Soda addiction

Drew Hamilton · Post by **Drew Hamilton** » 21 Jul 2006 09:50

I don't drink and I don't plan on it.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 21 Jul 2006 15:04

I had a couple sips of western family root beer today.. it was the only thing in the fridge, we had warm water on the counter and i had just walked home in the sun... but i only took like.. 3 gulps, that not even 1/4th of a can.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 21 Jul 2006 15:14

Bad Anthony! Tap water is cold and refreshing.

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 22 Jul 2006 15:56

I stopped drinking pop 3 or 4 years ago. Tim W. started first and I just copied him. I became lazy over the last year or so and drink pop every once in a while. Every time I do the carbonation kills me though, I have to drink it really slow. I think I might stop entirely again, but with Tim himself pushing his own brand of delicious root beer it's going to be tough.

How can you say no to that face?

wolfpac444 · Post by **wolfpac444** » 22 Jul 2006 16:16

Haha... I just finished drinking a bottle of Virgil's. There is a store here that has it for $1 a bottle which isn't too bad.

Unfortunately, it is no Millstream.

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 23 Jul 2006 21:12

Bad Mike! Fat people can't have soda!

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 25 Jul 2006 06:25

I'm addicted to diet coke, and love the taste of it. I can't stand regular coke for 2 reasons. One, it's too sugary/syrupy and it makes my teeth and mouth feel all gross. Two, regular coke has like 7 tsp of sugar in a can. That much sugar makes me feel angry and jittery, not to mention can lead to diabetes.

The problem with diet coke is it's sweetened with Aspartame. Aspartame has been concluded to cause cancer in rats, but obviously that's all they give them, and their bodies are small, so it's easy to understand. The other ironic part of Aspartame is, because it cannot be digested by the human body, it's actually stored in your fat cells, making you fatter. The one with Splenda may be a good compromise for me. But it's made from sugar, so I wonder if it has the same bad effects that sugar has.

The FDA is LAME. Stevia, is an all-natural sugar substitute that's 300 times as sweet as sugar! Banned for commercial use here, it's actually used as a main substitute in Japan. Guess what's banned over there? Yep, Aspartame.

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 25 Jul 2006 10:29

shredzilla wrote: The FDA is LAME. Stevia, is an all-natural sugar substitute that's 300 times as sweet as sugar! Banned for commercial use here, it's actually used as a main substitute in Japan. Guess what's banned over there? Yep, Aspartame.

Aspartame=gross. Stevia=Delicious!

A few months back, I purchased some Yerba Mate tea over the 'net that contains Stevia, and I love it. Stevia is very sweet, and oh-so tasty; not to mention non-toxic, and low caloric.
The FDA is fucked up. They allow companies to use artificial sweeteners that our bodies can't even digest, but outlaw (the healthy and tasty) Stevia as if it were some illegal narcotic. wtf.
In short, Stevia pwnz artificial sweeteners.

pips · Post by **pips** » 25 Jul 2006 11:05

Ew! Diet anything is the worst! Blah.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 25 Jul 2006 23:17

Diet Coke is among the most disgusting liquids in the universe.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 25 Jul 2006 23:49

Diet soda is so much worse and so much more disgusting than a regular soda.

p`` · Post by **p``** » 26 Jul 2006 09:09

The FDA didnt wanted the aspartame before 1981.. then Ronald Reagan got president and the labotary that created aspartame G.D. Searle had Donald Rumsfeld as president so the FDA looked from another eye this artificial sweetener.

Check this if you know french ;l
http://www.oulala.net/Portail/article.p ... e=aspartam

so the end of this story is dont drink soda or diet soda, drink water! and dont buy bottled water!!! http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/1 ... ba2js.html

xXLoss_of_ControlXx · Post by **xXLoss_of_ControlXx** » 26 Jul 2006 09:30

I have always wondered why soda companies put WAY TOO MUCH sugar/cornsyrup in their drinks when putting half as much wont taste bad, save them money on corn syrup, and be better for everyone to drink.

shred villain · Post by **shred villain** » 26 Jul 2006 14:45

mmmmmmmm. that virgils stuff looks mighty tasty. do they sell it everywhere in the u.s.?