Hi Ladies, This is a post from FlyLady that one of our members sent to our email support loop.  It talks about the dangers of drinking pop, soda, cola, or whatever you happen to call that fizzy carbonated beverage in your neck of the woods.  :-)
Besides being bad for us for weight loss, the caffeine acts as a diuretic.  Then add the risks that this post talks about, and you may have some added incentive to give up drinking pop!  (Ohio's pop is Boston's soda and Mississippi's coke...) lol

Dear FlyLady,   

I always drank some water but couldn't break my addiction to 2-3 Diet
Cokes a day. As a hundred pound weight loser, I drank a Diet Coke
whenever I wanted excess food.  When I lost my voice last summer, I
was diagnosed with gastric reflux disorder, impinging on my vocal
cords. As I sing professionally, this was a major crisis. I was given
a list of foods to avoid -- citrus, tomato, spicy foods, caffeine --
but first on the list was carbonated beverages, especially colas, diet
or otherwise, caffeiniated or caffeine free.
   
I never thought I could give up my Diet Coke habit, but the fear of
losing my voice and career overcame my fear of losing my crutch. I am
here to report that there is life after Diet Coke. The first few weeks
were very hard, but now I don't miss it, and I have definitely
increased my water intake.
  
For those of you who are not professional singers, you should know
that the acid in colas can cause problems in your esophagus which can
lead to a precancerous condition. My doctor (ENT) said that Diet Coke
was terrible to drink but pretty useful to clean your car battery.
That should tell us something.

Best to all who are working on eating (and drinking) in a healthy way.
  
A FlyBaby in Maryland