Do you drink Soda/Coke/Pop whatever you want to call it?
I think I pay 5cents for each can of soda
We never allowed our kids to have pop. Only one of them drinks it now, and she only drinks it occasionally. My oldest doesn't drink it and my little one hates pop in all forms.
My Man also never drinks pop. We always have to put it on the list when we have a party, because people expect it. But, I won't buy "Diet" pop, it's SO bad for you, that fake sugar. I don't want it in my house (and I've been to parties where the ONLY drink aside from booze was diet pop. WTF?) Unless you have diabetes, you are better off with regular sugar if you have to have pop. I'll never understand why the people I know who are on diets or have diabetes chug diet pop like crazy. Were they never given water as children? Even fake sugar can have effects on your insulin levels.
I think in moderation it's OK for adults and teens, but I really hate to see little kids drinking it. Water is a healthy and abundant fluid. I know kids who won't even drink it. I don't understand that.
Between the caffeine and the sugar (or corn syrup) pop is addictive. When my migraines weren't being treated properly, at one point in time, I was drinking between one and two liters of Pepsi or Coke a day. I did this so the caffeine would keep the pain at bay. As soon as I got pregnant with my last baby (she's 12 now) I quit, pretty much cold turkey, with the occasionally small glass to take the edge off. It took me most of the pregnancy to get rid of the craving for it, but I don't even want the stuff now.
Keep up the good work.
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