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Sugar free soda can have artificial sweeteners that can make ibs way worse. As someone with chronic gut issues, I avoid sugar free soda big time. Your triggers may be different, but I’d suggest going without it for a week or two and seeing how you feel.

Instead I drink carbonated water (and a lot of it). I get the plain water, squeeze a lime in it and add a splash of pure (unsweetened) cranberry juice. It’s better than soda, imo.

Every instance owner should post a weekly canary clause to prevent gag orders from being as effective.

Just a weekly post that says, “in the last X days, we have not received any gag orders”

If the owner ever fails to post the canary clause, it’s assumed that there was a gag order.