Soft drink is the worst possible thing to be drinking

[Strazdas]

First of all id like to say i never met somoen who drinks coke a day every day, guess you were really into it.
Secondly, i call your theory bull. Last time i drank coke was probably last year. no, that was over 1,5 years ago in one expedition for lack of anything better to drink. Though i do fancy myself some kvass every 6 months or so. (closer to beer than soft drinks though). I have gained weight than you and continue gaining. therefore, your theory is bust. Now obviuosly i gained it for other reasons, thats the point, no way to measure if you coke actually did what happened to you.

ALso, if you get stomatch infection, drink coke, it kills EVERYTHING. no, seriuosly, it even kills hangover, i knew a guy that would mix Brandy with Coke and could drink 2 bottles (0,7l) of brandy in matter of 4 hours and have no hangover whatsoever. everyone i told this recipe to have said that indeed it worked for them. as i dont drink alcohol i didnt test myself.

People use Coke to remove rust from car engines.
Just think about that for a moment.

Its a strong antioxydant. ive seen people use toothpaste to remove rust and oil for much worse things. you give rust too much credit.

Stop taking protein supplements
Move to cardio training, not weight training.

Watch the fat melt away.

^
Yeah, if you wanna loose fat do cardio work such as running, biking or swimming.

Wait, so you are saying that my plan to loose weight by running is not madness but actually good idea? Well sweet!. Now if only it worked!

Depends if you drink soda with sugar or sugar substitutes, I guess. I drank around 2 liters of Pepsi Max(without sugar) for several years. Never got fatter. Went to only drinking water half a year ago and I'm still the same size(well, I have been working out).
Substitutes pushes the risk of getting prostate cancer through the roof though, among other things, iirc.

As for revelations... yes. When I decided to start working out I begun actually looking at what was in the food I ate. Everything is either full of sugar or bursting with carbonhydrates.

substitites..... arent really worth being skinny.... itsl ike those "Samrt drugs", yeah it will work for one night and leave you sorry for the other 50 years.

What I do is I think of food primarily as fuel rather than something that you eat for some sense of fulfilment it becomes really easy to keep the diet clean.

you know, some peopel eat food because, shock, its TASTY.

Never drink it, was never allowed sweets or sugary drinks as a kid and now don't crave them.

im the opposite. we couldnt afford sweets when i was kid and i would get more occasions to taste suggar than anything (suggar wasnt a guarantee in my household, we occasionally had some). now i love sweets, i love them so much that i now weigh close to 100 KG. I love them so much that im actually running around, trying to losoe weight, with a candy in my hand!

 

[bug_of_war]

Wait, so you are saying that my plan to loose weight by running is not madness but actually good idea? Well sweet!. Now if only it worked!

Well you gotta stick with it. Of all the things to maintain and build cardio is the most important and difficult to upkeep. By running every second day you will improve your body tremendously and will loose weight. It wont be instant, it wont be quick, but if you eat right and maintain a level of fitness which allows your body to properly recuperate you will loose excess fat.

 

[Strazdas]

Wait, so you are saying that my plan to loose weight by running is not madness but actually good idea? Well sweet!. Now if only it worked!

Well you gotta stick with it. Of all the things to maintain and build cardio is the most important and difficult to upkeep. By running every second day you will improve your body tremendously and will loose weight. It wont be instant, it wont be quick, but if you eat right and maintain a level of fitness which allows your body to properly recuperate you will loose excess fat.

Yeah, i need to do more of both, but hey im at least beginning to try. I dont care about fat so much really as about health. Im trying to losoe weight purely out of health concerns (im heathy now, but i dont like high risks).

First of all id like to say i never met somoen who drinks coke a day every day, guess you were really into it.

Right here, and not just a can, I could easily drink a litre or two of coke a day (somewhere in the realm of half a gallon a day to American readers). I'm also 6'1" 150 to 160 lbs and while I certainly do not have sculpted abs no one can argue that I am even close to overweight.

Sorry, i couldnt ehar you though the screaming of the rollecoaster that is american measuremetn system.
No, but seriuosly, these numbers mean nothing to me. Liter i can understand, galon i can approximate, but thats about it. though isnt 6' quite small? i remember peopel saying that there are "8 feet giants" for higher people, so loosing 25% of tht would be like 150cm wouldnt it?
no idea about your labaratories for weight.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Sorry, i couldnt ehar you though the screaming of the rollecoaster that is american measuremetn system.
No, but seriuosly, these numbers mean nothing to me. Liter i can understand, galon i can approximate, but thats about it. though isnt 6' quite small? i remember peopel saying that there are "8 feet giants" for higher people, so loosing 25% of tht would be like 150cm wouldnt it?
no idea about your labaratories for weight.

150-160 lbs is 68 kg to 72½ kg, 6'1" is 185½ cm. So skinny/very slender above average height.

 

[Undomesticated Equine]

My favourite soft drink tastes way better than the piss you call Coca Cola and it also contains 30% less sugar without any phosphoric acid. Only available in CZ/SK/PL though.

 

[barbzilla]

Sorry, but this is false information. A soft drink isn't the "Worst" thing to drink (not that it is the best mind you). Most research will say that carbonated, sugary energy drinks are the worst for your system (and they would be right). The soft drink thing is just due to childhood obesity issues in the US, and there is nothing wrong with having the occasional soft drink (provided you wash it down with water or brush your teeth, as it is hell on teeth). As for what is worse for your weight (as you used your weight as the metric to judge how harsh soft drinks are), alcohol is by far much worse for your weight.

 

[Tribalism]

I agree with the thread title, but not exactly for the same reasons outlined in the opening post. Soda is the "worst thing" you can drink, sweets are the "worst thing" you can eat. Smartass comments from people saying "sulfuric acid" or the likes are detracting from the discussion at hand and there have been a lot of them in this thread. I'd love to take a count of how many people in this thread who are against the OP's point regularly drink soda.

Now to explain my stance. By itself, soda isn't *that* bad and it's true that alcohol is a more dangerous substance per ml. The same goes for sweets and comparing it to some other edible substance that the human body is intolerant to. The reason soda/sweets are bad is the cultural connotations surrounding them. The first obvious point is that soda is promoted to kids (and for comparison, alcohol is restricted from those under 16/18/21) and thus it becomes ingrained as "not that bad", which can be evidence in the prevalent attitudes in this thread. From a weight related standpoint, one of the easiest ways to lose excess weight is to drop calories gained from drinking or "don't drink your calories". From a sugar standpoint, most sodas are rife with them and studies have been made to show that the sugar free alternatives aren't healthy. Due to their prevalence, ordering anything other than a soda or alcoholic beverage is seen as "odd". The healthiest option, water, is a big "no no" when going out. If this isn't a sign that we're culturally backwards with regards to health, I'm not sure what is.

For the people in this thread willing to debate this point, consider for a moment how you would be viewed as a person if each bottle of coke was replaced with a bottle of beer. Also consider how difficult it might be to remove soda from your diet entirely, indefinitely. There's a high chance a lot of you will struggle and can view it as an addiction. Perhaps you may wish to justify it by saying that "it's just like being addicted to meat, or vegetables", but at least those foods are not void of nutrition.

Sugar has a horrible effect on the mind. The easiest way to see this is opening a bar of chocolate, having one piece of it and promising yourself you'll only have one piece, while keeping it in arm's reach. For further watching, I recommend The Men Who Made Us Fat. The first episode focuses heavily on the issues raised in this thread and my post.

For context, I usually just have water and tea on a day-to-day basis and restrict alcohol to 1-2 times a month. I've started having my tea decaffeinated recently, too.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

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.

This is so wrong, but so expected. A lot of people have this attitude because they just don't know any better. I come from a family of doctors. So let me tell you a couple of three things (cookie for reference). What you do to your body doesn't start to show until you're well in your 40's. Then you'll get to see the results of unhealthy habits of your youth. A young healthy body can take just about any kind of abuse from processed foods and drinks. But it doesn't last forever. That's why it's important to take care of yourself while you're young.

 

[white_wolf]

As they say everything in moderation coke is a very rare luxury if you can use that stuff to clean your drains I really want to avoid it as much as possible. I maybe get soda once a month if that