Soft drink is the worst possible thing to be drinking

[Andy Shandy]

While I certainly disagree that soft drinks is the worst thing to be putting into your body, drastically cutting down on the amount of it I drink mixed with cutting out a lot of crap I used to eat has helped me to lose nearly 70 pounds in just under 7 months.

 

[Megalodon]

Enriched wheat and high fructose corn syrup are between the two seem to be in most every food available. Both are insanely bad for you and I highly recommend everyone take time to research their effects and how to avoid them.

Nope, enriched flour is just white flour with most of the nutrients lost during refining replaced. Now it's not as healthy as brown flour but it's hardly "insanely bad for you". HFC wouldn't be much of a problem if America (as it's the US that mainly seems to be obsessed with the stuff) stops putting it in just about everything. As with most things, moderation is key.

Neither of those foodstuffs is the devil. Deep fried Mars bars, deep fried Butter (which is apparently a thing), KFC double downs and nergy drink (Monster, Relentless etc.) all have a better claim to being "insanely bad for you" than either foodstuff you mentioned.

Welllllllll metabolism is fairly variable. Personally I am quite skinny, I am known to eat a whole lot almost scaring my friends at times and I am often told that they would kill for my metabolism. (Now here's the kicker)

So I ended up testing it. Turns out that my metabolism is different from average, I am actually ever so slightly below the average basal metabolic rate. I just happen to exercise a lot and I don't eat candy or drink soda except for at rare occasions. I even tried to see if I could gain weight by simply adding another meal to each day. I gained 5kg in a few months.

Just because that's the way it was with you, doesn't mean that it's always the case. I have a friend who has gone to a nutritionist to determine his metabolism. Without any significant exercise, he burns 5000 calories a day to maintain weight.

Slightly tangental, but I wouldn't trust the reliability of that diagnosis at all, given the admittedly limited information provided. Nutritionist not a protected term, anyone can cliam to be a nutritionist without any kind of porfessional acreditation. Dietitian is the proper, trustworthy title.

 

[spartan231490]

I have a friend who has gone to a nutritionist to determine his metabolism. Without any significant exercise, he burns 5000 calories a day to maintain weight.

Slightly tangental, but I wouldn't trust the reliability of that diagnosis at all, given the admittedly limited information provided. Nutritionist not a protected term, anyone can cliam to be a nutritionist without any kind of porfessional acreditation. Dietitian is the proper, trustworthy title.

The person he went to had professional accreditation, knowing him and his family, he probably went to the best available dietitian in the Boston area. Also, I've seen what he eats in a given day with no exercise, 5000 is, if anything, an under-estimate. He smokes my 3000 a day before lunch.

 

[Megalodon]

I have a friend who has gone to a nutritionist to determine his metabolism. Without any significant exercise, he burns 5000 calories a day to maintain weight.

Slightly tangental, but I wouldn't trust the reliability of that diagnosis at all, given the admittedly limited information provided. Nutritionist not a protected term, anyone can cliam to be a nutritionist without any kind of porfessional acreditation. Dietitian is the proper, trustworthy title.

The person he went to had professional accreditation, knowing him and his family, he probably went to the best available dietitian in the Boston area. Also, I've seen what he eats in a given day with no exercise, 5000 is, if anything, an under-estimate. He smokes my 3000 a day before lunch.

Fair enough, because nutritionist happens to be one of those titles claimed by charlatans, I tend to view anything said by someone claiming to be a nutritionist as suspect.

 

[Risingblade]

If I could I'd replace my blood with coke.

If I could I'd replace my coke with blood.

Does it have to be human blood?

Of course not, friend! As long as it's blood, it's fine.

Meet me in back alley in 20 minutes with 10 litters of coke and a bucket of fried chicken >.>

 

[Phantom Kat]

I can think of worse things to be drinking. Bleach and anti-freeze spring to mind.

I have a lean build and fast metabolism anyway so gaining weight isn't really a concern of mine.

 

[Kolby Jack]

All you've proven is that soda is bad for YOU, specifically, to drink every day. Beyond that you have nothing. 1) you don't have a large sample size of test subjects, 2) you didn't perform any other experiments with, say, gatorade or tea or beer or any other drink you may not drink a lot, 3) You can technically drink any liquid, including poisonous ones, so your claim of it being the "worst thing you can drink" is already illegitimate.

This is just bad science; like, "Super-size Me"-level science (aka, piss poor). I'm not about to claim soda is good for you or even that it isn't bad, but everyone is different and has different levels of tolerances. I USED to drink soda every day as a kid, and I was a skinny kid. These past few years, I generally only drank soda once or twice a week, yet I've GAINED weight. Soda was keeping me thin! I knew it!

 

[lunavixen]

I still drink coke (both normal and diet), maybe 1 can every 1 or 2 days, my weight has stayed stable for the last 5 years. Soft drink as an occasional thing is alright, it's when you're having large quantities and have a sedentary lifestyle is where things take a turn for the worse. Those protien shakes aren't good for your body fat levels either, especially if you're not doing a decent amount of cardio to go with it.

Everything in moderation.

 

[Dethenger]

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.

Bleach is healthy. It's mostly water. And we're mostly water.

Therefore, we are bleach.

OT: Yeah, soda is really bad for you. I'm not really surprised that it's worse that alcohol. A cup of red wine a day is actually supposed to yield health benefits, but soda has like no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It doesn't even taste that good. I used to binge-drink a lot of soda, but it was never a consistent part of my diet, so when I did make a habit of eating better, it wasn't hard to forgo soda entirely. Now, I feel kind of sick drinking it. It doesn't taste bad, and I don't mind the carbonation, but it doesn't taste good enough to justify the feeling I get afterward. Belching, burning, bleh.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

Loosing weight is easy, it's a simple equation Calories burned > Calories consumed = weight loss, end of.
That's why the OP put on weight (or if you wanna get technical mass...there is a difference between the two) see he increased his caloric intake without increasing his level of activity to compensate.

If you burn more calories than you consume you will loose weight, and there is even evidence [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111031215938.htm]that shows a reduced caloric intake (whiles still maintaining the RDA of vitamins and minerals) can lead to a longer life. So if that's something that appeals to you then maybe it's time to put down the pies and get your fat ass on the treadmill[footnote]This is a joke BTW and thus should not be taken seriously by anyone[/footnote]

IMO being active is more important than diet[footnote]Within reason of course[/footnote] for example people on things like expeditions to the Poles or in really cold climates can need to eat around 6000 calories a day, and that's just to maintain body weight. Why? Well because of all the extra energy expended by your body to generate heat so you don't freeze to death. Your body is an amazing machine, but if you don't treat it right it's not going to work out so well for you. Everything in moderation, it's fine to have a super-sized mega burger with 16 ounces of coke to wash it down with provide you do something to burn off the excess calories. Anything that gets the heart rate up[footnote] AKA aerobic, or cardiac exercise[/footnote] will do, walking, swimming, running, lots of sex...pick your favorite.

*Edit

OP' I take it you are talking figuratively?, Coz you if you think think soft drinks are the worst thing try some hydrogen cyanide...it smells like Dr. Pepper

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I hate that my parents let me buy whatever poisonous sugarswill i wanted
Now i have some kinda nerve or cardio damage and can not drink anything with caffeine in it or go into cold stinging seizure

 

[FilmDude89]

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.

LMAO! Thanks, I needed that today.
On the topic at hand though.. I drink way too much soda. But my Teeth are fine! lol.. I really should cut down on that stuff.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I tend to avoid fizzy drinks most of the time now. While I can eat and drink what I want to extent without putting on any weight I've been trying to be more health conscience as I figure that since I'm in my mid 20s now the days where I can eat whatever may not last much longer. That and it seems that if I drink too much of the stuff it sends my heart racing which can very uncomfortable and a little disconcerting.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

30kg of muscle in one year? Good job!

 

[Kged]

Physically at various stages in my life I've been extremely fit, and I've been extremely unfit. Neither of those things matters. I'm bored to tears by people who strain to make themselves far more physically capable than they need to be (for the purposes, of the life they lead) and then preen themselves as though they have reached some higher state of being. It's biochemistry - exercise a muscle and it will increase in power and reliability. Exceed your calorific intake and you will burn fat. Any idiot can do it, in fact you cannot fail to do it - unlike an activity requiring actual skill or practise, this is just a dull certainty. Train your body and it will respond as described. It's no achievement whatsoever, it's so immensely unimpressive and yet current pop-cultural values hold this up as a mighty feat. I just wish people were more concerned with the contents of their heads, and not the size of their arses.

As for the OP, unless you're planning to live forever, you are going to die of something. Might as well enjoy yourself along the way.

 

[Yoshi4507]

$17 for a 30 pack? Where on Earth do yo live? It's usually only around $6 here in northorn California.

 

[Hawk eye1466]

I drink soda almost every day because my university hates me and doesn't offer anything else that I'd actually drink, I usually don't exercise that much but oddly enough since I've been here I've actually lost weight, like a lot actually so I don't know if only soda is your problem.

I'm not an expert on this stuff and yeah soda isn't good for you either but I can think of way worse things to drink, like battery acid or bleach for example.

 

[Annihilist]

And yes, I mean even over alcohol.

I take issue with this. Why is alcohol bad? I've never understood that. It's fine if you drink it right.

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!

IF you drink it regularly (i.e. every day) of course you'll see the effects as such. If you have one every now and then, like on special occasions or whatever, you're fine. So if you do buy a pack, don't drink 1-2 every day. Drink - at most - two a week.

 

[JasonKaotic]

Well, I've pretty much been living on that sort of stuff for at least the last 4 years and I'm thinner than I ever was before then.
I'm far from a twig but I'm definitely not overweight.

I know it's unhealthy either way, but eh, seize the day and all that jazz.

 

[the darknees abyss]

I use to drink lots soft drinks but since i stop i have been get a bit more skinnier then i was