Proof Requires a Chicken Bone

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July 29, 2013 by little hurdles big race

I have been soda free since April of 2010 – approximately 3 years.  I was tricked into a bourbon and coke once but I don’t really think that counts.  If you want to count it then it has been 2 years since I have been soda free.

I am also happy to report I am energy drink free since May 15th of this year – approximately 10 weeks.

I have never been a diet soda drinker – mostly because I think they taste gross.  Now that I have tried to become more knowledgeable about what I put into my body it seems the diet soda information you can find out there is vast…and terrifying.  Here is just a small sampling…

I know denial is a deep deep river, but sometimes it just amazes me how deep it can be. I’ve been on a quest for a long time to get my friends and co-workers off the soda train – especially the diet soda train.  I do have a conspirator at my workplace who is very happy to distribute photos of “Mountain Dew Mouth” and clip articles about the effects of soda on teeth.  If you don’t know about “Mountain Dew Mouth” and drink soda – please stop reading and Google it right now.

Even after all the evidence is presented – it is either not believed or dismissed as false.  I’ve had a friend go though years of weird health issues that were all finally linked to Diet Coke and aspartame. I’ve presented factual evidence of ph levels higher than battery acid in sodas.  I’ve told stories of cleaning the connections on your car battery with cola and cleaning a penny with cola.  All dismissed.

Which brings me to the great experiment.  Two weeks ago a friend at work brought me an article written by a teacher listing all the sugar content and ph levels of soda.  In the article he talked about putting a chicken bone in a glass of diet soda overnight only to find 24 hours later that the bone was able to be easily bent like a piece of rubber.  I find this gross – everyone else thinks this is a lie.  So now we wait for someone to bring in a chicken bone and I’ll conduct the experiment…seems like too many people get boneless meat these days.  🙂

I wonder if after the experiment is done what the excuse will be?  Chicken bones are smaller than human bones (illogical), I tampered with the glass, I don’t drink that kind of soda anyway…

I guess it isn’t enough that your average soda contains about 9 teaspoons of sugar, at least 10 ingredients you cant pronounce, and contains acids and chemicals that turn into carcinogens with the heat of the human body.

Just not having caffeine headaches and cravings has been enough for me to stop – but I’ll let you know how the great chicken bone experiment goes if you need a little more motivation.

Stay Strong!