http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/(c) Collage Video Forum0I love Diet Coke like nobody's business! But I also drink about 2 32 oz WW cups (I call it a bucket) of water every day at work. I used to allow myself one Diet Coke each day, but now I limit it to only one each weekend day, maybe one when I go out to luhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136604Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:26 GMTI just finished a slice of apple pie--homemade crust (made with Crisco and lots of buttah) and all. Tonight we're having oven baked turkey meatballs with whole wheat pasta, along with a kale salad that includes radicchio, apples and walnuts. It's allhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136574Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:21:48 GMTMH- Very good point! we need to stop focusing on all of the scare tactics and conspiracy theories and just live! We put so much stress on ourselves and on the little things in life, it's no wonder everyone feels like crap! Relax and listen to your bodhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136567Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:34 GMTLets put this into perspective. If you take all of the diets, theories, testing etc etc and put them all together, weed out what you cannot eat what is left?  Probably organic lettuce and water. And someone is sure to find something wrong with those too!http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136545Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:31:53 GMTA dear friend once said (a propos of the glut of self-help books on the market) that she was satisfied to glean just one life-improving idea from every self-help book she read.  That's kind of how I approach diets and nutrition studies.  There's almost ahttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136480Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:37 GMTCardius, I haven't heard of Thom Hartmann, but I will google him. I do have lots of other sources of info, and it will be good to add him.http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136451Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:43:36 GMTHi,  as the posters have said,  it's really a matter of choice.  I stopped potatoes (white, I mean,  eat a sweet potato daily inwinter)  when I read an article that suggested they may not be good if you have arthritis.   Best idea is to "try " leaving ouhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136430Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:59 GMTVannie, I do remember on Jari Love's site, she has recipes, and one of them is a protein powder cookie recipe.  It didn't sound great, but it was at least an alternative.  Based on all the cookie suggestions you had last month, if I had a choice, diet cohttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136349Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:39:17 GMTI've said in the coconut post, there is politics in involved.  I just looked at Tosca Reno's new book this w/end, and she says go ahead and have your caff/coffee, she has to have her java too.  A person after my own heart!!  My son is a soda addict, thathttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136347Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:31:21 GMTMy son drinks loads of milk/week. He is 5'2'' and 10 years old. I shudder to think how much money I am going to spend on his milk when he's a teen. I drink coffee. I think I just read last week that it is good for you again? Who knows? I drink it withhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136312Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:47:08 GMTIt's very true that if one is going to look at research, the most important thing to note is who is funding the study. I love reading research papers, but I know that if it's funded by drug companies, the ADA, IGA, or anyone with an axe to grind, it's suhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136310Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:34:22 GMT Moderation, moderation, moderation.  Too much of anything isn't good for you. I have to say, I am amazed at how much soda, diet or regular,  people consume around me. A habit of it IS bad for you. Why not drink more water and treat yourselhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136306Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:38 GMThahahahahaha, OMG, Mary - I'm so glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time I read your post, it for sure would have ended up on my monitor !!! lmao  :-)http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136305Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:03:27 GMTMy only take on Diet soda's is I used to live next door to a guy who worked for the food and drug administration and he told me that diet drinks with their chemicals are far worse for you than regular soda with their sugar.  I also agree that moderathttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136303Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:54:30 GMTI do Cam  :-)  I drink maybe 3x 250 mls glasses a day .. we get 3 differant types in this household and we have 2 3litre bottles of each !! lol ..http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136300Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:44:52 GMTModeration, moderation, moderation.  Too much of anything isn't good for you. I have to say, I am amazed at how much soda, diet or regular,  people consume around me. A habit of it IS bad for you. Why not drink more water and treat yourself to a soda a chttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136295Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:11:51 GMT i believe in enjoying what i eat and drink.  if it's not considered healthy then so be it.  just bc i eat something that's not necessarily good for me doesn't mean i have to eat a whole batch of cookies (even though i'd love to somehttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136289Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:39:16 GMTi believe in enjoying what i eat and drink.  if it's not considered healthy then so be it.  just bc i eat something that's not necessarily good for me doesn't mean i have to eat a whole batch of cookies (even though i'd love to sometimes!).  moderation ihttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136278Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:45:57 GMTSorry, I can't point you to any definitive source.  I think part of the problem with the contradictions is that research is often funded and conducted by the industry that produces a product and if it is is positive or neutral to their product, they gethttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136270Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:28:26 GMTHi Gamzotti, I, too, tire of the conflicting information. It seems to vary from one day to the next. I'm down to "if it feels right to me, it's fine".  As for soda, that's the only thing where I draw the line. The sugar and sugar and sugar in thosehttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136268Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:21:56 GMT