5 drinks that as bad or worse than Soda

[Kathi]

http://www.stack.com/2014/10/08/unhealthy-drinks/

 

[Knotical]

Energy Drinks! Hands down, the worst thing perpetrated on the world since soda. Especially the concentrated kind.

Not only are they not good for you on their own, but when you look for the sugar-free ones you are just that much worse off. I never get anything sugar-free, as it usually has either aspartame or sucralose in it. Both are horrible for your body. The only alternative to sugar that anyone should consider is honey.

 

[gerbilwoman]

I'm surprised about juice. I know its not healthy, but its natural so it's got to be at least a little better than soda.

 

[tim-from-pa]

I concur. And although natural, the reason why fruit juices are so bad is like they mentioned -- the sugar. You are getting the sugar of several pieces of fruit because it's liquified. Case in point: ever juice an orange? To get as much juice as most people drink you'd have to probably juice at least 3 oranges, and then the pulp and rind is thrown out. Now, who eats 3 oranges at one time without the pulp and perhaps the rind? Impossible in nature, but juicing is (again) what I always rant about -- man is altering the food in some way keeping part of the nutrition and throwing out the rest.

 

[Edward]

Energy Drinks! Hands down, the worst thing perpetrated on the world since soda. Especially the concentrated kind.

Not only are they not good for you on their own, but when you look for the sugar-free ones you are just that much worse off. I never get anything sugar-free, as it usually has either aspartame or sucralose in it. Both are horrible for your body. The only alternative to sugar that anyone should consider is honey.

Yeppers, those energy drinks are a hoax. If one wants a homemade energy drink...if you have a juicer, try juicing a few potatoes. Drink a water glass full of this juice and wait for vibrations to start! When potato juice hits the bloodstream it turns to glucose just like sugar. I was amazed at how much energy potato juice gave me!

It doesn't taste like honey but it's not bad.
If one wants to subsitute honey for sugar, keep in mind that honey is 4 X as sweet as sugar. So if you want one teaspoon of sugar, use a 1/4 teaspoon of honey.

 

[jasonc]

Yeppers, those energy drinks are a hoax. If one wants a homemade energy drink...if you have a juicer, try juicing a few potatoes. Drink a water glass full of this juice and wait for vibrations to start! When potato juice hits the bloodstream it turns to glucose just like sugar. I was amazed at how much energy potato juice gave me!

It doesn't taste like honey but it's not bad.
If one wants to subsitute honey for sugar, keep in mind that honey is 4 X as sweet as sugar. So if you want one teaspoon of sugar, use a 1/4 teaspoon of honey.

store bought honey or locally "grown" honey. it depends also where the bee pollinate . here they often have that citrus tinge to the honey as most local bee farms are on groves.

 

[Edward]

store bought honey or locally "grown" honey. it depends also where the bee pollinate . here they often have that citrus tinge to the honey as most local bee farms are on groves.

Yeah. Something about, you need it to be local honey because it will have greater immune system boosting properties for that area and so forth. Something like that.

 

[jasonc]

Yeah. Something about, you need it to be local honey because it will have greater immune system boosting properties for that area and so forth. Something like that.

I wonder if we "milk" africanised bees.

 

[Christ_empowered]

sweetened ice tea? I live in the south, y'all!

 

[Lewis]

I just polished off some Mountain Dew, and will be drinking some more later.

 

[Knotical]

I just polished off some Mountain Dew, and will be drinking some more later.

Used to drink that stuff like water. Now I drink it from time to time, but discovered it is not too kind on the kidneys.

 

[Lewis]

9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda
Need a reason to break your soda addiction? We've got 9, and they're not pretty.
http://www.rodalenews.com/facts-about-soda

 

[gerbilwoman]

I concur. And although natural, the reason why fruit juices are so bad is like they mentioned -- the sugar. You are getting the sugar of several pieces of fruit because it's liquified. Case in point: ever juice an orange? To get as much juice as most people drink you'd have to probably juice at least 3 oranges, and then the pulp and rind is thrown out. Now, who eats 3 oranges at one time without the pulp and perhaps the rind? Impossible in nature, but juicing is (again) what I always rant about -- man is altering the food in some way keeping part of the nutrition and throwing out the rest.

Sadly, that is how they make fruit juice, is terrible.The thing that I feel makes soda a bit worse though is the preservatives (moreso found in diet soda) and artificial sweetener aspartame. But fruit juice certainly isn't healthy either.

 

[jasonc]

sweetened ice tea? I live in the south, y'all!

im not much of a tea drinker. I haven't had sun tea in a while

 

[evenifigoalone]

I drink juice because usually I don't have a fridge full of fruit. =P It's still fruit. And no high fructose corn syrup--well, if it's made from real fruit, and the ingredients label doesn't have it. Always a good idea to check that ingredients label. The fruit juice my mom likes to get from the store is mostly corn syrup with little if any actual juice.

I used to only drink sweet tea, but have come to prefer regular iced tea. (Heated tea is good, but iced tea is such a staple here in the south that I'm not even sure if there's any to be found without making it yourself.)