[dukey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') health scare has erupted after a common preservative used in popular soft drinks and fruit juices was linked to serious cell damage, prompting health experts to warn parents to limit their children’s consumption of the drinks.

Research from Britain showed the preservative 211, known as sodium benzoate, could switch off vital parts of DNA, seriously damaging cells.

Molecular biology expert Peter Piper, of Sheffield University, found that vast amounts could even result in cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s.

[vision-master]

Mexican Coke fans say cane sugar gives it a sweeter flavor than the corn syrup in the U.S. version.
"It's got a much different, cleaner taste," Craven said. "You don't have that syrupy coat in your mouth after you drink it."

[Roy]

When are "smoke free" facilities going to become soft drink free?? Maybe when they don't make money off the vending machines.
Another reason not to drink that stuff, and particularly not to give it to children. Hey, what about the coke machine at my kids' elementary school?
[sarcasm]Oh, that's probably some tinfoil hat wearing medical researcher, after all, they wouldn't sell it to our kids if it wasn't safe? Right? [/sarcasm]

[PhebaAndThePilgrim]

Good day from Pheba, from the farm:
I have not tasted soda pop in 20 years.
A very long time ago a doctor told me not to touch soda pop. I have a family history of osteoporosis (medical talk for "You're getting old)
I have had osteoporosis for many years.
The doctor told me that the phosphoric acid in soda pop actually leaches the calcium out of a woman's bones.
Phosphoric acid is very very bad on your stomach lining.
Chemically reacts with stomach acid in a very bad way.
Carbon markers on soda pop tested in the U.S. show it to be 100% corn carbon markers. The rest is all synthetic chemicals and flavors.
Pheba.

[vision-master]

An here I thought it was the rum maken me feel like this the next day..........

[PrairieMule]

I for one need to cut back on my daily dosage. Has anyone else here kicked the habit?

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'I') for one need to cut back on my daily dosage. Has anyone else here kicked the habit?

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'N')o soda for me.

[hubbertspeak7777777]

That's funny that you say that... I'm drinking a big gulp Dr.Pepper right now, while simultaneously chain-smoking unfiltered cigarettes and eating a bucket of fried chicken. Soda is bad for me? Like I didn't already know that.

Who cares? It's very unlikely that any of us will be alive 30 years from now anyways. If peak oil doesn't do us in, global warming will.

The people of this longevity health-nut crowd act like peak oil isn't gonna happen. They seem to think they'll live to be 80 and live in a cushy retiremnet community. The truth is, most of us won't be lucky enough to live long enough for the soda, fast food, alcohol and the Marlboros to kill us. Life in the post-oil age will be short and brutal. So, if you want a soda, have a soda. Don't worry so much. There will be plenty of worrying to do later.

May as well enjoy the junk food while it's still around, because when oil prices get high enough, so will food ( if it's even available at that point). It's likely that most of us will starve to death and those with a food stash will be killed by hungry people.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', 'T')hat's funny that you say that... I'm drinking a big gulp Dr.Pepper right now, while simultaneously chain-smoking unfiltered cigarettes and eating a bucket of fried chicken. --snip--
May as well enjoy the junk food while it's still around, because when oil prices get high enough, so will food ( if it's even available at that point). It's likely that most of us will starve to death and those with a food stash will be killed by hungry people.

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'I') am sorry, but being in shape is to important. I need to be mobile and have the ability to fight should things get bad. But, I when the shit does hit the fan, I will take back up smoking.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', 'B')ut do what you want... I stopped caring about survival along time ago. I'm just gonna enjoy the benefits of relatively cheap oil while it's still around. When the shit hits the fan, I'll probably starve to death (maybe not though, because I'll eat pretty much anything including bugs or squirrels) or be disposed of violently.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'I') am sorry, but being in shape is to important. I need to be mobile and have the ability to fight should things get bad. But, I when the shit does hit the fan, I will take back up smoking.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'G')et yer self a bunch of estate pipes. You can get em real cheap right now on Ebay. Smoking the pipe will be the way to go post peak. Just like them ol timers back in da 30's........

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '[')url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah]Hookahs[/url] are really popular here. There is a store a few blocks from my house that sells a fine assortment. Growing up we rarely had anything but water, milk, or wine. I like my coke with JD.

[midnight-gamer]

I rarely drink soda due to my coffee addiction.

[misterno]

I have not drunk any kind of soda for the last 10 years never smoked in my life and never drunk alcohol in my life.

I am an organic man. I am just not certified yet.

[lotrfan55345]

US soda is nastyyyy.
Sodas from other parts of the world contain no sodium benzonate or "high fructose corn syrup".

Try tasting a Fanta from Spain and a Fanta from the USA.
Taste the difference.

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '
')
I am sorry, but being in shape is to important. I need to be mobile and have the ability to fight should things get bad. But, I when the shit does hit the fan, I will take back up smoking.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lotrfan55345', 'U')S soda is nastyyyy.
Sodas from other parts of the world contain no sodium benzonate or "high fructose corn syrup".

Try tasting a Fanta from Spain and a Fanta from the USA.
Taste the difference.