3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda

[OCA]

Dunno about salt but if you want sweet without all the calories and bad stuff, try Stevia. It is much sweeter than sugar, no caloric value, will not contribute to tooth decay, etc. You can actually grow it in your garden or even in your house. I did several years ago. The minions used to grab leaves off the plants and chew them as they ran around the back yard. I've also used it for cooking/baking.

http://www.stevia.com/Stevia_Article.aspx?Id=2269

And "fat" is complicated. You have to have certain types of fat but not the really unhealthy ones. That's what I tell myself when I slather butter on my baked potato anyway.

Stevia is the bomb!

[ConHog]

Hey Jim, I see you found this site before I could, they be sold out.

http://www.baconflavoredsoda.com/

[CSM]

You said it CSM, our biggest health problem in the U.S.? Obesity, just take 1 day and have that as your key thiought of the day and you will be shocked at how many giant fat fucks you run across.

Reason why? We live in a processed food society(i'm as guilty as anyone of partaking in it in my 20's and 30's), freaking Mickey D's and BK on every corner and go to any regular grocery store..........makes you sick. When I visit Greece you don't see that too often, why? In Europe they have grasped the "buy fresh, buy local, buy just for that day" concept....they are much more into cooking at home and eating fresh stuff than American who on average eat out 3-4 times a week.....and they aren't going to organic local places either!

Would you like fries with that sir?

I can't remember the last time I ate at a fast food joint. Lost my taste for that stuff some time back. I have pretty much given up the soda all together; if I have a soda once every three weeks I'd be surprised. Stilll like meat and lately have been eating lots of veggies and fruit. I like the fruit mostly because not only does it taste pretty good but it is convenient (except for oranges; I can pretty much squirt orange juice over everything within 500 yards when I eat an orange!). I think Noir is getting to me (though it's not a morals issue for me).

[ConHog]

I can't remember the last time I ate at a fast food joint. Lost my taste for that stuff some time back. I have pretty much given up the soda all together; if I have a soda once every three weeks I'd be surprised. Stilll like meat and lately have been eating lots of veggies and fruit. I like the fruit mostly because not only does it taste pretty good but it is convenient (except for oranges; I can pretty much squirt orange juice over everything within 500 yards when I eat an orange!). I think Noir is getting to me (though it's not a morals issue for me).

I LOVE fruits and veggies, but I gotta have my animal flesh to.

[Jess]

Stevia is the bomb!

Fresh lemonade/limeade with stevia in the summertime ... I could drink it by the gallons. My ex MIL showed me how to make that.

[Jess]

I can't remember the last time I ate at a fast food joint. Lost my taste for that stuff some time back. I have pretty much given up the soda all together; if I have a soda once every three weeks I'd be surprised. Stilll like meat and lately have been eating lots of veggies and fruit. I like the fruit mostly because not only does it taste pretty good but it is convenient (except for oranges; I can pretty much squirt orange juice over everything within 500 yards when I eat an orange!). I think Noir is getting to me (though it's not a morals issue for me).

I've eaten more McDonald's since Gunny's been here than I think I have in the past 10 years.
But it's starting to lose appeal, mostly because it seems to add pounds that I don't appreciate.

[ConHog]

I've eaten more McDonald's since Gunny's been here than I think I have in the past 10 years.
But it's starting to lose appeal, mostly because it seems to add pounds that I don't appreciate.

McDonalds is garbage, pure and simple.

When my son was younger they had those damned beanie babies, I ate there all the time trying to collect all those things. Well, eventually I got to where I just bought the happy meal, got the beanie baby and threw the meal in the trash. Just awful food. At least now they do have salads and such. But we RARELY eat there.

[Jess]

McDonalds is garbage, pure and simple.

When my son was younger they had those damned beanie babies, I ate there all the time trying to collect all those things. Well, eventually I got to where I just bought the happy meal, got the beanie baby and threw the meal in the trash. Just awful food. At least now they do have salads and such. But we RARELY eat there.

Well, I have cut back on the fries, for sure. I don't even order them.

I just eat Gunny's fries instead.

[Gunny]

3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda




I stopped buying soda awhile back to avoid spending the money but apparently it had other benefits. I'll drink it when out or if we have people over but just having water is so much better for you. Not having it in the house also keeps it away from the kids.

I did like the part about cutting out sugar in soda frees up room to have sugar somewhere else.

I might have read a bit to much into that statement though.

The phosphorous in them is also bad for the soft tissue in your joints. People with tendonitis or osteoporosis shouldn't drink them at all.

[PostmodernProphet]

Fresh lemonade/limeade with stevia in the summertime ... I could drink it by the gallons. My ex MIL showed me how to make that.

when I was growing up and working in the fields with Dad we got a jug of water with RealLemon in it, no sugar....

[Gunny]

when I was growing up and working in the fields with Dad we got a jug of water with RealLemon in it, no sugar....

Spoiled. SHould try drinking out of a hose that tastes like hose. Or a plastic canteen. People seem to forget all this "special" water wasn't even a big deal until the 1st Gulf War (1991). Prior to that, you drank out of the sink. Or hose. And if you were in the field in the military, a plastic canteen that has its own unique taste.

[Jess]

when I was growing up and working in the fields with Dad we got a jug of water with RealLemon in it, no sugar....

We used to freeze gallon jugs of well water. That was it until you were back at home, after the hay was baled, you were done walking beans, etc.

Ugh. I do NOT miss that.

[Neo]

Well, I have cut back on the fries, for sure. I don't even order them.

I just eat Gunny's fries instead.

You better be careful, I have it on good authority that Orpheous doesn't like frie bandits.

I was here and you weren't.

Tag.

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[Neo]

Hey! How come it shows me posting at like 01:19a.m. when it's not even Mid-nite here, Whats up with dat? Hmmmmmmm?

Is there some new fangled attempt at some kind of Commie takeover here? You ALWAYS have to watch the clocks, that's where they always start to throw us over.

They get ticked off real easy but luckily their chosen weapon is bombs and their all hands.

[Jess]

You better be careful, I have it on good authority that Orpheous doesn't like frie bandits.

I was here and you weren't.

Tag.

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You're in trouble. Good thing we've been friends for ... what? Ever?