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Why do I feel like crap unless I drink coke?

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SammoMc · 16/09/2020 16:39

During lockdown I gave up my regular can of full fat cola, not every day but most days I had a can. I went 4 months without any fizzy drinks at all. I already don't drink caffine or smoke and I've never drank alcohol. My diet is pretty good, vegetarian for 20 years, all health from scratch cooking. I expected to feel rubbish the first few days and week but I just never felt much better even after months of no drinking coke at all I felt headachy, foggy and tired. The past week I started having the odd can again and feel so much better, more alert and have more energy.

Not sure what is going on here it the coke doing something like raising my blood pressure slightly from being too low to make me feel better?

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ElspethFlashman · 16/09/2020 16:41

Its the sugar.

Possibly you could consider having fasting blood sugar done to see if you are a bit hypoglycemic.

spiderlight · 16/09/2020 16:57

It might be the caffeine as well.

PurpleDaisies · 16/09/2020 16:58

Caffeine addiction.

I went cold turkey on coffee one lent and suffered awfully with it!

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SammoMc · 16/09/2020 16:59

@ElspethFlashman OK am getting my fasting blood sugar done on Friday

@spiderlight I'll try having a green tea or Matcha to see if that works.

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ScribblyGum · 16/09/2020 16:59

Fluids, sugar, caffeine.

SammoMc · 16/09/2020 17:00

@PurpleDaisies But I gave up coke for 4 months and don't drink coffee and only have decaf tea so had very little to no caffine in that time approx 14 weeks. Surely the addiction would have resolved in that time and I would have felt better without it?

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SammoMc · 16/09/2020 17:01

@ScribblyGum Hmm, thought that sugar and caffine were supposed to be bad for me!

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Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 16/09/2020 17:05

I have this just now because I'm pregnant. Its about the only thing I can drink. I need to drink it or I feel like crap. Must be the sugar and the caffeine. I had a bit of a coffee addiction before I was pregnant, so I'm guessing this has replaced it.

niveaessential · 16/09/2020 17:20

a 12oz can of coke has 34mg of caffeine, diet coke has 45mg, coffee has up to 140mg. Your body got used to running on caffeine and it does take a long time to get over it when you stop drinking coke. I used to drink a 2L bottle of diet coke during my 12 hour shifts, when I stopped I felt terrible for a long time. I had to take B12 to give myself some energy during the day, otherwise I'd never get out of bed Grin

HannaYeah · 16/09/2020 17:51

Low blood sugar?

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