Anyone here drink a can of soda a day?

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Hear about the study about the ill-effects reported in the news, even if it's diet?

I used to drink pop like crazy - several 2 liters a week. Now I limit myself to no more than one can a day (though sometimes I do the 20 oz bottle instead). I am very sporadic about it. There are weeks when I will have one every day and weeks when I don't have any at all.

As for the diet vs. regular, I hate regular pop! I feel like its very syrupy, and it makes my teeth feel gross! Like they have little sweaters on them, lol! I just don't like it, and I'd go without it before I'd drink more than a mouthful of it. Diet, however...yummy!

A lot of people complain about aspartame - I have problems with splenda. I compare it to an allergy. It's not really a true allergy, but how can you say that aspartame is bad if it only affects certain people? You'd have to do a true scientific study to convince me that one is worse than the other! But I can't do anything with splenda, I had the same problem when I tried lite yogurt that was made with it. Took me awhile to pinpoint the source, but it was Pepsi One (which I do like) that clued me in to the problem!

As for the study, soda was only one variable, and they didn't even control the amount people were drinking. "One can or more a day" could mean that one people drink abou t12 oz a day and others drink two 2 liter bottles a day! Unless they control every single other thing about the diet, as well as the amount and type of soda, well, I don't think the results count for much. :twocents:

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My Great-grandma drank eight cups of regular tea a day throughout her entire life, she is still alive and healthy and she still drinks the tea. I am myself a heavy tea drinker. I know that tea contains coffeine and its not healthy to drink a lot of it but I think im addicted. I also love coke and drink couple of them a day. Im that kind of person that gets dehydrated quick and need my liquid. I tried to switch to bottled water, but somehow my body refuse to tolerate it. I just feel like I want to throw up when I have water, so I have to stick to my delicious LIPTON tea ( I hate green tea) and my energy drink 'coca-cola' ( I prefer the one in glass bottle)

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I used to drink nothing but soda as a kid growing up w/o drinking any water. Then I found out I had the kidney disorder IgA Nephropathy after a renal biopsy, b/c I got elbowed in the back and was pissing blood after a basketball game. My aunt told me to drink only water, and stop drinking soda. I only drink soda occasionally now, and mostly drink water. This was very difficult in the beginning, but now I actually prefer drinking only water.

I don't buy into the latest food scares.

When you're number is up your number is up. I'll eat bacon and drink coke and enjoy one of the last pleasures I have in life. Everyone wants to cling to the hope of living forever but you will die whether you drink soda or not. What a miserable existence to deny yourself things you want (within reason) because you hope it will buy you a few more miserable years on this mortal plane (which it most likely won't, BTW).

Look at Tammy Faye for a recent example. Went through all that chemotherapy that made her so sick and what good did it do? Did the little bit of time it might have bought her on this earth make it worth it? I don't think so.

I see a lot of stubborn soda drinkers in here. Anyone heard of a book called "Natural Cures to Diseases they don't want you to know about?" Watch the infomercial on tv, it talks about the addictive additives they put in all kinds of food.

I remember getting a strong craving after buy the Simpson's Ritz Bitz Smores. The addictive food additive was so strong I could not stop myself from buying more of the product, & I tried mentally resisting the temptations.

p.s.- Doesn't it suck that institutions insist on using means which cause cancer, to try and rid you of it?

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I see a lot of stubborn soda drinkers in here. Anyone heard of a book called "Natural Cures to Diseases they don't want you to know about?" Watch the infomercial on tv, it talks about the addictive additives they put in all kinds of food.

That's not the Kevin Trudeau book is it?

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Well I drink one soda a day (I just refill my little bottle multiple times from my 2 liter) !!!!!!!!!!

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diet coke rules ...

i drink about a 2-liter bottle a day.

regular diet coke - no lemon, lime, black cherry, vanilla etc.

diet coke plus is tolerable, but i'm certainly not drinking it for the supposedly added vitamins. :lol2:

regular coke, that well-known cure-all, upsets my stomach ... go figure.

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If you read the article it says:

"It could be, they suggest, that even no-calorie sweet drinks increase the craving for more sweets, and that people who indulge in sodas probably have less healthy diets overall."

So, as long as you don't suffer from an increase in craving for sweets and you don't have bad diets overall, you should be fine.

I too hate the taste of regular sodas - too syrupy for me. I've gotten used to diet.

I like Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke. Diet does taste crisper than regular soda.

My dh SWORE HE WOULD NEVER EVER DRINK DIET SODAS. Then he was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and he started drinking diet . . .and he is used to it and thinks regular tastes too sweet. Same thing happened with milk . . .slowly weaned from full fat milk down to non-fat and now even 1% sticks to my teeth and it feels like you have to squeegee the cream off.

The studies on aspartame - most have been dis-proven.

I probably have one or two diet drinks a week. I like iced tea, water with lime or lemon and Crystal Light.

steph

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i read the article on the 24th, and decided to try to give up my 6-8 diet pepsi's per day habit.

it's been three days now (whoopee, right?) and i have found myself without my 2pm m&m cravings. i drink my coffee black, so that drives off the caffeine withdrawl headaches.

maybe coincidence, but it works for me :)

speechie

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I too hate the taste of regular sodas - too syrupy for me. I've gotten used to diet.

I like Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke. Diet does taste crisper than regular soda.

My dh SWORE HE WOULD NEVER EVER DRINK DIET SODAS. Then he was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and he started drinking diet . . .and he is used to it and thinks regular tastes too sweet. Same thing happened with milk . . .slowly weaned from full fat milk down to non-fat and now even 1% sticks to my teeth and it feels like you have to squeegee the cream off.

steph

I had the same attitude as your hubby, but even I made the switch to diet. I used to drink probably about 2 liters of regular coke a day. I even had it with breakfast. Now I still drink mainly soda, but it's always diet and I can't get used to the taste of regular soda. If I can do it, then anyone can.

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With rare exceptions---such as when it was the only cold drink available---I haven't drunk regular soda in 20 years. I don't like it, it's much too sweet, and I'm with Steph: I HATE the feeling all that sugar leaves on my teeth!

However, as a diet aid, it's pretty much worthless IMHO. I'm fatter now than I was back in the '80s when I was still putting away a six-pack of Coca-Cola every day. Then again, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that I'm nearing 50 and have metabolic syndrome............;)

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when i die i want to be buried in my black scrubs with a coke in one hand and bottle of coconut rum in the other.......:cheers::biere::beer:

that's exactly how i feel!!!!!!!!!! bury me in my black scrubs with a giant pepsi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! long live soda and caffeine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That's not the Kevin Trudeau book is it?

It is.

Am I the only one who sees drinking 2 or more liters of soda a day as an addiction? I believe soda to be one of the main culprits of diabetes & cancer in our society.

I never could understand health care professionals choosing unhealthy lifestyles for themselves(ie-smoking, drinking etc.) yet commit their lives to saving lives of others.

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