A soft drink is a beverage, often carbonated, that does not contain alcohol. (Carbonated soft drinks are more commonly known as pop, tonic, soda, or soda pop in parts of the United States and Canada, or fizzy drinks in the U.K.; sometimes called minerals in Ireland) The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink". The term "drink", while nominally neutral, often carries connotations of alcoholic content. Beverages like colas, sparkling water, iced tea, lemonade, squash, and fruit punch are among the most common types of soft drinks, while hot chocolate, hot tea, coffee, milk, tap water, alcohol, and milkshakes do not fall into this classification. Many carbonated soft drinks are optionally available in versions sweetened with sugars or with non-caloric sweeteners.

I’m a vegetarian. I also eat virtually no junk food, white bread, soft drinks or caffeine. For most people, living on such a diet seems like an act of self-torture. But this way of eating isn’t the result of extreme self-discipline. Once you know how to redesign your diet, eating healthy foods all the time is easy.

You might want to re-think how much of the common diet soft drinks, candy and other artificially-sweetened foods you consume these days. A recent, peer-reviewed study suggests the artificial sweetener causes cancer in rats at levels currently approved for humans.

Ever find a bottle of fizzy drink (ones that are packed withsugar) that has gone flat but there's still a fair bit left?Well from now on DO NOT chuck them out! They can be usedjust the same as plant food, and plants love the sugaryboost. It is not worth it with the diet alternatives becausethe sugar is cut down,...

Aspartame is an additive found in diet soft drinks and over 5,000 foods, drugs and medicine. It was approved in 1983 for use in carbonated beverages. However, there may be more sour than sweet when it comes to aspartame.

According to a new book "Omnivore's Delight: A Natural History of Four Meals," corn underwrites a national eating disorder. At bottom, our milk, eggs, meat, candy, chips, soft drinks, breakfast cereal, bread and even health foods are driven by the corn economy whic h makes Americans vulnerable to fat diets and nutritional fads.