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3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda
By David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding
January 24, 2012
Health Experts Main
烤糍粑Eat This, Not That
by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding
America has a drinking problem. No, not booze. I'm talking about soft drinks. According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation, the average American guzzles 44.7 gallons of the sweet stuff every year. Not sure what 44.7 gallons looks like? It's about what you'd need to fill a small kiddie pool.
But the truth is, you don't need me to tell you that soda isn't healthy. We all know that America’s drink of choice contributes to our country's ever-expanding obesity problem. But, writer Leah Zerbe discovered, love handles are just the beginning. Read on for her report on three shocking soda facts that will have you saying “Just water, plea” from now on.
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Shocking Soda Fact #1: Soda fattens up your organs
A recent Danish study revealed that drinking non-diet soda leads to dramatic increas in dangerous hard-to-detect fats. Rearchers asked participants to drink either regular soda, milk containing the same amount of calories as regular soda, diet cola, or water every day for six months. The results? Total fat mass remained the same across all beverage-consuming groups, but regular-soda drinkers experienced dramatic increas i
n harmful hidden fats, including liver fat and skeletal fat. The regular-soda group also experienced an 11 percent increa in cholesterol compared to the other groups! And don’t think switching to diet varieties will save you from harm: Artificial sweeteners and food dyes have been linked to brain cell damage and hyperactivity, and rearch has shown that people who drink diet soda have a higher risk of developing diabetes.
苏轼苏辙FIX IT WITH FOOD: The average American drinks 450 calories a day. By switching to water as your go-to beverage, you'll make room in your diet for the 小班画画40 Foods with Superpowers—foods that, even in moderation, can strengthen your heart, fortify your bones, and boost your metabolism so you can lo weight more quickly.
Shocking Soda Fact #2: Soda contains flame retardants
五年级语文Some popular soda brands, including Mountain Dew, u brominated vegetable oil—a toxic flame retardant—to keep the artificial flavoring from parating from the rest of the liquid. This hazardous ingredient—sometimes listed as BVO on soda and sports drinks—can cau bromide poisoning symptoms like skin lesions and memory loss, as well as ne鞠躬尽瘁造句
rve disorders. If that’s not a good enough reason not to “Do the Dew,” I don’t know what is. (We reveal more insidious ingredients hiding onsupermarket shelves in the 15 Scariest Food Additives梦见钻石).
DRINK DISASTERS: Soda isn’t the only dubious drink you have to watch out for. Many bottled beverages pack enough sugar and calories to foil your get-fit plans in one fell sip. Protect yourlf by avoiding the 11 Worst Beverages in the Supermarket!
Shocking Soda Fact #3: Drinking soda makes you a lab rat
Many American soda brands are sweetened with high-fructo corn syrup, a heart-harming man-made compound derived mainly from genetically engineered corn. The problem? Genetically engineered ingredients have only been in our food chain since the 1990s, and we don't know their long-term health impacts becau the corporations that developed the crops never had to test them for long-term safety. Ca in point: Some recent findings suggest that genetically engineered crops are linked to digestive tract damage, accelerated aging, and even infertility!
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