Sep 27 2007
Say No To Soda/Pop
Just got an interesting link from the Everyday Health site that gives a couple of good alternatives to drinking soda/pop. A couple of the more interesting ones included adding Seltzer to Juice (to get a nice carbonated effect) and adding Stevia (a sweet herb) to water. Nothing overly exciting here, but a couple of good ideas: Soda Alternatives.
These days I’m a big water drinker, mainly because all the phosphoric acid in most fountain drinks wreak havoc on my stomach. (I originally switched to water a couple of years ago, when I was on a very strict diet.)
A lot of people (Evelyn included) can’t stand drinking water, but these days I don’t mind at all. The key is to not have any soda/pop in the house, and to keep a large supply of filtered tap water in the fridge. Plus, just keep drinking it. After a while you’ll notice how much more refreshing it is and you’ll have a hard time drinking that sticky-sweet stuff from cans. Plus, your food will taste better, too.
5 Responses to “Say No To Soda/Pop”
I’ve always had problems drinking water thats why I love to drink Milk or Juice growing up. I think I started drink soda more when I got in High School and heavily during college and more so when afterward. I think we started to cut back in 2003, it just got old for me. I prefer Milk or Coffee.
I still hate drinking but I know that it’s very important to drink water. So, I’ve flavour the water with either lemon or flavoured syrup. But I have found tea to be the best way for me to get the water.
Tiff brings up an excellent point: All that bottled water and pop is without fluoride. Fear fluoride if you want, but that stuff saved my teeth. (I had a “magical” fluoride coating as a kid–and then didn’t see a dentist for 20 years. Know how many cavities I have? Two.)
Also, there are a some studies which indicate that the phosphoric acid in pop can eat away at tooth enamel, so you get a double-whammy.
One of the most helpful things I have to help drink more water is my 500ml Nalgene bottle. Fill it up, drink it down. Keep it in the fridge or at my desk. It’s a great way to keep track of your water intake–and to remind you to drink more. Think of it as an adult sippy cup–with a nice tight lid so Glenn can knock it over all he wants.
(Another reason for my high-water intake is the meds I’m on. I have to drink a lot to keep up with all the pissing that my Diovan causes.
I gave up pop cold turkey when I first went on my diet years ago–then when I starting back to drinking pop I noticed I’d eat more. If you have a half filled can you feel like you should eat more. That and caffine makes you hungry.
Now after the gallbladder, I’m back to only water. Went cold turkey again, and after a day and a half of a horrible headache, I am fine.
I agree with Ron, it makes your food taste SO much better. I’ve notice that dropping pop and shit food from my diet, my taste buds are more sensitive.
What I do–I drink only tap water, but I have my own bottle like Ron, then I refrigerate it. When I drink it, I add fresh lemon juice. Delicious!
I’m the Ron analog in our house, and Martin is the Evelyn, but worse. He can’t stand water, and only drinks Pepsi. I can’t stand pop! I am glad that all you Chicagoans say ‘pop’, like we do in Pittsburgh. In Philadelphia and NYC, it’s soda.
Here in Fort Smith, I tried Brita filtered tap water, but got the ‘turista’ too much. So now I’m on bottled.
Good lord, not Pepsi! I am getting Tim flashbacks. (Ron will understand.)