The problem with tea for me is that I do not like the taste, unless I add a bunch of sugar.
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Soda consumption down slightly, still #1 source of calories in U.S. diet
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The problem with tea for me is that I do not like the taste, unless I add a bunch of sugar.
Neuromancer
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I'm on my 4th diet soda already today. I'm bringing the average up!
What kinds have you tried? There's an extremely wide variety of teas with varying flavours. Or maybe it's just that you are so accustomed to sugar that anything without it tastes bad. Once you reduce it for a while you can get rid of that bias. That's what happened to me, I find the taste of coke really weird now.
There are a bunch of teas out there that are naturally sweet (I hate sweet tea and stick to Earl Grey-type teas).
TheLastCandle
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Bro fist. Just finished my 3rd.
You can sweeten it with Truvia. It's a natural, zero calorie sweetener, it's a combo of stevia and erythritol. I use it to sweeten my greek yogurt, it's pretty great.
I feel aspartame is one of the most scrutinized chemicals ever. I wouldn't say it's perfectly fine, but if there was something more lethal than refined sugar (which is probably the worst thing out there), we'd of known about it. It's been under the microscope all over the world.
I think just the word, "artificial" throws people up in arms. I'm certain heart disease and kidney failures are more common during the intake of sodium and sugars in other beverages.
Everything should be taken in moderation, obviously.
I think just the word, "artificial" throws people up in arms. I'm certain heart disease and kidney failures are more common during the intake of sodium and sugars in other beverages.
Everything should be taken in moderation, obviously.
The stuff you get at most restaurants can barely be considered tea; it's the swillwater left from soaking old, powdered plant matter. Good tea is a worthy beverage.
AbsoluteZero
Banned
I contributed to this. I have a rare, random soda, often when I'm eating out, and even then most of the time it's diet because the real stuff is too sweet for me now.
At home my liquid consumption is down to coffee, tea, water, and kool-aid (sweetened with Splenda)
At home my liquid consumption is down to coffee, tea, water, and kool-aid (sweetened with Splenda)
what about this stuff?
good or bad?
Buy and juicer and make your own juice. I had a tomato, carrot, and cucumber juicer earlier. Like a V8 without all the junk. I really like vegetables though.
On topic:
I believe this study. Lots of people I know drink regular sodas. I can hardly drink them any more because of all that sugar. Love diet sodas though... which will probably give me fatal cancer in every portion of my body.
As with all things, there's different studies showing this, different studies showing that. It's too early in tests to know definitively. I come down on the side of them being worse as them having no calories fools people into a fall sense of security. Mark's Daily Apple has some articles on it.
The stuff he writes about diet soda correlating with weight gain and obesity matches my layman opinion of the stuff. This is why I don't drink it; I believe a link exists, and while I can't precisely state what the mechanism is (guessing something to do with "satiety" and artificial sweetener's impact on obscure metabolic functions?) I can see that the people I know who guzzle diet sodas struggle to lose weight.
Is Truvia the "natural" version of Stevia? I'd go with Stevia if I was avoiding any sugar.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
lets go drink more to offset this terrible downtrend
Gave up sugary sodas a long time ago. But you'll have to pry the Diet Coke from my cool, refreshed, dead hands.
Still, I won't let my kids touch the stuff. They hate bubbly drinks, and I have no desire to expand their horizons in that regard. Also, I've found that Crystal Light is a great alternative to juice. It has a "fruit punch" taste but it lacks the sweetness, which I think is good in terms of developing their taste in drinks.
Still, I won't let my kids touch the stuff. They hate bubbly drinks, and I have no desire to expand their horizons in that regard. Also, I've found that Crystal Light is a great alternative to juice. It has a "fruit punch" taste but it lacks the sweetness, which I think is good in terms of developing their taste in drinks.
it's stevia and erythritol mixed together, it has a 'smoother' taste than stevia on its own. I guess you would say less of a bite? it's really good and I'm so glad I discovered it. you can buy it in bulk on Amazon for a good price too
When I was younger, I use to pop Cokes like they were skittles. Even more so with those Caprison sugar drinks. I would drink +8 of those a day and each one was like 100 calories. Dropped all that though and its been almost a year and I weight 30 pounds less (5'6, 165-134 lbs). A lot less headaches as well. I take advil now every few months compared to like every other week back on my old diet. Bad times.
JimtotheHum
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I just started curbing my soda intake two weeks ago. Before that, I was drinking about 2 20oz of Mtn Dew a day. (tastes so good) I am to the point where I have about 2 pops a week, hopefully doing away with it completely soon. The only thing holding me back is the occasional fast food trip where I get a pop.
Also, I have found that I have been sleeping better without all the caffeine coursing through my veins.
Also, I have found that I have been sleeping better without all the caffeine coursing through my veins.
IlliterateBookworm
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In my fat guy days I used to down the Dew like there was no tomorrow. Stopping the soda intake helped immensely.
What always pains me is watching young kids rot their teeth with it.
It's one thing if you're old enough to know better, but it just pisses me off when I see parents giving toddlers or really young kids soda. No 3 or 4 year old needs his own can of coke.
What always pains me is watching young kids rot their teeth with it.
It's one thing if you're old enough to know better, but it just pisses me off when I see parents giving toddlers or really young kids soda. No 3 or 4 year old needs his own can of coke.
Oh okay, good looking out. I don't use much added sweeteners these days, really only thing is half a packet of Stevia for a cup of green tea.
You'll get to the point where soda tastes pretty disgusting and repulsive. I'm at the point now where if I've tried a can of it, and it's just nasty to me. Tastes really fake and unnatural.
I actually never got to that point. Its been a year and I had a cup of coke the other day and it still tasted as good, even more so. Same for a bit of Welches. Only difference is that I just don't crave it anymore and prefer water.
I know that feel. I took a sip of coke for the first time in a while last week and it was shocking how synthetic it tasted, even worse than the diet stuff.
Krauser Kat
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i would probably drink milk or water with every meal but bottled water is fucked up.
Zoe
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My mother gave me so much Coke when I was a child that I had to get four teeth pulled and two teeth capped before I finished kindergarten.
What did you eat with the Coke? There are certain foods that it seems to go well with, or that our brain is accustomed to having it with. Salty french fries are a good candidate, as is pizza. A Big Mac combo doesn't really sound all that good with water, but with a big cup of Coke, it does.
Shadow Hog
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Soda is acidic. The first couple of times you drink it, it will be hard to not notice this fact.
That I've managed to look past that since then is a bit disturbing, when I dwell on it. Still, if you fill your entire mouth with it without swallowing, it can get to be a bit overpowering, which generally isn't the case with other drinks.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I drink soda all the time.
FrenchToastDisciple
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The only thing that has worked for me limiting my soda intake is just not buying any of it. I can't consume it in moderation if it's around the house. I'll have one from time to time when I'm out at a restaurant, but I will not keep it in my house. I'll always drink too much of it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Here's a tip for cutting out soda from fast food trips:
Don't get soda when you go on fast food trips.
You can choose bottled water, or you can just choose not to get a combo, which will cost you less money anyway. It might not be as good of a "value", but it will cost you less.
AbsoluteZero
Banned
A better plan is cutting fast food trips completely.
The bolded is a great way to emphasize the importance of satiety in controlling calorie intake.
I never had an addiction to soda, but diet soda is another beast entirely. Tea has done a good job of replacing that beast.
I usually drink soda once every couple months but with rum. But even then, I still find it disgusting to drink. But now, the only carbonated beverage I usual have once a week is a can of Red Bull. And this is coming from a guy that lived off drinking those big can of Monster Energy drinks 2-3 times a day while downing some Mountain Dew as well. Now, I'm a water man and feel so clean.
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Hahaha. I just started juicing, so I'll slowly cut out the fruit and leave them to smoothies.
If you're just intaking 1-2 fruit worth of juice a day it isn't that bad. Apples make vegetable juices more palatable. Of course, eating the raw fruits and veggies is more filling so you might need to count those calories if you go the juicing route.
Vegetable smoothies would be a better way to go about juicing. Keep in all of the fibers. The downside is vegetable smoothies require expensive industrial blenders.
Vegetable smoothies would be a better way to go about juicing. Keep in all of the fibers. The downside is vegetable smoothies require expensive industrial blenders.
CronosBlade
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Yep been off of the stuff for 3 weeks now. First week was kinda rough (no sugar, no caffiene? BED AT 9PM). But now, it's easy.
ThisWreckage
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It's because everyone now has Starbucks or an energy drink in their hands instead.
Ah. Yeah, between two cups of juice there's only 1 apple and 1 orange. I also eat as many raw fruits and veggies as I can on top of that.
I do make veggie smoothies too. But is there such a thing as an ALL veggie smoothie? That would be kinda gross, no? I usually fill up half the blender with fruit (berries, banana, mango, apple), the rest with spinach and sprinkle some spirulina on top.
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