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Who is the enemy? (mander.xyz)

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[-] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Cardiologists probably hate fried food and energy drinks

[-] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

The amount of people absolutely POUNDING several event drinks a day is astounding.

I have a heart condition and couldn't drink them if I wanted to, without dying, so they don't believe when I say it's bad for them.

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, WTF is up with this? The people that will drink 3 or 4 cans of Monster a day? JFC, that shit'll kill you, man!

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I worked with someone who would bring 4 cans of monster to work every day, but he told me he was essentially addicted. He said he'd get pounding headaches if he didnt drink them now. Its probably not all that different from a cocaine habit.

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Caffeine habits are very real, and holy shit, that's like 6-7 coffees a day. If he went cold turkey, it would be a week of hell at home, vomiting from the migranes.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I think knowing him made me reframe how I view caffeine. I treat it as a potent drug and it seems to affect me that way now, so I barely use it.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

When I went off caffeine, it took me down with 3 days of flu like symptoms and headaches. Grouchy asshole is an understatement. I was drinking 2 coffees a day, I can't imagine.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

it's just caffeine, i'll never understand why people can't just buy a bottle of caffeine pills and get the precise amount they want, it would let him slowly decrease the amount until he isn't dependent any more.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Its really hard to be in charge of your own taper, self control is usually lacking in substance abuse situations.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

i mean it's caffeine, not nicotine, and even with nicotine a good amount of people manage to taper down usage. You don't get addicted to caffeine, you get dependent, which is much easier to handle.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

There isn't much of a difference between addiction and dependence, if any. Some find abstinence is more successful than tapering, but it really depends on the person. Tapering isn't as simple as you might think either, many fail due to incorrect methodology rather than willpower.

[-] sausager@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm failing to see a downside

[-] Patches@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago

Tastes better than cigarettes shrugs

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

coffeine makes me sleepy so energy drinks only give me placebo and it doesn't matter that coffeine barely affects me, could not care less about the caffeine, but

one can usually has an entire day's maxiumum amount of sugar for an adult in it, that is an insane amout to drinking in an hour or so. and that's not to even mention that whatever they put in them seems to enjoy making kidney stones!

those things should not be a regular part of anyone's diet