Diet Coke

My friend drinks diet Coke like it's the only drink in the world and has had no issues. But I've read what you've read and I do not think aspartame is healthy. They talk about things like people being diagnosed with MS nd it turns out to be just the diet Coke.

I am a Pepsi addict. I always said that I never did drugs, drank only socially and never smoked so I had to have one addiction. My husband is a big Coke drinker. When I went to see the surgeon for the first time my husband blabbed that I drink a coule of cans of Pepsi a day. The tattletale. Anyway, my surgeon looked him in the eye and asked "do you think Pepsi gave her cancer?" and my husband responded "no" to which my surgeon replied "well, neither do I". On the way home I gave him hell for trying to throw me under the bus. Now, we're talking about regular, not diet, but note that my surgeon did not ask if it was diet.

So maybe this is helpful? Not sure. My biggest worry is the aluminum cans and getting Alzheimer's. I don't drink much Pepsi anymore anyway. While carbonated drinks are on the okay list for an ostomy diet, I find it to be harsh and usually just drink fruit juices. Which have more sugar than the pop does but whatever, I hate the taste of water.

Jan 

My husband drank a lot of diet coke....his worst habit.  I asked our radiology nurse practioner if it could have been that.  She simply said no, and that if it was we would be seeing so many more people diagnoed with it due to aftificical sweetners.  With that said, I still believe that it is not good for anyone.

I grew up a soda drinker, but quit around 30 years of age. One less bad thing. Now I find sugar or diet drinks repulsive. Water, tea, coffee, and, of course, beer. I don't think diet stuff has anything to do with CRC, certainly had nothing to do with mine......................................................Dave

I'm thinking that people attributing one product or another to colon cancer is absurd.  You can never determine what it was and even my doctor said as much.  Don't stress about foods or drinks because you will drive yourself crazy.  Enjoy life and Life life.  My friend drinks lots of diet coke and is older than me and never had a problem.  Life shouldn't be feared so much as it is now - that isn't what life is about. 

Kim

Stage IV and have never touched any of the fake sugars.   My mom died of pancreatic cancer and she was a big into the fake sugar of the sixties.   Saccharine I think it was.  I've always wondered if that contributed.  Esp since the neighbo lady across the street died of the same and used the saccharine too.  It was very important for the two of them to be skinny.   UGH!!!!

Nothing is absolute! We can only say that certain things may increase or decrease the chance of getting a disease. Denying that smoking causes lung cancer because your grandpa smoked for 50 years and got nothing is absurd. Smoking only increases the chance of getting lung cancer. 

Regarding the diet sodas my opinion is that artificial sweeteners like artificial anything in large quantities is not good for us. Plus there is the carbonation. The acidity of sodas is 2-3, just a bit above stomach acid which is one of the strongest acids. Sodas create acidity in our bodies which many believe are damaging to our entire metabolism. I believe excessive natural sugar is also bad for us for many reasons.

Just a couple of generations back nature limited the amount of food people could consume and obviously there was nothing artificial in the diet. In this wonderful world today where food is in endless supply to most of us, we have to be conscious of what and how much we consume. 

All the best!

Laz

Hi, my husband wad diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer earlier this year in May just a few weeks before our wedding. He had just turned 27 years old. He is otherwise healthy, not overweight at all, young, etc. With his advanced cancer diagnosis they thought it was definitely genetic- which it turned out it wasnt. I belive it is environmental for sure. Even though he is otherwise healthy, he was obsessed with Diet Coke & Mt. Dew. He drank so much of them...it was an absurd amount. I definitely think it had a lot to do with his cancer especially with his age and not being genetic. He has obviously given all of that up since being diagnosed but you can't help but to question what it is that would cause this! 

i have none of the risk factors for colon cancer. I don’t eat red meat,poultry.or pork...I have always been thin. Dr. Wants to do the genetic testing...anyone on here done that? 

Mickeyclaude said:

Genetics.?

i have none of the risk factors for colon cancer. I don’t eat red meat,poultry.or pork...I have always been thin. Dr. Wants to do the genetic testing...anyone on here done that? 

The two types of testing related to cancer are genetic testing and genomic testing. Genetic testing refers to the person and is done with a blood sample. Genomic testing is done on the tumor and they can usually tell you what your gene mutation (specific type of cancer) you have and the knowledge of your mutation can affect your treatment. There's also point testing of the tumor biopsy where they perform individual tests for things like Microsatellite Instability High which may be an indicator of Lynch. I've had the Genomic Tumor testing done. I haven't had genetic testing done though a sister has and she tells me about things that they found in her from time to time.

Minor note: your picture is sideways.

Mickeyclaude said:

Genetics.?

i have none of the risk factors for colon cancer. I don’t eat red meat,poultry.or pork...I have always been thin. Dr. Wants to do the genetic testing...anyone on here done that? 

the doctor has ordered genetic testing on me and that could happen in two weeks.