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Title: Black sodas
Post by: levettepough on October 28, 2013, 04:55:14 pm
I have been told down throught he years that black sodas are bad and clear sodas are better for you if you have to drink them. Does anyone know why that is?
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: lbeery on October 29, 2013, 04:49:47 am
I don't know except that I suppose they contain more dyes than say a cream soda or a lemon lime soda.  No doubt they stain your teeth.  I gave up coke once I found that it would remove rust from the bumper of my car.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: Forp on October 29, 2013, 06:40:41 am
I clicked on this to find out what was meant by the term black sodas.  And now that I know ....they always looked brown to me...caramel food coloring...doubt that's it's harmful...been an additive for years.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: lvstephanie on October 29, 2013, 08:31:08 am
The only thing that I've heard is that the dark pops (I'm from MN, so it's pop not soda) tend to have caffeine whereas clear ones do not. Although there are a number of examples that belie this idea (eg root beer (dark) usually does not have caffeine while Mt. Dew (clear) has one of the highest caffeine contents). It could have been that at one time what you had heard was true, but things may have changed at a later time... For example, there was a red food coloring that was shown to be a carcinogen in laboratory animals and so was banned by the FDA, which is why for a time M&Ms didn't have any red candies. But years later food scientists developed a safe red-dye alternative, and now foods (like M&Ms) can use that other red-dye in their foods.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: SweetApril74 on October 29, 2013, 01:23:22 pm
thinking about soda, for me is a bad meaning :D
and to put "black" before it, is even worse, hehe...

because i gave up soda few years back, theres just nothing, i feel okay with just plain water.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: sau on October 29, 2013, 01:58:15 pm
 drink soda is not healthy, it is proven that the amount  of sugar that has even the diet is a cause of obesity in our country
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: vickysue on October 29, 2013, 02:06:19 pm
None of it can be healthy. I have not had a soda pop since i was 15 and am now 70. Just can't get past the taste. I had a bad cold when i was 15 and i was taking cough meds and drinking pepsi. Well the combo did not work and i was sicker than heck Hence no more soda or cough med (liquid).
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: zreeds on October 29, 2013, 06:03:32 pm
I have been told that also. I guess dark soda is dangerous for your inside because your body cells can't navigate through your body.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: Kirenisa on October 30, 2013, 02:31:11 am
Well there was an old trick is if you put in a rusty screw driver into a can of dark soda, generally code, pepsi or dr pepper it'll remove the rust as to where clear soda would just make it sticky and what not.. or you could compare it to light and dark alcohol and how harmful it can be i suppose.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: waterbearer94 on November 01, 2013, 04:30:32 pm
never heard anything like that
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: kimmy29 on November 01, 2013, 11:45:47 pm
I have been told down throught he years that black sodas are bad and clear sodas are better for you if you have to drink them. Does anyone know why that is?

Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: dreamyxo on November 02, 2013, 12:02:10 am
Sodas are bad period doesn't matter what color it is.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: Barbara4321 on November 03, 2013, 01:55:21 pm
All sodas are bad for you, but sooo yummy. I don't think the color makes a difference.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: wccohn on November 04, 2013, 09:30:18 am
I don't know, darker sodas are probably worse for your teeth.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: ghunter on November 04, 2013, 09:50:34 am
If you are referring to cola, yes they are not good for you, but what is?
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: jmccaskill on November 04, 2013, 03:27:18 pm
'black sodas' that remove rust will also clean coins and a lot of other 'magic' things, none of which have any thing to do with them being bad for your health. They do this due to their acid content, which is significantly less strong than say the acids in lemonade or many other food stuffs. Not making any 'good for your health claims at all, but just making a point concerning on of the 'urban mysteries' about cola sodas.  ;D
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: nguzman1 on November 05, 2013, 02:36:26 pm
I have no idea there is controversy between clear and black soda I just don't know which is worse.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: monnee on November 05, 2013, 03:00:35 pm
Sodas are definitely an unhealthy product to drink.  It's bad for the bones and teeth.
Title: Re: Black sodas
Post by: batmobile on November 05, 2013, 08:28:44 pm
I have been told down throught he years that black sodas are bad and clear sodas are better for you if you have to drink them. Does anyone know why that is?

all sodas are bad for you... loaded with high frutose corn syrup...carbonation... diet is full of lovely things too...