soda is ridiculously bad, I have several studies/papers/research reports just on that subject. It has been definately proven to be THE major cause in childhood obesity. This includes diabetes, heart disease, digestive disorders (sucks the ph out of your stomach and makes it so you have trouble absorbing nutrients), adrenal disfunction etc etc. It has permeated the society so much though, and it is def worse than sugar water (sugar having its own bad effects), if it were my way, i would ban it from society honestly. Even once a week is too much. sorry guys. there are NO good studies on them, and HUNDREDS of studies showing how bad they are, and only now are thy starting to be banned from schools etc. Yeah, i do treat it like the devil, but only because it is run by money mongers that are driving the health of the US down for profit margins. my opinion. There are def other bad things out there, and i do indeed drink the occassional soda, that being maybe once every half year, but i used to live on that stuff, and it destroyed my system, decreased bone density, insomnia, etc etc. not good stuff. It won't kill you for one can, but as to whether it will kill you if you drink too much? look it up, it is.
ok, not to be too morbid haha

, no its def bad stuff. good for you on the fast!