I don't drink sodas of any kind. Just don't like them at all. Rarely do I have one if we are having a pizza night or a special event. My favorite beverage is water, followed by coffee and hot tea. My favorite hot tea being green tea.
Because of the dangers of high fructose corn syrup, I would be very careful to limit my intake of it, because more and more studies are becoming available that point to it acting in the body like a poison, and being a major factor in obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
Many studies are now coming to conclusions that cancer cells depend on high amounts of sugar to multiply and grow. Research is slowly coming to grips with the fact that the higher rates of cancer in America are directly tied to sugar intake, especially the chemically created high fructose corn syrup, which cancer cells seem to readily use.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/...10830520100802
If you are addicted to things containing high fructose corn syrup, for the sake at least of cancer prevention... you might want to consider at least beginning to limit your intake of it.