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BrotherIvan

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14. Kids aren't drinking enough good rum & cokes?

Mon Jun 10, 2013, 11:22 AM

Jun 2013

I get what you mean though. Good Caribbean rum has a very high sugar content, almost like brown sugar. Add real coke or Mexi coke and it tastes great. I don't drink them anymore because I quit sugar completely (and feel fantastic by the way) but I wonder why Coke didn't try what Pepsi did with their throwback items. Sugar is far more expensive than HFCS so it probably didn't make their profit margin. Here in SoCal, they can't keep the Mexi Coke in stock. Add to that HFCS is now all GMO so it's like drinking poison.

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Sugar low: Big Soda is losing the battle for American hearts and bellies [View all] marmar Jun 2013 OP

Cpmgrats to Mike, and people's health care costs will go down big time with less doctor's visits. graham4anything Jun 2013 #1

du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #2

Kickin' it! In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #3

yeah... now they just sell them water... ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2013 #4

They taste bad Lurker Deluxe Jun 2013 #5

I drink Diet Coke occasionally, but what I really love is the old-timey kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #17

I used to agree with you, but, now, having given up Fawke Em Jun 2013 #20

More and more people I know are giving up soda Marrah_G Jun 2013 #6

Sugar???? WovenGems Jun 2013 #7

Kids aren't drinking enough good rum & cokes? BrotherIvan Jun 2013 #14

I was completely addicted to Coke and Pepsi NiteOwll Jun 2013 #8

good for you, NiteOwl! Whisp Jun 2013 #9

I'm with you! Kber Jun 2013 #12

more like big corn arely staircase Jun 2013 #10

I haven't been a soda drinker for probably 25 years. Occasionally, closeupready Jun 2013 #11

Less soda and more coffee taught_me_patience Jun 2013 #13

I am too BrotherIvan Jun 2013 #16

Very good to hear. We've eliminated most HFCS from our household bhikkhu Jun 2013 #15

Veterans of the cola wars Blue Owl Jun 2013 #18

I think it has more to do with parenting than Bloomberg. Fawke Em Jun 2013 #19

It's not the advertisements, it's the popularity of coffee drinks containing fat and sugar. JVS Jun 2013 #21