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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Well, I don't think it is cool from a "hey you are really cool" perspective, but I never really thought of it as a problem. I see people sit around and guzzle sodas all day long and while I know that it is kinda apples and oranges because soda has no alcohol in it but it is chock full of caffeine which is itself a "drug." In fact, I know that my hubby (and other soda junkies I know) have a much tougher time going without their caffeine-fix than I do without beer (some nights I just don't drink, for whatever reason, and sometimes that can last a week or so and it is not like I get the DTs). I guess the combination of my diet and good genetics keeps me thin despite the beer (and I was worried it would change after 30). Funny, hubby doesn't drink beer and he has a little "beer-gut" but I don't.
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Soda is not really that high in caffeine -- see the chart here --
http://www.straylight.org/dave/caffeine/beverage.html
Actually one of the things that is bad about soda (along with the caffeine for some and the sugars for some), at least from a dehydration standpoint, is the carbonation. Beer has the same problem. Obviously amplified b/c of the alcohol. See this --
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/993748461.html
I used to drink a lot of Diet Sprite, which lacks the caffeine and sugar concerns, but it wasn't providing hydration, so I switched to water. Also once you stop drinking it regularly, if you try to start up again it tastes like plastic...
