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Are You Drinking Soda?

Fri, 03/14/2008 - 12:30pm by FitSugar
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With soda sales down this year, reports say that folks are turning towards water and enhanced waters and teas before soda — yipee! Me, I am not and never will be a soda kind of girl. However, there are folks out there that still are drinking it despite the health risks, so what about you?

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  • ilanac13's picture
    ilanac13
    1

    i don't really like soda - so that's a no on my part. i actually don't care for carbonated things too much so i stay away from them.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • michlny's picture
    michlny
    2

    I used to be addicted to soda and drank a 2 LITER bottle a day. And, I'm into eating healthy!! So I knew it had to stop. Thankfully, I've found a replacement -- the Kombucha drinks by GT Dave fills the void. They have the bubbles that I so loved about soda! So, I've kicked the soda habit.
    Next......GUM!

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • mandy_frost's picture
    mandy_frost
    3

    yes; mostly diet, but at Quizno's, I HATE pepsi and diet pepsi and drink full cal dr pepper

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • camellia2's picture
    camellia2
    5

    i've never liked soda--even as a kid i was a water girl. but i have waay too much coffee per day, so that's my caffeine addiction!

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • jasmint's picture
    jasmint
    7

    I never really developed a taste for soda. I only have it in mixed drinks sometimes.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • yaelatner's picture
    yaelatner
    8

    When I was younger my parents drank 3-4 diet cokes a day! While my older sister never drank soda because she doesnt like fizzy drinks, I used to drink them all the time. In university I lived with a girlfriend of mine who could drink a 24 pack in a weekend. It was too much for me and I gave it up for water - my favorite drink in the world! Now I only drink diet coke sporadically, like when I eat sushi and I have sprite or club soda when I make a mixed drink. Over all I feel 100% healthier and better now that I reach for water to quench my thirst over diet coke. There is also less of a chance of water giving me hiccups. Smiling

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • GlowingMoon's picture
    GlowingMoon
    9

    Occasionally. I only diet soda. In a year, the number of times I drink soda, I can count on one hand, and maybe still have fingers left over.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • juju's picture
    juju
    10

    I definitely have a soda issue -- I used to consume one or two diet pepsis a day. Now, I am trying to avoid them during the week, and only have one or two on the weekends. But on some days (like today) if I didn't get a good nights sleep or I have something totally stressful happen at work, I break down and have one at work. It's an every day struggle.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • diorgirl17's picture
    diorgirl17
    11

    I only Drink soda once in a while! It's really not that good any way for you! So i just drink Lots of water! ( cuz i notice it burns when the soda goes down!) do u really want something burning going down ur throat? Heck Na!

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • JessNess's picture
    JessNess
    12

    I use to drink soda everyday but after all the damage it caused my teeth I gave it up. I only drink it every once in awhile now.

    BTW diet soda is HORRIBLE for you. It still will cause tooth damage. My aunt use to drink diet Dr. Pepper everyday. When she started having all these random health problems like with her eyes my mom suggested that she stop drinking diet soda. She gave it up and her problems went away. That fake sugar they put in it will mess you up

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Novaraen's picture
    Novaraen
    13

    I only drink water mainly....i gave up on soda a long time ago. It eats away at the enamel on your teeth(amongst other things)...not to mention its high calorie and the diet stuff tastes horrendous!! I'm sorry....i have yet to taste a good diet soda. We are all just better off not drinking it. Laughing out loud

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • klrouth's picture
    klrouth
    14

    Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are horrible and I hardly ever drink them.

    About once a week I will drink a Saranac Diet Root Bear or Dr. Brown's Diet Black Cherry soda. Good for a treat with popcorn every now and then and really yummy too. Even my husband will take a drink and not even realize it is diet.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Novaraen's picture
    Novaraen
    15

    I also have read studies about how the diet sodas actually make you hungrier...and they are WORSE for you than actually drinking the regular stuff. So...when you think you are doing good for your diet by drinking it....think again. Laughing out loud

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • linb's picture
    linb
    16

    No way. I really don't think the diet kinds should be allowed to print that word on the cans. It is very misleading.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • cvandoorn's picture
    cvandoorn
    18

    I drink diet coke and sprite zero...as well as Orangina. But I also love my water and tea.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • ktownpolarbear's picture
    ktownpolarbear
    19

    i try to limit my soda intake (maybe 1 per week or less), but sometimes tea and coffee just aren't enough at work. however, when i do drink soda, i drink regular. can't stand the diet stuff. i figure well, if i'm drinking it, i might as well drink the good stuff.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • gabiushka's picture
    gabiushka
    21

    Plain water and tea. Imported soda is made with real sugar which makes it taste waay better than U.S. soda with corn syrup so thats an occasional treat.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • JudyRie's picture
    JudyRie
    22

    I used to drink way too much soda. Shortly after my first son was born I cut way back. Now, I drink maybe one a week, on average. When we go on a road trip I usually drink more than that, but that's only every few months, so not often enough to worry about. (Although I do usually come back from a road trip with a few extra pounds, but they come back off within a few days.)

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • kellijo's picture
    kellijo
    23

    I love pop - I could drink it all day! I've been trying to cut waaay back though, so I've been drinking some of the carbonated/flavored waters that are out there. I know that's not perfect, but I'm down to a pop or two a week. Once I start feeling the hydrating effects of water, I start wanting it more.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • tdamji's picture
    tdamji
    24

    i have never been into soda that much. my mom always game us juice or water to drink.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • amers230's picture
    amers230
    26

    i've been back on forth on pop. i used to drink a ton, but then i was getting horrible heart burn and i ended up giving up pop for lent and the heart burn went away, so i just stopped drinking it all together for like a year. then i started drinking clear pop, thinking it was the dye making me sick. i just gave pop up for lent again this year and i don't so much miss the pop as i miss have an option besides water (as much as i love water it can get boring). i'm doing weight watchers so there aren't that many drinks i can have that aren't any points. i do miss ginger ale though, i'll probably start drinking that again occasionally.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • bluehippy's picture
    bluehippy
    27

    I still drink soda but i am trying to cut it out of my daily life! I don't drink as much as i used to but i still drink it! It's just that if i try to take it out completely than the next time i drink it i over load on it!

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • rpenner's picture
    rpenner
    29

    never been a big pop person. i only drink it as mix with my booze. even then, i try to mix it with juice more.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • anna_muffin's picture
    anna_muffin
    30

    I hate coffee and as a student, I don't have an office, where I could prepare and drink my favorite source of caffeine - the pu-erh tea, so every now and then (maybe once in two weeks on average) I resort to cola light. And I know that the "light" part doesn't make it healthier than normal cola, but I just like the taste better.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • georgie's picture
    georgie
    32

    I said no, never, but really it's hardly ever, maybe once a month? I might have one drink mixed with sprite... I usually mix with cranberry juice... that is a healthier alternative.... right??

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • esmerb's picture
    esmerb
    33

    On very rare occasions I consumer Diet D.P. but 90% of the time I consume water and sometimes sweet leaf tea.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • hepsmom's picture
    hepsmom
    34

    My new drink of choice is Celestial Seasonings Peach Delight Zingers to Go. I absolutely LOVE Dr Pepper, but don't hate what it does to me. On the rare occasion I have a Happy Meal from McDonald's, I will have a Dr Pepper. I quit diet drinks after reading that people who work in the labs where those sweeteners are developed use only honey and sugar.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • hepsmom's picture
    hepsmom
    35

    I actually HATE what Dr Pepper does to me. I have a GERD attack when I drink too much of it.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • jspeed's picture
    jspeed
    36

    I can't say "never" but it averages out to once a week tops. Generally I drink water, juices, green/herbal/decaf teas. I try to avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup, or sugar as a main ingredient. No diet drinks either cause I can't stand fake sweeteners. I do get occasional Coke, Dr. Pepper or root beer cravings that I indulge every now and then. I try not to keep soda in the house so as not to be tempted (or to make it hard to fulfill the craving).

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • cottonpoots's picture
    cottonpoots
    37

    I limit my soda drinking; it's just become a healthy habit on my part over the years. I prefer water ♥

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Allytta's picture
    Allytta
    38

    never ever ever... don't want to do that to my body, and most importantly i don't crave them. i like O2. and it's cheaper!

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • pamlarouge's picture
    pamlarouge
    39

    Occasionally, I enjoy a plain old Coke and I'll drink Sprite if I have an upset stomach that I have a suspicion may turn into something worse. But diet soda? Forget it, that stuff bloats me into next week-like I need anything else that's gonna do THAT. Sheesh.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • mjane79's picture
    mjane79
    40

    I only drink them every once in awhile or as a mixer in a drink like a Cuba Libre. I also don't buy pop to keep in the house.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • emalove's picture
    emalove
    41

    Growing up, my sister and I weren't really allowed junk food, we never had it in the house and soda was a rare treat. So it's never been something that I love or crave.

    But if I do have one, it's either Sprite or Dr. Pepper usually.

    Oh, and I always have some ginger ale when I have an upset stomach. It helps.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Kazagirl's picture
    Kazagirl
    42

    Yea I love my diet soda. I usually drink one every day. I am trying to cut back but at least it's diet.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Caboose's picture
    Caboose
    43

    I only drink soda (diet soda) with mixed drinks (such as rum and coke, amaretto and coke, kahlua and coke). That's it, though.

    42 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment