Day 8

8/12/09

So now it's been 8 days. I've been trying to figure out if I feel any different, better or worse, since going cold turkey off Pepsi. Generally I feel just the same. I may be sleepier than usual, but if I am it's marginal. I'm not really grumpier than usual, although I do feel a little pissed that I suddenly just stopped without much planning or forethought because I happened to run out of Pepsi. I feel a little sad every time I want to drink it, like I'm mourning the loss of someone I barely even knew a long time ago (that is to say, not really very sad). One thing I have noticed is that the tooth that I think has a cavity doesn't hurt that much any more. I think I may still have a cavity but the constant sensitivity isn't there.

According to studies, the general consensus of what hurts your teeth in sodas is not really blamed on the sugar, but on the acidity eroding the enamel. The pH of Pepsi is 2.530. The pH of tap water is 7.67, which is actually on the alkali side of the pH scale. Fresh milk has a pH of about 6.7, so Pepsi is pretty acidic. Battery acid has a pH of 1. Whether or not people agree or disagree with the findings, the fact is my teeth hurt when I drink Pepsi. Like I said before, I'm mostly sticking to Milk and tap water right now.

As for weight loss... yeah, that's not too big of an issue. The baby weight is falling off me at a pretty quick rate but I can't really attribute any of that to not drinking Pepsi. If anything, I would have to say drinking Pepsi has prevented me being underweight in the past.