A couple months ago I posted how I kicked my Coke Zero habit and yesterday I got a comment asking if I was still caffeine free. Good question and something I've been meaning to bring up. So here's the answer...
Well, no, not really.
I did revert back to Coke Zero after several months of successful abstinence. It started with what seems to be another episode of adrenal laziness that hit me in August. All of a sudden, I could not live without my Coke Zero.
Again.
Sigh.
Now, my beef isn't really with caffeine. I am not opposed to caffeine, just when it comes in a can and is filled with other unknown chemicals. Particularly if those chemicals are byproducts of cocaine, which is what Coke uses; coca leaves imported from Peru. Supposedly there's not cocaine in Coke anymore, but I bet the effluvia of processing cocaine into prescription narcotics (which is what is used now) is not entirely benign either.
I have been successful at limiting the Coke Zero to one a day this time around (vs. the 3 a day habit I was developing before).
Currently, since the weather has cooled, I'm trying to channel my caffeine cravings into green and black tea which have so many health benefits.
But it's a struggle. There's just something about the chemical composition of Coke Zero that my body really likes.
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