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  • hilliardjoe
    hilliardjoe Posts: 111 Member
    It's a regional thing.

    http://www.popvssoda.com/
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    Thanks all. I am definitely more primal than paleo but am getting better each day. And if offended anyone with my diet coke confession, those people should definitely avoid my food diary today, which reveals I ate a valentine's themed snack M&M . . . :happy:

    LOL I have no sense of humour when it comes to artificial sweeteners. I'm not offended at you (I come off strong, sorry!), I'm offended by a system that promotes non-foods as something safe to put in our bodies. It saddens and enrages me that I can't even keep this stuff away from my child (ie gum given to her by other people). (The daycare and school in my community have a "no sugar" policy but they feed the kids stuff with artificial sweeteners. This is promoted by our local health centre nurses and the nutritionist. I just don't get it.)

    Anyway, I'm GLAD that you are doing your best. I really hope that you find the will to reject artificial sweeteners. I think the fact that they are so addictive speaks volumes to their unsuitability as "food".
  • ronja2
    ronja2 Posts: 36
    For anyone who would like some scientific (NERD ALARM) background on what sugar and especially high fructose corn syrup will do to you, I highly recommend this video :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

    It is rather long but well worth it, I promise. If it's too long for you, there are a couple of summarized versions. Just search for "Sugar: The Bitter Truth Short Version".
  • AmIhealthyyet
    AmIhealthyyet Posts: 361 Member
    I drink a couple cups of black coffee in the morning. The only other beverage I drink is water. I gave up pop over 7 years ago after listening to constant lectures from my instructors (at my massage school) about how bad it was. This was long before thinking of going primal. A couple months back I thought what the heck and had one. I had a horrible gut ache the rest of the day. Couldn't understand why I ever drank it,haha! Do what works for YOU, my guess is after awhile you will take yourself off it completely.
  • AmIhealthyyet
    AmIhealthyyet Posts: 361 Member
    For the record the offical name is "POP"


    Forgot how some people laugh at me for referring to it as 'pop' and not soda. I was years ago and asked what kind of pop they had. They laughed and asked me to repeat it .
  • hdlb
    hdlb Posts: 333 Member
    For the record the offical name is "POP"


    Forgot how some people laugh at me for referring to it as 'pop' and not soda. I was years ago and asked what kind of pop they had. They laughed and asked me to repeat it .


    Pop is totally the right name. "Soda" just sounds weird....
  • monkeydharma
    monkeydharma Posts: 599 Member
    For the record the offical name is "POP"


    Forgot how some people laugh at me for referring to it as 'pop' and not soda. I was years ago and asked what kind of pop they had. They laughed and asked me to repeat it .


    Pop is totally the right name. "Soda" just sounds weird....

    Like others have said, it's a regional thang. When I was a kid in Michigan, we all called it 'soda pop'. Now I just call it soda. Things like that also change over the years to where it is somewhat generational. When I was young, oleomargarine was generally referred to as 'oleo' - now it's just 'margarine'.

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