How Much Soda or Tea Do You Drink

[New Ocean]

I drink tea often, soda never. By tea I mean fresh tea brewed loose. Mostly Japanese green. Grew out of soda when I was about 9 years old. The idea of drinking sugar-water all day is no longer attractive. At that point, might as well go to beer.

[skybuster]

I go through a gallon of unsweetened iced tea every two days. Keeps my on my feet doing homework

[UrbanKnight]

I don't drink much soda at all. It's banned in our house unless we are hosting something. As for tea, the specific type of caffeine in black tea and coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease (they recommended 24oz per day). Since at least one relative on each side of my family has or had Parkinson's, I'll continue to drink my iced tea.

[BEC]

These days during the week I typically start the day with a cup of black tea (Red Rose or Lipton depending on what we have in stock at the time). Then, though the course of the day will have two to three cups of coffee and one to two more cups of tea. I very seldom drink soda anymore - once in awhile I'll have a Mexican-made Coke.

I get unsweetened iced tea almost exclusively when eating fast food (not going any further down that side path).

On the weekend the first cup of tea in the morning remains constant, but beyond that it's more varied. Still no sodas, caffeinated or not.

Sometimes we brew teas from loose leaves with that neat little Teavana device that sits on top of the cup or pot - greens, flavored blacks, some herbals. And we have a good selection of Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow and Twining teas up in the cupboard.....

[southern rockets]

I have given up soda (or "Pop" if you are a mid westerner) at least 10 years ago...about 20oz of coffee milk and no sugar then no caffien the rest of the day.
I HATE HIGH FRUCTROSE CORN SYRUP! this crap forced on us is like 5 times sweeter than table sugar.
I wait till there is a special on Celestial Seasonings and buy a few boxes at a time,but only drink this when I feel like it.Both hot and cold.
I will drink an occasional real sugar Mexican Dr Pepper...maybe every 3 month's or so.
I also will drink a high end Ginger Ale that some micro breweries will create.
(My friend finds these and treats them like fine wine..and some are sharp!)
Ginger Beer if it has only sugar. I do like Jamaican made "TING" grapefruit soda!
I probably piss off waitresses by ordering water,but include a generous tip in the end.
I have several Micro breweries within blocks of me! but they also have beers that are too sweet for my tastes.

I think I know where this thread is going and a High Fructrose thread will get a response from me!...I know a few facts about this vile invention and have stories.

Also....how fair is it to people with corn allergies...now they can't drink soda.
The Florida Crackers I see drink GALLONS of Sweet Tea a day. (diabetics galore!)
I have actually seen resturants pour KARO SYRUP from the bottle into that vile tea fountain we have all seen!

Water with lemon or lime juice..real fruit juice..or beer for me....Oh Gatorade when I'm dying from heat and dehydration in a normal 97 degree Florida summer day.

Being diabetic....I can say that candy, sweeten tea or anything sweeten for that matter has nothing to do with diabetes. It is carbs which are the diabetics enemy. I am type 1 and take shots, 4 a day or more.

A disclaimer is now needed....sugar is a carb along with potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, peas, carrots, many fruits etc, etc, etc. I still drink tea...how could a southerner live without tea?

BTW...beer is essentially a liquid carb contributing to the male middle age bulge. I used to drink a lotta that stuff once then I decided I wanted a healthier liver or at least what diabetic issues don't take out anyway.

[THier]

I gave up the "big name" sodas...I use a SodaStream machine now and make all my soda at home. It's so much better for you, doesn't have all the artificial sweeteners that the big guys have and has less than half the calories....plus I save a TON of money using it.

The only problem I have with it is figuring a way to get the cans closed again.

Damn that is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time, I was thinking of getting a full size soda fountain back in my hey day of soda drinking,, and if I was still drinking sodas I would have to get one of these things. So I gotta ask,, how do they taste? Can you adjust the amount of syrup, Carbonation ect. to suit your taste? How long have these things been around?

Tom

[MarkII]

Diet Coke was a favorite of mine during a time when I had been swayed into thinking sugar was my enemy. These "sweetener wars" have been going on forever and ever and I finally came to the conclusion that all of these freaking chemicals we ingest can't possibly be good for us. So I don't use artificial sweetener in anything and I rarely almost never buy anything with it in it. Same goes for the caffeine. I'll get a lemonade instead.

Absolutely not a concern of mine. Aspartame is not thalidomide.

[JPVegh]

Absolutely not a concern of mine. Aspartame is not thalidomide.

,and as it turns out neither is Saccharin.

[JPVegh]

Damn that is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time, I was thinking of getting a full size soda fountain back in my hey day of soda drinking,, and if I was still drinking sodas I would have to get one of these things. So I gotta ask,, how do they taste? Can you adjust the amount of syrup, Carbonation ect. to suit your taste? How long have these things been around?

Tom

We used to make soda with syrup and a seltzer bottle. You can get 1 gal bag in a boxes at Sams or Costco for about 12 or 13 bucks. A gallon of syrup goes a long way. I made my own lemon lime syrup that was pretty good but cost way more than buying syrup from the store.

[Eric1]

2qts of Crystal Light Tea every two days.
2 Pots of coffee Every Day!! Splenda and Non Dairy creamer!!

I will Need no preservation when I Kick! Just stand me up at a rocket Launch!!!

[Micromeister]

Soda Rarely, Tea: Hot Earl Grey occasionally, Iced tea: sometimes if we're out with dinner. Coffee: Gallons per day...must keep the blood count down in the caffeine system.

[RocketManDan]

I rarely drink soda. Maybe once in awhile. When I go out to eat I always order water and never soda. One it's not good for and they charge like $3.00 for one. No thanks! I do enjoy coffee!

[mperdue]

Until recently I was drinking 4 or more a day. Now I allow myself 1 per day.

[modeltrains]

On a related track:
http://www.livescience.com/18686-chi...d-obesity.html

1 in 3 Kids Drink Too Much Juice
MyHealthNewsDaily Staff
Date: 27 February 2012 Time: 04:09 PM ET

More than a third of parents surveyed, and about half of parents with a yearly household income of less than $30,000, reported their 1- to 5-year-olds drink two or more cups of juice on a typical day.

That's twice the amount recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which advices kids under age 6 drink just one serving of juice per day.

Too much juice puts kids at risk for health conditions such as childhood obesity and early tooth decay, the researchers said. Both of these conditions are more prevalent in low-income children.

"Parents may think juice is an easy way for their child to get a serving of fruit, but it's often difficult to pick out 100 percent fruit juice amid the sugar-sweetened juice drinks," said study researcher Sarah Clark, associate director of the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan. (The AAP recommends that even 100 percent fruit juice is limited to one serving per day.)

[jef955]

I drink way too much soda !

[Daddyisabar]

Sugar may be good for motors but it isn't good fer my belly! Higher stress today at work so I have downed 3 regular Coca Colas already. Now they are bringing back the retro classics in bottles. Bubble Up, Sioux City Sarsaparilla and Apple Beer are all on the top shelf. Old style Dr. Pepper with real sugar is also a favorite. But the kids these days are blowing me away at the launch with their Monster, Red Bull and Dr. Thunder super caffeinated drinks. Nothing beats a little tater water rocket fuel every once in a while.

[bradycros]

None. Even when it's free.