The following is the opinion of the author and in no way should be viewed as law, fact, or otherwise authoritative. Let's dive in, shall we?

I have nothing against sugar - Really! I'm quite fond of the stuff. But everything in moderation, right? I mean.... Right??
To think that we are going to ever eliminate sugar from our palettes completely is a bit unrealistic, if you ask me. It's here to stay, and quite frankly - it's yum.

Having said that... Mountain Dew, have you no shame?

When a child comes to my Sugar Shack window for a Mountain Dew, here is my reply:
"Which flavor? We have five."

Giant, internal, grimace. Dreemie looks around for Cone of Shame. Five flavors of Mountain Dew. This is what we're currently supplying to young, growing, marginally healthy bodies.

• Mountain Dew Ice: basically tastes like Sprite (with a lot of sugar and caffeine)
• Mountain Dew original: soda with just a hint of antifreeze (and a ton of sugar and caffeine)
• Mountain Dew Voltage: basically a liquid blue raspberry lollipop (with a crap ton of sugar and caffeine)
• Mountain Dew Baja Blast: its the prettiest shade of green. (with a hella ton of sugar and caffeine)
• Mountain Dew Code Red:  I'm sorry.  Is the name not warning enough? 

And so. In conclusion... I hope that it's not going to be an issue when I restock my Sugar Shack and forget all about Mountain Dew. I simply cannot. CANNOT, I tells ya. All images by Hive account@dreemsteem