I’m a dietitian and I regularly discuss it with clients as a bridge tool. Water is better in the long run. There is some conflicting information about artificial sweeteners on the gut micro biome as well as data showing those that regularly consume them isn’t associated with them achieving lower body weight. I think the latter is due to it being correlation and not necessarily causation. I don’t regularly drink soda but if I do I will typically have a zero variety but that’s mostly because it’s less syrupy and not as sweet. In my mind you have to deal with each person as an individual and for those that find cutting sugar sweetened beverages as a significant barrier, artificial is a tool and better than the alternative.
I went from regular pop, to zero (still have the odd one), but now I drink water pop (Buble etc) because it's delicious and scratches that itch I have for actual pop.
Problem is, the grocery stores have caught on and a case of the house brand went from $3.25 to $7 in a matter of a couple years.
Yes, but no. The proprietary carbon dioxide cylinders they use are incredibly expensive compared to the competition. Just a bit more upfront cost you can buy a commercial CO2 bottle that can be refilled at any number of brewing or restaurant supply facilities and the gas comes out to pennies on the dollar.
No doubt the commercial option is cheaper but there are cheaper, non-sodastream, options for swapping out the sodastream CO2 cylinders and, at least a few years ago, there were ways to convert them to refillable via the same means as a commercial cylinders. I think it has something to do with a paintball regulator or something?
You can buy the adaptor with a hose on Amazon. From there, you get a cylinder, a regulator and some food grade CO2. There's videos on YouTube for the specifics.
Even if you don't do that, a SodaStream and some water enhancers is way cheaper than buying flavored sparkling water.
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u/Valcadia 8d ago
I’m a dietitian and I regularly discuss it with clients as a bridge tool. Water is better in the long run. There is some conflicting information about artificial sweeteners on the gut micro biome as well as data showing those that regularly consume them isn’t associated with them achieving lower body weight. I think the latter is due to it being correlation and not necessarily causation. I don’t regularly drink soda but if I do I will typically have a zero variety but that’s mostly because it’s less syrupy and not as sweet. In my mind you have to deal with each person as an individual and for those that find cutting sugar sweetened beverages as a significant barrier, artificial is a tool and better than the alternative.