What is it like to give up a drink that you've consumed regularly and enjoyed. Can it make a difference to your diet and life? WalesOnline journalist, Paul Turner put that to the test, when he decided to give up drinking Diet Coke. This is how it changed him in his own words: 'I'm not accepting that Diet Coke is in any way bad for you and if I want to go back to it at any point, even if I have to abandon this experiment, then I will'.
That was my statement to my wife at the start of my four-week trial without my favourite liquid refreshment. I'm not very good with external pressure when it comes to setting myself challenges you see. I hate advice, tips and anything else people offer, usually with the best of intentions (on their part).
I just want to get on with it, quietly, in my own way, and stop if and when I want to. READ MORE: Hotel investment creates Welsh market town's first four star inn READ MORE: The changes you must tell HMRC about or face a £3k fine People had been going on at me for years that I drank too much Diet Coke. My response would be that it's zero calories, zero sugar, and that there's no conclusive evidence it's any worse for you than any other processed drink or food.
I pointed out I didn't drink tea or coffee, my alcohol intake was usually just two drinks on each of a Friday and Saturday night, and, being a pescatarian, I didn't eat any meat. I was aware that Diet Coke has the artificial sweetener aspartame in it, but then so do tonnes of drinks, eve.
