Posted on 11/02/2009 11:02:02 AM PST by goodwithagun
Soda, pop, cola, soft drink — whatever you call it, it is one of the worst beverages that you could be drinking for your health. As the debate for whether to put a tax on the sale of soft drinks continues, you should know how they affect your body so that you can make an informed choice on your own. Soft drinks are hard on your health Soft drinks contain little to no vitamins or other essential nutrients. However, it is what they do contain that is the problem: caffeine, carbonation, simple sugars — or worse, sugar substitutes — and often food additives such as artificial coloring, flavoring, and preservatives. A lot of research has found that consumption of soft drinks in high quantity, especially by children, is responsible for many health problems that include tooth decay, nutritional depletion, obesity, type-2 diabetes, and heart disease.
(Excerpt) Read more at health.yahoo.com ...
I drink pop sometimes, but my kids never do. Still, the government has no business taxing it. There are a lot of things that are bad for you. Are they gonna tax it all?
That’s why I stick to beer.
TAX IT!!! QUICKLY, BEFORE WE ALL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup....Soda, all types are poison. I never drink it. Only water for me
Just in Cuba Libre’s.
Either water or beer. I only do soda pop on special occassions... I probably drink less then a twelve pack of soda annually!
Remember when sugar had such a bad name, no one wanted to use it in their soft drink products any more? There is convincing evidence (and mountains of anecdotal evidence) that the switch from sugar to high fructose corn syrup is connected to weight gain. I would be satisfied with a switch back to sugar. Meanwhile, well water through an RO filter is just fine....
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I probably drink 3 or 4 cans of caffeine-free diet soda a week.I always thought since it was caffeine and sugar-free,it was ok. I’d say you get more sugar and caffeine from those energy drinks than you would from a caffeine-free diet soda.
How am I doing so far?
{putting my hands over my ears} LALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!
Leave my pop alone!!!!
Who Knew! Soda is behind all these ills. Cut the soda, you cut out tooth decay, obesity, and diabetes. OK, I'm game.
bttt
How about this guy giving us an article on what high taxes do to our economic health.
Drink a bite to eat.
And that’s the fact, Jack!!
Beer is good for you, especially a stout. My grandmother drank a couple bottles a day, and she made it to 96!
So does that mean if I stop drinking soda, I’ll live forever?
I don’t think it should be taxed either. I just choose not to drink it. However, this tax is going to affect the poor more than the wealthy. I drink water and I give my one year old homemade apple juice. i m a innur sity public scewl teechur and all my students drink so much soda. These kids are taught how to eat well, but still resist it because fast food is easier. Most of my kids haven’t had a home cooked meal. Middle class and above will simply reduce their soda consumption. Those who receive a gubmint check every month will continue to use our money to buy heavily taxed soda.
'Nuff said. Communist pinko pseudoscience politically correct buttwipe can bite me. I am SO SICK AND TIRED of these communists telling me how to live my life. Welcome to frickin china.
There IS some, strange, odd, background kinda hummmmmm on this thread...I can’t hear it either.
Hmmmmmm...pop. Coffee. Strong tea (with sugar!)...hmmmmm...I can’t hear them either.
Caffienne is my friend.
They’re taxing death too.
Don’t forget caffiene and carbonation, you know how rare carbon is so there’s no reason to expose yourself needlessly.. >S<
Soda is not healthy at all...
I only drink Hansen's all natural soda. It's hardly nutritious but at about a six pack a week, I'm probably not doing too much damage.
There's a lot of Americans out there for whom soda is the only hydration their body receives. My mom is like this. Drinks absolutely nothing but Coca Cola, about 6-8 cans a day.
I can’t DRINK beer, and I’ll be damned if some commie quack named Mao is going to stop me drinking pop. Also, he makes a lot of really wild-ass claims about soft drinks without any attribution or background studies. I’d be having legal take a look at this if I were Coke.
Actually, you can make a decent soda at home with much less sugar. An uncle of mine used to make Birch Beer (non alcoholic) and a cream soda that he sold in his store in the 50’s. As kids, we drank gallons of it. I still have most of my teeth.
I have a coke about once every three months......
...but it always is watered down with a little Mr Jack Daniels.
Stopped drinking Diet Coke in June. I have counted a bunch of things I feel better about. Blood Pressure, whiter teeth, no bloated feeling, more money!
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My mother-in-law’s nickname used to be the Diet Coke Queen. She now has osteoporosis. I don’t think it is a coincidence. She stopped drinking soda about two years ago and her problems have not increased like they had been doing every year. Make sure your mom gets a bone scan.
"Fifteen years ago," when U.S. Food and Drug Administration "scientists had found benzene, a known carcinogen, in some sodas and fruit drinks," the FDA said "'Trust us',"
Read more at
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Benzene_in_Soft_Drinks
I choose not to drink it...don’t really care if other people decide to consume it. It’s their bodies. I most definitely don’t think it needs to be taxed.
But they taste good. Which is more than I can say for most other caffeine delivery systems.
I love Diet Coke and good old fashioned Southern Sweet Tea. (Publix has the best sweet tea. It takes a knack to make good sweet tea-I can’t get it right. Don’t have to now...Publix does it for me.)
If there is no Diet Coke, I’ll take Diet Dr Pepper or Diet Barqs. NEVER Diet Pepsi—nasty. I drink my diet sodas out the can at room temp. The carbonation is just right. :-)
My kids always drank milk, juice and water except when they were sick. Then they would get Ginger Ale. It does the same thing as pedialyte but a lot cheaper. They have moved on to Gatorade, but that is as nasty as Diet Pepsi.
Leave me alone.
No single behavioral activity has a more negative impact on a person’s overall health and life expectancy than engaging in the male homosexual “lifestyle”. I trust that the government will be focusing on this issue with the same aggressiveness they employ while attacking the various food products they condemn, tax, and eliminate.
Uh, yeah.
Yep. My doctor says some caffeine is fine. There is no way Dr. Pepper would lie to me!
I probably drink a can of soda once a day. Haven’t had a single cavity and the dentist always tells me my teeth are strong and health. Why, because I BRUSH my teeth. I also don’t have a gut or have any heart or health problems (according to my recent physical). Why, because I EXERCISE several times a week.
Just telling someone to stop drinking or eating something is not going to solve the problem of America’s health problems.
Sugar consumption suppresses or compromises the immune system? Fer crying out loud......what is this guy a Dr. of, Public Policy? What a maroon.
From liver problems to bone problems to diabetes, her soda consumption is definitely taking a toll on her body but she won't listen to anyone. She's set in her ways.
Small, small world...I have the good Dr. sitting on my desk right now.
(Waiting for the holiday Chocolate Dr. P to appear on the store shelves!!!)
Good for you and Dr. Maotsetung. Now, leave the rest of us the f*** alone.
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