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Mountain Dew Wants to 'Kickstart' Your Breakfast

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:33:47 +0000

Mountain Dew is about to become part of a balanced breakfast. Later this month, PepsiCo will begin selling a new breakfast drink with Mountain Dew flavor called Kickstart. The beverage will feature 5% juice, as well as vitamins B and C and a splash of caffeine that should help perk you up before that dreaded [...]

Why Can't You Get a Coca-Cola for a Nickel? Blame the Bottle

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:38:19 +0000

Coca-Cola is everywhere. The drink is sold in just about every supermarket, drug store and gas station across the country and throughout the world. Not much has changed since the product’s inception except, of course, the price. Way back in 1886, a single bottle of Coke cost just one nickel. That may seem like ancient [...]

Korean Coke Machine Makes You Dance for Refreshment

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:35:41 +0000

Sometimes we just want to crack open an ice cold can of Coke. There’s little-to-no-effort involved in getting such refreshing and delicious happiness, right? But over in Korea, they’re making soda seekers dance for their bubbly beverages. Coca Cola has invented a high-tech vending contraption that’s just like any other vending machine. Except this time, [...]

14 Delicious Regional Sodas You've Got To Try Before You Die

Mike Pace — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:30:30 +0000

Flickr Mike Pace spent almost ten years on the road with his band Oxford Collapse. In that time, he became a regional soda junkie. Here are his favorites from all the places he’s stopped across America. Picture this: You’re on a road trip, far away from home. You keep passing signs for unfamiliar towns. Eventually [...]

British Teenager May Die From Drinking Too Much Coke

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:19 +0000

Zoe Cross has a drinking problem. But it’s not what you think. The 18-year-old British woman is addicted to Coca-Cola. We’re not talking the “Oh I need my Coke at 2:00 to help me get through the rest of the day fix,” either. No, we’re talking full-blown addiction. Cross was devouring 288 ounces of Coke [...]

What's Your Favorite Soft Drink [POLL]

Lori Crofford — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:27:50 +0000

No matter what you call it, coke, soda, or pop! We love our soft drinks. Root Beer is my favorite soft drink. As much as we as a population love our drinks, I’m curious as to what is everyone’s favorite soft drink or as us Texans call it, coke. Take our poll.

School Fined a Whopping $15,000 for Selling Sodas During Lunch

Mike Adams — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:16:21 +0000

You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars. Just ask Davis High School officials in Utah. They were just fined $15,000 because their vending machines were set up to allow students to [...]

Should Soda and Other Sugary Drinks Be Taxed? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:49:49 +0000

Much like cigarettes and alcohol are taxed, there is a movement afoot to levy similar charges on soda and other sweetened beverages. As it stands, 33 states have some form of sales tax that is added to soda and other sugar-based drinks. And more and more places are trying to jump on the “soda tax” train, including New York [...]

Diet Soda May Make You Pack on the Pounds

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:24:44 +0000

By analyzing the results of a 10-year longitudinal study of 474 people, researchers were able to determine that the participants who drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced a waist size increase 70 percent greater than those who stayed away from diet soda.

Dr. Martin P. Paulus, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, and an author of the study, offered this theory as to why something without calories can lead to weight gain: