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I drink tea more than anything.

I’d pick juice over soda.

At least the sugar in juice is actually sugar.  The “sugar” in soda is high fructose corn syrup.

Plus, vitamins?

it’s not calories that make you gain weight it’s the type of calories you’re eating. i think people need to realize that before they go thinking all calories are bad. Also, focusing only on the bad aspects of juice? of course that’s going to make you not want to drink it. but you also have to look at the benefits it has.

if you are that concerned, you can dilute the juice. i think that it’s normally too sweet anyway, so i usually have half water: half juice.

@iamjustamemory@xanga - Yes! I agree. But most of the calories in soda come from carbohydrates (sugars), which I believe are 4 calories per gram? (I should go back to my bio textbook). And yeah, I agree that juice has a ton of benefits and you shouldn’t stop drinking it because you are afraid of the calories. Better yet, everyone should make their own juice, so that it’s fresh

Water, Milk, Juice ; and soda on occasion is not bad. But everything in moderation is the key, remember that.

That’s what I normally drink and sometimes koolaid; And that’s good you’re cutting back, because I’m on the process of doing that myself; yeah but water is the best for you and should stick with it because you do need it and I even heard it-it helps you lose weight and makes your skin complexion better.

It’s worse if you buy it from the store when they add all that sugar to it. But if you get fresh-squeezed or make it at home, I’d say that’s healthier than soda definitely. And not all juice has that many calories or has high fructose corn syrup. It’s all a matter of checking the labels at the grocery store.

both are bad because of the amount of sugar that’s in them. I normally try to tone down the sugar level by mixing my soda or juice with seltzer and still just have a glass. It defeats the purpose if I drink 10 glasses…

@bluehoursky@xanga - This. And calorie count isn’t everything – I wish people would stop equating calories to negative weight gain.

All drinking soda ever did was dehydrate me.

Drinking water is definitely a good choice, but I agree with iamjustamemory.  Juices, especially the ones by Naked, Odwalla, Bolthouse Farms and similar companies do have more calories than soda, but calories aren’t the only thing you should consider when picking the food you eat.  Even unsweetened fruit juice (normal brands like Ocean Spray) is better than the high-fructose corn syrup found in most popular brands of soda.  At least those fruit juices provide vitamin C and other vitamins.

Um just because it has higher calories doesn’t mean it’s bad for you. Just because something is low calorie doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you. Juices= natural sugars, vitamins, antioxidants; sodas= empty calories with artifical sugars. I think Juices win here. If your worried about calories so much have some juice but less.

Just because soda has less calories doesn’t necessarily make it the “healthier” choice. There’s more to health than just calories.

@bluehoursky@xanga - Right on! If you eat an apple, you’re still get the natural sugar from the fruit, same as 100% apple juice w/ no added preservatives or sugar. Juice still trumps soda!!

had this discussion with a teacher last year… i’d still pick juice because, well duh! vitamins! plus at least it’s made from fruit and other natural ingredients, rather than who-knows-what in soda.

basically, you should use the whole “everything in moderation” idea. if you drink loads of juice, sure, you’re downing some massive calories, but like @juliebeanss@xanga said, there IS more to health than just calories.

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Thanks for all your comments, I basically agree with all of you here. I talked about this with my fd last night, and she felt the same way as you do. I actually am not the type of person who counts calories… ( and maybe that’s why I was scared that I drink too much juice, cuz I never count what I eat) However I did forget about all the good things I can get from Juice, but from soda… I probably get nth.. So that was a good reminder. Thanks =)

I just drink water, milk and the occasional cup of Minute Maid OJ.

i’ll still go with juice. having extra calories doesn’t make it bad unless you absolutely cannot have those extra calories. as long as no sugar is added, fructose from the juice is better than high fructose corn syrup in soda, IMO. and the vitamin content in juice (while not as good as in actual fruit) is higher than in soda.

I tried to cut back on pop and replace it with water or juice, but I guess I will have to rethink that and stick to just water. I wonder where sparkling water falls?

Calories aren’t bad

the sugar and all the chemicals are the thing that’s bad

and juice isn’t empty calories like soda is becuase you get other nutrients too

Soda decreases your kidney functions by 30% and the carbonation is horrible for your bones and yea juice is just sugar and water and provides nothing nutritional besides excessive amounts of vitamin c which is found in absurd numbers in pretty much everything we eat now. But whats better than both?? A REAL PIECE OF FRUIT. It beats out everything in the long run.

Calories = energy. At least, I’m pretty sure I was taught that in physics. Also, juice has many vitamins in it such as potassium in orange juice. I never have soda in my house, and I never drink it unless there’s absolutely nothing else available to drink. I drink one cup of orange juice every morning before school, and that’s it for the day.

I used to drink soo much cranberry juice that it turned out to be too much of a good thing. :/ but I’d rather have problems after a month of cranberry juice than one day of a bottle of mountain dew.

i prefer “juice”=smoothies made with real fresh fruits and veggies NOT “natural juice” and definitely not soda. 

mix about 1/3 pure juice with 2/3 water, it’s kinder for your teeth.

if you feel you need “more juice”, just mix another glass

i havent drank a soda in months.. and when i do its when i go out to eat which is never… both are bad they say to just eat the actual fruit

i dotn drink soda 

:S

I don’t drink juices and sodas as often, probably every few months. I drink mostly water, and occasionally coffee.

Green tea.

Water.

I’m trying to stop drinking soda again.

It REALLY depends on the juice, so no I don’t believe this post, sorry lol.
I drink water mainly anyways, and that’s always the healthier choice of the two.

Juice, mmMm!

I’d rather have juice. I used to drink coke everyday, and I was so chubby. =[

I don’t even drink soda. Only water and juice.