I know you never, ever, ever thought you'd hear me say that I'm done drinking diet coke, but I pretty much am. I still love it--I love how it cleanses your palate after anything you eat, I love how it really is my "happy juice" when I need moment of sanity--but, I've always joked about it being "battery acid" while recognizing that that's probably not far from the truth, and I've read the same info over and over from various sources regarding the dangers of aspartame...yadda, yadda, so I know what I need to do. I'm almost there--I didn't want to write anything about my giving up DC until I was a little more sure that I could actually do it :) Yes, I'll probably have a can here and there, but I'm not living off of it anymore and I feel a lot better already (I'm one week in...I'll keep you posted). I know it's earth-shattering news, and I'm paranoid about people watching me fall off the wagon, but there you have it.
If you want to be freaked out about everything from aspartame to milk, check out these two websites:
enlightenedhomemaker.blogspot.com (w/ regards to diet coke read this post--at your own risk, of course)
living-a-healthy-lifestyle.blogspot.com (the "sweet poison" post is here)
Both of these ladies (especially living-a-healthy-lifestyle) are ultra-hard core, in my opinion, and the information makes me feel overwhelmed about a lot of things, so I try just to take what I can realistically use in my everyday life. But I am seriously wondering about the milk issue (the enlightenedhomemaker blogs about milk here)--I keep hearing and reading about the dangers of pasteurized dairy products and hormones, and the growing amount of allergies, and its link to cancers and other diseases...on and on. Are we supposed to stop drinking milk? Only Organic Milk? Only Soy Milk? What should I be feeding my one-year-old, fortified rice milk? I know it initially sounds crazy (and you're probably thinking I need to chill out--if only I could drink some happy juice, I would), but I do think there is some truth behind a lot of the information, but I just don't know what I should really do about it? Any thoughts?
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