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Should I quit drinking diet soda? And if so, how??? What gets Carolyn up in the morning, and the power of our gratitude practice, especially for health care workers.  LET’S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While Walking website for show notes and other information wellnesswhilewalking@gmail.com   RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links) DIET SODAS AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS Do Sweet Drinks Have Anything to Do With Dementia? foodpolitics.com Just How Bad is Diet Soda For You? clevelandclinic.org 21 Healthy, Low-Sugar Soda Alternatives That Make It Easy to Quit Color, eatthis.com Effects of Sweeteners on the Gut Microbiota: A Review of Experimental Studies and Clinical Trials, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Diet Soda By Itself May Not Cause Weight Gain, Study Says, But Combining With Carbs Can, cnn.com Measuring Artificial Sweeteners Toxicity Using a Bioluminescent Bacterial Panel, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar-Free, But at What Cost? health.harvard.edu Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, diabetesjournals.org Coca-Cola Discontinues TaB Diet Soda in the US, beveragedaily.com Stickk app  Habitica app  Pact app – (not recommended) LOVE OF LEARNING Character Strengths, VIACharacter.org Science of Well-Being (Yale) class, coursera.org GRATITUDE AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert Emmons Improving Mental Health in Health Care Practitioners: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Gratitude Intervention, researchgate.net Improving Mental Health in Health Care Practitioners: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Gratitude Intervention, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih   DISCLAIMER Neither I nor most of my podcast guests are doctors or healthcare professionals of any kind, and nothing on this podcast or associated content should be considered medical advice. The information provided by Wellness While Walking Podcast and associated material, by Whole Life Workshop and by Bermuda Road Wellness LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment, and before undertaking a new health care regimen, including walking.     Thanks for listening to Wellness While Walking, a walking podcast.