Soft drink is the worst possible thing to be drinking

[DalekJaas]

And yes, I mean even over alcohol.

Every so often on my facebook feed a post pops up saying how bad soft drink is which I conveniently ignore.

It wasn't until recently that I saw for myself how bad drinking even one can of coke a day is for you.

I've never been much of a soft drink fan, of course whenever I got Maccas or some other fast food I'd get the post mix coke and drink that.

But the supermarket near my house went on sale and they had 30 packs of Coke for $17 so I thought looks like an awesome deal I'll buy some.

Now almost a month later I am fatter than I have ever been and the only change in my lifestyle has been having one or 2 cans of coke a day.

For reference, I am fairly fit, Ive been going to the gym for a year and a half now and in that time have shifted from being a 63kg skinny nerd to almost 100kgs (bigger nerd) and I take protein and pre-workouts and all the supplements to do it.

After my coke binge though, I have large, noticable rolls of fat on my stomach that I can grab a whole handful of and my chin has gotten a lot fatter.

So I feel like I should spread the word to all regular soft drink drinkers out there, my brief exposure to it short term has done me the world of harm, so I can't imagine what its doing to anyone who drinks it all the time.

From today I am saying no more soft drink, I'm cutting it from my system completely (and I guess I have to start running now too... I HATE running).

Does anyone else have any revelations with food that they have come across that would be worth sharing?

For those of you who have trouble with reading: Gained 30kgs from a year of gym, put on some flab from coke with no specific kg gain mentioned!

 

[piinyouri]

I'm lucky. My metabolism is an unrestrained monster, burning through almost anything I put in. I drink and eat whatever I want for the most part, and I have been 160 pounds since I was 15-16.

Obviously soda is still bad for your teeth, but lot's of things are and I'm not that plussed about it. My father smokes god knows how many cigarettes a day, chugs cowboy style coffee hot or cold, and is in amazingly good shape for his age.
He should have been dead a LONG time ago, but here he is. I know doing certain things can influence your chances of getting whatever disease, but I've seen enough to realize it's not a yes or no type of deal.

Thing with these sorts of situations is different bodies react differently to different things.
You yourself said that drinking soda you notice physical flabs of skin where there were none before.
I have no such thing and I drink soda somewhat frequently (I've cut down since my kidneys give me issues from time to time) and that's something I'd notice quick, because I'm incredibly vain and weigh myself all the time.

Eh, I'm not trying to come off like a **** here. Sorry.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

OJ, Milk and water are my mainstays. Pop is the rare treat. It's a great equalizer for the grease of pizza and just feels good on a very hot day. I avoid putting it in my weekly diet for the sake of my dental health and I know it makes me feel bleh if I have too much.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Well considering soft drinks are pretty much just sugar water it's no wonder that you would gain weight from drinking them if they're supplementing what you normally eat and drink, rather than replacing it.

I drink all the soda that I want, and I'm 9% body fat. The difference is that I don't eat candy, or anything really sugary other than soda, and I never add sugar to anything else that I drink (take my tea unsweetened and my coffee black, etc).

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Chocolate Milk man. Fucking delicious, and healthy after you've been working your ass off all day.

 

[Korolev]

I drink 5 to 6 Pepsi Max almost every day, and I've been doing so for about... 3 years now. I'm not overweight... but it has harmed my dental health.

Is it worse than alcohol? An alcoholic will become just as obese as someone who drinks soft-drink every day. And soft-drink can't (by itself) cause cirrhosis of the liver.

But yes, overdrinking coke or pepsi, especially the non-diet versions, is very bad for you. Very bad. Alcohol abuse is worse however.

 

[Casual Shinji]

You're saying soda makes you fat?!

Good Lord!

Anyway, I enjoy some Coca Cola on a regular basis. I try to keep it down to about 2 bottles in a week, and for the rest I usually just drink water. As a result I'm a bit doughy. Not fat, just, you know... malleable.

 

[TheIceQueen]

I find it hard to believe that you gained 82 pounds off of pop alone, especially since you're reportedly only drinking one to two cans a day. You've got to have other, just-as-bad habits in there and you've got to be leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle to let it effect you as drastically as 82 pounds in a month. For one thing, if you -did- exercise, that would keep your basal metabolic rate up high enough that one or two cans of pop isn't going to effect you much due to the set point theory.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It ain't just the pop that's doing it and you're fudging the facts around here somewhere.

I'm calling bullshit.

 

[Stasisesque]

I stopped drinking soft drinks regularly in my late teens (over a decade ago, aaahhh). I occasionally will have a Fanta, if there is nothing else available, but I can't say I enjoy the taste. Soft drinks are just too syrupy, and sticky. I don't like my drinks to be sticky, that's just odd.

Can't say if it had any effect on my weight, but my teeth thanked me!

 

[Pink Gregory]

Hard drink is much more beneficial to the health.

Some say drinking brick dust and metal oxides is, if anything, explicitly dangerous, but they're just leftist yogurt knitting high horse liberals.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

I brush my teeth with Dr. Pepper and I'm still fine!

On a more serious note, I've been drinking sodas since I was young. For the record, I'm a 5'5" 110 pound (50 or so kg) male. So uh. I think soda alone won't really make you obese. The dental health thing is definitely something I need to take into account more though. Especially considering my own personal conditions that make dental health extremely important.

 

[Ryotknife]

I think ill be fine. I have one can a day (spread out over the entire day, and I usually wash it down with water to avoid the dental problems) and I drink nothing but water otherwise. I need something to break the monotony of just water. That, and its my only source of caffeine which helps me wake up. If I don't have one can a day, ill also get headaches (my body is very susceptible to drugs). Pop is the only source of sugar ill have as well, im not a fan of sweets.

 

[lechat]

I find it hard to believe that you gained 82 pounds off of pop alone, especially since you're reportedly only drinking one to two cans a day. You've got to have other, just-as-bad habits in there and you've got to be leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle to let it effect you as drastically as 82 pounds in a month. For one thing, if you -did- exercise, that would keep your basal metabolic rate up high enough that one or two cans of pop isn't going to effect you much due to the set point theory.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It ain't just the pop that's doing it and you're fudging the facts around here somewhere.

I'm calling bullshit.

as far as energy in and out is concerned i would agree but i'm not sure if there has ever been a study on the effects on a non soft drinker consuming large amounts of the shit.
for all we know a can of coke a day might halve your metabolic rate and make it harder for you to utilize or process consumed fats and proteins.

 

[TheIceQueen]

I find it hard to believe that you gained 82 pounds off of pop alone, especially since you're reportedly only drinking one to two cans a day. You've got to have other, just-as-bad habits in there and you've got to be leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle to let it effect you as drastically as 82 pounds in a month. For one thing, if you -did- exercise, that would keep your basal metabolic rate up high enough that one or two cans of pop isn't going to effect you much due to the set point theory.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It ain't just the pop that's doing it and you're fudging the facts around here somewhere.

I'm calling bullshit.

as far as energy in and out is concerned i would agree but i'm not sure if there has ever been a study on the effects on a non soft drinker consuming large amounts of the shit.
for all we know a can of coke a day might halve your metabolic rate and make it harder for you to utilize or process consumed fats and proteins.

That's why I mentioned the set point theory, which has had quite a bit of research behind it to where it's quite scientifically solid. Essentially, the set point theory explains that the body is extremely good at stabilizing itself one way or another. This was proven in key landmark studies, one done by Ancel Keys in which participants were, over 9 months, the first three where the participants ate normally, and the next six months where participants halved their normal caloric intake, with the goal being that the participants would reduce 25 percent of their body weight. Despite initial rapid loss, the pace of the weight loss changed so drastically and many participants were still unable to achieve their goal.

In other study that explored the reverse, this time by Leibel with the goal only being gaining ten percent of the target's weight, many struggled to continue gaining despite initial rapid gain, minimal physical activity, and access to any and every food they could ask for.

What does this mean? It means that the body is very well-designed to keep its own thermostat at its own safe levels and will quickly adjust to drastic changes. Participants struggled in either losing just a quarter of their weight or gaining a tenth of their weight. I find it hard to believe that the OP could somehow gain 60% of their weight in one month alone from one simple dietary change, which exercise, even just 15 minutes a week, would more than easily offset the damages of when it comes to basal metabolic rate and the body's insanely good ability to stabilize itself and its BMR.

In summation, I still call bullshit.

 

[Porygon-2000]

Sir, I respectfully dispute your claim about soft drinks. How, you ask?

Bleach

Bam. Something worse for you to drink than soft drink.
Seriously though, I can see that happening. I mean, its just sugar water. You know what you're getting into when you buy it.

 

[DalekJaas]

I find it hard to believe that you gained 82 pounds off of pop alone, especially since you're reportedly only drinking one to two cans a day. You've got to have other, just-as-bad habits in there and you've got to be leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle to let it effect you as drastically as 82 pounds in a month. For one thing, if you -did- exercise, that would keep your basal metabolic rate up high enough that one or two cans of pop isn't going to effect you much due to the set point theory.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It ain't just the pop that's doing it and you're fudging the facts around here somewhere.

I'm calling bullshit.

Did you read the post? I said I put on 30 kgs from gym workouts over the last year and a half, I've put on some fat from drinking soda in the last month, there was no specific weight mentioned for the soda

 

[JamesK2]

Gave up drinking alchohol. Feeling great! =D

 

[DalekJaas]

So you gained more weight drinking 2 sodas a day for a month than the Supersize Me guy did eating 3 McDonalds meals a day for a month? Adding 278 calories a day to your diet made you gain an 8 year old in weight?

Obviously I wasn't clear in the post, the 30kgs I've put on is from a year and a half of going to the gym, the post is about some fat I've put on from drinking Soda for a month, no specific weight mentioned.

 

[TheIceQueen]

I find it hard to believe that you gained 82 pounds off of pop alone, especially since you're reportedly only drinking one to two cans a day. You've got to have other, just-as-bad habits in there and you've got to be leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle to let it effect you as drastically as 82 pounds in a month. For one thing, if you -did- exercise, that would keep your basal metabolic rate up high enough that one or two cans of pop isn't going to effect you much due to the set point theory.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It ain't just the pop that's doing it and you're fudging the facts around here somewhere.

I'm calling bullshit.

Did you read the post? I said I put on 30 kgs from gym workouts over the last year and a half, I've put on some fat from drinking soda in the last month, there was no specific weight mentioned for the soda

Then what's the point of mentioning that weight if it doesn't pertain at all to the month timeline of which you started your so-called soda binge, but instead to an unrelated factor of exercise, and second, why aren't you mentioning the weight and/or fat percentages of the month timeline between the start of the soda binge and now?

If you're going to give numerical data, give it in support of what of the prospect you're trying to prove. And when you're trying to prove a claim, you should provide numerical data.

You made a claim and haven't provided any substantial evidence other than 'well, I've noticed some pudge', because apparently the numerical data that you did give was completely irrelevant to the claim at hand, and in the point of weight, something that has to be quantified, you're going to qualifying instead.

TLDR; don't give out numbers that are pointless to your claim. Give actual data that supports your claim.