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Posted 6/4/2014 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-soda-consumers-fructose-reveal.html

I know there's a lot of soda drinkers on here still. Found this interesting.

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It's been years since I have had a glass of soda but what really surprises me at times when I'm out and over at friends or family is just how much soda some of my friends give their kids. Like at meals instead of juice or milk or water, it's always soda. As if it's a dietary staple. It's kind of crazy when you start to pay attention.

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 6/4/2014 10:50:15 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/4/2014 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
As far as neurotoxins are concerned, high fructose corn syrup has to be up there with the worst of them. I don't even need to provide the proof, as all the data is available on pubmed for everyone to see.

I think glucose and certain kinds of fructose are okay, as our muscles and organs rely on them for glycogen, but there's no question we consume them in excess these days.

And relying on food manufacturers to be honest about what they put in their products is kind of like asking my dog to do calculus. Ain't gonna happen in the near future.

It's true that kids are loading up on them, and it is part of the standard american diet. I believe the increase in consumption of high fructose corn syrup and sodas correlate well to the surge in childhood obesity, autoimmunity and cancer rates. Latest figures indicated that 1 in every 3 children will go on to develop metabolic syndrome. That's way too high for me.
Posted 6/4/2014 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
I have a cane sugar soda once in a while. There is a soda fountain in town that still makes the sodas, and you can get an awesome float there. I've never been a huge fan, and didn't really even like it until I was an older teen. Everyone always thought I was weird. I don't have it in the house often, but when I do, my son can't contain himself and drinks multiple sodas per day. Ick.
Posted 6/4/2014 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
I'm always shocked by some of my neighbors when they put out their trash, the number of empty 12 packs plus their recycling bin is full of cans as well. It seems there are a lot of households out there that drink cases of soda every week. I on the other hand just recently purchased a 12 pack of soda, first one in years!!!! Well I couldn't help myself when I noticed that they had Mountain Dew throwback made with real sugar. It was my favorite growing up and the difference real sugar makes is amazing, you can actually detect different flavors in it, where with HFCS you can't really taste the different flavor profiles. Now there is no way I will end up drinking multiple a day or even one, it has been in my house now for 5 days and I have had 2 so far.

I'm with Guardian, I think the whole HFCS is a major contributor of the raising health issues this country has seen over the last few decades, soda has become part of SAD.
Posted 6/4/2014 11:11 PM (GMT 0)
I'm starting to think that sodas and other manufactured alien foodstuffs are part of a Darwinian future. Those whose bodies and genes can deal with cheaper, unnatural foodstuffs will survive, albeit future generations will look somewhat different than us (our current bodies will be called something rude like "primitive" or "low-tolerance").

Other branches of humankind (or ape-kind) in the past have been lost to who knows what forces so this is nothing new.

I don't think there is a master plan to do this. It's just that cheap food is needed to feed the growing numbers of humans and cheap food is not good for some of us. Maybe my kind of genome is a dead end.

We are the ones changing genes in vegetables and food animals. We are the ones using pesticides and losing entire species every year. We are our own asteroid.
Posted 6/5/2014 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
@imagardner Hahaha... that was awesome!

I have to be honest. I'm craving a tall glass of Coca-cola on ice right now though... It's been forever.

I'd drink it if I could... sad to say. And admit.
Posted 6/5/2014 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
I indulge in one half can of pop per week as my treat. I know it's pure crap. It's crazy how its a dietary staple for some, like you've mentioned.
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