Despite its concerns about the risk posed by artificial sweeteners, CSPI says consumers
who drink soda are still probably better off drinking diet soda than sugar - sweetened soda, which poses the greater and demonstrable risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, gout, tooth decay, and other health problems.
Studies have found that people
who drink soda weigh more, and you tend to eat more during the day if you drink soft drinks.
A study from the University of Miami found that those who had a daily diet soda habit had a 61 percent increased risk of «cardiovascular event,» including heart attack and stroke, than
those who drank no soda — even when factors such as smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and diet were controlled.
Not exact matches
In a study that ran from 1979 to 1996, researchers found from a sample of nearly 750 people age 65 or older, that those
who drank diet
soda on a daily basis had a 70 % greater increase in waist size than people
who drank it less regularly or not at all.
People
who drink a lot of
soda also tend to engage in other unhealthy behaviors as well, such as smoking, not exercising, and eating less healthily overall.
Lana Turner was a film actress and sex symbol
who was «discovered» while
drinking soda at a diner counter.
And to make matters worse, another study revealed that daily diet
soda drinkers grow about two - and - a-half more inches of belly fat each decade than those
who don't
drink the stuff.
It's appropriate and appealing for kids and grown ups alike, and it's a rare non - seltzer / coffee /
soda option for those of us
who don't
drink
For those that find it difficult to break the habit of
drinking soda or sweet tea, and
who also don't care for plain water, I wanted to offer some healthier alternatives....
The National Soft
Drink Producers Association, which includes Coca - Cola Femsa SAB and Arca Continental SAB, Latin America's biggest Coca - Cola bottlers, estimates that a 1 peso per - liter
soda tax would result in the loss of 20,000 jobs, from workers
who cut sugar cane to those in factories.
These are Little League kids and families of 10 teams
who are going to be staying in Livermore, eating pizza,
drinking soda, being kids.»
The parents
who allow their young children to
drink soda daily, in unlimited quantities, instead of as an occasional treat.
The study found that women
who drank at least one
soda a day had a 25 % lower chance of getting pregnant.
Men
who drank at least one
soda a day saw a 33 % reduction in fertility.
What do you suggest to do with a kiddo
who if left to his own devices, will go for the less healthy stuff (he always only
drank water, juice very diluted but only on occasion and he never really cared for juice anyway but now wants lemonade or even
soda.
Nutrition activists have been trying since 1994 to get soft
drinks and junk food out of the reach of kids such as Vincent,
who may find snacks and
soda for sale in their cafeteria, vending machines and school stores.
Even my Chinese - American husband
who grew up devouring delicious and healthy homemade Chinese food made by both parents at virtually all meals, still
drank soda, gobbled down Twinkies, and ate at McDonald's.
It is a shame about the 700 people
who lost their jobs over these articles, now go feed your kids hot dogs and let them
drink soda.
Now, however, there are no longer any kids in our schools
who ever had access to
soda or junky
drinks at school; the last of those kids graduated a year or two ago.
Studies have proven that eating family meals together during adolescence led to adults
who ate more fruit, dark eco-friendly and orange vegetables and key nutrients, and
drank less
sodas.
These
drinks seemed like a good compromise at the time, given that we were dealing with a student population
who had believed since 6th grade that getting
soda at school was their «right.»
Kids
who won't
drink regular milk will often
drink flavored milk, they say, arguing flavored milks are better choices than
sodas.
Those of us
who have access to fluoridated water, toothbrushes, and dental care don't usually think of severe dental disease as a consequence of
drinking sodas.
Individuals and organizations
who accept sponsorship from
soda companies, for example, can hardly be expected to advise the public to
drink less
soda.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg,
who tried — and failed — to ban over-sized
sodas in the Big Apple, and provided millions of dollars to support successful
soda - tax initiatives in Mexico and Berkeley, Calif., is now backing a campaign to pass a sugary -
drinks tax in Philadelphia.
People
who drank vodka with a diet mixer had breath alcohol levels 18 percent higher than when they
drank alcohol with full - calorie
soda.
Studies show that people
who drink sugar - free
sodas can lose more weight than those
who drink regular
sodas, but some nutritionists worry that catering to the body's craving for sweets will only increase the appetite for them.
According to the new research published in the journal Stroke, people
who drank at least one diet
soda every day maintained nearly three times the risk of suffering from stroke or dementia.
Young girls
who regularly
drink sodas and other sweetened beverages may have their first menstrual period at a younger age, new research indicates.
Diet
sodas can be no more than 25 percent of the items offered, the directive says.There should be «ample choices» of water, «soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or non dairy milk,» says the directive, which also covers fat and sugar content in vending machine snacks.It's all part of Newsom's effort to combat obesity and improve San Franciscans» health, similar to a national effort being championed by first lady Michelle Obama.The mayor's administration points to studies linking
soda to obesity, including a UCLA one released last year that found adults
who drink at least one soft
drink a day are 27 percent more likely to be obese than those
who don't, and that
soda consumption is fueling the state's $ 41 billion annual obesity problem.
Soda: A 2012 study revealed that women
who drank three or more
sodas a day had a 52 percent lower likelihood of getting pregnant than those
who drank none.
Women
who consumed two cans or more of non-diet
soda per day were more than twice as likely to develop gout as women
who rarely
drank soda, the study found.
There are many people
who drink a lot of acid - producing
soda and coffee to start the day, which dehydrates the body and drains your energy.
They found that those
who drank the most sugary
soda had shorter telomeres.
According to a new study in Pediatrics, teenagers
who are more active in sports and other physical activities are more likely than their less - active peers to quench their thirst with sports
drinks, while teens
who spend a lot of time watching TV or playing video games tend to
drink more
soda.
Many people
who drink diet
soda are trying to lose (or keep off) weight by eating healthier, and they may turn to the sweetness of diet
soda for comfort as they scale back on sugar, carbohydrates, and other satisfying foods — much like a heroin addict
who steps down to Oxycontin, Dr. Urschel says.
Although her observations are admittedly unscientific, Hedberg says that people
who drink a lot of diet
soda tend to experience nausea (and sometimes even vomiting) one to two days after arriving at the retreat, whereas coffee drinkers typically just get headaches.
Many people
who chain -
drink diet
soda may be caffeine addicts
who simply prefer
soda to coffee or energy
drinks, though diet
soda doesn't provide much of a kick by comparison.
Men
who drank sugary beverages, including
sodas and fruit juice, had a risk of prostate cancer 88 percent greater than those
who never
drank the beverages.
Sugary
drinks can hurt: Women
who consume at least one sugary
soda a day have a 63 percent greater chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than those
who don't, according to a Harvard study.
People
who eat fast food, processed food, commercial seasonings, commercial salad dressings, ramen noodles, sugar - free gum, artificially sweetened
sodas and
drinks, and many other products are consuming two very common neurotoxins that food manufacturers love, but the human body hates:
I have met, and know, many people
who never
drink water always coffee or
soda.
(And obese people
who drink diet
soda, stay obese....)
The majority of people
who drink them to lose weight are unsuccessful, and most epidemiological evidence and some clinical evidence has linked diet
soda intake to increased obesity, even irrespective of caloric intake.
Furthermore, those
who drank two or more diet
sodas a day had a 500 percent greater increase in waist size!ii
In fact, diet
soda makes you fatter than people
who drink regular
soda.
Again, your elementary logic is the equivalent to thinking all vegan diets are unhealthy because you studied vegans
who ate donuts and chocolate chip cookies all day while
drinking soda and Kool - Aid.
I would think as people stay in NK
who are extremely IR they would tend to vary their diet and
drink sodas, thus kicking them out of Ketosis without realizing by being complacent.
In Eat Your Feelings, Lindsey Smith, the Food Mood Girl, will look at ways to eat healthy food based on what people tend to crave the most during heightened emotional states, introducing recipes with crunchy, cheesy, creamy, sweet, and salty themes and
drink alternatives for those
who tend to chug
soda or coffee when all worked up.
In one study, people
who drank two or more diet
sodas a day experienced waist size increases that were six times greater than those of people
who didn't
drink diet
soda.