re: #398 Alouette

Maybe I should just work on getting Zedushka to give up the soft drinks? I quit drinking soda 10 years ago and now I drink only sparkling water (OK, with an AM coffee and occasional adult beverage). Any sweetened soft drink tastes gaggingly sweet to me.

I think it would be easier for him to give up the soft drinks since there are alternatives available and it will make him feel better about himself.

As a short-step, move him to carbonated drinks that are not carbonated with phosphoric acid. While the opinions are mixed, there is some evidence that phosphurus-formed carbonation is guilty of many of the charges claimed of carbonated drinks, while carbonic acid beverages aren’t.