Taking care of the body God gave me // Soda

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So, have a question for any Catholics whom take dietary discipline extra-seriously.

Whats your opinion on soda and/or caffinated products?

I know coffee is big among the crowds at large, but I generally stay away from it for skepticism of growing a dependence on caffeine for day-to-day energy, potentially resulting in an addi

As for soda, I know its generally not good for anything besides sugar (while I am not diabetic, I do have concerns with blood sugar), and I try to lean away from it, but what are your thoughts?

Thanks!
 
Catholics are not Mormons. We are allowed to have coffee, caffeinated drinks and soda. Probably too much of it is not healthy but there is no theological stance against it.
 
Pop (I don’t call it “soda”, I’m from the Midwest) is okay in moderation, unless your doctor recommends otherwise.

It’s good to try to avoid getting addicted to anything, whether it’s caffeine, sugar, the Internet, or anything else.

I personally made a decision some years ago to try to drink mostly water. I drink plain tap water (The water in the areas where I live is good to drink) that I keep in reusable bottles in my fridge. My mother also did this when I was growing up. So most of what I drink all day is plain water. I probably drink about 3 pints of water a day.

I will sometimes have 1-2 cans of pop or one sparkling water during the week, but many weeks I skip those things.

More often I will have a coffee, like one per day, either black or with cream only, or alternatively an unsweetened ice tea. Some days I don’t have any coffee or unsweet tea, and some days I have 2 such beverages. If the coffee is on sale or free, or I am having a really heavy work day or some other challenge, I am more likely to have one. But there are days when I go without, particularly if I’m fasting or doing penance.

It is a bit burdensome for me to give up the coffee. I don’t really miss the pop.
 
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Dr OZ in one of his episodes praises the efforts
of those who avoid or quit drinking pop, saying
on top of the sugar and caffeine, it is so addict-
ive.
A Catholic pilgrimage program EXODUS 90 for
young men encourages abstinence from pop.
 
Sodas of any kind, diet or otherwise, aren’t good for you to constantly drink. Once in a long while, if you like the flavor, they probably won’t hurt you. But they can be addictive, and excessive intake of sodas can really mess your system up. The caffeine is only part of it. It can raise your blood sugar, add calories to make you overweight, especially if you don’t exercise much, and they can be expensive.

I was hooked on Mountain Dew for several years. Finally got off of that and haven’t touched it for the last ten years. Those drinks can mess up your plumbing, big time.

Try to stay away from them.
 
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Anyone who dislikes coffee should be excommunicated.
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But don’t forget all those UK and Ireland folks who love their tea 😆
When I’m over there, I’ll drink tea because good tea is everywhere, but it is often hard to get a good cup of coffee unless one makes a trek to one of those Italian coffee bar chain places (or Starbucks, but I hate Starbucks coffee even in USA).

I must say that when my plane lands back in the USA, I’m often heading straight to the DD or the Wawa for some coffee on the way home.
 
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porthos11:
Anyone who dislikes coffee should be excommunicated.
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But don’t forget all those UK and Ireland folks who love their tea 😆
When I’m over there, I’ll drink tea because good tea is everywhere, but it is often hard to get a good cup of coffee unless one makes a trek to one of those Italian coffee bar chain places (or Starbucks, but I hate Starbucks coffee even in USA).
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Did I say “except the British and the Irish?” No, I did not.

Tea-drinkers, even the British and Irish are heretics and subject to excommunication. Those who alternate tea and coffee suffer only an interdict, or if a cleric, suspension of faculties, because they have not totally rejected the truth of coffee. The lifting of the punishments are reserved to the bishop of Turin.
 
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porthos11:
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As an Italian Catholic I fully agree… 🤣
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You ain’t tasted coffee till you’ve had it in Italy. While I can still enjoy a McCafe or Tim Hortons, Italy pretty much spoiled them for me. Italian coffee is now the only real coffee for me. Doppio espresso, due, per favore. Grazie.
 
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Consider me a heretic and excommunicated.
I’m a hardcore tea drinker.

As for tea drinkers, this means Chinese and Japanese Catholics are also excommunicated?
 
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andersr915 said:
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As for soda, I know its generally not good for anything besides sugar (while I am not diabetic, I do have concerns with blood sugar), and I try to lean away from it, but what are your thoughts?
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Soda. High fructose corn syrup will put weight on a person through production of triglycerides which are the main constituents of natural fats and oils, and also LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B.

See Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Vol. 96, Issue 10, October 2011
Consumption of fructose and high fructose corn syrup increase postprandial triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B in young men and women
 
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porthos11 said:
You ain’t tasted coffee till you’ve had it in Italy. While I can still enjoy a McCafe or Tim Hortons, Italy pretty much spoiled them for me. Italian coffee is now the only real coffee for me. Doppio espresso, due, per favore. Grazie.
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Italian Coffee is very good, but I think Israeli and Middle Eastern coffee gives it a run for its money. One just has to get used to there being grounds in the bottom of the cup. If your parents used a percolator and reheated the coffee about 3 times per pot in the percolator, one is already used to grounds in the cup 😃
 
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porthos11:
You ain’t tasted coffee till you’ve had it in Italy. While I can still enjoy a McCafe or Tim Hortons, Italy pretty much spoiled them for me. Italian coffee is now the only real coffee for me. Doppio espresso, due, per favore. Grazie.
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Italian Coffee is very good, but I think Israeli and Middle Eastern coffee gives it a run for its money. One just has to get used to there being grounds in the bottom of the cup. If your parents used a percolator and reheated the coffee about 3 times per pot in the percolator, one is already used to grounds in the cup 😃
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Ah yes, the Turkish coffee. Italian coffee is great. Turkish coffee gets you a plenary indulgence.

Italian may have turned me into a coffee snob, but Turkish will always be something to look forward to.
 
Vico said:
Soda. High fructose corn syrup will put weight on a person through production of triglycerides which are the main constituents of natural fats and oils, and also LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B.

See Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Vol. 96, Issue 10, October 2011
Consumption of fructose and high fructose corn syrup increase postprandial triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B in young men and women
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I avoid HFCS like the plague, and while 100% dietary purity is not possible without heroic efforts, I probably consume less than 5% of the HFCS of the typical American. My beverages of choice are plain water, coffee, cold-brewed iced tea, and Diet Coke — the latter soothes my stomach and helps with digestion. I also drink a small glass of orange juice with breakfast, and a small glass of buttermilk or kefir before retiring at night.

I have noticed, in more traditional Catholic circles of the counter-cultural stripe (ultraconservative or libertarian politics, homeschooling, 2nd Amendment advocates, homesteaders, "preppers"et al), that there are often dietary bugbears that go along with it — “food or beverage X is bad news and it will hurt you”. I have to think that much of this comes from a distrust of mainstream secular society in the first place. This is by no means confined to Catholics.

And don’t even get me started on orthorexia. Some of these people are real pieces of work.
 
Man, I just don’t know how you have the discipline. How in the world do you cultivate temperance?! I just did not learn this growing up, and as an adult it’s an interminable battle.
 
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