Running a bit late today.
Small is still away and will be until mid-January, but I will try to keep the CTWW idea afloat.
But here’s a CTWW for you for Christmas celebrations.
Avoid all softdrinks and soda this Christmas, no Coca Cola, no Pepsi, no processed fruit drinks in a box, no diet, no lo-cal, no zero.
Instead buy fruit and make your own juice, and offer sparkling mineral water.
This challenge doesn’t apply to Christmas cheer for adults. They’re not the issue. The issue that we’re fighting is HFCS and artificial sweetners like sucralose and aspartame.
You can have a Happy Christmas without these beverages.
You do not need these additives in your, or your kids’ diets; they are the principle reason for obesity and other health problems.
See you next week.
Eco-Crap 
Posted by Lois on December 10, 2014 at 11:28 pm
Good Challenge this week. Thank you.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 10, 2014 at 11:34 pm
>Lois, thank you, appreciated.
AV
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Posted by marieann on December 11, 2014 at 2:15 am
I stopped drinking pop years ago. I will be trying not to eat homemade cookies in the next few weeks.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 11, 2014 at 9:02 am
>Marieann, as have a lot of informed people, but there are still those that do. Homemade cookies are okay, the store ones should be shunned.
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Posted by Laurel on December 11, 2014 at 11:26 am
And moderation in homemade sweets is the goal right? I agree, have never bought pop/soda. If it is there my husband will drink it. Bad stuff. We should all rink more water. Not sweetened water with additives. Clean, pure ordinary water!
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 11, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Anything homemade is okay.
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Posted by marieann on December 11, 2014 at 1:26 pm
One of my tools for not gaining weight is that I give myself permission to eat any treats I like as long as I make them, at Christmas I make dozens of cookies, so it’s more of a challenge for me to stay away at this time of the year:)
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 11, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Mareieann, the sectret is stay away from ANyTHING made by companies.
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Posted by EcoGrrl on December 14, 2014 at 5:39 pm
We don’t buy soda and rarely even have carbonated drinks – this past summer my husband made some ginger syrup and added some sparkling water to it for a drink which was good, but for me I just don’t crave it. He started getting into the occasional “Mexican” coke when he first moved to America (not something big in Australia), but I have weaned him off that, not just for health reasons but because of what horrible damage Coca Cola is doing around the world when it comes to water rights.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 15, 2014 at 8:54 am
AARRgghh, that was supposed to be a reply…. 🙂
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 15, 2014 at 8:53 am
Ecogrrl, “Mexican” coke… Like I said, there are many enlightened people who don’t for whatever reason, your reason is different from the post, and I quite agree with the sentiments.
Thanks for following the blog, appreciated.
AV
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