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I Used To Drink 20 Cans Of Fizzy Drinks A Day And Now I Have Heart Disease

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NellieGirl · 18/05/2025 20:27

I used to drink 20 cans of fizzy drinks a day, mostly coke and irn bru.

A month ago, I was diagnosed with heart disease and I got told I needed to stop drinking fizzy drinks completely or I would be at risk of a heart attack.

I am allowed to drink all other drinks that are not fizzy. I don't like milk, and water is boring and so is fruit juice. It's not only boring, I'm also sad that I'm not allowed to drink fizzy drinks anymore, not even occasionally. I feel sad pretty much all the time.

It is making me never want to go to parties or go out for dinner. Me, my dh, and my two dc used to watch films on Friday night and Saturday night, and even watching films is boring when I can't drink fizzy drinks.

Is anyone in a similar situation? Or does anyone know anything I can do to get over it?

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Whattodo1610 · 21/05/2025 10:24

JillandJen · 21/05/2025 10:14

@Whattodo1610 I've reported it as well, so lots of people could have reported it.

But it’s still here, which shows mn think it’s genuine 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Hollyhobbi · 21/05/2025 10:30

I reported it too!

Whattodo1610 · 21/05/2025 11:27

MNHQ are not concerned about this post - so on face value, they accept it as true 🤷‍♀️

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HÆLTHEPAIN · 21/05/2025 12:21

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but if if was Coke/Pepsi and Irn Bru, was it not the caffeine that was causing the issues? I always thought the aspartame theories had been debunked.

EmpressaurusKitty · 21/05/2025 12:48

Or they’re giving it the benefit of the doubt.

HÆLTHEPAIN · 21/05/2025 13:20

Cerialkiller · 18/05/2025 22:26

This isnt neccessarily true. Since the sugar tax (thanks jamie oliver!) many many products that were aparently the 'full fat' version now use a combination of sugar and sweetener to lower the tax, they then have a 'diet' version that has no sugar but all sweetener. There is generally no indicator that this has happened unless you check the ingredients. Ribina and Appletise are two that this have happened to, and i can't buy them any more, they dont taste as good anyway.

But most squash is the same. I've only found a couple of brands that don't that you can buy in regular supermarkets. Belvoir and Rocks squashes are the only ones I buy now.

Lots of people on this thread are suggesing things that still contain sweetener even if it's not aspartime which i think is poor advice.

Pure fruit juice or sweetener free squash with fizzy water shuld be fine as are the many lovely suggestions for non sweetened drinks (the lime iced tea sounds great) andi think it would be a really good idea if OP learns to cut down on sweet drinks generally.

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Appletiser is just carbonated apple juice.

Laurensorrenson · 26/05/2025 15:14

TourangaLeila · 18/05/2025 23:10

Fizzy drinks has lost all meaning.

Ahh, I read that last week, and I'm still chuckling today. Well done!

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