Boogie1488: The Fats of our Lives

[rabidtictac]

What's with all the Mountain Dew love in America? They recently brought it into my country and all I can say is meh. It's basically a sweeter, less healthy Sprite.

When you're a kid and you drink it you get that super sweet sugary rush. When you're older and you drink it you just wish you were drinking something that wasn't killing you.

It legitimately tastes worse every year that I avoid drinking it. I might have, maybe, one if my wife brings me one home when she goes out with her girlfriends, and every time I get about a quarter of the way through the bottle and have to tap out. There's enough crap in it that it legitimately gives me stomach cramps just from drinking it. To put it another way, "perfect for someone with a sugar addiction."

It's garbage in liquid form. I loved it as a kid and now it's gross as fuck.

I agree with people who say root beer. My personal policy on soda is to never drink non-diet soda. Yes, you fucks, I know about aspartame and no, it's not going to make your dick fly off or whatever the fuck.

Since I have a white trash background, I drink diet 7-up/sprite when I'm feeling under the weather (south park was on point with that reference) and diet root beer at other times.

Dr. Pepper is ok but nothing amazing.

[Guest]

Dr. Pepper was my main kidney-stone developer for most of my life. Used to drink 7-up and Barqs root beer as well.
I can't bear to drink it anymore, soda isn't something I miss in the slightest.

[mad bum]

When I was younger that's all I would drink is soda, and a lot of it too. But for like the last 10 years i have been mostly off it. That's not to say I only drink water of course, I do drink some sweet tea every now and then, some propel, so it's not completely sugar free, but soda really is something you have to cut out otherwise it will lead to some issues later, be it weight, teeth, or something in your body.

[Rushy]

Dr. Pepper is cancer. Tried it once, it tastes like medicine. Seriously, why would you drink that?

[rabidtictac]

When I was younger that's all I would drink is soda, and a lot of it too. But for like the last 10 years i have been mostly off it. That's not to say I only drink water of course, I do drink some sweet tea every now and then, some propel, so it's not completely sugar free, but soda really is something you have to cut out otherwise it will lead to some issues later, be it weight, teeth, or something in your body.

True. I drink it once in a while, but even diet soda has carbonation and shit which IIRC is bad for your teeth.

[wildmage]

Since I stopped going to the gym, my pant size has gone up by 2-3 sizes. Cutting back on sugar, and specially carbonated drinks was a huge turning point in getting back to my girlish figure.

But that shit is like drinking in one can 10 times the "normal" amount of sugar for one day (again, depends on the body type, but your liver still goes to the dogs).

[Whybother]

It's garbage in liquid form. I loved it as a kid and now it's gross as fuck.

I agree with people who say root beer. My personal policy on soda is to never drink non-diet soda. Yes, you fucks, I know about aspartame and no, it's not going to make your dick fly off or whatever the fuck.

Since I have a white trash background, I drink diet 7-up/sprite when I'm feeling under the weather (south park was on point with that reference) and diet root beer at other times.

Dr. Pepper is ok but nothing amazing.

Drinking diet soda is for people who want to drink soda and pretend they're choosing a healthier option. Soda will get you fat. Diet soda will give you cancer, and artificial sweeteners actually trigger your body to store more fat. Not a fair trade off, and diet soda tastes like shit besides. If you're gonna drink diet soda you may as well just drink juice. At least in that case you can get something genuinely healthy.

Drinking diet soda is like going to McDonald's getting a double quarter pounder and asking for no salt on your fries.

[Vaporwear]

You know what the best thing in the world is? A nice cold drink of sugar cane Coca Cola in a glass bottle. There's something just so classy about popping that top off with a bottle opener. It's just, so good.

[FuckSploony]

Well, at this point in life i have renounced to sodas and alcohol completely. Only thing i drink now is water or orange juice that i make.
I may take a cold Malta (google it, dont know the equivalent over there) here and there, but thats about it.
And about weight... well, i just dont get fat, ever. My metabolism is really fast, which partly sucks because im hungry all the time.

[rabidtictac]

Drinking diet soda is for people who want to drink soda and pretend they're choosing a healthier option. Soda will get you fat. Diet soda will give you cancer, and artificial sweeteners actually trigger your body to store more fat. Not a fair trade off, and diet soda tastes like shit besides. If you're gonna drink diet soda you may as well just drink juice. At least in that case you can get something genuinely healthy.

Drinking diet soda is like going to McDonald's getting a double quarter pounder and asking for no salt on your fries.

I knew some moron would come back with this debunked bullshit. We've had aspartame around for like 100 fucking years and still no studies that actually show a direct correlation between aspartame and cancer in humans.

As for the other shit, no. Diet soda has zero calories because sugar amounts for basically all the calories in soda. Drinking zero calories will lose you more weight than drinking 400 calories. That's just math, retard. "People who drink diet soda crave sweets more and so break their diet" isn't an argument. That's like saying diets fail because people crave junk food and go off the diet.

"Diet soda tastes like shit" is an opinion a lot of people seem to share. Myself, I cannot stand normal soda at all. It tastes way too fucking syrupy and sweet.

>juice is healthy meme

https://www.google.com/search?q=orange+ ... 8&oe=utf-8

Juice is sweet because it has sugar in it. Sugar is the same fucking ingredient that gives soda its calories. You're just changing the method of sugar delivery. Fruit is healthy because it has fiber, vitamins and shit in it. Most of that is taken out when it is converted to a juice, and more sugar is added. Sugary juice is as unhealthy as soda. Unless you squeeze your own, which you probably don't. Even then, you'd be better off eating your fruit rather than drinking it.

So what is in diet soda, aside from concentrated cancerpartame? Mostly water, some salt and some chemical flavoring. 'S' about it. If you're worried about chemical flavoring, I've got some bad news for you about the vast majority of food that's in any way premade.