Your thought on soda?

[Soybomb]

So tonight everyone is talking about health and dieting and eating reams of tacos and stuff and I had to ask, what do you all think of soda? I know alot of people think soda is evil and refuse to drink it. I drink massive amount of diet mountain dew (I dont' like the sugary taste of regular). Its water with some coloring, flavoring, and carbonation. Aside from the carbonic acid that might be formed in it, why would this be significantly worse for me than drinking water? You dont like yellow number 5 and 7?

 

[TuffGuy]

i'm a walking experiment for diet pepsi.

 

[PlunX]

I try not to drink pop* too much because it's given my sister pimples and I want to try my hardest to never have pimples. I'm sixteen and I haven't had any yet, so.. Yeah.

* - forced to be said by an unknown person.

 

[mztykal]

I don't drink soda anymore. I've been drinking fruit punch and water only.

 

[Soybomb]

myz: why? don't you like the taste or do you think its unhealthy for a particular reason or what?

 

[kami]

I think the worst thing in soda is the caffeine.. that's why I never drink caffeinated soda (and I usually have decaf coffee). For non-diet soda, the amount of sugar is sickening... a can of pepsi is about 40 grams of "bad" carbohydrates. And forget about a bottle of it, geez..

 

[Soybomb]

not....like....caffeine....I dont understand how that possible

 

[kami]

It is when I see my mom :Q She can't get through a day without having a coffee or two in the morning - or else the headaches are too bad. I don't want to become dependant on the stuff.

 

[Aceman]

It's pop dammit! Well at least that's what i grew up hearing it called. Moved from Minnesota to South Dakota and had a West River roommate that called it soda and I got use to that. Moved back to Minnesota after many years being away from here and I got strange looks for calling it soda.

As for the evil of pop:
Lots of surgars!
Lots of caffeine
PHOSPHURIC ACID!

Now the caffeine has been argued and debated on the pluses and minuses. I'd say average intake of caffeine is not too bad for you. Sugars mixed with the acids play hell on your teeth and your digestive tract.

 

[CvAgent]

Soda- Bad for tummy- No drink anymore
Diet Snapple for me
Yummers

 

[yakko]

I like it but I try not to drink to much of it.

 

[SSP]

I can't live with out my coffee,

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

I drink obsene amounts of coke, most of which is Dr. Pepper
I actually cannot stand water unless I've been working out or playin ball, and even then I prefer gatorade or such to water.

 

[Russ]

I never drink the stuff. Not because I think it's bad for me, just don't like it. Give me a nice big, black cup of coffee.

Russ, NCNE

 

[beer]

<< I try not to drink pop* too much because it's given my sister pimples and I want to try my hardest to never have pimples. I'm sixteen and I haven't had any yet, so.. Yeah.

* - forced to be said by an unknown person. >>



There is proven evidence that pimples result from genetics and the amount of oil you put in contact with your face (i.e. you touching your face, etc)

It has NOTHING to do with your diet. It has more to do with your genetics, followed by how much you wash your face, and what medicines you take to control it.

The only way french fries could be responsible for pimples is if you eat them, get grease all over your fingers, then touch your face, clogging your pores.

 

[RossMAN]

kami - Nice website, those picts of Christina Ricci, yum, nice DVD section also. You've got good taste in movies.

 

[IcemanJer]

What's a &quot;soda&quot;?? The only form of soda I know is in the powder form used for baking... Now if you're talking about pop then yeah, I advocate Root Beer, genuine Barq's Root Beer.

<-- got bitten by Barq's many times.

 

[SpongeBob]

I can't stand when people call it &quot;soda&quot;, it's Pop. Only reason I drink it is for the caffeine really. I would rather drink milk, juice, or water, but unfortunately I would fall asleep in class without caffeine.

 

[Valhalla1]

<< You dont like yellow number 5 and 7? >>




Didn't you know FD&amp;C Yellow #5 shrinks your testicles ? :Q

 

[SweetNightmare]

Umm..tacos and soda? Bad combination! Makes my husband fart all night.

 

[beer]

Personally I have about 24-32 ounces of soda a week. That translates to about two or three cans a week. And that's worst-case scenerio; I never drink it on weekdays (water and gatorade for me). I may have a coke when I'm at Chile's with friends on a weekend. However I regret it because I know it impairs my running and my bench press weight, for some reason.

Water also keeps your system clean. You feel more refreshed without soda than with.

Regarding caffeine? I have about 1 1/2 cups of coffee on my way to school every morning. I have to or I am sleepy all day. However that is usually my only intake of caffeine so I feel it is healthy.

 

[mztykal]

The only reason I don't drink it is because there's always water or fruit punch on the tabs. So I figure why get the caffeine when I can get fruit punch. Plus some sodas kick my ass. They make me sick.

 

[Soybomb]

Russ: Gimme another 10 years or so and I&quot;ll be into coffee I think

Val: Even if that weren't a myth, doesnt everyone have a little size to spare?

the rest of you: I dont care if you think its pop (its not heh) I just care about what you think of its health effects

Really if you don't think caffeiene is that bad, and get a diet soda I still dont understand how it could be really much differnet than regular water!

32 ounces....I think I drink about 2 liters of dew a day.....

 

[beer]

The carbonation adversely affects your endurance when running. It's important for me, at least. Same with your endurance when weightlifting. Plus I feel better after drinking water than after drinking a Diet Coke. The whole clean system thing again.

 

[ElPool]

i drink caffene (dew) to get me awake in the morning, and more drugs to get me asleep at night.
my whole sleep system got messed up a long time ago.

as for why people dont drink soda? well, experts say that it is bad for your teeth,
and can also be bad for your bones, reduces calcium or something. so take calcium.

also, the caffene (in any form), will constrict your blood vessels a little bit,
and will overheat your body if your exercising.
its also a dieretic (sp?) which means it makes you pee more than your actually drinking,
so drinking a caffinated soda will make you MORE thirsty.

this all just stuff i heard, but i still drink loads of Dew every week.
im addicted.