How much soda do you consume a week?

[Remobz]

I am watching Dr. Oz now and he says that diet soda is just as bad as regular soda due to artificial sweeteners.


I ONLY consume Coca Cola on Weekends and usually on Friday and Saturday night to mix with my rum. I only drink coke (soda) as a rum mixer and NEVER for anything else.

So I roughly consume 2 liters (67 ounces or roughly 6 cans of coke)) of regular Coca Cola a week.


So how much soda do you consume in a week more or less?

 

[Crusty]

You drink a lot of rum.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I don't drink any. 95% of the time I drink water. Sometimes I have a lemonade or some sort of juice.

 

[Markbnj]

Essentially none. A very occasional bottle with a slice of pizza, but that is more like bi-monthly. Coffee is my staple drink.

 

[Broheim]

waaaaaaaaaay too much, I mean exceptionally unhealthy levels...

I really should stop drinking that crap.

 

[blackdogdeek]

< 1/wk

 

[SpunkyJones]

Too much. I'm addicted to Coke Zero Vanilla.

 

[Imp]

One can per day on weekdays, 1-2, usually 2, on weekends. That's 9 a week, so 9 x 355 ml(?) is 3.195 L.

Love Coke Zero. I've tried going back to regular coke, but it's just not the same... Unless it comes out of a fountain.

 

[Platypus]

none, rarely drink it.

 

[Remobz]

You drink a lot of rum.

I do not do drugs, smoke or even like caffeine type products but my damn ONE major vice is that I drink about 2 quarts of rum a weekend or a little less.

 

[Juddog]

None. That stuff is basically just excess crap your body doesn't need. If I get thirsty I drink water.

 

[preslove]

I do not do drugs, smoke or even like caffeine type products but my damn ONE major vice is that I drink about 2 quarts of rum a weekend or a little less.

You drink 64 oz of rum a weekend?

 

[Kadarin]

2-3 cans of usually Cherry Coke Zero per day. Less on weekends.

 

[lxskllr]

Virtually none. I might drink it once a month or so. Back when i was drinking a lot, I probably averaged 2 liters per day. Always sugared. I don't do diet anything.

 

[Ruptga]

0

Oh and lol @ Dr. Oz

 

[MontyAC]

Big 0

 

[BladeVenom]

None. The only time I occasionally drink soda is if it's mixed with liquor.

 

[Zeze]

Used to be near 0.

Now it's about 1-2 cans a week thanks to travelling.

 

[Oyeve]

maybe 1 can a week if that. I usually drink water or Honest Tea. I used to be a pepsi junky in the 70s early 80s when pespi WAS decent tasting but now soda just sucks. And the can a week that i usually drink is either ginger-ale or orange fanta.

 

[Remobz]

You drink 64 oz of rum a weekend?

Thinking about it now I would say more like 1 and 1/2 quarts of rum a weekend. Sometimes more if it is a three day weekend.

Not good indeed

 

[KeithP]

I am watching Dr. Oz now and he says that diet soda is just as bad as regular soda due to artificial sweeteners.

Did he back that up with references to scientific studies? When I did a google search on the subject, I found this article on his website: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-diet-myths-making-you-gain-weight In the article, it states the following

Research shows that artificial sweeteners stimulate taste receptors that sense sweetness in both the esophagus and stomach.

Okay, fine but what "research"? When I searched, the most recent study I found from earlier this years suggest this is NOT the case. The Oz article in question doesn't actually tell us what study they are referencing so there is no way to determine its credibility. In my mind, that is a major red flag.

If you are watching your sodium intake, you may want to be careful about taking Dr. Oz advice, which should only be done with a pinch of salt

-KeithP

 

[DAPUNISHER]

None. That stuff is basically just excess crap your body doesn't need. If I get thirsty I drink water.

:thumbsup:

 

[Remobz]

Did he back that up with references to scientific studies? When I did a google search on the subject, I found this article on his website: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-diet-myths-making-you-gain-weight In the article, it states the following

Okay, fine but what "research"? When I searched, the most recent study I found from earlier this years suggest this is NOT the case. The Oz article in question doesn't actually tell us what study they are referencing so there is no way to determine its credibility. In my mind, that is a major red flag.

If you are watching your sodium intake, you may want to be careful about taking Dr. Oz advice, which should only be done with a pinch of salt

-KeithP

I think people in this thread by now would agree my alcohol drinking is more of an issue than soda consumption....lol!!

 

[Fritzo]

I drink 1-2 per day. I don't buy that "just as bad as regular" crap. Been drinking 0 calorie stuff for a decade and I'm not fat. In fact, I'm in pretty damned good shape.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I do not do drugs, smoke or even like caffeine type products but my damn ONE major vice is that I drink about 2 quarts of rum a weekend or a little less.

If you went to literally any doctor on planet Earth and told them "I drink 64 ounces of soda every weekend, and also 64 ounces of rum," you will not have a single one tell you that the soda is the part you should be worried about.