How much pop do you drink?

[texasmom]

Great. Thanks for posting the map right after I called it soda. Now it's aligned me with the freaks from out west. 

[stroker71]

I drink to much diet dr.pepper and coffee like south America would go bankrupt if i stopped.  

Short funny story:  When I was around 10-11 we had a family member come up from St. Louis and he asked if we had any soda.  I had no idea what he was talking about...lol.  Soda...whats soda...we drink pop here in Indiana.  But we didn't have any that us kids could drink Dads pepsi was for him and him alone.  

[Banshee7]

1 12oz can of Coca-Cola in the morning, 2 20oz bottles of Dr Pepper during the day...then it's all Gatorade and Sweet Tea.  As the weather warms up I drink a lot of Propel and Gatorade

[Lusche]

About 1 can per week... possibly even less.
Drinking tea all day, and some juice in the morning

[trax1]

You do realize that sugar as you know it really doesn't exist in any soft drinks manufactured for sale within the United States of America? Take a look at this link.

http://www.sprol.com/?p=236

As the show I was watching was going to commerical they did one of those things like Modern Marvels does when it goes to commercial with the trivia, they said that 40% of all the sugar in America was used to make pop.

[Xasthur]

I drink coffee in the morning but avoid soda as much as possible.

One 12oz can of soda every day for a year is equal to 14lbs of extra body fat, iirc.  Thank the corn lobby.

Haven't you all seen Super-Size Me?  You are on the way for an early heart attack, by-pass surgery and all that crap if you're drinking multiple cans every day.

I drink at least 24 cans a week.... of Coke Zero.

I just opened one.... whoah.. good.

I smoke and drink and I would still find soft drinks (pop) the hardest to give up by a mile.

Alcohol, no sweat. I just gave up booze for a month without any trouble... smoking might be a bit trickier... but I've been smoking for years and I can still go a day without smoking without even thinking about it, so I'm sure it would just be a mind over matter thing.

Soft drink though.... I can't describe the cravings I get for it. Even soda water.... anything.. I just need to drink something carbonated.

[mensa180]

Water> everything

Except for root beer, which I never have

[Sonicblu]

I almost never drink soda. High fructose corn syrup is baaaaaaaad for the body. And even worse for the brain.

For anyone out there that has problems with being tired or pain in your muscles get rid of the corn syrup from the diet.

[Anaxogoras]

Soft drink though.... I can't describe the cravings I get for it. Even soda water.... anything.. I just need to drink something carbonated.

Try carbonated water?

[Anodizer]

I was too lazy to type this stuff out myself....  But, we all it's bad for you....  Just how bad?  Read this...

"
Why Soda Pop Drains You Dry
If you look at the list of ingredients in most soda pops, you will likely see most or all of these listed:

caffeine
carbonated water
phosphoric acid
sugar
aspartame
acesulfame-k
sucralose

Let's start with carbonated water. As you know, our bodies require oxygen to remain healthy. For every can of carbonated soda ingested, the amount of oxygen in the blood is decreased by 25% for up to three hours. If you are drinking several sodas per day, you are depriving yourself for a significant amount of oxygen.

Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus must be maintained in the proper balance for bone health. When too much phosphorus is in the blood, calcium is leached from the bones, causing osteoporosis. Even in citrus sodas which contain citric acid instead of phosphoric acid, calcium is needed to normalize blood pH. It has been said that the fastest growing group of people with osteoporosis in this country is teenagers....because of the huge number of sodas they consume.

As far as caffeine and sugar are concerned, they both cause dehydration, and the massive depletion of minerals. A study was done in which two groups of children aged 13-18 years of age were given one of two drinks, a caffeinated sugar-free drink, or a drink containing both caffeine and sugar. When caffeine was added, calcium excretion in the urine increased by 25%. When sugar was added, urinary calcium loss almost doubled (1). Both caffeine and sugar also cause dehydration.

Sugar in particular is destructive because its ingestion lowers immune function by reducing the ability of white blood cells to ingest and destroy bacteria. This lowered immune function can last for five hours or more after the ingestions of sugar."

That's some serious doodoo..  Also, you guys remember the old science experiment with an Earth Worm in a glass of Pepsi/Coke....  It dissolves...  It takes off rust...  Man...
I still love some Coke/Pepsi/RC/Jolt etc. now and then...  But to drink this stuff everyday in excess is suicide...

[Anaxogoras]

Nice post anodizer.  That's why if I'm going to pollute my body, I'd rather it be with something good like beer.

[Larry]

But to drink this stuff everyday in excess is suicide...

 

[trax1]

Let's start with carbonated water. As you know, our bodies require oxygen to remain healthy. For every can of carbonated soda ingested, the amount of oxygen in the blood is decreased by 25% for up to three hours. If you are drinking several sodas per day, you are depriving yourself for a significant amount of oxygen.

The rest of the things you posted I agree with, I'm not to sure on this one, drinking a can of pop decreases the oxygen in my blood 25%, so what happens after that 4th can?  Plus this kinda sounds like those new bottled waters that are supposed to have more oxygen in them, I think it's called "H2o" or something, to help you stay healthier, guess what, I just took a really deep breath of this stuff all around me call air, it seems to be packed full of oxygen, just what my body needs, and I'm sure that breath replaced whatever oxygen that was displaced by the CO2 in my pop.

Plus don't you burp out most of that CO2 that was in the pop?

[oakranger]

i can only drink one can a month.  If i drink more than one, i loose the tast of it, not sure why i guess my body is mess up.  besides, pop is bad for you.

[E25280]

I was too lazy to type this stuff out myself....  But, we all it's bad for you....  Just how bad?  Read this...

"
Why Soda Pop Drains You Dry
If you look at the list of ingredients in most soda pops, you will likely see most or all of these listed:

caffeine
carbonated water
phosphoric acid
sugar
aspartame
acesulfame-k
sucralose

Let's start with carbonated water. As you know, our bodies require oxygen to remain healthy. For every can of carbonated soda ingested, the amount of oxygen in the blood is decreased by 25% for up to three hours. If you are drinking several sodas per day, you are depriving yourself for a significant amount of oxygen.

Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus must be maintained in the proper balance for bone health. When too much phosphorus is in the blood, calcium is leached from the bones, causing osteoporosis. Even in citrus sodas which contain citric acid instead of phosphoric acid, calcium is needed to normalize blood pH. It has been said that the fastest growing group of people with osteoporosis in this country is teenagers....because of the huge number of sodas they consume.

As far as caffeine and sugar are concerned, they both cause dehydration, and the massive depletion of minerals. A study was done in which two groups of children aged 13-18 years of age were given one of two drinks, a caffeinated sugar-free drink, or a drink containing both caffeine and sugar. When caffeine was added, calcium excretion in the urine increased by 25%. When sugar was added, urinary calcium loss almost doubled (1). Both caffeine and sugar also cause dehydration.

Sugar in particular is destructive because its ingestion lowers immune function by reducing the ability of white blood cells to ingest and destroy bacteria. This lowered immune function can last for five hours or more after the ingestions of sugar."

That's some serious doodoo..  Also, you guys remember the old science experiment with an Earth Worm in a glass of Pepsi/Coke....  It dissolves...  It takes off rust...  Man...
I still love some Coke/Pepsi/RC/Jolt etc. now and then...  But to drink this stuff everyday in excess is suicide...

LOL you actually believe this claptrap?

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/deadly.asp
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp