Don't be confused by diet soda

A storm is brewing in New York because the State wants to tax regular soda and not diet soda. The implication is that diet soda is better for you than regular soda. In fact diet soda may be worse than regular soda since it contains artificial sweeteners (chemicals) which may be (and probably are) worse than plain old sugar.

This is not an argument in defense of soda. Neither soda nor diet soda should be consumed by anyone interested in their health. The current diet soda vs soda argument only serves to confuse since both are manufactured and sold by the same people.

Soda is a poor substitute for traditional fermented drinks such as root beer and ginger ale. Fermented drinks aid in digestion and general health. they take time to prepare but it is time well spent.

Click the following link for a ginger ale recipe.
http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Homemade-Original-Ginger-Ale/31193/