Home Soda Maker
Home Soda Maker
Here’s something cool. We’re all hearing now about how diet soda is so bad for us, it’s what’s making us fat, it won’t make
us lose weight, the splenda/aspartame/saccarhin/whatever is going to give us brain damage and so on.
Purdue says that diet soda prevents us from realizing how many calories we’re taking in. Not sure I believe that, but anyway, if you’re thinking of kicking the diet soda habit and are hoping it helps the weight loss, you may find yourself craving soda anyway and not fond of the idea of giving it up.
There’s an alternative.
A home soda maker. Make your own soda at home with your own machine. Your own carbonation.
You can make your own soda in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee and offers a big flavor variety too. This is one of those gadgets I would love to get for my brother. He loves this kind of thing!
I saw your comments about the potentially “damaging effects” of Splenda and felt compelled to respond. Since joining the Calorie Control Council – a non-profit trade association that represents the light food and beverage industry - I’ve spent recent months reading up on low-calorie sweeteners and fat replacers. Thanks to this research, I have also adopted a healthier lifestyle, which includes consuming more food and beverages sweetened with sucralose (marketed as Splenda) to help cut calories.
Despite the online claims of many Splenda critics, the safety of sucralose is documented by one of the most extensive and thorough safety testing programs ever conducted on a new food additive. More than 110 studies of humans and animals, conducted across a broad range of areas, clearly indicate that sucralose ingestion does not cause any adverse health effects, including cancer, birth defects, tooth decay, kidney pain and more.
For more information, visit
www.sucralose.org
www.caloriecontrol.org/sucralos.html
www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2006/406_sweeteners.html and
www.acsh.org/news/newsID.449/news_detail.asp.
Hi Audrey,
Personally, I don’t have a problem with artificial sweetners, though I know lots of people do. I don’t care for splenda, for some reason, I don’t like the taste. I started using saccarin when I was around 7 years old - little pills in bottles - then went to sugar twin and I’ve used sweet n low for years.
Thanks for the references, and thank you for commenting!