Diet Coke cures headaches?

[Silverstein]

So about a year back I had started drinking soda again. Used to hate it. Whenever I got headaches, I'd drink some coke and my headache would go away.

Recently I had some friends try it. It actually worked for them as well! We all used diet Coke with lime (we say it's the "only soda" as in the best..)


So has anyone else found that cola or soda of any kind has helped against headaches or other minor pains? Ginger Ale also worked too....I forgot about that.

 

[.Rorschach.]

I say it gives headaches

 

[Silverstein]

I say it gives headaches

What did you drink? What brand and type?

 

[Eggyman]

Rola Cola

 

[Silverstein]

Damn you Eggyman!!

 

[DV8]

well, if it cures your headaches but eventually gives you cancer, it's kind of crappy tradeoff

 

[KALEL114]

It's the caffeine. With tension headaches, the blood vessels are dilated or open more than normal. Caffeine helps to constrict and treat tension headaches. A cup of coffe will work as well.

 

[DV8]

^I was gonna say that too . . . also, water works for most headaches which are a byproduct of dehydration . . .

 

[JP]

No, diet soda contains aspartame with CAUSES headaches, among other horrible things, like death.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don't like diet soda. If I am going to have soda at all, it might as well be the regular kind.

 

[DV8]

^I tried to tell them JP!!!! I DID!

 

[Eggyman]

I sawdid it, Mr 8.

So does cherry coke give you cancer? If so, I should already be dead.

 

[.Rorschach.]

What did you drink? What brand and type?

Any Diet Cola gives me a headache

 

[Sawyer]

Diet coke is awful. Burger King gave me diet coke once, by mistake, and I was furious.

 

[KALEL114]

No, diet soda contains aspartame with CAUSES headaches, among other horrible things, like death.

There is zero scientific evidence to support that.

 

[Shemtov]

Regular soda works for headaches caused by Hypoglycemia .

 

[Silverstein]

Well I drink normal coke as well. I spoke of diet as that's what I was drinking when I wrote this and my headache went away, and that's what my friends and I drink.

It's about 50/50....They taste about the same to me so whichever...Diet/not-diet whatever...


I also lost 10 pounds drinking coke. Seriously...I created a diet and everything. Coke is magic. (Pepsi sucks it...)

 

[JP]

Diet Coke is actually my drink of choice.. haha.

 

[jaguarr]

It's the caffeine. With tension headaches, the blood vessels are dilated or open more than normal. Caffeine helps to constrict and treat tension headaches. A cup of coffe will work as well.

Exactly, though you got it backwards; tension and migraine headaches cause blood vessel constriction. The caffeine helps to dilate and open them back up so the blood flows more freely again, thus relieving the cause of the headache.

jag

 

[Asteroid-Man]

^I was gonna say that too . . . also, water works for most headaches which are a byproduct of dehydration . . .

The glucose in the pop would actually outweigh the water and dehydrate you even more.

 

[Immortalfire]

Diet coke is awful. Burger King gave me diet coke once, by mistake, and I was furious.

I hope you sued them.

 

[JP]

There is zero scientific evidence to support that.

Eh, I drink a lot of diet Soda and all my doctors tell me it's because of the aspartame why I have so many headaches.

 

[Sawyer]

I hope you sued them.

I did. It was all eventually settled out of court though. My earnings were exactly one medium sized regular coke. With no ice.

 

[Immortalfire]

No ice? What a rip.

 

[Bnightwing]

I like normal coke I am skinny as it is ,but I mainly drink juice or tea than a coke. Also, I don't see the deal with kids my age and energy drinks I mean really why the crap do you need something to make you more awake, I personally have never had one just see no point in it and there expensive too.