Do you drink soda?

United States
November 12, 2015 4:39am CST
So I am a big soda drinker and I know how bad it is for you. I never used to drink it but it has become a bad habit recently. Anybody else out there drink soda? If not is it because you don't care for it or for health reasons?
14 people like this
18 responses
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
12 Nov 15
I never drink soft drinks like soda (we don't have that commonly in the UK) nor cola, coke or anything that is full of artificial additives.
4 people like this
• United States
12 Nov 15
Oh, I had no idea soda wasn't common in the UK. Is it the same for Great Britain and other places around UK? Yes I going to try and stop drinking the stuff all together soon.
1 person likes this
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
12 Nov 15
@chance216 Soda in the UK is generally a term for Sodium, be it Sodium carbonate, Sodium bicarbonate, Sodium hydroxide or Sodium oxide. Most of those you would not want to drink!
1 person likes this
• United States
12 Nov 15
@destry Interesting to know!
1 person likes this
@moffittjc (121659)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Nov 15
It's the one vice I just can't seem to give up! I used to drink 5-6 sodas a day, but I have been trying to cut down. My ultimate goal is to only have one per day, perhaps at lunch. I've been drinking a lot more water lately, but I've also found that as I drink less soda I am drinking more coffee. I guess its a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario with me! lol
2 people like this
@moffittjc (121659)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Nov 15
@Auntylou it's definitely the caffeine! But, I am finding that I really enjoy drinking coffee in the morning! Just the smell of it brewing in the kitchen in the morning makes me want to wake up and start my day!
1 person likes this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
Maybe you are missing the caffeine you find in some sodas!
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
12 Nov 15
I do and I'm pretty sure it is what caused me to have a kidney stone last week.
2 people like this
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
13 Nov 15
@Auntylou Thankfully, the stone passed after 3 very painful days
2 people like this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
Hope this gets sorted quickly for you, I have heard they can be very painful
1 person likes this
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
12 Nov 15
I only drink 1 diet cola a day.
2 people like this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
I don't even drink diet pop, don't like the idea of all those additives
• United States
12 Nov 15
I wish I could be so controlled. I have been drinking 3 or 4 a day.
@amnabas (14620)
• Karachi, Pakistan
12 Nov 15
I drink soft fizzy drinks very often.
2 people like this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
Watch out for your teeth , and your belly!
@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
12 Nov 15
It's a real problem for me. I try so hard never to drink it now. I fall and maybe have one or two amonth. I used to drink 3 or 4 a day!
2 people like this
@youless (112561)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Nov 15
I like drinking soda because it is sweet. I know it is not healthy to drink a lot of soda. So I will try drink it less. But I will not avoid it totally. Sometimes we need to treat ourselves right. We shall enjoy our lives.
1 person likes this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
Trouble is that our desire for sweet food stems from times when it was hard to find, and now, though we don't need those calories it is making us unhealthy
2 people like this
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
13 Nov 15
Then you better start reducing it, and use the saving to buy the shares of the soda company. Selling water is extremely profitable. The cost is low, and the selling price is high. They pay more for marketing, and bottle design than the ingredients to make the soda.
1 person likes this
@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
12 Nov 15
I am seldom drink soda, because it makes my stomach feel pain and uncomfortable. Actually, it is delicious drink, but I think it is not healthy, drink soda too much.
2 people like this
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
12 Nov 15
No i don't drink much only when i feel the urge that is when i get one
2 people like this
@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
13 Nov 15
I used to be a big Dr Pepper fiend, but it always had to be fountain! I gave it up a few months ago, and have no urge for it anymore. I tried one a couple of weeks ago and I found it too sweet.
1 person likes this
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
12 Nov 15
I am semi big soda drinker. I used to drink one soda only found here in NC six packs every week. But now I only drink one to two cans a day. And I now drink Vanilla Coke.
2 people like this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
12 Nov 15
I have never liked fizzy drinks since I was a child and am really glad of it, especially now that we read about all the sugar content
1 person likes this
@Erikm16 (51)
23 Nov 17
I drink them pretty often I really like the flavor
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
13 Nov 15
Both sodas with sugar and so called diet sodas are harmful to our health, so reading more about the dangers, should help to to avoid drinking them. According to Dr Mercola, there are 76 ways that sugar can ruin our health. I did a search and found these articles Also cancer cells stop growing, if they don't get sugar, so that should give us a good motivation to avoid it.
Read and learn more about sugar from these Mercola.com articles.
@hlfbldmom (743)
• Philippines
3 Dec 15
Drinking soda more often is really bad for the health. I do drink soda but very seldom. I am into more water.
@Bella128 (2471)
• United States
18 Nov 15
I do not drink soda. I used to drink soda a lot as a child but not anymore. I just don't like how it makes me feel.
@monalica (113)
• New Delhi, India
13 Nov 15
I some times take it because it affects our teeth and stomach system very badly so we should avoid it to some extent.