I went to the doctor yesterday for my yearly exam. Everything was going peachy...bp was good...sugar was good...etc. My doctor did a breast exam as part of my physical. She noted I had several small cysts in my breasts. She said they did not feel irregular and I didn't have any of the other signs that accompany cancer (nipple discharge and such), so she said they were probably just cysts due to my raging diet coke habit.
I was floored. First, I had no idea I had cysts. Secondly, I asked how diet coke could give me cysts. She mentioned it was the caffeine.
I was scheduled for my yearly mammogram (as cancer is in my family), but left questioning how diet coke caused cysts.
So I looked it up and it is not just diet cola. Apparently excessive caffeine in any form can cause cysts.
Just wanted to let everyone know what I discovered to pass it along.
PS. giving up diet coke (again).
I was floored. First, I had no idea I had cysts. Secondly, I asked how diet coke could give me cysts. She mentioned it was the caffeine.
I was scheduled for my yearly mammogram (as cancer is in my family), but left questioning how diet coke caused cysts.
So I looked it up and it is not just diet cola. Apparently excessive caffeine in any form can cause cysts.
Just wanted to let everyone know what I discovered to pass it along.
PS. giving up diet coke (again).
