Kicking the Soda Habit: My Experience as a 28 Yr Old Male

[JasonRox]

Why bother with juices though? All you need is 1 cup of cantaloupe (probably the best food on the face of this Earth)

-60 calories
-120% DV vitamin A
-108% vitamin C

Then after you eat that all you have to do is just drink water.

Soft drinks and juices are disgustingly sweet. I hate how my mouth seems to instantly grow 100% more plaque all over after consuming one of them because of all the sugar. If you hate eating vegetables, EAT CANTALOUPE. You will get just as much vitamin A.

There are more Vitamins than just A and C.

 

[lisab]

This is a myth. High sugar diets do not cause diabetes.

http://www.healthcastle.com/sugar-diabetes.shtml

http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=120426

http://www.indiadiets.com/myths/Myth%20details/sugar_causes_diabetes.htm

Sugar is a secondary cause to diabetes, and NOT a direct cause. Sugar can cause obesity and THEN obesity causes diabetes. If you remain thin, sugar is not a risk factor for diabetes.

Too much sugar has many bad effects, but diabetes isn't one of them.

But the link in the post I made (#14) states otherwise. More specifically, high fructose corn syrup is linked to metabolic syndrome. While diabetes isn't listed in the definition of metabolic syndrom, insulin resistance is - which leads to an increased risk for diabetes.

It's surprising to me to, which is why I posted it.

I'm not a nutritionist - I don't know much about it, really - but the one I go to tells me to stay away from high fructose corn syrup.

 

[rohanprabhu]

i have a junk food habit.. everyday I eat atleast 2 packs of Ramen [instant noodles.. I mean the smaller 'cake' packs].. sometimes 3. Plus.. i eat out a lot. And by eating out.. i mean mostly junk food which drip in oil. However.. i don't eat red meat at all.. it's mostly chicken or sometimes fish. And this has started to show it's effects lately. I can barely get up before 9 in the morning. No matter at what time i sleep.. i cannot get up early than 8:30. Also.. no matter how much sleep i get i always feel sleepy and tired. My skin always feels oily and I have to wash my face regularly every 3-4 hours to keep it dry.

I think i should try with my junk food habit as u did with ur soda habit. And the worse thing is that I've not even grown sick of it as u did with soda. I have to force myself NOT to finish something..

Even though you intended this thread to get you some help, I'm sorry that I can't give u much.. since well... even I'm a holder of the 'bad habit' you just left..

so congrats to you.. and thanks a lot for showing me the direction. I'm going to make a positive effort from now on. Thanks again...

 

[Gib Z]

I also have a junk food habit, but it is much better than what I used to have, so by comparison I think I've done well =]

Three years ago I didn't play any sports, ate at least 3 bottles of Coke a day and had a nice carbo+ fat packed Butter Chicken and rice meal they served at the canteen. Since then, The Canteens new management took out all soft drinks except the diet versions, no Butter Chicken but nice sandwiches and I started to get into Basketball. I remember I would very often go around borrowing money off my friends trying to get another coke :( I also save a great heap of money now too =] I still have a McDonalds meal every Sunday, which can't be good, but its getting better.

 

[DaveC426913]

... ate at least 3 bottles of Coke a day ...

There are other ways of getting fibre into your diet.