poison

January 11, 2000

Jukka, you bring out some very interesting ideas. What I do know

however, is that Canada has a very vigorous and strong FDA (Federal Drug

Administration) and does not pass an awful lot of products that are on

the shelves in the United States. I think that one has to have good

faith in the practioner that they are using. We put our health and

lives in their hands. There are good and bad in all fields. Myra can

tell you a bit about horrid medical professionals. I would go along

with Myra and feel that there are too many quacks out there with not

enough knowledge. Thank GOD that I have not been put into the position

where my life has had to be in the hands of some surgeon. (Have been

there, thank GOD got past it) Today however, if I had to make a choice

to have surgery or proper medical intervention, I dont know what I

would do. I hope and pray daily that GOD looks upon me favorably so as

not to place me in that scenario. At present I need to undergo some

dental work (probably root canal) and I am even avoiding that as I have

not yet found a dentist who I like. I refuse injections (freezing) and

just cant give anyone card blanche to cut me. don't know why I am so

afraid, perhaps it is all of the bad experiences I have had. Anyhow, I

really enjoy your posts. You have some really valuable and interesting

ideas.

Have a great one!

a

March 29, 2000

>

>> But one day last week in total denial I convinced by

>> Boyfriend to take me out to dinner at a pizza place and we binged on

>> everything we shouldn't be eating... it was too much. And then friday

>> was his birthday, so we had cake and parties and everything and so I

>> know I have to start all over again. I feel sick, but food has

>> always been use as a comfort thing in my family and I am so addicted

>> to diet soda that I can't imagine living without it.

>Drink water.. drink water.. drink water... substitute water for every

>beverage... believe that you can do it.. understand that soft drinks, diet

>and regular, have ingredients which stimulate thirst (they are very

>dehydrating) and other ingredients which stimulate the munchies (duh! they

>are owned by food companies, primarily snack food producers - high

>starch/high sugar/high hydrogenated fat foods) Know that aspartame blocks

>serotonin, which can trigger feelings of depression and also carbohydrate

>cravings... besides, it is suspected as a cancer-causing agent...

>still want those soft drinks? drinking them is sort of like drinking poison,

>you know.

I know, and to the rational intellectual side of me this makes sense

completely. Completely. I even have a lot of those side effects.

However, caffeine is not only a poison, it's also a _drug_ and I am

completely 100 percent addicted to it... I can't function well in

the morning until I have a can of diet coke... this may sound weird

to some, but I hate coffee so this is where I get the caffeine. I

would like to stop drinking it, but I get these terrible blinding

headaches and shakes and cravings-- I can give up everything else

with no problem, it seems, but not soda.

I work, I go to school, I take care of my family, (okay, it's a

husband and a pug, but it's till my family,) and so I don't have

enough time to go through a withdrawl that's going to have me cranky,

shaking, and blind from migraines right now. Do you have any

suggestions how to get through it?

Also, the water in our apartment tastes like chlorine to me. We live

in a semi urban area, and I know it can't be good for me. I'm also a

student, like I said, and can't exactly afford to be spending tons on

bottled water. Do you have any suggestions for this?

Thanks for listening to me rant. I guess it sounds silly to say I am

addicted to diet soda, but I really am.

-jenny

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" A dream to some......a Nightmare to Others! "

March 29, 2000

caffeine is not only a poison, it's also a _drug_ and I am

>completely 100 percent addicted to it... I can't function well in

>the morning until I have a can of diet coke... this may sound weird

>to some, but I hate coffee so this is where I get the caffeine. I

>would like to stop drinking it, but I get these terrible blinding

>headaches and shakes and cravings-- I can give up everything else

>with no problem, it seems, but not soda.

>

Why don't you try mixing the caffeinated diet Coke with some caffeine-free

diet Coke, gradually increasing the ratio until you're just drinking the

caffeine-free? Maybe that way you could wean yourself off the caffeine more

painlessly; that's the way a lot of people wean themselves off regular

coffee and onto decaf. Then if you gave up the sodas you wouldn't have

caffeine withdrawal to contend with.

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March 29, 2000

buy a water filter for your spikots. PUR is a good one.

Re: poison

From: bean <jnnybean@...>