10 Diseases Linked To Soda

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MommytoEight — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:30:53 GMT

I have no more than one soda a month, if that. Being diabetic, I don't drink the real sugar soda unless I am sharing and it is balanced with low glycemic foods. I will not drink diet soda! Bad news!

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Lissylobdob — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:20:24 GMT

I diligently looked for an alternative to Alcoholic drinks and decided the lesser of the evils was a refreshing Soda Lime and Bitters made with natural Mineral Water, which happens to be sparkling but less so than Soda Water. I also squeeze lemon juice into it to make up for any acidity. I am hoping that this is OK as an occasional social drink.....can anybody confirm this????

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fishnalaska — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:00:04 GMT

I live in a town, where you will see toddlers drinking soda. I drank soda throu out my childhood, but I couldn't drink more than a six pack a week. When I got married, and my husband and I had decided to have kids. I quit drinking soda. Then we decided not to allow our kids to drink soda til they got into High School. It was a challenge at first to train my husband - "Don't give the kids any sips of soda!" I always gave my kids sugarless koolaid. Once we got into going to other kids Birthday Parties, we had to bring our own koolaid. Then the kids that hung out with our kids (and come to visit at our house) started to realize, when you come to visit it was water or sugarless koolaid. Our daughter was a cheerleader in high school, a flyer (the girls you see being tossed into the air). Well, cheerleading is a dangerous activity. Needless to say, she suffered a broken ankle from a toss gone bad. When she got her ankle xrayed. Her doctor was astonished to say the least. For a teenager to have such good bone density in this day in age? Our daughter told him she doesn't drink any soda, never have. The only soda drinker in our family is my husband, and to think of it, we saved alot of money not buying alot of soda. But now that he is older, he has been drinking the sugar free and caffine free sodas. I truely believe our daughter would be suffering more, even after she has healed from her broken ankle, if she had been a soda drinker. And now that she is getting her degree in Pharmacy, she knows I did the right thing. She thanks me for that. And with young people we know, I tell them, "you can raise a child who does not drink soda and it way healthier for them".

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backyardbreederssuck — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:47:54 GMT

There are so many healthy alternatives to soda. I can't even stand it anymore now that I've been off it for so long.

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Dr.jeffrey dach — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:54:46 GMT

A number of publishd studies have piointed out that phosphates in soda pop cause osteoporosis. My interventional nurse drank a couple of cans of soda every afternoon. We were shocked when at a younfg age, she developed compression fractures of the thoracic spine and had to retire from nursing.

Jeffrey Dach MD

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UnFood Cop — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:32:31 GMT

Fortunately, I've never acquired the ability to drink carbonated beverages. I did, many years ago, use the fruit-flavoured ones that were popular to make gelatin desserts.

I'd like to offer a suggestion for a delicious, thirst-quenching alternatives to health-robbing drinks:

juice of 1 lime (or lemon) plus 1/8 tsp sea salt in 500ml spring water (especially good on hot summer days while working in the garden),

on cold days, this is good with hot water too with or without the salt.

Over time, I've found that eyebrows are raised less often when I request a pot of hot water and lemon/lime wedges at restaurants. I'm quite happy to pay for the privilege of drinking something I prefer, but find that there is generally no charge.

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GRAYWOLF — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:05:34 GMT

"The participants filled out questionnaires about their eating habits,"

Kinda blows the reliability of the findings!

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alm260 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:25:30 GMT

I've gone 8 or 9 years now since I had soda pop and I'm so proud of that fact. I tried it once in that time period and just one drink made my stomach cramp, so I knew it was goodbye to that!!

I've heard Coke is good for two things... Cleaning your toilet and putting in the laundry with greasy work clothes. The acid takes the stains/dirt right out! Imagine what it does to your stomach.

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gint518 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:58:20 GMT

My 21 year old son has been known to drink 3- 24 ounce Pepsi's while at work. Then he complains that he can't sleep at night!

That's another problem- not only is it no longer a treat, it now comes in a bottle that contains 3 servings! I keep telling my kids this, but I'm not getting through yet. Very frustrating. It's making him fat too!

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curious7 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:07 GMT

Get yourself a good Chemical Reference book, and look up all the ingredents in soda. WOW. Then look at the potential hazards these chemicals cause, and you will see why these so called soft drinks, are anything but.

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joeday — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:39:08 GMT

Can someone please answer whether plain seltza is bad or ok?

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Heather Marsh — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:20:42 GMT

I have ordered some water-sugar kefir grains, and I am looking forward to trying to make kefir ginger beer. Less risk, I hope.

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webwitch6 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:31:19 GMT

Soda was as hard for me to give up as cigarettes were! What the heck is in there?!?!?

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Traveling Man — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:38:13 GMT

Kill the yeast is a good idea but how.

I've been fighting Candida thanks to the STUPID doctors who pumped me full of anti-biotics when I was a child.

Now I can't get rid of my yeast problem.

Thanks doc:-(

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Jill of all trades — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:35:06 GMT

I saw that someone said they could avoid soda- except in a rootbeer float? What if you make your own rootbeer with honey or

table sugar? Is that any healthier? Love to hear your comments. I pretty much don't drink soda and haven't made homemade

stuff in years, but it is very easy to do.