Re: [PLUG] OT: sugar in soda (PLUG N dinner)

[ac <ac@main.me>]

On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:45:20 -0400
JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> Last week at dinner after PLUG N some of us were talking about the 
> difference between real sugar and high-fructose corn syrup and the 
> challenge of finding the former in soda in the US.  It just occurred
> to me to mention that the way I solved that problem was with a
> SodaStream. Many of of syrup mixes for that have actual sugar and not
> HFCS.  The mixes may not taste exactly the same as the name brand,
> but I personally don't care.  I'm more used to "Dr. Pete" than real
> "Dr. Pepper" at this point anyway.
> Full disclosure: we own a SodaStream  and while it doesn't really
> work out to be much (if any) cheaper, there are many fewer plastic
> bottles and the mixes I get have no HFCS.  That's it...
> 
instead of asking google, what is HFCS and what about drinking sugar
free soda like Coke Zero? (is the gas not also bad for you? - eating
your stomach lining or somesuch?)
And is actual sugar healthy? - I thought it is all about the calories
and not supersize at Burger King, etc?

and now you have me thinking about how dr pete tastes *sigh* (as I have
no clue...)

Andre


> Later,
> JP
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