I completely cut out carbonated drinks, I recently went to the dentist and was expecting the usual "You haven't been looking after your teeth" spiel but instead was told my teeth were in great shape. It's also been very good for my overall energy levels, I suspect that those sugar highs/crashes were worse than I had realized.
I'm generally quite lax with my diet, etc. but I make a point to never buy sugary soda. This can be tricky, since I'm also addicted to energy drinks for the caffeine (I can't stand tea or coffee), and they're harder to find cheap and sugar free (diet red bull is common, but I'm not that rich!)
This is my vice. I eat pretty healthy and do a high fat low carb diet and am in pretty good shape, but this is my one cheat item. And I consume it regularly. It's basically the only bad carbs I still eat, generally speaking. I've always had a thing for sugary drinks in any form - juice, soda, etc. Maybe one day I'll shake it.
Yes that likely would be. I guess the main issue is the really heavy sugar content in many drinks more than the carbonation. I find that it's the drinks like cola that are really brutal but there's also other drinks that are particularly sugar packed but not carbonated. I've been trying to make a conscious effort to not have things like this and it's been very positive overall.
