So for nausea, just a regular coca cola (diet coke does not work the same and I am not sure why – something about the formula for the syrup), poured over an ice cube. Could be flat or not, doesn’t seem to matter, but if you are really nauseated, sometimes flat coca cola on ice is more palatable.

Weird, but it really works. Even though I don’t regularly drink coca cola and prefer lime diet coke, I always keep coca cola in the house in case of nausea.
Ruth

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This one change reduced my calorie intake dramatically, and combined with portion control with my food intake I managed to lose over 60 pounds.

The reality is, I love soda, and I’m going to drink it. I might as well drink one that doesn’t add calories to my diet. I’m under no illusion that it’s “healthy” but it is definitely less unhealthy than the alternative.

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I an unable to drink coffee, even though it is worlds better for me; but like I said I do try to always eat decent.

I am wondering where to purchase the plain but flavored syrup you use as anti-emetic? (And how much did you use)?
Curious too- Perhaps this is why the docs told me when my children were young to actually give them warmish flat soda when their tummies were off. I have never seen it as an item for ‘sale’.

With 4 daughters that excelled in school, I never kept soda as a staple at home; although for a treat on Sundays- usually a root beer float was chosen, and it was a very big deal. (I was not an ignorant mother though, and I lay no claim to boast that they never bought soda for themselves here and there).

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Thank you for the reminder! I will try it again. (Baby steps this time; I will start with just a small amount of lemon on my tongue and use tepid/room temperature water).

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I drink lime diet coke most days, and I love coke slurpees as a special treat now and then. When I was in medical school, I discovered that syrup of coca-cola was a better anti-emetic (anti-nausea) than gravol or other drugs. My fellow students didn’t believe me until the Medical Letter came out with an article (this was in the early 70’s) confirming my findings. I had been having gall bladder attacks and coca cola was the ONLY thing that helped my nausea and to this day, it still works just fine for me and friends and family as an anti-nauseant.

But I drink it because I like it. Nay, I love it. And I am proud to say that. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having a coke or a diet coke, again, in moderation. There are a lot worse things out there. Coke is it, for me.
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I am also in a minority when it comes to being anti-sugar. I do not overindulge this, much the same way as I try not to overindulge [in] anything.

I still believe our own bodies are able to handle pure sugar, however diluted, better than any of its relatives or ‘competitors’.
I also love honey! (Oops, even as I sniff my nose due to Fall allergies).

I will probably get reprimanded for this next remark, but I also believe that saccharin should have been left alone. I have not read a whole lot better about any of its successors, no matter their perceived improvement or ‘taste’ to some.

A little of my personal history… I was born/raised on a dairy farm. Perhaps it is that upbringing (along with the diet and exercise) that has formed/cemented many of my beliefs. I try to make no apologies for this. My parents [adoptive] are both deceased. Daddy died of an aneurysm, which is a birth defect. Mama of ‘hardening of the arteries’, which seemed to run in her Upper Michigan family. Mama was a bonafide “health nut” long before it was cool to be such. She also firmly believed in moderation, (and little/no alcohol).

We always had a huge garden. Between the cattle, the “dairy” foods, and the garden, we ate almost no store-bought foods; but still ate very well. None of us were fat.

My sincere apologies for being overlong in my reply…

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