okay, am i the only one who thinks it's just a little weird that in the past 5 months i've seen about 6 news articles on benzene in soft drinks?? i find it slightly disturbing that this isn't a bigger issue. has anyone else read these stories?? any opinions on that? i've got a lundry list of them and i want to see what other peeps think.

You must be talking about the story at: http://www.anxiety-and-depression-solution...Soft_Drinks.php

I read that too, and well, to be honest, i just had a 3 slices of papa johns and probably a quarter liter of the Pepsi they delivered. But that was in a plastic bottle, so at least i avoid the potential for alzheimer's from the alumnimum can.

It's not that the benzene thing shouldn't be a bigger story -- it's just that everything we consume these days seems to have something really bad in it..

city water = arsenic
milk = rbst
eggs for breakfast = teflon from my pan
strawberrries (non-organic) = pesiticides
tomatoes = engineered seeds (i'm sure there's something bad here)
Soy Milk = engineered soy beans
spam = preservatives (lots and lots of em, it's spam!)

I could go on... but i'm tired and i've spent like 2 hours on here today.

I'm not trying to lessen the importance of the story... but poison seems to be everywhere.

Perhaps if the media talked about this from time to time instead of how the guy down the street's bushes were too big and the city had to cut them and send him a bill, we'd be a more informed consumer base.

I need another pepsi.

thanks.

Steff

Wow Stefford,
from the sounds of it your diet is so poor that benzene might even be a benefit to your diet..... maybe if you eat everything bad for you that exists they might all counter balance each other....

I don't actually eat the spam. I just threw that in for good measure.

but the pizza -- yes, i admit, i order a papajohns about once every couple weeks.

Stefford

Okay, so I think I read a story about this on Drudge Report a few weeks ago. The FDA has been doing a study on this since November of 2005 and has released several updates over the past 2 years. Alarming as it was to read this, it didn't suprise me one bit. Think about it: sugary liquid that's dark brown (or yellow, or bright red, or blue, or green). That is the first big giveaway to me. My question is, don't we all know that softdrinks are bad? Sure they might taste great, but they rot your teeth, color your insides and now we know they might also contribute to cancer. Whatever happened to water? Why are softdrinks more popular today than plain old water (ahem...can anyone say multimillion dollar ad campaigns)? And Coke Plus? Isn't it a little disingenuous to put vitamins into a diet cola and call it healthy? Well, I guess not according to Coca Cola. Here are some other resources I researched for those of you who want to do a little more investigating on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene_in_soft_drinks
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title..._in_Soft_Drinks
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/benzdata.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/benzene060303.cfm

As for me? I think I'll stick to what works best: distilled drinking water.

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Right on with the distilled water. Ozarka just delivered 10 bottles!

Even though my previous post doesn't show it, I try to avoid soft drinks as much as possible. My kids drink juice--organic-- and because of all the sugars, i still water it down so it's about 30% juice/70% water. They have maybe six to twelve ounces of pepsi/coke per week, and only if they behave. It's a treat, not the norm. I dred what will happen when my oldest starts school this year and I give him lunch money... Pizza, snickers, dr. pepper, ice cream sandwiches... and they wonder why 8% of schoolkids have ADHD.

Steff

I completely agree on that comment. The stuff they serve in lunchrooms across america! and kids don't have the reasoning skills to decide not to get a snickers and a coke because it's unhealthy. Those options simply shouldn't be there. They send a very negative message and undermine parents who want to create healthy diets for their children.

Im assuming your referring to acelefame-k* and aspartame? These chemicals
are poorly tested. They may or may not cause cancer. If someone did get cancer
from these chemicals there would be no way to know.
You have to ask yourself, do you want to eat something that
may or may not cause cancer?
I highly recommend you read the ingredient lists of your foods.
Since the 1930's over 20 chemicals have been banned because
they caused cancer or organ failure and at one point
where claimed to be 'safe'.

your on to something here

soft drinks are no good at all --the die alone id bade the sugars are not natural and they are unhealthy stick with organic apple juice lol

This poison goes by many brand names, such as Coca Cola and Pepsi. Generically, this poison is on the market in formulations known as soda, pop, and soft drinks. It includes all carbonated beverages--even carbonated plain water. The various substances in sodas compound the problem, especially the typical formulations with their carbonic acid or phosphoric acid.




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