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zabet

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37. As a child

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 12:11 AM

Aug 2015

my parents only allowed us kids to have 1 soft drink a week.... and that was the little Cokes in the glass bottles.... back before they were made with corn syrup. Being raised in the South.... Iced tea was and still is my go to beverage. I will treat myself to a Mexican Coke 2 or 3 times a year. Never really drank a lot of sodas and despise the viscosity and mouth feel of corn syrup sodas.

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Gallup: 6 in 10 Americans Are Avoiding Soda [View all] GreatGazoo Aug 2015 OP

Haven't had a soda in about 15 years. leftofcool Aug 2015 #1

Me either. It's not even that it's soda. I can't stand carbonation. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #3

I was trying to remember when the last time I had a soda. Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #5

Same here, it's been probably 20 years. morningfog Aug 2015 #33

Coca-Cola was giving away Coke bottle shaped aluminum cans of Coke over the 4th here in Philly. onehandle Aug 2015 #2

had my last one about 10 years ago. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #4

i have to admit i allow myself a few DesertFlower Aug 2015 #6

Freudian slip... err typo? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #8

you must have read it before i fixed the typo. DesertFlower Aug 2015 #20

I have cut way way back, but still have a soda now and then. Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #7

I seldom drink it. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #9

Yes, I will have a Mexican Coke (with cane sugar) out of real glass bottle once a year. Turn CO Blue Aug 2015 #16

Green tea with ginseng honey, fabulous...n/t monmouth4 Aug 2015 #10

Have a coke once in a while but...... Kilgore Aug 2015 #11

You health nut, you. Chellee Aug 2015 #40

Haha, exactly. Jack and coke for me. I'm pretty sure the whiskey balances any bad stuff. n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #45

Like the punch line to the old joke goes hifiguy Aug 2015 #50

Yes! Can't argue with science. Hehe :D n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #52

Lots of folks aren't shying away from energy drinks though. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #12

This is true. Codeine Aug 2015 #22

How many cans in three pallets do you reckon? Nt. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #23

Wait. About 6 and a half thousand. Codeine Aug 2015 #24

Great George C. Scott that's a lot of Monster! Nt. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #27

See my edit. Codeine Aug 2015 #28

Haha, yeah 6500 or 8000 that's a lot of peppy toxin. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #29

drive thru barf burger places sold lots of shakes at first olddots Aug 2015 #13

"shakes" = thickener, air, preservatives, artificial everything. foam in a cup lol nt msongs Aug 2015 #19

Haven't had a full sugar soda since early 2010 shanti Aug 2015 #14

I haven't cut it out completely, but I have replaced much of my consumption with fruit juice nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #15

Yeah, actually fruit juice is empty calories. Aristus Aug 2015 #41

Most fruit juices have more calories per serving than sodas. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #47

I realize that. So I try to moderate my consumption of sweet drinks in general. n/t nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #53

I'm completely addicted to the stuff A Little Weird Aug 2015 #17

I hate the new Diet Pepsi so much, that it might be encouragement I need to join them tritsofme Aug 2015 #18

I've been in grocery retail over 25 years. Codeine Aug 2015 #21

When I don't want plain water, I drink unsweetened lemon-lime seltzer water. I can't ev handle more tblue37 Aug 2015 #25

Great! Now I have guilt! jonno99 Aug 2015 #26

It's colored corn syrup with addictive stimulants. Taitertots Aug 2015 #30

They don't have to be. Codeine Aug 2015 #31

There are plenty of sodas available without HFCS. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #48

At this point, I usually have one Sprite with my dinner and then I never drink the whole thing. phleshdef Aug 2015 #32

That stuff isn't fit for consumption unless 2naSalit Aug 2015 #34

well you know what Twain said hfojvt Aug 2015 #35

As a child zabet Aug 2015 #36

As a child zabet Aug 2015 #37

Buy me a soda AngryAmish Aug 2015 #38

Our love is rice and beans and horses lard Codeine Aug 2015 #39

Your bones got a little machine AngryAmish Aug 2015 #42

I suspect that I compensate for at least 2 of those percentage points. WillowTree Aug 2015 #43

Not avoiding as much as not liking Retrograde Aug 2015 #44

Count me in. bemildred Aug 2015 #46

I have an (very) occasional Mexican made Coke awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #49

I love Soda. It's a life long addiction IVoteDFL Aug 2015 #51