LA Schools banning sale of Soda

Sorry, I could resist stirring up a hornet's nest.

For what it's worth, despite what this article says, Texas schools DO sell soda. My daughters go to different high schools and at just about every turn, there is a Coke machine. My younger daughter's school even has an ATM on the premises.

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Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2002 9:47 AM

Sorry, I could resist stirring up a hornet's nest.

For what it's worth, despite what this article says, Texas schools DO sell soda. My daughters go to different high schools and at just about every turn, there is a Coke machine. My younger daughter's school even has an ATM on the premises. >>

Soda and other sugary items are driving the youth of America psychotic. Look at all the mental problems they have. No one can tell me all that sugar and acid coursing through their veins doesn't contribute to their chemical imbalances.

I they'd do that here! My son is sensitve to caffeine...he 'knows' he is, but still hits the coke machine at school. I've told him not to, even in the past have told the teachers to take it away from him, which did work in middle school. He still drinks coke at lunch and invariably if I have to go to the school over problems (behaviour or grades) it is in the classes after lunch, after he's loaded up on the caffeine. I'm just hoping maturity will set in soon, since he's in high school & he will realize what I have told him all along.

Make 'm drink sweet milk or water

imbalances.

Actually, I completely agree with you here. When I was little, soda was a once in awhile treat. I don't see how the nutritional value has changed.

When I was in school we were only allowed soda machines when we hit high school level. My question is: What are they going to replace it with? Some of these so-called nutritional/sports drinks have just as much sugar. What do high school kids drink these days? Maybe they should get Starbucks

When I was a kid, we had a choice at school

What the hell do they need a dj for at a pep rally?!? Am I missing something that new modern pep rally's are actually school dances or something of the sort?

We had one drink machine in our high school - in addition (the last year I was there) to a Taco Bell express stand selling really gross stale and soggy soft tacos. At least it was sometimes a *slight* step ahead of the cartilage (err, I mean chicken) sandwiches they served daily along with whatever regular nastyness they were dishing up.

The college I go to has 135915 Dole juice machines which are a hell of a lot nicer than the Pepsi machines (I wouldn't drink Pepsi at gunpoint) if I can't get to the little stores on campus with Coke products, but, half the selections are actually WORSE than the soft drinks because they are the juices with like 10% fruit juice, the rest just sugar and water. You think it would kill juice companies to make more selections with *just* juice, not with added sugar.

Good.

My oldest is only in preK. All they can take are 100% juice juice boxes. Nothing else. If we don't give them juice boxes (and I don't) they get water. That's it. I graduated in 1991 and I don't remember there being soda machines at school.

We had a machine at my high school back in the early nineties, but nobody really used it for some strange reason. Hmm...

By the way, folks, there are a load of calories in plain juice too. There are over 100 calories in every glass of unsweetened orange, apple, and grapefruit juice. A third more in grape juice, which is basically equivalent to what you Americans call 'soda.'

Nonetheless, there is nothing of nutritional value in pop except sugar. At least with juice, you get vitamins, and sometimes minerals and fibre.