Why You Should Choose Coffee Over Soda
Those trying to decide between coffee and soda don’t really have much of a decision on their hands. When one starts to compare the two drinks, it becomes obvious quickly that one offers a lot while the other offers very little. As the points are compared between the two you might be left wondering why more people don’t skip the soda and go for the coffee. And you might be wondering why you don’t do the same thing as well!
If you are concerned about how much sugar you get on a daily basis, then you should definitely drop the soda can and switch to the more logical alternative, coffee. Coffee, unlike soda, is free of all that sugar. The average soda can is brimming full of sugar, whereas coffee, on the other hand, only has as much sugar as you want to give it. Of course, this means that the control is in your hands. But this is not the case with a can of soda. With a can of soda, you are essentially at the mercy of the soda manufacturer in terms of how much sugar you consume.
Soda is often loaded with calories. Anyone watching their weight or trying to lose a few pounds should realize that soda could wreck havoc on a diet. One easy way around this dilemma is to replace your soda with coffee. In the process, you will save hundreds of calories a week that can be used on a food that you will probably enjoy far more than a can of soda.
Just like sugar, artificial sweeteners will only make their way into your coffee if you pick up a packet and put it in yourself. Diet sodas might circumvent coffee’s calorie advantage, but that advantage comes with a price tag. That price tag is chemicals and artificial sweeteners. Let’s be blunt about this topic; you need neither. Coffee is not full of chemicals, preservatives and artificial sweeteners. When picking coffee over soda, you are putting yourself in control. Whereas, when you pick the soda you have allowed your decisions regarding sweetness levels to be made for you!
Beverage options abound on today’s drink market, but as it turns out one of the oldest beverage choices is still one of the best. You can always reach for something in a can, but the tradeoff can be pretty serious as you may get more calories, chemicals, preservatives and chemicals than you bargained for and that is never a good thing.
Rik Philips is a chocolate and coffee snob, and he readily admits it! Rik’s parents infused him with a love of the coffee bean and chocolate at a young age. Rik loves to write about his passions whenever he has the chance. He seeks to spread the word about the finer aspects of organic coffee and dark chocolate. Often you can find Rik indulging at both at one of Austin, Texas’s finer coffee houses.
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