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How bad is only drinking soda? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dropdrip@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Been drinking exclusively (give or take) no-sugar caffeinated sodas since a child. Not obese or diabetic. Mid-thirties now. How bad is this?

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[–] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ummmm really bad? Also soft drink production wastes insane amounts of water. I might drink one sometimes as a treat, but when I'm home I usually drink tea or water.

[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How is the water "wasted"?

It goes in the can and people drink it...

[–] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You need water to grow the sugar, some is also used in production.

[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You definitely do not need water to grow the sugar for sugar free soda, which is what the thread is about.

Edit: and it looks like the biggest source of "wastewater" is the impurities filtered out of well or municipal water to make the filtered water that goes in the can, so basically that "waste water" is mineral slurry and if you filter your drinking water then you're contributing about the same amount of "waste water" per liter drank.

[–] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

It still takes more water to produce softdrinks than is in a soft drink. Coca Cola and Pepsi are notorious for destroying aquifers.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they're talking about waste during production, then they're likely referring to water that doesn't go in the can

[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, but that's not really a thing in soda production afaik...