How to Stop Drinking Soda and Lose Weight

Drinking large amounts of soda such as Coke, Pepsi, and Mountain Dew have been known to cause health problems. These health problems may include muscle fatigue, hypokalemia, gum disease, and sleep disturbances to name a few. Another problem with drinking soda is when you drink soda you are not drinking water. Our bodies need water to maintain homeostasis. The major difficulty in quitting drinking soda is caffeine addiction. When you drastically reduce your consumption of caffeine, you suffer from withdrawals most noticeably headaches.

Step1.When you first stop drinking soda water alone will not make for a good substitute because your taste buds are use to the sweetness of soda. A good alternative would be something as Crystal Light in does not contain any caffeine and consists of mostly water.

Step2.To help with headaches take ibuprofen. One of the ingredients in ibuprofen is caffeine, which is what your body is craving. If you are already taking aspirin daily for blood pressure or have, any medical conditions talk to your doctor before taking ibuprofen.

Step3.Start drinking different substitutes for soda to find one that you can live with. After a week you will not be chemically dependent to caffeine you will just mentally want the taste of soda. Just remember that in the end you will be healthier for not drinking soda.