Thank you Aaron,
You are indeed a man for the people.
I can attest to the body damage a couple of these items cause being a reformed soda drink-a-holic, mainly cola's etc. I used to drink several cans a day and at my worst when I was younger, litres a day. Within a few short weeks of stopping the daily intake of these types of drinks, my moods, temperature, blood pressure and weight were all improved vastly. They had a huge impact on blood pressure - I dropped nearly 40 points in systolic and 30 points in diastolic readings in 6 weeks. (it may in fact have been quicker, however I gave them up prior to surgery - thanks Mum, and only got checked on the morning of the surgery, 6 weeks after I first stopped 'using').
Thanks for providing the helpful links, what a legend!
NZ Chris