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I've had dull headaches for two weeks. i'm exercising a lot and drinking more coffee and diet coke than water. what is going on?

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Need more water: You need to drink less coffee, no diet coke and drink more water diet coke has aspartame, brekdown products of aspartame are considered neurotoxins and can give headaches, migrains, dizziness, visual disturbances, memory lossfatigue, tremors and seizures.

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Answered 6/10/2016

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