throwcoke
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Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
It's a strong addiction. I'm a device for turning diet code into working software ;) [1]. I need the caffeine kick. I don't particularly like to drink tea or coffee (which wouldn't help with the teeth coloring anyway). And I like the taste of diet coke (or coke zero) a lot. I tried switching to water multiple times, but was unable to sustain it. I wish Coca-Cola would produce a colorless variant (like Pepsi once did), which would at least improve the whiteness.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi#Quotati...
Comment · 5 years ago
I've been drinking diet coke all day (about 3 liters/day) for many years, which causes my teeth to be less than white and also rather sensitive. Besides the coloring, I suspect that the enamel is being thinned down by the citric/phosphoric acid. I have no chronic pain, but the cosmetic aspect and the sensitivity bothers me. TFA sounds like that treatment could help.
Any other recommendations for my situation? I can't brush agressively due to receding gums. I use a chlorhexidine solution regularly, which helps preventing inflammation/aphthae in the mouth, which I used to have quite often prior to discovering CHX. And no, dialing down the diet coke is unfortunately not possible for me. ;)
The caffeine content of Coke is relatively low (only about a third or fourth of coffee, and lower than other cola products), which makes it practical for me to sip it all day. I guess I'm as much addicted to the taste as to the caffeine.