How to Conquer Your Soda Habit

For millions of Americans, drinking soda and carbonated beverages is a way of life. A Coke in the morning is often a substitute for someone who doesn’t like coffee.

A diet coke goes naturally with your afternoon lunch.

And let’s not forget that if you don’t drink alcohol there’s not much to drink when you go to a restaurant.

The truth is that most people believe that they don’t like water. What actually happens is that your taste buds become sensitized to sugar.

Humans love sugar. It’s in our DNA to prefer sweet because glucose is our primary source of fuel.

Changing your soda habit can be tricky. There are a few different approaches you can consider taking. The first is to wean yourself from soda.

A Gradual Approach to Quitting Soda

How much soda do you consume on a daily basis? One, two, five? Keep track of the soda that you drink daily and set a goal to quit.

Let’s look at an example of someone who drinks three sodas a day.

Week One: Cut back by one soda. If you normally drink three sodas each day, cut back to two sodas this week.

Replace one soda with carbonated, unflavored and unsweetened, water or plain water, unsweetened coffee or unsweetened tea.

Do not replace the soda with a different diet or sweetened beverage. The goal is to get your taste buds to welcome water.

Week Two: Cut back by another soda. This week you’re only drinking one soda a day. You may feel a bit of withdrawal as your body adapts to less sugar and caffeine.

Again, replace the soda with an unsweetened and unflavored beverage. Coffee or tea may help with the caffeine withdrawal.

Week Three: Yep, cut back again. If the prior two weeks have been a struggle, you can cut back to a half soda a day.

This means six ounces each day. Or you can eliminate soda all together. Make sure that you’re drinking enough water, carbonated or plain.

Week Four and On: No more soda. Once you eliminate soda from your life, when you taste it again it will taste strange to you.

Keep in mind that the occasional soda as a treat is okay as long as it doesn’t happen very often.

Quitting Cold Turkey

Another option is to quit drinking soda all together starting today.

No more soda sweetened or diet. This will undoubtedly cause you a few days of headaches and lethargy.

If soda has been a part of your daily life for some time, then you’ll experience a bit of withdrawal.

Caffeine withdrawal can be managed with coffee. Sugar withdrawal may cause you to crave other sweets. Don’t give into it. It will pass and you’ll come out the other side much healthier.

You’ll have more energy and you’ll experience the satisfaction of cutting your dependence on sugar.

If the bubbles and carbonation are difficult to get over, sparkling water is a great substitute for soda.

You can get the satisfaction of opening a can or a bottle, hearing the fizz, and feeling the bubbles in your throat.

It’s an effective way for some people to manage the loss of soda as part of their eating and drinking experience.

The Bottom Line

Drinking carbonated beverages that are sweetened or flavored with artificial flavorings and sweeteners is bad for your long term health. Both diet and sugary sodas cause weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and can lead to cancer, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes and more.

When there are so many other things you can drink, it just makes sense to cut soda and sugary drinks out of your life. Your health and well-being are too important.


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