The soda pop blues
"Just when I thought I had heard it all." That's one of my favorite lines and it never ceases to amaze me how many times I come across something new that I had never heard of before. Now, as a backdrop to this story, I tend to drink more than my fair share of soda, but hey, we all have our vices right? Well, I thought I drank a lot a lot of soda but recently met someone who was consuming two, two-liter bottles of soda a day. So, you may think that would case weight gain, right? Yes, it did. Acid reflux? Yes? But guess what else happened? The acid ate away so much at this person's esophagus that it caused it to rupture! Can you imagine that happening to you?! Good grief.
posted by MedFriendly | 11:00 PM
14 Comments:
I've also heard that the phosphorous in soda eats at one's bones too.
I don't know why but I am not crazy about soda. I think because sweet drinks make me thirsty. I will have an occasional eggnog or hot chocolate though. Tis the season falalalala lalalala! :)
Well, that's some real BAD news for me.... I'm a diet pepsi addict and I drink approx 8-12 cans of the stuff everyday. Do they have a 12-step program for soda addiction? maybe soda rehab? BTW - I have no weight gain (maybe because I drink diet?) and I have no acid reflux at all. As far as I can tell, the only "side effect" I have from drinking so much diet pepsi is the cost of buying it :-)
It all goes back to that grade school experiment of the nail in the cola.
Miss your posts Med Friendly.
Wishing you and your loved ones a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!
Hope your son is feeling better by now too. :)
Thanks Seaspray. All is well on the home front. Just trying to re-evaluate and prioritize things for the new year. Future blogs will be forthcoming...
I should be doing that! :)
You are missed. I just find you and you've vanished. Best to you in this new year!
You are one of my favorites. You are missed!
Still telling you you are missed. :)
Guess I better lay off the soda but I LOVE the Stuff! Pepsi is my drug of choice.. I do get heartburn at times but I just can't seem to put it down.
In 15 days it will be 6 months since your last post.
You have a great blog and just want to let you know that you are missed.
Are you coming back to blogging? I hope all is well. :)
Perhaps in December I will make a return. It feels nice to be missed. :)
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
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