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@venture im so sorry to hear about your friend 🙁 i hope he’s okay now!
thank you so much for these words, she’s obsessed with sodas she’s a soda addict so she’s been struggling to let that go but i will be trying my hardest to take that away! do you know any like fizzy drinks that diabetics can drink? or is that not a thing?
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“Fizzy drinks”. 👍. I completely understand your mom’s obsession with soda. I’m 62, diabetes type 2 since age 40, used to drink Coke, then switched to Diet Coke. I had difficulty switching off the aspartame (sweetener in Diet Coke which isn’t good for gut health). Then I realized I was just craving the caffeine AND carbonation. I searched and found Zevia. It has Stevia natural sweetener and better for most diabetics. I like the creamy root beer flavor, but they have many flavors and some with caffeine. I’m now able to report that over the past year I’ve had one small 7.5 oz can Diet Coke and I didn’t enjoy the taste, because Zevia creamy root beer is my new craving.
Full disclosure = I’m also on Mounjaro 15 mg (top dose) and this has stopped my food and drink cravings. I’ve lost 45 pounds since May 2026 and my A1C is 6.2.
I highly recommend what a few others have posted about trying a GLP-1 medication to help lower blood sugar AND lose weight. Ozempic is a GLP- 1 med. I took it for 6 years and it didn’t work as well for me, so my endocrinologist switched me to Mounjaro, which is a GLP-1 + GIP medication. I’m so thankful she did!👍
How old is your mom?