Now there is a study that I can get behind. I really like green tea…when there are other things added, including sugar and orange, sugar and tangerine, or sugar and lemon. Personally I think green tea by itself tastes like hay.

If you have been avoiding this healthy drink because you thought it needed to be sipped plain to get the benefit, or if you have been holding your nose and gulping this is some great news for you!

You can read more about this study at Science Daily. As for me?  I am headed to Teavana to see if they still have the Cloud 9 Tea ….it has marshmallows.

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A few weeks ago I saw Pepsi Throwback in my local grocery store. In case you haven’t heard, several of the companies are coming out with retro-style soda (wow, it was hard not to type coke there..I call everything coke…) that is made with sugar.

Now, Dr. Pepper has always made sodas with natural cane sugar in glass bottles. You probably can’t get them everywhere but you can here. They are bottled in Dublin Texas. We have been there and it is a cool day trip. The thing is, I am convinced that corn syrup with it’s GMOs and other nasties is bad for you. I know that it tastes different. I was, therefore, excited to try the Pepsi Throwback.

It has that clean taste that I remembered. No cloying sweet residue on your tongue, bubbly, slightly spicy…just like it used to be. It’s worth getting a twelve pack of it if for no other reason than to taste for yourself what real Pepsi whould taste like.If only it was in glass bottles….

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