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Report finds soft drinks increase risk of diabetes

I try quitting

Lately I tried quitting Soda altogether.
The funny thing is, that after a while of not drinking any you get your taste back. And when you try a sprite or a coke, they really taste like ****.

And those fake fruit juices I mean if you only looked at the colour, fluorescent yellow, you knew that there wasn't anything natural or fruity about that stuff.

Anyway. Drink water and lots of it!
 
belair said:
Lately I tried quitting Soda altogether.
The funny thing is, that after a while of not drinking any you get your taste back. And when you try a sprite or a coke, they really taste like ****.

And those fake fruit juices I mean if you only looked at the colour, fluorescent yellow, you knew that there wasn't anything natural or fruity about that stuff.

Anyway. Drink water and lots of it!
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The recommended amount is 6 - 8 glasses per day, 8 oz. In hot weather, then you should drink more.

I'm addicted to soda myself. Can't imagine how anyone could drink 12 - 18 16 oz containers per day. That amount of fluid is too much. Besides the diabetes there could be other damage.

I'm going to be on a food study starting in October, will have to go off soda then. All that I will be allowed is my 16 ounces of coffee.
 
MongoTheGeek said:
Is that the only fluids or the only caffeine?
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They restrict the intake of caffeine to 16 ounces of any type of caffeine. So they give us a choice on the type soda or coffee. Coffee is my choice. We can have all the water that we want.
 
wdlove said:
They restrict the intake of caffeine to 16 ounces of any type of caffeine. So they give us a choice on the type soda or coffee. Coffee is my choice. We can have all the water that we want.
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wdlove, question for you. I wonder which has more caffine in it -- Mountain Dew or American Coffee?

Thanks!

Sushi
 
sushi said:
wdlove, question for you. I wonder which has more caffine in it -- Mountain Dew or American Coffee?

Thanks!

Sushi
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The Chemistry of Caffeine and related products




How much caffeine is there in [drink/food/pill]?
According to the National Soft Drink Association, the following is the caffeine content in mgs per 12 oz can of soda:
Afri-Cola 100.0 (?)
Red Bull 80 (per 250 ml)
Jolt 71.2
Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb 58.8
Pepsi One 55.5
Mountain Dew 55.0 (no caffeine in Canada)
Diet Mountain Dew 55.0
Kick citrus 54 (36mg per 8oz can, caffeine from guarana)
Mello Yellow 52.8
Surge 51.0
Tab 46.8
Battery energy drink -- 140mg/l = 46.7mg/can
Coca-Cola 45.6
Shasta Cola 44.4
Shasta Cherry Cola 44.4
Shasta Diet Cola 44.4
Mr. Pibb 40.8
OK Soda 40.5
Sunkist orange 40
Dr. Pepper 39.6
Storm 38
Big Red 38
Pepsi Cola 37.2
Aspen 36.0
Diet Pepsi 35.4
RC Cola 36.0
Diet RC 36.0
Canada Dry Cola 30.0
Barq's Root Beer 23
Canada Dry Diet Cola 1.2
7 Up 0
Diet Rite Cola 0
Sprite 0
Mug Root Beer 0
Diet Barq's Root Beer 0
Sundrop Orange 0
Minute Maid Orange 0
A & W Root Beer 0




Krank2o sample 1 97.7mg/500ml sample 2 101.6mg/500ml
Lab: Ameritech Labs, College Pt, NY; tested Sep 03, 96

Krank2o middle 96.4mg/500ml
Lab: Ameritech Labs, tested Aug 29, 96





By means of comparison, a 7 oz cup of coffee has the following caffeine (mg) amounts, according to Bunker and McWilliams in J. Am. Diet. 74:28-32, 1979:

Drip 115-175
Espresso 100mg of caffeine
1 serving (1.5-2oz)

Brewed 80-135
Instant 65-100
Decaf, brewed 3-4
Decaf, instant 2-3
Tea, iced (12 ozs.) 70
Tea, brewed, imported 60
Tea, brewed, U.S. 40
Tea, instant 30
Mate 25-150mg



The variability in the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee or tea is relatively large even if prepared by the same person using the same equipment and ingredients day after day.
 
A ha! I knew I was getting a better jolt of caffeine out of my morning coffee than I was my later-in-the-day Pepsi.


wdlove said:
The Harvard School of Public Health tracked thousands of female nurses during the 1990's. They found that those that consumed soft drinks on a regular basis were at a 83% increased risk of developing Type II Diabetes.
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...he read as he sipped his Black Cherry pop... :(


wdlove said:
The most important thing is to eat a balanced diet...
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What are you, some kind of communist? ;)
 
Thomas Veil said:
A ha! I knew I was getting a better jolt of caffeine out of my morning coffee than I was my later-in-the-day Pepsi.

...he read as he sipped his Black Cherry pop... :(

What are you, some kind of communist? ;)
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That black cherry sounds delicious. What brand?

I'm definitely not a communist, have none of their beliefs. Are you being facetious? The American Heart Association, Dietetic Association, and many others recommend a balanced diet. That way a person gets their needed nutrition each day without supplements. It is a matter of disease prevention.
 
I can't belive that people consume that much soda. In my house, I get about 3 times a year. It is never bought, I'm so deprived... :D . But honestly, would it be that hard to by an extra gallon of milk or water at the store instead if a Pepsi six-pack?
 
Crap! I done had about 3 sodas to day. I should stop drinking so much but i cant. I think I'm addicted to Pepsi. if i go a few days with out one i get headaches. I wonder if I could sue? :)
 
wdlove said:
That black cherry sounds delicious. What brand?

I'm definitely not a communist, have none of their beliefs. Are you being facetious?
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Of course I'm being facetious. I'm practically a communist. :D

And it was Sweet Valley...one of those no-name brands they sell at Aldi.
 
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