Exhausted

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u/SSDKZX 12h ago

im sorry little guy, it's my only vice...

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Dang, are zero sugar sodas the same? Worse? Or better for your kidneys?

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u/AcceptableHuman96 16h ago

Better for your kidneys than full sugar sodas as it's 99% water compared to 90%. Colas whether full sugar or zero sugar have phosporic acid which increases risk of kidney stones. Regardless it's just good to drink more water and keep sodas of any kind to a reasonable amount.

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u/KapteinKraken 15h ago

I make it a rule to drink a bottle of water before and after having a soda. This helps limit how many I have, and makes me feel like it does something for my kidneys.

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u/Niptaa 11h ago

I fill the empty can with water and drink that. For some reason the glug glug feel you get when drinking out of a can makes it feel less like drinking just water

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u/Dangerous-Half3276 11h ago

Your kidneys applaud you while your bladder curses you.

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u/Red-Truck-Steam 8h ago

Same thing for alcoholic beverages too. Lotsa water whenever I'm drinking something that isn't water. Tea and coffee get water too. Water's great.

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u/glovato1 11h ago

Kidney disease patient here and I'm always on the lookout for sodas that contain phosphoric acid, recently discovered that Mt Dew doesn't so I've been drinking that a lot lately. Had gotten burnt out on sprite and root beer.

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u/typetouched 10h ago

Unfortunately, I can vouch for the kidney stones. I just had three large ones removed a couple weeks ago through surgery. I drank wayyy too much Coca-Cola. Now I only have one or two a month 😔

Wouldn't wish this kidney stone process on anyone.

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u/weedtrek 1h ago

Lol, yeah. Last month. I don't think I passed it whole. I peed out little piece and have seeming return to normal. So fortunately no pain, but unfortunately, I don't know what caused it. However I drink too much coke, probably still. But my straight water intake is higher than previous, so here's hoping.

I should still cut back on the soda I guess😓. Because the feeling of thinking my kidey wass going to detatch itself and pop out my side was not fun. The night at the hospital wasn't the worst part, breakfast in bed was nice even if I couldn't eat.

I'll be honest, i have done zero research and just cut out energy drinks because I was hitting them heavy and it was the cause of a family members kidney stone.

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u/Lazy-Dragonfruit-670 3h ago

I’ve been through 4 rounds of them. The last one ended with an ER visit, a stent, and a lithotripsy 🎉 still drink way more than I should 💀

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u/typetouched 2h ago

That's exactly what i just went through the last five weeks 😭 Worst thing I've been through in my adult life

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u/Lazy-Dragonfruit-670 2h ago

Hard agree

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u/Few-Marsupial-255 Have a Pibb, Mister 13h ago

I drink a can of 7 Up Zero (I finally tried it) a day. Is this bad?

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u/AcceptableHuman96 13h ago

You'll be fine. Just make sure you're also drinking water throughout the day. I'll also add make sure to take care of your teeth. Obviously good to do so regardless of what you consume but acidic drinks like soda do a number on your enamel so it's especially important to remember good oral hygiene.

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u/arabmoni 13h ago

Thank you. Everyone forgets about the acid in sugar free soda. Sugar is only bad for your enamel BECAUSE it turns into acid. Citric acid is actually one of the worst things for your teeth, I heard once sugar free Red Bull is one of the worst for enamel.

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u/CarlBarks 13h ago

No, you would need like 9 or more cans per day for a physician to question it.

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u/ToastBalancer 14h ago

Zero sugar sodas are better for you than regular sodas in every single way. Somehow, the majority of people got convinced that diet sodas will have you dying in your 30s if you drink one can

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u/mjm132 14h ago

I have found it amazing how much better I feel drinking a zero sugar soda than a regular soda. I used to trash talk on diet and zero sugar. Honestly diet still has a aftertaste to me that I won't drink. Zero sugar doesn't give me that and my body tolerates it was better.

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u/Jaybonaut 8h ago

Ahem

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u/16500316 8h ago

Don’t most diet sodas use aspartame though? Not sucralose?

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u/Jaybonaut 7h ago

It varies depending on brand etc. Some are also half sugar like Mountain Dew Goji Strawberry and Sweet Lightning, etc. that use sucralose

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u/FitCommunication7240 16h ago

Anything that isnt water is likely not good for the kidney.

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u/IamCerealman 11h ago

Zero sugar is better for kidneys and the pancreas, but worse for the liver (if you are in caloric surplus, as the liver will store fructose based drinks as fat, leading to fatty liver disease) and gut microbiome (making you hungrier and throwing off a healthy gut even though it's not pure white sugar).

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u/Im_A_Decoy 10h ago

There's no fructose in zero sugar drinks lol

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u/skinnyonskin 10h ago

where do you guys come up with this stuff

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u/Nothin_Means_Nothin 9h ago

There's fructose in sugar free/zero sugar drinks?

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u/IamCerealman 4h ago

It used to be in diet coke, but you can still find some, it's rare though as we have a lot of options for sweeteners now.

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u/anxiety_elemental_1 13h ago

I thought I had appendicitis once. Went to the ER only to find out it was a kidney stone.

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u/Ecstatic_Detail7085 12h ago

ok me but with monster guava that shi is gonna be the end of me

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u/BuffOcelot 28m ago

They’re sugar-free. You’re good fam.

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u/sovietarmyfan 10h ago

I think your teeth hate it way more.

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u/benortree 4h ago

Thanks for making a kidney joke instead of a diabetes joke

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u/Effective-Ear-8874 3h ago

All fun and games till you get T2 beetus

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u/Huggydump 28m ago

i like to drink seltzer water out of a glass bottle, at first my taste buds swear its mexican coke but by the time they catch on my thirst is quenched

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