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LAC-Tech on Oct 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in ...

> I am ignorant in this topic, but why do americans seem to drink soda( pop as they call in cinema) excessively ? I live in India and flavoured soda is considered luxury item here.

You answered your own question - because America is wealthy and Soda is cheap.

I'm in New Zealand and soda was definitely a luxury growing up. But here it cost 14.57 USD for an 18 pack, while for a 24 pack in the states it's 10.22 USD. So almost half the price.

ne0flex on Oct 7, 2021 [–]

There's the fact that soda is packed with sugar and people getting addicted to the dopamine hits. [1][2]

[1]https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/blog/addicted-to-soda [1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488513/

In the case of diet soda, I assume that since most people already start drinking regular soda, there's a placebo effect.

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