Another reason I don't drink soda

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
ATOT is not your personal chain letter spam-dump

I think Pepsi is offended by this thread.

 

[mugs]

FUD much?

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
Do you want to be healthy? Drinking soda is bad for your health in so many ways; science can't even state all the consequences. Here's what happens in your body when you assault it with a Coke:

Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake, and the only reason you don't vomit as a result of the overwhelming sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.

Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.

Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream.

Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain, a physically identical response to that of heroin, by the way.

After 60 minutes, you'll start to have a sugar crash.

Sources:
Nutrition Research Center October 24, 2007

How many sodas have you had today? How about your kids? As of 2005, white bread was dethroned as the number one source of calories in the American diet, being replaced by soft drinks.

The average American drinks more than 60 gallons of soft drinks each year, but before you grab that next can of soda, consider this: one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites. Not to mention the fact that it?s also your largest source of dangerous high-fructose modified corn syrup.

Article

A shining example of the greatest affliction in our society to date: ignorance + propanganda.

Oh noes! Sugar is teh bad!


Know what's funny? Look up the glycemic index of pure table sugar. It's actually in the healthy range! And, even more ironic, it's lower than that of corn!

 

[Fritzo]

Wow...all that and I'm still here and kicking after all these years.

I must be SOOPERman!

 

[potato28]

Usually 1-2 a day, sometimes I'll splurge and have 2 in a row. I like juices better, but juice is expensive

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
Do you want to be healthy? Drinking soda is bad for your health in so many ways; science can't even state all the consequences. Here's what happens in your body when you assault it with a Coke:

Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake, and the only reason you don't vomit as a result of the overwhelming sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.

Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.

Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream.

Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain, a physically identical response to that of heroin, by the way.

After 60 minutes, you'll start to have a sugar crash.

Damn, you say those things like you think they're BAD or something!
If Coca-Cola does all the things you say, maybe I need to start drinking it again!

the OP's post has made me go to the vending machine downstairs and grab a coke. Because I don't have any pop in my fridge... I never do. I don't have any pop in my entire place. I've pretty much stopped drinking pop, because when I would drink it, I was basically always dehydrated. I wouldn't drink much water at all during the day.

But seriously, I've always loved Coke, and there's a sweet release with each hit.. I mean, sniff, wait.. sip of the lovely liquid. I never got that from Pepsi, perhaps why I was never fond of it and practically refuse to drink it anywhere unless its the only pop to drink. There are certain foods I prefer to have pop as a side, like pizza or wings (can't order beer quite yet, otherwise it would be the preferred drink). But yea, Coke has always been my favorite pop, with Mountain Dew and its various delicious flavors serving as runner up. Vault, like Surge before it, is tied with Mountain Dew. Both have characteristics of their parent companies: Mountain Dew is even less carbonated than Pepsi, which feels less carbonated than Coke. Coke is more crispy than Pepsi (I imagine due to the amount of carbonation?), and likewise Vault has much more crispness than Mountain Dew. I love red Vault.

hmmm.. I :heart: the pleasure release from food, especially from Coke.

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Not to mention that some of the ingredients are flammable....lotsa fun on a boring night

<----ex-Pepsi employee.

and yes...it's pop....at least in the civilized states

ah.. it's fun to pretend there is a reason to enjoy calling Ohio home. :laugh:

but yep, it's pop damnit. No other way to refer to it than pop.

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
I quit drinking sodas. I lapsed for the holidays, but have started quitting again. Quitting smoking was far easier... They don't have cigarette machines everywhere in the US.

but you get what, 20 in a pack of cigarettes? You happen upon a store with a craving, and you can fuel that craving for.. well however long you can make that pack last. With pop, its one at a time, unless you wanna carry multiple ones in a pocket, so you'll always have to happen upon a machine. Well, you could carry around a 12 or 24 pack, but that's just downright addicted. lmao

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

A shining example of the greatest affliction in our society to date: ignorance + propanganda.

Oh noes! Sugar is teh bad!


Know what's funny? Look up the glycemic index of pure table sugar. It's actually in the healthy range! And, even more ironic, it's lower than that of corn!

Speaking of ignorance, it seems like someone doesn't realize that Glycemic Load is far more important than Glycemic Index

(at least from a health perspective)

That's why it's far healthier to feed a person with diabetes a Snickers than a baked potato.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Not to mention that some of the ingredients are flammable....lotsa fun on a boring night

<----ex-Pepsi employee.

and yes...it's pop....at least in the civilized states

Well, since your profile shows you in Ohio...I guess you wouldn't really know about civilized states now would ya? After all, isn't Ohio one of those "fly-over states?

only us Ohio citizens can talk down about Ohio! You leave us alone dammit!

 

[TallBill]

Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain, a physically identical response to that of heroin, by the way.

I fail to see how that is a bad thing?

 

[Twista]

i go through 2 cases of fruit punch minute maid a week and 1 case of grape crush.... a week.. im addicted!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chuckywang]

I just bought 15 12-pks of Coke products. Thanks Walgreens!

 

[HydroSqueegee]

i use to drink up to 3 cans of coke depending on the day. November 2006 i gave up soda completely. A few months ago i realized it was stupid to totally cut something i enjoy out of my life. So now i just drink a bottle of IBC rootbeer every few days as a treat to myself.

 

[Winchester]

Like a poster above: What about diet "cokes" (it's not pop or soda, its coke)? Also, what about coffee and tea?

I was drinking 6L a day of diet drinks, but I was pulling long hours. I still drink at least six 12oz cans a day (all diet) and up to a 12 pack. Im starting to do the sugar free kool-aid mixtures in water though.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: Winchester
Like a poster above: What about diet "cokes" (it's not pop or soda, its coke)? Also, what about coffee and tea?

I was drinking 6L a day of diet drinks, but I was pulling long hours. I still drink at least six 12oz cans a day (all diet) and up to a 12 pack. Im starting to do the sugar free kool-aid mixtures in water though.

Diet drinks only really address the sugar factor in soft drinks. They don't really do much about the caffeine response, although by itself, it's not really a problem. Better than standard soda, but you could still be drinking better stuff.

Once again I reiterate: This article needs to stop railing against soda and admit that the problem is overconsumption, not what's consumed. Let us not forget that alcohol is a poison enjoyed in moderation by millions daily.

 

[CPA]

Thanks mom, I feel so much safer now. :roll:

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Winchester
Like a poster above: What about diet "cokes" (it's not pop or soda, its coke)? Also, what about coffee and tea?

I was drinking 6L a day of diet drinks, but I was pulling long hours. I still drink at least six 12oz cans a day (all diet) and up to a 12 pack. Im starting to do the sugar free kool-aid mixtures in water though.

Diet drinks only really address the sugar factor in soft drinks. They don't really do much about the caffeine response, although by itself, it's not really a problem. Better than standard soda, but you could still be drinking better stuff.

Once again I reiterate: This article needs to stop railing against soda and admit that the problem is overconsumption, not what's consumed.

I agree about the overconsumption point. Consuming caffeine is not a bad thing contrary to popular belief.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Imp
I drink two a day. Too damn good to give up, I'd rather die earlier (ask me again in 5 years) with it than live longer living off water...

i *used* to drink a couple a day, then i got to 1 a day, now im at *maybe* 2 a week.

i missed it a lot at first, not so much now. my kids might have soda 3 times a month (they dont get a lot of sweets in general)

 

[Modelworks]

When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

Closer to 0, I thought

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

Closer to 0, I thought

In it's pure form yeah, but it gets slightly diluted once in the stomach proper.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

I'm sure your teeth appreciate it.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

I'm sure your teeth appreciate it.

Do you eat citrus fruit on occasion?

 

[Bateluer]

I drink only water most of the time. When I go out to eat, and thats rarely, I get fruit punch or lemonade, or possibly beer.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: ja1484

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When the show how its made was showing how aluminum cans are made, and they showed the step where the cans inside were sprayed with varnish, to prevent the cola from dissolving the aluminum.
That was enough to tell me , I shouldn't drink this stuff.

Yeah, because stomach acid isn't like pH 2ish or anything :roll:

Wow, I was seriously just about to post that