To think its not of this strangers business what I drink?

[Flutra]

I was minding my own business waiting for a bus and a man came up to me and told me that fizzy pop is bad for me. WIBU to have just glared at him and told him to go away?

maybe you will be hurting someone else down the line when your unhealthy choices lead to a health crisis and you become unwell. Perhaps you'll hurt your loved ones and they’ll wish you’d looked after yourself better 🤷‍♀️

My mum died of cancer when she was 60. She never smoked, didn't drink much, (not even diet coke!!) but was quite overweight. After she died, strangely enough i have never thought, "if only a stranger at a bus stop had challenged her about why she was overweight...." 🤔

YANBU. What is wrong with drinking a soda in the morning anyway. If its the caffeine then what about all the coffee drinkers. And if its the artificial sweeteners or carbonation then surely they are just as bad at any time of day, does he confront people drinking cokes in restaurants with their dinner too?

I don’t drink k fizzy pop at all but if I was going to do that I wouldn’t do it so early in the morning

Why not? Drinking something at 9am or 3pm has no impact on how good or bad it is for you.

I always silently judge anyone over the age of about 18 drinking fizzy drinks because to me they are kids drinks.

Not sure how you can have an opinion on whether something is for kids when they aren't marketed for kids at all and are consumed by all ages. In fact people are advised not to give young people them Arne they? Fruit shoots are marketed towards kids (and can still be drunk by anyone as there's no age limit on ingredients), fizzy drinks are not. Unless you invented pop and actually intended them to be for children then please correct me if wrong.

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@mouldyousemouldylife

Not sure how you can have an opinion on whether something is for kids when they aren't marketed for kids at all and are consumed by all ages. In fact people are advised not to give young people them Aren't they?

Fruit shoots are marketed towards kids (and can still be drunk by anyone as there's no age limit on ingredients), fizzy drinks are not. Unless you invented pop and actually intended them to be for children then please correct me if wrong.

Exactly. I have heard several people on here saying 'soda/fizzy drinks are for children' and I find it most odd, coz I see more people over 18 drinking fizzy pop than I do adults. I also see 'adults' drinking red bull. Indeed you cannot even BUY red bull now unless you're over 18!

There was a thread on here the other day where someone asked 'what do you have to drink with your lunch and dinner? Or if you go out for food?'

9 out of 10 people said 'water.' I though 'yeah right.' I am sure SOME people do, but not THAT many. When DD worked in Maccies when she was doing her A levels, she said around 70% of the people who had a meal in there had coke with the meal.

And my friend who works at the cinema said that the majority of people who go for food and drink with their film, have fizzy pop with it. Adults AND children. Ditto Burger King, and Subway. Most people have fizzy pop with their food. Most people do not have 'water...'

It's bullshit that adults don't drink fizzy pop, and it's bullshit that 9 out of 10 people on that thread I saw, drink 'water' with every meal.

@mabelsgarden

I may be wrong but I assume most health conscious people wouldn't really frequent fast food places, like subway, mc donnalds and burger king. I've never been to those places. I rarely visit mc donnalds, it's been once this year so far and yes I had water with my order.

Fizzy drinks at 9am though 🤢

Consuming anything with lots of sugar early in the morning especially things like fizzy drinks or candy, does make a difference as it spikes your blood sugar levels due to its extremely high glycemic load and destabilises your blood sugar. You may get headaches, feeling tired or sleepy after your sugar levels plummet and will likely feel hungry faster. While it's never ideal to drink fizzy drinks, it's better to have it later on in the day as your sugar levels would have gradually increased from eating previously and not spiked.

Also, FWIW, I don't live in the UK but almost no one in my office drinks fizzy drinks. It's really strange actually as other unhealthy things are indulged in with much less guilt but NOT soft drinks.