Make Your Own Homemade Soda Pop

Down south, we don't call soda pop soda, pop, or soda pop. That sentence reads funny, but it is what it is. We usually say "coke" and - confusingly enough - that stands for anything that fizzes.

After being diagnosed with Celiac, and adding in to that disease's complications allergies to corn, corn derivatives, and dairy, I've gone through the gamut of finding healthy alternatives to foods and drinks I have grown to love.

I'll be posting a lot on the subject, if only because my natural passion for research and writing has caused me to learn and incredible amount of information in regards to my auto-immune disease. Bluntly, it has changed my life and marriage drastically.

But, now, for the positive! Here is a homemade "sprite" alternative that is much more healthy than the store-bought sodas in cans and plastic bottles. This type of beverage alternative isn't just for those with a corn allergy or intolerance. Here's the science behind the health of the homemade beverage: it eliminates the worst sugar of all - high frutcose corn syrup.

This is not news to many of us. There are excellent articles to be found all over the net that go into detail in regards to what sugars are good or bad for you. So how do you make a drink that mirrors the fun explosion of taste in your mouth and on your taste buds? It's actually very easy to do...

The stuff dreams are made of

List of thing's you'll need:
Perrier, or some other naturally carbonated drink
Sauce Pan
Measuring Cup
Lemon
Lime
Evaporated Cane Sugar
Water
Spoon
Slicing Knife

The process:
1. First make your simple syrup by heating up about a cup of water and mixing in about 1/4 cup sugar
2. After the sugar is dissolved, remove the pan from heat and pour into a small container
3. Cut a lemon and lime in half
4. Juice a half-lemon and a half-lime over a strainer to prevent seeds and pulp mixing in
5. Pour in the sour juice mix into the simple syrup container
6. Chill the syrup mix in a fridge
7. Mix half the mixture with about 12 oz. of Perrier

You should have enough syrup for two servings of homemade soda, but that all depends on what kind of taste you are looking for. One process that I skipped the first time I did this was making the syrup on the stove. The result was an awkward bubbly mess that still tasted good, but had a thick froth residue that made the experience of drinking unpleasant.

Pure lemon and lime juices - as well as other high acidic juices like grapefruit juice - are very good at preventing mold and candida growth in the intestines. While mold loves sugar, as long as you aren't consuming more than your body can handle, you'll use the glucose made from digesting the evaporated cane sugar long before your mold population can start feeding on it. Furthermore, the lemon and lime juices will force the mold to lose its grip on your intestinal walls, as it acts like a cleaning agent for your intestinal walls.

I've been drinking this homemade soda for a few days now and absolutely love it. For someone who can't drink alcohol, or any flavored beverage on the market, I get pretty bummed every so often drinking nothing but water and fruit juice. Fruit juice is good in moderation, but can be too sweet and contribute to mold overgrowth.

Enjoy your new homemade soda - and if you have other homemade recipes, let me know! Another homemade soda option is a type of root beer - but the process is a lot more intense, and requires a lot of ingredients. That being said, I'll try and tackle this project if only for another reason to post to this blog.

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