A few months ago, I shared my experience with caffeine addiction.
Well, I have recently kicked another habit…extreme diet soda consumption. For years, I consumed can after can, bottle after bottle of unnatural and artificially sweetened soft drinks.
After making a connection that malaise, headaches, and afternoon tiredness were connected to my excessive soda drinking, I quit the habit, cold turkey. Almost immediately, I felt better.
In recent months, I have monumentally cut back on artificial sugar substitutes. Every so often, I will eat a sugar free yogurt or indulge in a Diet Coke here and there. However, I no longer consume fake sweeteners on a daily, or even weekly, basis.
Now when I want to sweeten my coffee, I use stevia. I like it because it has zero calories and does not influence blood sugar levels like pure sugar does. Unlike sucralose and aspartame, which are created in a laboratory, stevia is a natural sweetener extracted from the stevia leaf.
The most important reason why I choose to sweeten with stevia is that I experience no side effects when I consume it. Gone are the days of artificial sweetener headaches!
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So, how thrilled was I when Zevia sent me samples of their all natural, stevia sweetened sodas? (Words can’t even describe!)
I tasted the following flavors:
Twist
Cola
Orange
Ginger Root Beer
Ginger Ale
Black Cherry
I was a fan! With the exception of the orange flavor, this soda totally satisfied my soda craving. I thought the orange was lacking a bold taste, and I found it a bit watery. But I loved the other flavors! Particularly Cola and Twist, which taste quite similar to the traditional Diet Coke and Diet Sprite.
I’m sold on Zevia, and I’m ecstatic to have found an all natural, healthier soda!
I’m happy to report that while browsing the Zevia website, I learned of a new, additional flavor.
Dr. Zevia!
I have yet to see this variety at my local Whole Foods. 
I hope I can get my hands on it soon!
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Giveaway Details
Want to win a case of Zevia?
How to enter:
(each bullet point is worth one entry.)
- Leave a comment telling me which of these flavors you’d be most excited to try. (To make it even, if you don’t have Twitter or a blog, you can leave up to three comments)
- Tweet about this giveaway and include @LilysHealthPad and the link to the giveaway in the tweet. (Leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.)
- Link back to this post on your blog. (Leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.)
Giveaway closes on Wednesday, March 17 at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
GOOD LUCK!
Haha, I hated all the flavors except for the orange one. I guess we have opposite tastes in sodas!
I love stevia! (expensive though
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I would want to try the Dr. Zevia
Mmm Dr. Zevia would be amazing! I have never really used stevia. Well, one time I tried it in coffee and thought it had too much of a grassy/odd aftertaste, but maybe it deserves another try!
eEE! I love Zevia! I have an affinity to carbonated drinks, period. Would love to win this!
I tweeted!
I’d love to try the Ginger Ale! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Hooray for stevia! Iwould happily try the cola flavour, cos my naughty diet coke habit seems to be creeping up on me, so I need to replace it asap!
Great giveaway
We are big fans of the Zevia Ginger Root beer in my house but that Dr. Zevia sounds awesome. I would love to try that. I don’t drink many sodas but when I get the craving for one, these do the trick. My husband really likes them too.
good job giving up the artificial stuff! I think it is the worst thing for your body.
i would like to try the dr. zevia-sounds interesting.
have a good Friday!
I can’t wait to try the ginger ale Zevia. I love the spiciness of that type of soda. Aspartame and Splenda are horrible as sweeteners, so I look forward to something new.
Dr. Zevia sounds awesome! I LOVE Dr. Pepper and while it’s easy for me not to keep it around the house anymore, I still struggle with ordering it when i’m out to eat.
I’d love to try the Cola and the Dr.Zevia! My boyfriend LOVES dr.pepper and im trying to get him to nix soda with me but he cant resist dr.pepper! Id love to try!
also tweeting about this! 
Oooh black cherry! It reminds me of that delicious Faygo pop from when I was little.
great job kicking the bad habits!
And I’d love to try the root beer!
Oh I think the Dr. Zevia would be awesome! I love the taste of Diet Dr. Pepper but don’t drink it much because of the aspartame and all. I have never even heard of these drinks but they look awesome!
And since I don’t have Twitter, another flavor I think would be good would be the Black Cherry.
BLACK CHERRY! I love cherry anything!!
Oh and I tweeted!
I want to try Dr. Zevia!
evan@foodmakesfunfuel.com
I’m with you, I am trying to avoid all artificial sugar additives. These Zevia sodas sound so refreshing. I would love to try the Twist.
You are so awesome to give us non-Tweeters or bloggers an extra change to win! I really love the kick of ginger, so I would love to try the Ginger Ale flavor.
Thank you, I enjoy reading your blog.
I’d totally want to try the root beer flavor!
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I blogged about it
evan@foodmakesfunfuel.com
http://foodmakesfunfuel.com/2010/03/12/exhausting-friday/
I’d like to try the TWIST flavor most. It looks so refreshing!
I’m with you on kicking the diet soda habit. I used to be right there with ya. Now I have maybe 1-2 sodas a week. I’ve also switched to Stevia as my sweetener of choice =)
*tweeting this too!*
I definitely notice the afternoon headache when I drink Diet coke, but I still love it!!! I never drink it at home though- only when out!!
Zevia Root Beer would be my LOVE. thanks for the giveaway LILY!
HAPPY WEEKENDDDDDDDDDDD!
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I LOVE Zevia. I have tried the cola and twist. Yum yum. I would LOVE to try the Gingerale!
yum! I would love cola or dr. zevia!
Ginger Root Beer because I like root beer and the flavor of ginger.
I’d love to try the ginger root beer or Dr. zevia flavors. I love stevia! I’ve never been big on diet pop and fake sugar, but I feel better when I don’t have any at all too!
Finally a give away that I can get into! I have a bit of a soda problem, although my consumption has decreased significantly over the past year. I’d love to try the Root Beer!!
eek i have a diet soda addiction as well, at least zevia would be astep in the right direction
. hmm, i think i’d go for cola!
Mmm definitely the orange soda first! Lol technically I am supposed to be off soda 100%, but I wonder if my coach would bargain with me…
i linked back!
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I’d like to try the black cherry!
The root beer would be good! I have seen Zevia in stores, but it is a little pricey. It’s wonderful to have a different option of sweeteners now, though!
ginger root beer, hands down. i don’t drink soda anymore (i think its been over a year…) but when i was a kid root beer was my absolute favorite.
I would love to try the Cola flavor!
I would like to try the Twist flavor!
I would LOVE,absolutely LOVE to try the Dr. Stevia!!
I used to pour the splenda into my morning cup of coffee. It took several months but eventually, I started using less and less. Then I started to use stevia and now all I need is a little half and half with my coffee and I am good to go. I think we have all been there with the whole artificial sweeteners. Good job for cutting back girl! Those zevia drinks sound awesome !!
The ginger ale sounds great!
The ginger ale and the black cherry are definitely my favorites!
Hi!
I would love to try the cola!
I would also like to try the Twist flavor!
(I don’t have Tweeter)
I linked you back!
http://babyvanilla.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/parfaits-perfect/
i’d love to try the ginger ale flavor. i adore ginger-y things :]
oh, and maybe the root beer flavor, too! ;]