22 July 2008
Diet Pepsi
Posted by Dirk under: musings .
I used to be a serious Diet Pepsi addict. I bought that stuff by the case. I’d go through a 6 pack of DP cans in a day, pretty easy.
I finally decided that it wasn’t doing my brain any good. Seems I read that the aluminum can cause Alzheimers or something, but I don’t really remember exactly. I was also tired of saving all the cans for recycling.
So, I quit. Not quite cold turkey. I cut back for a while and then I just quit.
It sucked but eventually the craving passed. I sometimes still have a diet soda when we go out to eat and occasionally I get a Big Gulp with my special mix of Diet Dr Pepper and Diet Pepsi, but that tastes different than a DP out of a can, as I found out recently.
We are planning on going camping on the coast for several days. Gonna do a lot of walking along the beach and day hikes. Figured I needed a good supply of beverages so what the heck, I’ll get a 12 pack of DP. Except at the store, the 24 pack was like, a dollar more than the 12 pack so I couldn’t buy just the 12 pack and instead got the huge ass brick of 24 Diet Pepsi. Oh well, a few extra won’t hurt. I will not become addicted again!
That’s for sure. I put half in the fridge last night and this morning I cracked one open for a nice frosty injection of funky flavored caffeine and… blurg! This stuff tastes like shit when it comes out of a can. I can really taste the aluminum, it seems. The soda tastes like crud. Maybe I just need to wait till later in the day when my tongue has built up a protective coating or something.
I wish I hadn’t bought that huge ass case now.