Five years ago tomorrow I was hospitalized for severe dehydration, due to an infection in my throat (which had spread to my lungs). I vowed at that point to appreciate every glass of water I could swallow without pain.
A few years ago I decided that given my weight and bad teeth, I wasn't getting anything out of soft drinks other than sugar, which I didn't need and could find better sources for. And now it tastes weird to me.
It annoys me that bottled water costs the same amount as bottled sugared fizzy (and sometimes caffeinated) water but I accept that as the price of getting something cold and wet.
I've made root beer from scratch, with stuff bought at beer-brewing shops, and it doesn't need caffeine added. It used to be the rule of thumb that clear stuff doesn't have caffeine, but dark stuff did. (Some orange soft drinks have caffeine--like Sunkist--and some don't, and you'd think they'd note that.) Maybe assuming anything with color in it also has caffeine is the way to go.
Good luck in getting it out of your system. Makes me happy I gave it up.
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A few years ago I decided that given my weight and bad teeth, I wasn't getting anything out of soft drinks other than sugar, which I didn't need and could find better sources for. And now it tastes weird to me.
It annoys me that bottled water costs the same amount as bottled sugared fizzy (and sometimes caffeinated) water but I accept that as the price of getting something cold and wet.
I've made root beer from scratch, with stuff bought at beer-brewing shops, and it doesn't need caffeine added. It used to be the rule of thumb that clear stuff doesn't have caffeine, but dark stuff did. (Some orange soft drinks have caffeine--like Sunkist--and some don't, and you'd think they'd note that.) Maybe assuming anything with color in it also has caffeine is the way to go.
Good luck in getting it out of your system. Makes me happy I gave it up.