{"id":2686,"date":"2008-10-18T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/soda-brand-spanking.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:30:43","slug":"soda-brand-spanking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2686","title":{"rendered":"Soda Brand Spanking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SPnzVZO0IhI\/AAAAAAAAA5M\/GQCgdQVt_mA\/s1600-h\/soda.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=116834986  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258501588807590418\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SPnzVZO0IhI\/AAAAAAAAA5M\/GQCgdQVt_mA\/s200\/soda.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The soda goliaths, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, are bellweathers for our culture of  health. Both are having to undergo massive adaptations to accommodate troubling times for their acidic, black diuretics that are bad for your teeth, your bones, and your weight (colas).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Publications\/Food-Beverage-Nutrition\/BeverageDaily\/Financial\/Soft-drinks-rivals-The-brands-they-are-a-changin\">This article <\/a>reports on the ways each has had to change to keep from losing money as consumers continue to reject sodas. Pepsi is moving out, investing heavily in food products. Coke is taking a page from the tobacco industry and pushing into foreign markets. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soda goliaths, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, are bellweathers for our culture of health. Both are having to undergo massive adaptations to accommodate troubling times for their acidic, black diuretics that &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Hk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2429,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2429","url_meta":{"origin":2686,"position":0},"title":"Pepsi Funds Nutrition Research?","author":"Will Clower","date":"March 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"See the video below ... Pepsi is going to fund research (at Yale) that will support the notion that their food products are healthy, and good for you, and probably \"an important part of a balanced breakfast\". Here is the original post. For more information: Click here to visit Will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bookmark and Share","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1914,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1914","url_meta":{"origin":2686,"position":1},"title":"2 more HUGE reasons to give up sodas","author":"Will Clower","date":"November 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Via @rodalenewsNeed another reason to put down that bottle of soda? We'll give you two. A pair of studies published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests America's beloved fizzy drinks could be doing a real number on women's health.In the first study, led by Harvard School of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1997,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1997","url_meta":{"origin":2686,"position":2},"title":"Daily diet soda may increase risk of heart attack, stroke: study | Reuters","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's what the researchers found ... (from the Journal of General Internal Medicine) older adults who drank diet soda every day were 44 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack. 44 percent!! That's a HUGE number. 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