one must keep the carb thing in perspective
in the soda's case its about 1/2 the sugar-- and sugar in great quantities is not a good thing...
just as with protien there are good carbs and bad carbs--
my cardiologist put me on the south beach diet-- so i forgo certain things-- like flour, sugar, full fat dairy--
i have lost 37 pounds-- my blood pressure is lower and my cholesterhol is considerably lower--and my meds have been cut in half as my improvement continues....
what did i do?? why i cut out most carbs... imagine that :-))
iron eagle