3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda

Drink only natural pop about once a week. This kind of pop is usually sweetened with 'pure cane sugar' and is sold usually at a health or specialty food store. Make sure you do not injest any type of sugary substance on an empty stomach. Only eat/drink a natural sugar substance after eating a full-meal. Why? If you eat/drink a sugary substance on an empty stomach the sugar is easily absorbed into the blood stream and the body has to counteract this 'energy smash' by releasing larges amounts of insulin which can cause a host of health affects like immediately increasing blood pressure, hypertension, hyperactivity, etc.

When you eat a naturally sweetened substance(honey, pure cane sugar, maple syrup, etc.) on a full stomach the sugars are not readily absorbed into the bloodstream. So no one ever said a good desert or freshy is bad for you just be careful and eat healthy and efficiently.

A good practise to start the day is to eat a substance high in protein. From an energy perspective protein is king. If you eat a good protein meal for breakfast your body will not 'need' that crazy stuff like coffee five times a day thing. When I say protein it can be anything from meats of all kinds to nuts but go easy on the carbs in the morning. This does not mean you are not to eat fruits and veggies but just try protein in the morning trick and you will hardly ever need to drink a cup of coffee or follow any stupid fad diet.

Truth be told if not for the garbage people are willing to consume, and if we were to demand real food, well we would be unable to sustain a healthy society due to a lack of food. There is a method to the madness they view us as parasites. It won't be long till our Government kills us or we do. Scientists have been scratching their heads over this for sometime now. Being dependent on them for water, heat, electricity, transportation, ect ect should be a bigger concern then the bad habits others are doing. Let them eat the crap and be grateful there is still produce and meat at the grocery store.

Soda? Who says Soda? It's Pop. Obviously an American author.

Simple: stop drinking such crap. I've never been any more satified than ehen I was drinking water. Water is the best drink

Poisoned by Pop time to Boycott the Soda Vending Machines.

Water is the Best, that's why GOD made it.

Funny how they didnt mention ASPARTAME you know the chemical that was banned and then mysteriously appeared back on the shelf when Rumsfeld funded Reagan's campaign and in return Reagan passed the use of ASPARTAME in food and drink !! DIRTY POLITICS !!!!

As a dentist I cannot tell you enough about the harm even diet sodas do to your teeth. The effects of the acidity of soda drinks, diet or not is devastating to the enamel.

In the old days kids drank watered down beer and wine. Ever notice how kids drinks come in plastic which is also toxic? Most people don't realize how much plastic their kids drink because when these beverages are transported, they will heat up and leach chemicals!!

Do people still drink this kaka? Why?

Honestly, I'm pretty sure we all know that too much of anything isn't good for any of us. The really important thing is that we follow one sentence: all things in moderation. Soda's obviously unhealthy, but drinking one can once in a while most likely won't kill you.

Always made me wonder why Diet Coke was approved the FDA?

Now we need to tell the waitresses who give us dirty looks when we order water. No, I'm not cheap! I just DO NOT drink soda!!

So? Its not that different since all of the toxic ingredients found in soda are being used to make everything from pillows to radios, grills to Ipods.
And all we do is throw them away and have them incinerated, releasing toxic super chemicals into the ozone and into our lungs.
Why should I stop drinking what everyone else needs.

I stopped Drinking POP 5 years ago.. Lost 20lbs since... I feel better and no more heart burns. POP should be taxes like cigarettes and banned from schools.

Donald Rumsfeld was the CEO of the company that introduced "NutraSweet."
Aspartame was discovered when a scientist accidentally put his finger to his mouth
(while working on another experiment) and said "Hmm...Yummy!" Rumsfeld
now ignores its proven side effects.

Question???? with all this refferences ministry of health has not get involved as well government representatives....while this facts causes more cost to the goverment and tax payers while people keep consuming this sodas and increasing harming to their bodies.... treatments and medical attentions increases the cost PLUS people its health.... I realy hope someone do something about this dramatic situation.. and I hope soon. come on lets go back to the old fashion way of eat and drink.. all HOME MADE will save alot of this issues and have more healthy kids, for the world's future and human generations..

Also the harmfull effects of the plastic chemicals in water bottles all the health freaks chug

I rarely drink pop. I have the occasional gingerale or tonic water. What makes me laugh is people like my father in law that insist he eats jenny craig meals and washes it down with pop.. really? How stupid is that? Or Someone that goes into McDonald's and orders a 1000 calorie meal and then asks for a diet coke with that.. who are you kidding? lol

Say what?! "research has shown that people who drink diet soda have a higher risk of developing diabetes" and here I always thought people with diabetes perfer to drink "Diets" to reduce it