# Do you drink soda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [October 11, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640 "2019-10-11T17:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/81 "2019-10-14T20:37:31Z")
1 Diet Mt Dew every morning. The cold carbonation of a pop feels like its cleaning out my throat, mouth and sinuses after sleeping. Coffee in the morning makes me nauseous. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/82 "2019-10-15T00:20:03Z")
I’m 42. I drink soda - only fruit flavored ones, never cola or rootbeer - about once a month, perhaps somewhat less than that. This has been a lifelong pattern, not something I’ve changed as I’ve gotten older. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/83 "2019-10-15T10:06:39Z")
I love coca-cola,but it’s too much sugar for me. Every now and then I’ll have some at a restaurant, or if I’m out shopping and start to run out of steam. But mostly I drink ice water or unsweetened iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/84 "2019-10-15T14:15:05Z")
Just water and coffee for me. I will very occasionally (once or twice a year, maybe) buy a 20oz bottle of Sprite if I have an upset stomach and sip an inch or two from the bottle over the course of a day or two and then throw it away, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/85 "2019-10-15T15:00:13Z")
I’m 58 I always have one Diet Coke per day with my lunch. I think I’m addicted to caffeine. I’ll start getting a headache around noon if I don’t have one. I don’t drink coffee. I don’t ever just drink a can of pop without eating something. If I’m just thirsty, I’ll have ice water. I usually just have water with dinner unless I’m eating pizza, a burger, or anything with chips or fries. If I have a salty snack in the evening like chips or popcorn I’ll have another can of pop. I only drink diet pop. So in the evening, I’ll have a Fresca, diet A&W root beer or diet Squirt. I’ve tried to cut out the evening snacking session. So it’s maybe once a week that I do that. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/86 "2019-10-15T15:11:40Z")
Didn’t actually read the OP before responding (Shame! Shame! Shame! …) but I do almost exclusively drink diet fizzy drinks. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/87 "2019-10-15T17:28:35Z")
Mostly I drink well water all day. If I’m going out to eat I usually get sweet tea unless they have some sort of non-tap water (I don’t like the chlorine taste/smell.) Otherwise I drink about 1-2 sodas a week. When I usually drink water the sugar/caffeine in soda gives a nice little boost when I need a little energy. I used to drink several Dr. Peppers a day, but I found that stopping that made my migraines stop as well. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/88 "2019-10-15T19:37:51Z")
I drink the hell out of Diet Coke. I don’t care for cans/bottles, so it’s always a “Big Gulp” or other fountain dispensed big volume cup of chemicals. A typical day is…5 or 6. Easily more than that some days. I also go through about 2 gallons of iced tea in a week (plain, unsweetened). Oh, and a glass of milk for dinner most nights. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/89 "2019-10-15T23:11:47Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > …I haven’t figure out what to do with the rest of the cans yet. (I should probably bring them into work.) > … Or you could use them to keep your drains running clear: pour a can-full down a drain at night, and then run water through it the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/90 "2019-10-16T00:24:35Z")
I’m 41, and I drink pop every now and then. Most of the time if I do, it’s ginger ale, if I get a headache. Other than that, it’s only if I’m out at a restaurant, or at a party. I prefer just plain water, or iced tea. When I was a kid, pop was a special treat like that, so I guess I never developed the habit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/91 "2019-10-16T13:52:08Z")
I answered, “Yes. Occasionally/infrequently. (a couple of sodas a year).” An occasional ginger ale, or a root beer float now and then. But we call it “pop” here, as all right-thinking Americans do. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/92 "2019-10-16T17:37:38Z")
I love Coke Zero and usually buy a 2 liter once a week. My daughter drinks some of it too so I figure I probably have maybe 3 servings a week. Sometimes more if we have pizza or tacos because those just don’t go with water or tea to me. I love Coke Zero so much I can’t stand regular Coke now. It’s thick and syrupy, whereas Coke Zero is sweet but still refreshing. And I HATE Diet Coke. I’m okay with Diet Dr. Pepper and Kroger has a great Cola Oh that’s really even better than Coke Zero. I’m 49. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/93 "2019-10-16T18:00:52Z")
Flavored club sodas like La Croix, No sugar No Sweeteners In my mid 60s I started drinking club sodas when my now grown kids were little. I discovered that I could buy a 6 or 12 pack of flavored club soda and it wouldn’t disappear in a few days. Had it all to myself. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/94 "2019-10-16T19:17:53Z")
Once in a blue moon I’ll have some ginger ale, mixed about 50-50 with water, to diluter the sweetness. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/95 "2019-10-16T21:12:27Z")
I used to drink a 2-liter of Diet Coke daily. Now I drink tea and water and exactly one Diet Coke with which I take my meds. I can’t drink tea with my meds, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/96 "2019-10-16T22:27:57Z")
I drink an excessive amount of Caffeine Free Diet Coke. I wouldn’t say I’m addicted to it, simply because a few years back I cut a bunch of stuff out of my diet trying to trace the cause of a specific ailment, and went cold-turkey no soda without much issue. I just prefer it. I can’t sleep so I’ve have most controllable sources of caffeine cut from my diet, so I rarely drink a regular Diet Coke. I’ve come to realize the flavor of the Caffeine Free version has a sharper, sweeter taste–almost vanilla-y. I drink water, too–especially if I’m doing something strenuous or has me sweaty (I’m a bad sweater, and I do mural work for a living so I’m often outdoors in the hot of summer, climbing scaffolding and what not. On those occasions I tend to drink far much more water ((and pickle juice if I can get my hands on it)), only having a soda with dinner or around bed time. I’ve dug around on the studies with aspartame and can’t find anything to be reasonably afraid of, so my level of consumption doesn’t bug me. However if you want to try to scare me straight, I’m a very open-minded person and am not ashamed to change my ways based on better information. FWIW diet sodas sweetened with Splenda taste so god-awful to me that I’d rather drink armadillo milk. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/97 "2019-10-17T15:06:11Z")
I drink Diet Coke for the caffeine. About 5 a day. Don’t drink coffee so it’s how I stay awake. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/98 "2019-10-17T15:35:50Z")
I drank coca cola regularly, until diet coke came on the market (80s/90s?). Until about 7 years ago, I drank diet coke, never touching the sugary stuff again. Since then (at the urging of my wife) diet coke has disappeared from my drinking diet as well. The non-alcoholics are now limited to water (lots), tea, coffee and milk. And sometimes pure fruit juice. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/99 "2019-10-17T20:56:54Z")
About one can a day, although it’s not exactly uncommon for me to drink just water on a day. Up until recently I worked a job were fountain pop was free, so I drank more. Now, after switching to an office job, I have to bring it if I want it. So I’ll be drinking it a bit less. It’s always diet/sugar free, though. I credit switching from regular to diet with a lot of my recent 80 lb weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640/100 "2019-10-17T23:11:48Z")
I used to drink a Mountain Dew with lunch and a Coke with dinner virtually every day. Since I learned I have diabetes, I’ve switched to diet versions of those pops, but otherwise continued the habit. I’m 60. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-soda/841640.md?page=6)