Soda drinkers consume more calories

[snopes]

People who drink sugary soft drinks do not appear to compensate by reducing calories somewhere else in their diets, so they tend to pack on extra pounds, Yale University researchers report.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...drinkers_N.htm

[Esprise Me]

Well, duh.

Whenever I feel the urge to lose a few pounds for swimsuit season, I just cut from my diet all beverages besides water and black coffee. I don't have much to lose--my body fat percentage is somewhere in the 17-18% range--but I can drop five pounds in a month that way.

[MidgardDragon]

Originally Posted by snopes

People who drink sugary soft drinks do not appear to compensate by reducing calories somewhere else in their diets, so they tend to pack on extra pounds, Yale University researchers report.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...drinkers_N.htm

In other news, Tequila drinkers consume more alcohol, and cigarette smokers inhale more nicotine.

[Pseudo_Croat]

What about people who consume diet soft drinks?

Also, what's the fun of only drinking water and black coffee? Both drinks are yech. You gotta get your calories from somewhere.

- Pseudo (moderation, folks) Croat

[Canuckistan]

Originally Posted by Pseudo_Croat

Also, what's the fun of only drinking water and black coffee? Both drinks are yech.

Says you! Both drinks are TEH AHSUM!

[inkrose115]

Originally Posted by Canuckistan

Says you! Both drinks are TEH AHSUM!

Whoo hoo! Water is my all time favorite drink. Just plain ole filtered water, I drink it all day. No calories, and it tastes great! And the ocassional black coffee now and then. Mmmm, coffee.

[Esprise Me]

Originally Posted by Pseudo_Croat

What about people who consume diet soft drinks?

I assume they're all going to die of cancer. Seriously, though, I thought I read a study somewhere to the effect that diet soft drinks actually spur the appetite somehow and cause significantly more weight gain than would drinking water (or sparkling water, which I drink when I need something fizzy) but now I can't find it. Can someone less Google-impaired help me out? I think it might have even been discussed on the old board, which I still can't get to because I'm afraid to clear my cookies.

Also, what's the fun of only drinking water and black coffee? Both drinks are yech. You gotta get your calories from somewhere.

Not to me, they aren't! I get my calories from steak and cheese, and even as I try to cut back on those vices, I still consume plenty to keep meat on my bones. The only hard part is giving up booze for a month or two at a time--it's not that I crave it, it's just hard to be the only one at the table drinking water when I go out with friends. Monkey see, monkey want.

[frogpond]

Count me as one who prefers to eat her calories rather than drink them. I also save money by sticking to water and black coffee!

[bjohn13]

The discovery of "good" black coffee has saved me oodles in money and weight. I drink two pots a day, which equates to about $10 a month for good Ethiopian or Costa Rican beans. That sure beats the $200 a month I used to pay on Diet Soda. Even if I drank the best of the best, the Konas and Blue Mountains, I'd still be saving money. I just can't see paying 200% more for coffee that only tastes about 20% better.

It's the caffeine I'm after, but it's the taste I love.

[MidgardDragon]

Originally Posted by Pseudo_Croat

What about people who consume diet soft drinks?

Also, what's the fun of only drinking water and black coffee? Both drinks are yech. You gotta get your calories from somewhere.

- Pseudo (moderation, folks) Croat

I completely agree with you on water and coffee. Blech. Second worst drinks ever, below only tea.

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by MidgardDragon

I completely agree with you on water and coffee. Blech. Second worst drinks ever, below only tea.

I put tea below a lot of things that aren't considered drinks.

b "Dishwater, anyone?" john13

[inkrose115]

Originally Posted by bjohn13

I put tea below a lot of things that aren't considered drinks.
b "Dishwater, anyone?" john13

I used to think that too. Then I discovered chai spiced tea.

[Mr. Furious]

Coffee disgusts me. The smell, the taste, ech.

I still drink diet soda to an extent, but not nearly as much as I used to. Now, at home, I drink water 90% of the time, fruit juice of some sort the other 10%. We use an Aquasana water filter, which does a fantastic job of removing all the crap* from our water. I drink about a gallon of water a day. The filter needs to be replaced every 6 months or so, and costs about $60. I tried the more commonly available filters, but they didn't do much to improve the taste.

* figurative, but it wouldn't surprise me

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Mr. Furious

Coffee disgusts me. The smell, the taste, ech.

I still drink diet soda to an extent, but not nearly as much as I used to. Now, at home, I drink water 90% of the time, fruit juice of some sort the other 10%. We use an Aquasana water filter, which does a fantastic job of removing all the crap* from our water. I drink about a gallon of water a day. The filter needs to be replaced every 6 months or so, and costs about $60. I tried the more commonly available filters, but they didn't do much to improve the taste.

* figurative, but it wouldn't surprise me

Good, because it's in there.

[Diehard]

I find that I drink water most of the time, when I drink fruit juice it is usually only grape and I water it down to half water half juice this way it isn't as much sugars and not as strong. I usually have one hot tea a day but like I said it is mostly water filtered, yes it does make a difference.

[creative gal]

I do like my diet cokes (my subsitute for coffee, since I'm not so keen on the taste of coffee) but at home I mainly drink fruit juice, squash or water.

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Diehard

I find that I drink water most of the time, when I drink fruit juice it is usually only grape and I water it down to half water half juice this way it isn't as much sugars and not as strong. I usually have one hot tea a day but like I said it is mostly water filtered, yes it does make a difference.

It does with coffee too. Good beans + good water = good coffee. Folgiers + tapwater = slough water.