If the US Health Department came out tomorrow with a PSA that drinking soda/pop leads to cancer...

[Savij]

I seem to remember that it's already been tied to an elevated risk of breast cancer.

 

[quackerww]

Originally posted by: monk3y
Luckily I haven't had a soda for AGES! It's all about water baby.

 

[Philippine Mango]

I drink soda every once in a while (earliest every 3 weeks) but more like about every 4-5 weeks I'll have a drink, kind of a toast to my weight..

 

[Paulson]

I drink more water than I do pop, and I've quit pop before for a year so it's not that hard to stop... it's just water gets so damn boring after a while, you look towards other flavors to make it interesting...

 

[laketrout]

Wow- talk about random... I guess that's why I'm online at 1:53am EST , I just had someone tell me about that (the soda thing) the other day so i thought I'd see what other people have though about drinking soda as well. Hence the dragging up of the old thread- it's still hard to believe in my mind. I just can't believe that SOME soda every now and again is going to hurt anyone.

Well, that's about the extent of my thoughts for the evening. Work tomorrow. Thanks- i know this was really profound.

 

[DainBramaged]

I would make pop a part of my morning cigarette.

 

[jagec]

I barely EVER drink soda, and then it's usually root beer...it just doesn't taste that great IMHO. I prefer a nice delicious glass of juice, or if I'm really thirsty, plain water, cool but not ice-cold.

However, Henry Weinhard makes some good root beer.

 

[Ronstang]

I have never been a habitual soda drinker except for a time when I was young. I drink either tea or water. Soda is bad for you on so many levels I only drink it as a treat.

 

[Throwmeabone]

The only time I can drink soda is when it is ice cold and with food. Otherwise I hate that it is so sweet and sticky, and it makes you burp and does not quench your thirst.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Just so you know, just about anything in excess will give you SOME kind of cancer. Either you can live life in an enjoyable (but not excessive) way and live say 80-100 years instead of 100-120, or you can be a tight ass who does everything 100% for their health and not enjoy yourself.

I'm taking the first option

 

[clamum]

I would still drink pop, Coke is worth getting cancer over.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Just so you know, just about anything in excess will give you SOME kind of cancer. Either you can live life in an enjoyable (but not excessive) way and live say 80-100 years instead of 100-120, or you can be a tight ass who does everything 100% for their health and not enjoy yourself.

I'm taking the first option

I just don't think that soda adds that much enjoyment to my life. I require a higher fun/potential danger ratio out of my health risks...like eating doughnuts, or riding the motorcycle.

 

[zerocool1]

i haven't for a while, I drink while I'm out with a few friends when they order beer. I hate not being 21.

 

[chambersc]

if, and it's a big if, there were to be a link established, i would immediately cease all cancer-causing activities faster than michael j. fox getting "out" in jenga.

 

[imported_Phil]

Given that the last can of Pepsi I drank was a few months ago, I think I'll be okay.

 

[phantom309]

Soda has a huge amount of HFCS and calories, but it doesn't fill you up like solid food does, or hydrate particularly well. It's like liquid fat.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

I could stop whenever, whereever. I rarely drink it. Give me some orange juice and I'm set.

 

[RagingBITCH]

I don't drink soda except on rare occassions due to working out.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: dug777
You'd already be ****** then, yes?

yep.

/takes a swig of Pepsi

Nate

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: mwtgg
Carbonated water and sugar can cause cancer?!

Proven to assist in Diabetes.

It's the truth.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Penth
What if they came out with a study that said cell phones cause cancer or tumors in your brain.

this is why I don't carry a cellphone in my pocket. To paraphrase an old hockey player, I can hire somebody to do my thinking for me

Nate

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Sentinel

Originally posted by: mwtgg
Carbonated water and sugar can cause cancer?!

Proven to assist in Diabetes.

It's the truth.

If you've already got it? anything loaded with sugar will do that. Or it contributes to *getting* it?

Nate

 

[DaWhim]

i stopped drinking soda for a long time

 

[Amdiggidy]

I heard that placing your alarm clock too close to your head while you sleep can give you brain cancer. DEATH TO THE :clock:s!!!! Whoo-hoo! Every day's a Saturday!

 

[Schadenfroh]

mmm coke