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Diet sodas really became prevalent (I think) the second time I was in Germany. That tour started with me having a relative newborn, 1 month when we landed and an kindergarten student. It also marked my first interaction with a wives group which was a huge culture shock for me. For the first time I was in an environment where I had to fill a role, not only as a soldier but as the wife of a soldier. It became awkward often.
Anyway. ... I was going to the commissary, parties and barbecues with these women. I watched them hand over cans of diet soda more often than not because; " they won't get fat". I even watched mothers putting diet soda in baby bottles. I can't begin to convey how appalled I was.
At some point and I really can't remember when or how, whether it was a class or my own private reading, I learned fairly simultaneously that margarine aND diet sodas. Were so toxic
Anyway, off of soapbox
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