Sugary drinks - what do you think now about drinking them?

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About this picture: This picture puts things into perspective doesn't it? That is so much sugar. Research in the US had shown that one soft drink or sweet juice each day AT ANY AGE was associated with an 80% increase in the risk of acquiring diabetes in females. What ever happened to having water when you are thirsty? Why are people drinking these products so often? Share this, lets get the reality out there.

Also, that is not sugar in the water - it is a reflection. Please drink responsible - this is not an ad for bottled water. I am drinking water from a glass.

I did not take this photo, just sharing. Smile

Gold Member Joined: Jan 07 2009 Posts: 1775

I never drink any of that stuff, don't even bring it in the house. And I only give my child milk in the morning and water throughout the day.

I don't know... we don't really buy sodas, but I know they're given at school regularly, and we buy juices so there's bound to be some sugar in them too. I definitely drink mostly water, but I'm not the nutritionist type. Though I suppose I am compared to many
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Senior Member Joined: May 31 2009 Posts: 125

Gross. I would like to ask that you add "type 2" to the diabetes comment. My son has type 1 and it's a huge frustration when people just say "diabetes"...I wish I could have prevented his by limiting sugar!

My DD and I drink mostly water. She gets one fruit juice box a day with the equivalent of 2 and half teaspoons of sugar, however there is no added refined sugar, it is all from apples and other fruits.

I don't know many people who drink sugary soda every day. Most people I know drink diet. Now I'd love to see a bag full of chemicals hanging from the bottle...maybe my DH would break his Diet Coke addiction...
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Gold Member Joined: Mar 23 2007 Posts: 1874 Location: NY

I don't know anyone who drinks soda regularly, just as an occasional shabbos treat at the shul kiddush or maybe at the meal.
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Platinum Member Joined: Apr 12 2010 Posts: 5769

I drink sweet drinks. I can only drink water if I am extremely thirsty...dehydrated basically!

I trained ds on water but he doesn't always drink it and occasionally I give him some grape juice/other juice but always always diluted with water.

I just dread thinking my kids teeth might end up looking like their neices/nephews/cousins (black from age 1!)
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Beginner Joined: Oct 31 2010 Posts: 19

WOW! Thanks for sharing the pic! Im totally pro-water and have turned my husband into a water drinker as well

I am big on water. I train the kids from very early on to drink water and they go for it. We do water bottles in the summer.
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We have apple juice in the house. If the kids drink it, it is only from age 4 onward, maximum twice a day, and it is only when diluted 1:4 with water.

Otherwise, they drink water or milk.

Diamond Member Joined: Jan 24 2010 Posts: 3398

We are always stocked up on seltzer. I used to drink 4 - 5 cans of diet soda EVERY day! I quit diet soda a couple months ago. Now I only drink water, seltzer, tea, and sometimes coffee. Once in a while I will "reward" myself with a cold can of REGULAR coca cola Very Happy

It would have bothered me more before I realized that I used a kilo(!!!) of sugar in the course of my Shabbos preparations last week. Shocked

sarahd, where do you put the sugar? I only use it in the challa, and if I do cucumber salad.

clue me in please?

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When I had nursing summer babies and I didn't feel like nursing, they got water in a bottle (not when they were hungry, when they were using me as a pacifier). Later, they moved to "sport bottles" with water. Juice wasn't an option. I worried about their teeth.
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Diamond Member Joined: Aug 03 2007 Posts: 4448

It isn't even real sugar, it's HFCS. That's why I drink only diet drinks (escept chocolate milk or dairy stuff).

Silver Member Joined: Jun 14 2010 Posts: 692

We don't have soda in our house. We drink water or milk during the week, and on Shabbos we have juice which we (well, me and kids - dh is only barely on board) dilute.
Thanks for the pic though... perhaps I'll show it to dh to get him more convinced!