Soda: how much is too much? - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

Dark Stranger · 05-27-2004, 05:44 PM

I'm not a big soda drinker; if I'm lucky I'll drink 4 or 5 of those 8 oz. cans of Diet Pepsi in a month's time. I know soda is very very bad for a person, but I should ask: how much is too much soda?

Because I haven't had real soda in a long time, when I do drink some I practically choke on it; the carbonation burns my throat anymore which is why I tend to shy away and drink mainly water, as well as fruit juice and milk.

But I've heard that diet soda can cause things like Alzheimer's disease, cancers, and methane posnoning (or something like that... O.o) because of the artificial sweeteners contained in them.

Is it also true that flat soda is "better" for you?

Am I taking in too much soda?

Dark Stranger - is non-carbonated

Acid~rayne · 05-27-2004, 06:25 PM

If you're only drinking that much soda a month it's not too much at all.I drink prolly 3-5 cans of regular soda everyday and i know it's bad but i still drink it when it's in my house which is always.I have cystitis so it really putting a hurting on me,i tried drinking tea with sweet n' low one day and thought i was going to die it hurt so bad so i can't do artificial sweeteners.The thing about it causing aliments is just a myth,it wouldn't be on the market if it did.If you go to coca-cola.com they dispell all myths about soda and how the body handles it and all that.

Marimac · 05-27-2004, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Stranger

I'm not a big soda drinker; if I'm lucky I'll drink 4 or 5 of those 8 oz. cans of Diet Pepsi in a month's time. I know soda is very very bad for a person, but I should ask: how much is too much soda?

Because I haven't had real soda in a long time, when I do drink some I practically choke on it; the carbonation burns my throat anymore which is why I tend to shy away and drink mainly water, as well as fruit juice and milk.

But I've heard that diet soda can cause things like Alzheimer's disease, cancers, and methane posnoning (or something like that... O.o) because of the artificial sweeteners contained in them.

Is it also true that flat soda is "better" for you?

Am I taking in too much soda?

Dark Stranger - is non-carbonated

How much is too much? The amount that causes problems is too much if that is one can or a thousand.

Paracelsus · 05-28-2004, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Marimac

How much is too much? The amount that causes problems is too much if that is one can or a thousand.

I can be even more cryptic than that...

"All substances are poisons: there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy."

-Paracelsus (1493-1541)

justme_ · 05-28-2004, 06:16 AM

any much is too much...