To stop my daughter drinking Coke Zero

[MumsForPresident]

Hi all so I just need some advice. My DD who's 14 (in my opinion) drinks way too much Coke Zero. She spends about a £1.15 every day (sometimes gets 2 bottles) on a 500ml bottle of coke. I personally think this is far too much and she needs to stop because of all the negative impacts and the potential risk of type 2 Diabetes.

She disagrees with me and says it's only 500ml (sometimes 1l) of coke a day but I still think it's too much as she doesn't drink water until the weekend and even then she is still drinking coke. We have stopped buying it but she still brings into the house. To be fair, she does have a pretty healthy diet, it's just the coke that worries me

Am I being unreasonable to think that she needs to change her choice of drink and become more healthy?

Coke Zero will have no Diabetes implications other than helping an addiction to sweet tasting things.

Sugar is poison and needs to be avoided, Coke Zero is actually a far better alternative but still needs moderating as sweeteners aren’t exactly the healthiest choice either.

Coke Zero contains caffeine - but that will be just like us adults who have 10 cups of coffee a day.

As a teacher, they are drinking way worse than this on their way into school. 500ml cans of monster, lucozade, full fat coke etc.

It’s not a great habit but it’s not the worst. And half the staff have a fizzy drink with their lunch. I have at least one can of Coke Zero zero caffeine a day.