup of instant coffee in the morning.

Today seems to be a bit stranger , because it seems I am drinking more than usual. Perhaps I am just thinking about it more because I started this thread. Have a Doctor's appointment coming up. I will ask him. 2 Plus gallons is a lot.

Oh well, I will abide by what he tells me. In the mean time, it is time to go fill my glass.  

[joechimp]

aspartame - 

I had Crystal Light. Maybe it's something in my body, maybe it was the anxiety I had before, but I WILL NEVER x1000 to the millionth power, drink this EVER AGAIN!!!!
EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW! I haven't had that problem but maybe I should stop anyway. I am sorry it affected you so bad. That is terrible.

[Grandpa]

One of the symptoms diabetes is unusual thirst. 

[joechimp]

One of the symptoms diabetes is unusual thirst. 

Well, I have an appointment with my Doctor in a week or so. I will find out then.

I did go on 2 medications that are new to my body that coincide with the extra thirst. However, as I mentioned, I always drink and drank a lot. Something I have always done. But it has been a bit more lately.

I will look forward to finding out soon.

Thanks for the interest.

[dcwbis]

aspartame - 

I had Crystal Light. Maybe it's something in my body, maybe it was the anxiety I had before, but I WILL NEVER x1000 to the millionth power, drink this EVER AGAIN!!!!
EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW! I haven't had that problem but maybe I should stop anyway. I am sorry it affected you so bad. That is terrible.

I would also recommend avoiding anything containing aspartame.  In addition to reports that diet drinks actually cause weight gain, there are many reports regarding problems caused by aspartame.  Here is one such link:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/06/aspartame-most-dangerous-substance-added-to-food.aspx

[jaydot]

joe, you're giving your kidneys a hell of a workout.  because i drink loads of tea the nurse where i worked tested me for diabetes (negative).  if you have a paunch, that's where the water is.

[Bald Brick]

One of the symptoms diabetes is unusual thirst.  

Well, I have an appointment with my Doctor in a week or so. I will find out then.

In a week or so?! Are you certain you don't need an ambulance?

Your doctor will probably pronounce you DOA, and if you don't care yourself it would be a great loss to the forum.

Most people should drink more than they do - but within reason. Not only when it comes to artificially sweetened drinks.

[Linux-Blue]

Mercola is good, from what I have seen in the past.

some of what aspartame can do to you (from that website)



        Headaches/migraines (I had)
        Nausea (yep)
        Abdominal pains (yep)
        Fatigue (blocks sufficient glucose entry into brain - (don't think so)
        Sleep problems (off and on)
        Vision problems (in a sense, yes, this was during panic attacks, or just before)
        Anxiety attacks (oh yeah!!!)
        Depression (in a sense yes, feeling trapped, not yourself anymore)
        Asthma/chest tightness. (yep!)

Like I said, NEVER AGAIN will I touch it. NEVER! and that arizona tea, 1/3 calories, tea/lemonade. was good, until I found out it had aspartame, or something like it, that s name, suraclose or something.
never touched that since either.

To feel normal, to go to places, meet people, dine out, Orchestras, etc. and then to feel you can't handle a simple "get gas for car and pay", each and every day for months. yeah...never again.

Good luck by the way, hopefully it can be taken care of, whatever it is.

[joechimp]

Aspartame seems to be a bad culprit. No one likes it. I will seek alternatives. 

A paunch is as good a name as any for what my belly has become. 

Yes a week or so is probably not a good idea, that is why I just called my Doctor to see if I can come in sooner.

Not so sure it would be a loss to the forum but more for all the companies who's products I buy. 

Thank you all.

[Reb]

Like I said, NEVER AGAIN will I touch it. NEVER! and that arizona tea, 1/3 calories, tea/lemonade. was good, until I found out it had aspartame, or something like it, that s name, suraclose or something.
never touched that since either.

Yep, I stay clear of all artificial or manipulated foods and ingredients as far as is possible.

Actually, sucralose isn't quite as bad as some others, but it's still a manipulated (not natural) product.

here's a link to a wikipedia page about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose


And good luck at the Dr's Joe, hope everything is ok.