I gave up coke in the early 90s as it became like drinking cough syrup. Probably when the switched out the natural cane sugar for very unhealthy amounts of the cheaper and disgusting GMO high fructose corn syrup. I had switched over to drinking Diet Dr. Pepper until I was racked with bad headaches and discovered it was the RAT POISON, Donald Rumsfeld got the FDA to approve for use as a zero calorie sweetener under the new name of Rat Poison Lite, I mean aspartame, that was the cause. The market caught on, so they changed the name to Amino sweet. It's still rat poison. Learn to read labels, drink what comes from God and non GMO, watch for sugar content too. The liver can only process 50 grams a day, after that, the chaos your body has to struggle with to figure out what to do with the white sugar poison is not good. Stevia is a great natural sweetener or make your own with dates soaked into the beverage for a sweetener. Dates are also highly nutritious. You can also buy date syrup.