Soda, Pop, soft drink, Diet and Regular…No matter
where your from or where you live there is only one meaning to this high sugary
beverage. We all know when dieting or eating healthy pop/soda should be
avoided. They are full of sugar and high in calories. Not to mention all those
other chemicals and dyes that are in them such as carbonated water, high
fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, artificial
and natural flavors, sodium benzoate (preservative), caffeine. Soda can be addicting and most people drink
more than one can or bottle a day. According to the Huff Post “This week, researchers from the Harvard School of Public
Health found that drinking just one sugar-sweetened beverage a day was
associated with a 20 percent bump in a man's risk of having a heart attack over
a 22-year period. What's more, that risk increased along with the amount of
sugary drinks consumed -- even after researchers controlled for other factors
like family history, tobacco use and BMI”.
Recently studies have found that diet sodas are no good either. In fact,it
has a negative effect on heart attack and stroke: a separate study of 2,600 adults found that those who drank diet
soda regularly were 40 percent more likely to have a heart attack or stroke
according to the Nurses' Health Study.So
your best bet would be water.
I couldn't agree more. I gave up soda-pop a few years ago. Though I do drink a lot of tap water, I also drink a lot of seltzer water; 0 calories, 0 sugars or artificial sugars, and 0 sodium.
ReplyDeleteI mostly try to drink water as much as possible. I do drink pop, but not that often. I always heard that drinking diet pop isn't as good as what people think it is or does for them.
ReplyDeleteI hate drinking anything other than pop but I need to quit. I've been trying to drink less of it. Those little packets you put in water (Crystal Lite) make it easier to drink some water. I'm not sure if they are that much better than pop but I'm guessing it is.
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