Health: I hate soda

While looking through my sent emails on an entirely unrelated subject, I came across this email I'd sent to my work newsletter but it was edited out.  So, rather than waste a good rant, here it is.  (Yes, I realize this might be noticed by everyone at work ;)

http://www.waterforlifeusa.com/blog/uncategorized/8-ways-soda-fizzles-your-health/

 

We've (probably) heard it before, but seriously. 

No, take it seriously.  I mean, this affects us directly - we could have a fridge full of tea.  Unsweetened, rooibos tea, which comes in many flavors, is delicious and good for you!  However, we have 90% soda, 6% carbonated water, and 4% juice (half of which contains high fructose corn syrup.  And don't get me started on that.) But if you're looking for a diet drink that's sweet, just put a tiny pinch of Stevia extract to the tea. Even a half-teaspoon of honey isn't going to kill you as much as aspartame or saccharin will. 

And since I'm on the tea rant, we should just Spice Up the Office with something from TeaVana.  That particular starter package is a little unnecessary since we already have a hot water tap and don't need the Zojirushi boiler (I have one at home - it's sweet).  We could just send someone to the MOA to pick up ten different packages of rooibos teas and we're set.  Or order them online.  Anyway.
 

a quote:

Diet Soda Isn't Any Better
For those of you with a diet soda in your hands, the news isn't any better, in fact it's worse! ... One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six milligrams of methanol. [y'know... antifreeze, solvent... -me]

And when it comes to saccharin, ...the last thirty years have demonstrated the carcinogenic effects of saccharin ... in some instances at doses as low as the equivalent of one to two bottles of diet pop daily.

With diet soda, you've gone from high calories to poisonous levels of methanal and an increased chance of developing cancer. Not a very good trade.