My New Favorite Soft Drink

September 15, 2009

After not having had a soda in years, I've got a new favorite, but I've never tasted it.  It's called "Chubby Kids Soda."

It's my new favorite because it's truth in advertising - from the name right down to the mascot.  

It takes rare courage to sell a drink directly contributing to poor health and obesity in kids and put "chubby" in the name and use a chubby kid as the mascot. 

If only all other sodas were so honest. 

But do we really need new brands of soda?  Aren't the supermarket shelves already full of this "beverage." 

Do we need a new addition to a type of product that shouldn't exist anyway?  A soda-less world would benefit everyone except the soda companies themselves. I know this notion goes against the "everything in moderation" control-bots, but those of us burdened with intelligence can't live so blissfully ignorant of the realities of human physiology.

Giving up soda was one of the more difficult changes I made in my own personal health journey, and it was also one of the first because even at the beginning of my journey, I knew it was the one that would help propel me toward health the most quickly. I was drinking several sodas per day in my early 20's after having them as a staple of my childhood. 

The excitement of openign a fresh, cold bottle of soda on a hot summer day, stopping to get a Super Big Gulp while out with friends - all of it contributed to soda occupying a place in my body that should have been reserved for water. 

I've witnessed the improvement in health, fitness, and finances when giving up soda - first in my own life and subsequently in the lives of those I've successfully counseled.

It feels great to have a favorite soda again without having to actually drink any.  And I'll be sure to recommend Chubby Kids soda to anyone who asks which soda I'd recommend.  And I'll also buy it for company whenever they want soda.  It's not often you get honesty from soda companies and it's good for consumers to have such honest portrayal of the result of using a product.

Now that's refreshing!

Jonathan Ross
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Comments

[Theresa]

Chubby Soda is also great in that it is sold in really small bottles. Realistic portion sizes. If one were to buy soda (I rarely buy it for special occasions...to me it is mix for the occasional drink) this is the way you would want a treat portion to be served. Not the 500 ml bottles or supersized 1 litre cups of it. Chubbies are little, just enough for a treat if enjoyed on rare occasions.