Healthy Soda?

I've recently learned a little more about nutrition and sugars, thanks to "In Defense of Food", and I find myself thinking about sugar again. Not only sugar, but also high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).I usually drink diet soda, just because there is so much high fructose corn syrup in regular soda - its a little too much for me. Diet soda has problems of its own, but from what I'm learning and now feeling about HFCS, I'd rather face the dangers of artificial sweeteners.If I understand correctly, HFCS also has pure corn syrup mixed in with it, so its a combination of both glucose and fructose. Pure sugar, on the other hand, is sucrose, and is broken down into fructose and glucose during the digestion process. I think that while glucose is digested, fructose is processed by the liver, and if its not needed, it is turned into fat. Since kids love soda, its no wonder that many of them are becoming overweight.So what can we do about it? I'm curious that soda manufacturers don't provide alternative types of sugars in their soft drinks. Those types of sugars are more expensive to buy and mix, but I bet people would be willing to pay for it. I'm sure that there are some non-diet sodas that don't have high fructose corn syrup, and I bet that they are more expensive, but are the mass produced? If they are mass produced, the price would most likely go down.And as far as "healthy soda" goes, I recently tried Diet Coke plus again - its Diet Coke with vitamins. It was on sale, so I figured it was worth a shot. I can't really tell the difference, and I'm doubtful if the vitamins make any positive health impact, but its nice to know that the soda manufacturers are noticing that people want to consume healthy food.More information is available on the soda page in the Hungry Blogger wiki.