Many people wean themselves off regular soda by switching to diet. While you may not like it at first, you’ll get used to it. If it’s strictly the bubbles you’re after, switch to plain or flavored seltzer, club soda, or water. Here are some other tips to help you stop drinking soda:
1. If you currently drink soda, cut back gradually over a two-week period. For example, if you now drink five cans per day, go to four, then three, and so on until you’re off it completely.
2. Experiment with alternatives to soda that aren’t sweetened with sugar and contain 25 calories or less per serving—iced or hot herbal teas, for example.
3. Limit diet sodas to one or two a day. Then switch to seltzer or club soda.
4. Don’t keep soda in the house.
5. Enjoy one serving of regular soda on a special occasion, like at a ball game (as long as you don’t have season tickets).
Many people wean themselves off regular soda by switching to diet.
While you may not like it at first, you’ll get used to it. If it’s
strictly the bubbles you’re after, switch to plain or flavored
seltzer, club soda, or...
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