Comments on: Say No To Soda/Pop http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/ The Adventures Of Ron & Evelyn Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:03:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Mike http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 Mike Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:00:47 +0000 http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/#comment-1470 Good lord, not Pepsi! I am getting Tim flashbacks. (Ron will understand.) Good lord, not Pepsi! I am getting Tim flashbacks. (Ron will understand.)

]]> By: Deb http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 Deb Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:30:33 +0000 http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/#comment-1467 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. 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.

]]> By: Ann http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Ann Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:35:02 +0000 http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/#comment-1466 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 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!

]]> By: Ron http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Ron Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:19:18 +0000 http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/#comment-1464 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. :-) 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. :-)

]]> By: Evelyn http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Evelyn Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:36:39 +0000 http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/09/27/say-no-to-sodapop/#comment-1463 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. :-) 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. :-)

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