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DelilahDeb -> RE: breaking bad habits (5/9/2008 3:03:15 PM)
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Fast Reply:
1. Mountain Dew has more caffeine in it than colas, including Pepsi itself.
2. Caffeine is a diuretic; that means it makes you pee more than usual. Which makes it a less-than-great choice for quenching THIRST...because your body wanted hydration.
3. Whatever you substitute for the caffeine, I recommend you try simply drinking a glass of water when you are thirsty...and then go ahead and have the caffeine if you want. But feed the thirst first. Give your body a chance.
4. In hot weather, especially in humid climates, your body can complain of thirst when you're practically sloshing. The best advice I ever got about Gatorade (normally yuck!) is that IF it tastes good to you, your body needs it. When it stops tasting good, quit drinking it. (That was after I helped a friend clean out her newly sold home for 15 hours one sweaty summer day. We got to the cupboard in the kitchen that had the Gatorade in it, and she 'splained that to me, while agreeing about the taste generally. She was right...I loved it...for about 9 ounces, and then back to ugh.)
As for the caffeine withdrawal, having watched my mother go through giving up coffee every Lent for a dozen years, I wish you luck. My caffeine is all fizzy, but I've had decent luck combining cutting back on quantity with getting myself a few cases of caffeine-free (sugared) Pepsi.
Other downsides to caffeine...it contributes to fibrous masses in the breasts that make breast cancer harder to diagnose, and similarly can contribute to the development of uterine fibroids. The younger you learn to manage caffeine addiction, the more choices you have throughout your life. Just so you KNOW what you're looking at.
At this point, I periodically eschew all caffeine for sometimes months at a time, and then I get stressed and fall off my wagon. But every break in the intake gives me that much better chance to dodge the 4-generation female cancer "bullet".
Delilah Deb
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