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Q: Drinking Lots of Coke
asked by: nippz on September 12th, 2004
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What's the side effects of drinking a lot of coke and eating a lot of fruits w/ salt? Thxx
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ScOrpiO4ORyan
replied on September 12th, 2004
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All I kno is during my pregnancy, my doctor told me to avoid caffeine and my salt intake. I am not sure of the side effects tho. Sorry.
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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scorpio4oryan wrote:
all I kno is during my pregnancy, my doctor told me to avoid caffeine and my salt intake. I am not sure of the side effects tho. Sorry.


dern. Well I used to drink a lot of coke before I knew I was pregnant, so I stopped around 4mo's pregnant and I used to eat a lot of grapefruit with salt ;\ arrrr I dunno if I harmed my baby or not Crying or Very sad
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Riversmommy
replied on September 12th, 2004
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Salt can cause swelling during pregnancy!!! Caffeine baby can become addicted!!!
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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riversmommy wrote:
salt can cause swelling during pregnancy!!! Caffeine baby can become addicted!!!


swelling where and addicted to what? Lol, im slow.
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ScOrpiO4ORyan
replied on September 12th, 2004
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All that matters is that you stopped! I'm proud of you! Wink

is your ultrasounds coming back in good condition? If so, you have nothing to worry about.
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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scorpio4oryan wrote:
all that matters is that you stopped! I'm proud of you! Wink

is your ultrasounds coming back in good condition? If so, you have nothing to worry about.


we'll last time I had an ultrasound, she told me I had a 77.7 suger level ;\ so she told me to lessen on my sweets and drink a lot of water! But other than that she said I was having a normal baby so far :]
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lauren22
replied on September 12th, 2004
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They tell you to decrease your salt intake because it causes you to retain water, which causes swelling/bloating. (i can explain that more but its boring!) and technically caffiene is a drug (you get addicted) and it causes the baby to get addicted! So...If you have to drink coke...Drink diet caffeine free!
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ScOrpiO4ORyan
replied on September 12th, 2004
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Yes, it's very important that you drink plenty of water...
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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lauren22 wrote:
they tell you to decrease your salt intake because it causes you to retain water, which causes swelling/bloating. (i can explain that more but its boring!) and technically caffiene is a drug (you get addicted) and it causes the baby to get addicted! So...If you have to drink coke...Drink diet caffeine free!


will do! :] but I also heard that too much caffeine can cause abnormalities and small in sized babies? But I always thought that was just for coffee, since it contains soo much more caffeine than coke. Ty :d
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linuxChique
replied on September 12th, 2004
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lauren22 wrote:
they tell you to decrease your salt intake because it causes you to retain water, which causes swelling/bloating. (i can explain that more but its boring!) and technically caffiene is a drug (you get addicted) and it causes the baby to get addicted! So...If you have to drink coke...Drink diet caffeine free!


no not diet! It contains aspartame (equal or nutrasweet) and you aren't supposed to have that either!! The only soda i've found that I can drink is diet rite. It is made with sucralose (splenda) and has no caffeine. Salt and caffeine can also both make you more apt to becoming dehydrated, which is especially important to consider if you are having morning sickness and can't keep food down.
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sweetsuzi
replied on September 12th, 2004
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lauren22
replied on September 12th, 2004
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Yeah, I guess you are right erin. But if you have to drink something...Thats what I meant! But anyways...I'm not pregnant and I am absolutely addicted to diet coke! My friend lauren and I heard that if you would quit drinking diet drinks for 6-8 weeks then you would lose 10-15 lbs. Ummm it didnt work! I suffered through those 6 weeks and have nothing to show for it! So...It doesnt work..Dont try it!
Lauren
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PattyV
replied on September 12th, 2004
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Coke is very dehydrating because of the caffiene and wil make you and baby jittery.Salt will cause water retention as stated before.Coke and other soft drinks are just hell on your teeth and eating citrus friuts in large quantities is also damaging to tooth enamel.Like some of the others have said,skip the salt and stick with water.Good luck!Patty
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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scorpio4oryan wrote:
yes, it's very important that you drink plenty of water...
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Yeahp that's pretty much the only thing I drink now, but sometimes I just have that small yet incredible craving for a little pepsi :[, but I dont drink it anyway.
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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pattyv wrote:
coke is very dehydrating because of the caffiene and wil make you and baby jittery.Salt will cause water retention as stated before.Coke and other soft drinks are just hell on your teeth and eating citrus friuts in large quantities is also damaging to tooth enamel.Like some of the others have said,skip the salt and stick with water.Good luck!Patty


haha, yes, gotta watch out for the teeth Smile thank's for the info!
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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sweetsuzi wrote:
putting pregnancy aside I stopped drinking coke and most othe fizzy drinks when they had linked cancers of the osophegus(throat). With acidity of the fizzy drinks affecting us.


Put me right off, I changed to flavoured water, probably not as good as normal water but better than coke


hmm I think i'll try that :d
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nippz
replied on September 12th, 2004
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linuxchique wrote:
lauren22 wrote:
they tell you to decrease your salt intake because it causes you to retain water, which causes swelling/bloating. (i can explain that more but its boring!) and technically caffiene is a drug (you get addicted) and it causes the baby to get addicted! So...If you have to drink coke...Drink diet caffeine free!


no not diet! It contains aspartame (equal or nutrasweet) and you aren't supposed to have that either!! The only soda i've found that I can drink is diet rite. It is made with sucralose (splenda) and has no caffeine. Salt and caffeine can also both make you more apt to becoming dehydrated, which is especially important to consider if you are having morning sickness and can't keep food down.


i'll keep that in mind Laughing thanks!
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