Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
The problem is that these things get boiled down into simple advice, when much health advice needs to be tailored to the individual (due to both genetics and psychological factors).
Nobody is getting diabetes at 27 unless they are predisposed to it, no matter how much soda they drink.
Given my age and soda consumption, I should have made prop bets with "healthy" people regarding who would have a better A1C level, and I'd have cleaned up. That's because I am clearly NOT predisposed to diabetes (at least not early/mid life diabetes), and thus my A1C is better than a high percentage of people my age, soda drinkers or not.
With that said, once in his 70s, my dad suddenly saw his A1C rise and had to lose weight to stop it, even though he wasn't fat. So that might be my future in 20 or so years, since half of my genetics came from him. He does not drink soda, due to not liking the taste of it.
As I said before, the biggest damage soda is causing me -- at least right now -- is weight. In 2013 I tried to cut down soda consumption to 1 can per day, and also cut out eating candy and other sweets. I dropped 24 pounds this way before it flattened out, but I started at a much lower weight than I am now, so presumably I could drop more than that. However, I was also 12 1/2 years younger, so my metabolism was probably better, and I'm guessing it was easier for weight to fall off.
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