• 3ntranced@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m sadly in the demographic of obscene soda consumption.

    By no means am I overweight, more underweight actually, but since probably 12 ive averaged about 6 cans of Coke (Sam’s cola ftw) a day. The biggest issue is the teeth wear. I’m 25 now and I only have ~3 or 4 natural teeth, everything else is caps crowns and bridges.

    Soda is realistically as damaging as meth just without the psychosis.

    • Graphy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Have you tried switching to diet sodas?

      My wife had an eating disorder from her teens to her thirties. To get a feeling of being full she would drink diet sodas. It’s a habit she still keeps even though she’s able to eat less restrictively these days.

      People with EDs generally don’t have great teeth so she’s always been super paranoid about hers. Her dentist said to counter the acid she should drink with a straw and finish it in one go then wash her mouth with water.

      Probably not helpful but just incase

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      It also depends on area and parenting. When parents let there kids drink sodas to young it implants a dependence. It also has to do with tap water quality.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      6 cans of Coke (Sam’s cola ftw) a day

      Damn, that is 960 calories a day of soda. If you’re an average-sized man, that represents 40% of your daily diet (around 2500 cal per day).