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Willravel · 08-28-2004, 01:34 PM

Thanks for the response/question. One thing that I found out after doing some reaserch is that soda's are bad news. Let's take Mountian Dew for example. 12 oz. of Dew has about 11 tsp. of sugar. It also has an acidity of about 3.22 (low = bad). Teeth were never meant to take this kind of punishment. As far as diets and fat loss, even diet colas are bad. Most diet soda use an artificial sweetner, such as aspartame or nutrasweet, in the stead of sugar. Here's what I found out about these wonderful drugs. Aspartame and nutrasweet are no very sweet in themselves, that may be why equal puts dextrose (sugar) and maltodextrin as the first ingredients, so that it tastes sweet. These drugs are 'brain drugs' that stimulate your brain so that you think that the food you are eating tastes sweet. If you pay attention, you'll notice that when using these everything you eat tastes sweet. That's why Aspartame/Nutrasweet causes you to seriously crave carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, as you may know, get broken down into sugars to be burned in your body. If you want to learn about the real health dangers of Aspartame, you can read it online. It scared the crap out of me. I only made the diet argument on thsi threat in response to your question. What I meant by what I said before was that I gave up on sodas alltogether, but the soda I mainly drank was diet coke. In my opinnion, diet soda is like diet lard; it's either basically the same fattening thing as the original, or it's made up of chemicals that really aren't safe.
I also realized, while I was trying to quit, that I was addicted to sodas! I don't know if I was mentally or physically addicted, but I went through withdraw the same way a smoker does. I found myself looking at sodas, I mean like lingering forlorned looks. I would stop myself going into a 7/11 or other convienience mart, realizing that I was about to get a soda. I also realized just how many soda commercials there are on tv. Wow. Durring one commercial brake 3 out of 7 commercials were for soda. After a few months everything started going better, but it really surprised me. Aparently soda is the second most popular drink in the US, next to water. More than juice, more than milk, more than coffee and tea.
Stuff to think about.

08-28-2004, 01:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Thanks for the response/question. One thing that I found out after doing some reaserch is that soda's are bad news. Let's take Mountian Dew for example. 12 oz. of Dew has about 11 tsp. of sugar. It also has an acidity of about 3.22 (low = bad). Teeth were never meant to take this kind of punishment. As far as diets and fat loss, even diet colas are bad. Most diet soda use an artificial sweetner, such as aspartame or nutrasweet, in the stead of sugar. Here's what I found out about these wonderful drugs. Aspartame and nutrasweet are no very sweet in themselves, that may be why equal puts dextrose (sugar) and maltodextrin as the first ingredients, so that it tastes sweet. These drugs are 'brain drugs' that stimulate your brain so that you think that the food you are eating tastes sweet. If you pay attention, you'll notice that when using these everything you eat tastes sweet. That's why Aspartame/Nutrasweet causes you to seriously crave carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, as you may know, get broken down into sugars to be burned in your body. If you want to learn about the real health dangers of Aspartame, you can read it online. It scared the crap out of me. I only made the diet argument on thsi threat in response to your question. What I meant by what I said before was that I gave up on sodas alltogether, but the soda I mainly drank was diet coke. In my opinnion, diet soda is like diet lard; it's either basically the same fattening thing as the original, or it's made up of chemicals that really aren't safe. I also realized, while I was trying to quit, that I was addicted to sodas! I don't know if I was mentally or physically addicted, but I went through withdraw the same way a smoker does. I found myself looking at sodas, I mean like lingering forlorned looks. I would stop myself going into a 7/11 or other convienience mart, realizing that I was about to get a soda. I also realized just how many soda commercials there are on tv. Wow. Durring one commercial brake 3 out of 7 commercials were for soda. After a few months everything started going better, but it really surprised me. Aparently soda is the second most popular drink in the US, next to water. More than juice, more than milk, more than coffee and tea. Stuff to think about.