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I Had 12 Cans of Mountain Dew Every Day — Here’s What Happened When I Stopped
New York Times ^ | July 31, 2023 | Jane Herz

Posted on 07/31/2023 7:27:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

My ex drank up to 4 liters of “super Dew “ (Mountain Dew with some of the fast food syrup added - we had access in high school) daily. He crashed hard after having to quit. Stuff was gross.


61 posted on 07/31/2023 10:04:18 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: EvilCapitalist
n the late 90’s I drank 6 cans of Mountain Dew in a day. I was jittery for the rest of the day.

Mountain Dew was my favorite drink until I started having hypoglycemic rebounds. I felt fine shortly after drinking a can, but 20 minutes later, my sugar crashed and I was shaking. It just didn't match well with my job duties that included updating floor layout drawings for a central office and neatly printing engineering specs for Western Electric.

Many years later, I developed a bad habit of drinking Cherry Coke. My trip to the dentist ran up a whopping $1500 to repair all the spots where the acidic Coke had leached the calcium from my teeth. I switched to unsweetened ice tea. My teeth stabilized and I loss excess weight from the sugar.

62 posted on 07/31/2023 10:12:51 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I dimly remember an episode about age 16 with Bacardi White and something that made me ill to see a bottle for years.

These days, after discovering Meyers, Kraken spiced rum, bar the door.


63 posted on 07/31/2023 10:48:30 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: whitney69

People done need park, sidewalk, gym all they need is to get creative with what they have. Walk around insidethehouse, standup andsit down in a chair slowly and repeatedly, gots steps? Use them often. Pushups, jog in place, etc. Plenty ofways to workout cheap rightwhere a Person lives.


64 posted on 07/31/2023 11:25:51 PM PDT by b4me
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To: blackdog

I don’t think that’s the reason she had it done.


65 posted on 08/01/2023 12:26:25 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: HamiltonJay

He said he had McDonald’s and frozen meals.


66 posted on 08/01/2023 12:27:19 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: ealgeone

#4 my younger sister drinks coffee and she is wired too and just talks and talks.


67 posted on 08/01/2023 12:35:04 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

I wonder how much the tattoos weigh....?


68 posted on 08/01/2023 12:40:05 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Jonty30
Sugar is the root cause of most obesity in the world today.

I would argue it's the high fructose corn syrup in the drink in this instance.

It tells you right in the name...high - fructose (or fruit sugar)
That means...it's got LOTS of CORN sugar in syrup form.

The caffeine hooks, the corn latches.
Lose self control, you can't fit through hatches.

69 posted on 08/01/2023 1:07:36 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: nickcarraway
“Who is going to carry my casket?”

A forklift, of course.

70 posted on 08/01/2023 2:22:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: EvilCapitalist
I used to drink Mtn. Dew like that until someone mentioned, in passing, to me that everyone she knew who drank it had ended up with brain cancer.

That thought weighed on me and, after a few days, I switched to unsweet green tea and never looked back.

71 posted on 08/01/2023 2:32:34 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Oh, that soun6d just awful! Never had Mountain Dew, but I recall I liked Southern Comfort about 40 years ago. And is there a better name for any beverage than “Southern Comfort”?


72 posted on 08/01/2023 2:45:09 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Nifster; doorgunner69

I didn’t see a Mountain Dew culture until I lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota, in Texas, California, and the Southwest it was just one of the lesser soft drinks that one saw occasionally.


73 posted on 08/01/2023 3:49:47 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t drink 12 cans of soda in year and don’t do fast food.


74 posted on 08/01/2023 4:05:19 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: nickcarraway

A big fat slob who is also a forklift driver, big surprise!


75 posted on 08/01/2023 4:24:50 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: nickcarraway
Who would have guessed this handsome man was living in that 400 lb body? :-)


76 posted on 08/01/2023 4:48:38 AM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: fso301

Many on FR constantly obsess over McDonald’s too. It seems to be bipartisan to bash McDonald’s for some reason. I enjoy McDonald’s sometimes and I am in great shape.


77 posted on 08/01/2023 5:06:03 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: crusty old prospector
Correction: FSU and Clemson don't need the Big 12. The Big 12 needs FSU and Clemson.

Of the past 17 seasons (2006-2022), only 1 ended with a national champion outside the southeast: 2014 Ohio St. All the rest were either SEC schools (Florida, LSU, Bama, Auburn, Georgia) or ACC schools residing in the southeast (FSU, Clemson). And the national champion from the year before that (2005 Texas) is joining the SEC next year.

The Big 12 is finding itself on the outside looking in.

78 posted on 08/01/2023 5:16:40 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

“In the late 90’s I drank 6 cans of Mountain Dew in a day. I was jittery for the rest of the day.”

When I worked space missions and had to stay up for 5 days in a row with just 20 minute catnaps, Mountain Dew replaced my blood.


79 posted on 08/01/2023 5:18:37 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Tell It Right

Everything in life is cyclical. Where is the once powerful Big East basketball conference? Now, the once-lowly Big 12 leads the nation. It wasn’t that long ago that Rice and Army were good in football. So was Norte Dame and Michigan.


80 posted on 08/01/2023 5:27:50 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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