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As any Coke Addict will tell you — It’s hard to quit. A friend of mine was able to abandon smoking, but not her precious pop. However, as one gets older, your body manifest its ways of doing asset allocation — of Fat — to areas you wish wouldn’t stick out too much. Can one stay healthy without being completely deprived? Of course!

I’m turning 30 in 7 months (s-h-*-t). Now more than ever, I feel my youthful abandonment of eating badly, including my on-and-off love affair with Coke, catching up on me. Back in Vancouver I’ve made some ‘progress’ when I lived with my health idol, Elle. One of the things she introduced to me was this healthy substitute to my regular fizz fix: mixing sparkling water with fruit nectars. Brilliant!

I jazzed it up a bit with fruits and by serving it in a wine glass because I like dining at home in style:

My Favorite Coke Subsitute

• 1 part sparkling water (I prefer Gerolsteiner)
• 2 parts natural fruit juice or 1 part fruit nectar
• 3 raspberries (or whatever fruit you like to ‘float’ on your drink)

You get the fizz and the ‘full’ feeling, minus the crap!

NOTES
1. It’s HARD to find Gerolsteiner around here, but I finally found it at AJ’s last night!
2. I used R.W. Knudsen Kiwi Strawberry juice for the drink pictured above, but my absolute favorite especially for the summer is Hero Peach Nectar.
3. You can also use champaign instead of sparking water, but only if you really want to.