“Diet Soda or Your Esophagus”

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I just ran across one woman’s account of her long time struggle with diet pop.

It’s amazing to hear the number of people who told her to quit with no luck, “I was in denial about the diagnosis, and it wasn’t the only piece of professional advice I got to quit: my gynecologist reminded me that caffeine has in some cases been linked to vaginal cysts. My dentist said he couldn’t bleach my soda-stained teeth. After a root canal, the endodontist warned me that soda’s ingredients eroded tooth enamel, making emergency procedures more likely. The magic potion I drank for decades was wreaking havoc on different parts of my body.”

Yet, even after all of this, one reader comments below the article, “Not sure I’m convinced.” I don’t know how anyone could have the nerve to question another’s addiction, especially when it has such negative side effects as those listed above.

If he is not convinced you can become addicted to pop, maybe he should check the statistics on consumption in this country. In the table listed above, note that in 1947 beverage companies produced 100 cans of pop for every living American. By 1998 that number peaked at just under 600 cans per person. If that isn’t enough evidence to convince you Americans are addicted to pop, I hear the Flat Earth Society is currently holding a membership drive; I’m sure you’d fit right in.

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