Liquid poison

This is not nutritional or medical advice.

Is that heroin, cocaine, meth?

It might as well be. Is it just as addictive?

And yes I know that’s a solid in current form. Having a soft drink once in a while is not going to kill you. Big Gulps everyday for 20 years might.

Above is a picture of 39 grams of sugar. That’s the amount in one 12oz soft drink. That’s just for a can. Triple that mountain for extra large soft drinks sold at convenience stores. Between 91-146 grams of sugar.

Remember when we were told that fat was bad for us, but sugar was ok? Of course, we will never have a study funded by our industry captured agencies telling us the truth.

We are hard wired to be lazy for survival

I’ll admit I am perplexed by one anomaly. I keep seeing old pictures of people drinking soft drinks, yet they were very slim. They were drinking from glass, not aluminum, and only had 12 ounces. Don’t know if their are clues there. Maybe it’s just the cumulative effect of all our current processed foods. They weren’t munching on Doritos or Takis in the pictures either. But they did have ice cream, with lots of fat, protein and sugar.

School chemistry

I remember from basic chemistry in grade school that dissolving solids in liquids can be difficult, depending on the amount. How do they dissolve that mountain of sugar in a liquid? And it’s cold, which makes that even harder.

Taste, addiction and strategies

I’ve had a descending craving for sugar taste over the years. Sometimes I think I want a sugary soft drink, but then when I start, it’s just too sweet. I’ve always wanted some sugar, but why do we have to go from 0 or 1 all the way to 39 grams? I think their would be a market for 5-10 grams.

I make my own with lemon or lime, and one teaspoon of sugar is 4 grams. Our kids want these soft drinks, but we only buy them the 8oz version, one a day.

I’m guessing people should not try to quit large amounts of sugar cold turkey. It seems like an addiction like any other. Seems like gradual decreases would be more successful.

Conspiracy theories

I’ve read articles on this platform suggesting that large amounts of sugar not only increases likelihood of diabetes, but also disease and cancer. Their argument is that the sugar more easily and readily feeds the problem cells.

Sounds reasonable to me.

39 grams of sugar does not.