In December I posted an link I found about all the health problems dealing with Coke. Before that article I was drinking 3 or 4 cans a day down from 6 to 8 from the year before. I then stopped cold turkey. After reading that I just couldn't do it to my poor poor body. I figured spending all my time in front of the warm glow of my monitors was punishment enough.So now we are almost seven months since I stopped and have noticed a change. I didn't notice a difference in weight at all but I did notice I am now able to concentrate better. Perhaps I'm just getting older and it's something that comes with age but I noticed I was able to think out complicated algorithms easier in my head.
Then two weeks ago I was introduced to Starbucks with some soy carmel something or other and did a 180 while drinking it. I couldn't concentrate for the life of me.
Maybe it is not related but if you find yourself having trouble thinking through complicated problems and you drink a lot of soda...it might be worth a shot.
1. Jul 12th 2007, 9:25AM Derek
I quit soda outright too and noticed a nice change. I think the concentration drop comes when the soda wheres off and you start crashing mostly.
2. Jul 12th 2007, 1:35PM Mike
I dunno, I generally concentrate/focus better with caffeine. Maybe I just an ADD diagnosis so I can get some better stimulants by prescription. If I was ever at 99% concentration we'd be unstoppable!