Big pop may not be the best choice

Polar Pop is evil.
The beverage only offered at the convenience store chain, Circle K, and now Kangaroo Express, should not be on the market or on the Earth.
I sometimes wonder, how many can an individual consume before he or she kicks the bucket? Every time I see one of those I am filled with great scorn for the product and its contents. Though the price is tempting, it doesn’t mean the beverage is great.
When I first came to Portland, I didn’t know what Polar Pop was. Someone told me it was the best thing ever, saying “most stores sell soda for more than what they’re worth but at Circle K one can get a 32-ounce container of any beverage for less than a dollar.”
She must have known I was on a budget and an individual who enjoys trying new things, so I made a conscious decision to purchase a Polar Pop at the thrifty price of 79 cents, plus tax.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have bought the tea and purchased soda instead. After so long, I couldn’t bear to drink the beverage any longer and felt as though I had been robbed 79 cents plus tax for the drink. Maybe I just don’t see the hype.
I read the nutrition facts of a 32-ounce Polar Pop filled with Mountain Dew. One could end up drinking 440 calories, consume 160 milligrams of sodium, 124 grams of sugar and swallow 124 grams of carbohydrates, 41 percent of the total daily value.
Let’s create a visual: one teaspoon of sugar is equal to four grams. If a beverage has 124 grams of sugar the person drinking it is consuming 31 teaspoons of the sweetener. It takes 48 teaspoons to make one cup. That means the beverage being guzzled by whoever bought it might as well eat three-fourths a cup of sugar since he or she is only 5 teaspoons away from that amount. Why not replace the container full of soda or tea with water?
Not only is it bad for the body, Polar Pop containers are bad for the environment. The Styrofoam cup is meant to keep the beverage colder for longer. Styrofoam is one of the least biodegradable products on the planet. According to sciencelearn.org, it takes up to “500 years to forever” for the container to break down.
A few weeks ago, I was walking the Trail of Trees at Hudson Family Park. It was a beautiful fall evening but it was ruined with all the Polar Pop containers people threw on the ground. At the time, I had to have seen more than 10 of them. Most have been picked up now, but Wednesday evening I still found some. Maybe there need to be more trash cans in the area to prevent residents from littering.
I believe Circle K meant well when it created the product (not really), but it does no living thing any good. The company profits from the destruction of God’s earth and mankind.
We all like our sweets and I believe everyone has littered. However, more individuals should consider how much the body can take and how much the planet can endure. Now, maybe calling Polar Pop “evil” was extreme, but it certainly isn’t heavenly.
I don’t care if someone reads this column and is upset because I have said contemptible things about their precious Polar Pop, but when a single product does so much damage is it OK to say it is good?
Think before you drink.