Soda and Diabetes

How about diet soda?

Soda tastes great, seems harmless, and like you I do not have it in the house. When my family was young it was because I wanted to spend my limited funds on nutritious things. As I have gotten older I have learned that the more sweet things you consume the more you want them and my favorite sodas are implicated in osteoporosis. I mostly now drink water, tea, and coffee. Sometimes I will have a soda if I am eating out.

No, I do not drink soda regualrly. I may have an iccasional drink of a rum and diet pepsi but that is it.. I have a son though who appears to be addicted to drinking pepsis and this worries me. Something like 16 teasponfuls of sugar in one drink? I maybe wrong but this figure comes to mind. It is ridiculous. If I am addicted to anything then it is dri king water with a small dollop of apple cider vinegar in it. I find that so refreshing. I don't even add the honey

Hello lelin, Pepsi or Coca Cola rarely comes into this house either. Its mainly in the Summer or Christmas I find myself buying it for others but not for me. I don´t drink it as a norm and if I do I don´t drink more than a sip or two and that´s it. The fruit juice in tetra brik is equally as bad over 15 percent sugar to every glass you take but at least they tell you what´s what whereas with Pepsi or Coke you just did not know how much went into it for each glass. xxx

Hi lelin, I do not drink...everynow and then like maybe 2-3 times in 6 months I may have a little soda...I stopped drinking soda on a regular about 10 years ago...So I very seldom even purchas soda.. I knew many years ago that soda was not good for humans....

in addition to that soda are not good in bones, it weakens the calcium from our bones aside from the sugar were getting from. yes it's pretty scary the satisfaction that it gives doesn't give justice to what it may cause. Better to drink cold water for cleansing than soda

Like you, I grew up in a pop-free house. (We call it pop here in the Midwest) The only time we got it was when we visited our grandparents and that wasn't every time. I remember when Taco Bell first opened and tacos were 15¢ and Mom let us get a small cup of Coke with our tacos. What a treat! Of course when I went to live on my own I drank a lot of pop for awhile. I read that it takes a gallon of water to flush out the harmful effects of just on glass of soda--that's alarming! I quit drinking it for good once I had kids and they never got it until they were older and were taking part in group sports and such. Or they went to a friend's house--it seems like nearly every household has gallons of that poison on hand and they let their kids drink it like water! I have a small bottle of Coke in the fridge that's been there for a couple of months. I rarely drink pop but every so often it tastes pretty good. It's a rare thing for me to drink stuff like that as it only makes me thirsty. I'd much rather have some nice, cold water.

I think this is true. This is the reason why elementary schools don't sell sodas or soft drinks in their canteens anymore. This is to to keep the children safe from acquiring type 2 diabetes. As per study also, I bottle (8 oz.) of soda contains about 6 spoonfuls of sugar if I'm not mistaken. That's very alarming. At home we prefer to drink fruit juices although its still not a guarantee not to develop some illness in the future but at least with lesser possibility than that of drinking soda or soft drinks.

Scared! I am soda drinker. I drink almost everyday. I know its not good and I have been telling myself it will do no good to my body but I just can't resist cold sodas. But I guess this wake-up call. I have to start minimizing my soda intake.

well that make me so glad that I may only drink about 10 soda cans in a whole year I am not big on it never have been at the most I will have it when I go out to eat a meal