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Summer and Soft Drinks
by Dennis Buckley
The PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE June 2007 volume 1
SUMMER AND SOFT DRINKS by Dennis Buckley, DC
June is here and that means the start of summer. I'm sure many of you remember your summers as a child and after play or hard work we were rewarded with an ice cold soft drink. Augh!!! It hit the spot and you wanted another, and another. It tasted so good! Unfortunately we may be paying a price for gulping down those beverages in mass quantity especially if we still are consuming them. With summer here and hot weather a common phenomena is wearing less clothes. But with the growing American waist line perhaps we would be more comfortable being hot than covering up our extra pounds. So what do we do? We are hot so we reach for . . . . . . . . . ..
Recently a study from The American Public Health Association (APHA) which highlighted a report from the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) titled, "Liquid Candy," showed that carbonated soft drinks are the largest source of calories in the American diet.
Beverage companies manufacture enough soda pop to provide more than 52 gallons to every man, woman and child in the United States. This review from the APHA showed a clear association between consumption of non-diet soft drinks and increased calorie intake and body weight. People who drank more soda pop also consumed more calories from other sources. Instead of satisfying a sweet tooth, soft drinks do just the opposite.
This report raised the question that, "the possibility that soft drinks increase hunger, decrease satiety or simply calibrate people to a high level of sweetness that generalizes to preferences in other foods." People DO NOT compensate for the added calories they consume in soft drinks by reducing their intake of other foods.
The "most striking link" was between soft drink consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes. In a study of 91,249 women followed for eight years, those who consumed one or more soft drinks per day were twice as likely as those who consumed one per month to develop diabetes. "This alone warrants serious concern about soft drink intake, particularly in light of the unprecedented rise of type 2 diabetes among children.
Well if that's true, we'll just drink diet soft drinks.
Well you could do that but with the problems with Aspartane (Nutrasweet) and Sacharin (Sweet N Low) you need to also know this.
A study from a British University suggest that a common preservative found in soft drinks has the ability to switch off vital parts of our DNA which could lead to serious cell damage. The culprit is Sodium Benzoate, a preservative used for decades by the carbonated drink industry. It helps to prevent mold in soft drinks. It is also used in pickles and sauces.
An expert in ageing at Sheffield University in Britain, Professor Peter Piper (really his name) found that sodium benzoate damaged the "power station" of the cell, the mitochondria. This can make the cell malfunction and there are a whole host of diseases attached to this such as Parkinson's, and other "neuro-degenerative" diseases that attack the nervous system.
Dr. Piper say's, "the food industry will say these compounds have been tested and they are completely safe. By the criteria of modern safety testing, the safety tests were inadequate."
His concern is for the parents that buy soft drinks in ever increasing amounts for their children
So, an increase in soft drinks, regular and diet, may pose a serious health risk. Increased calorie consumption, decreased activity, diabetes, possible neurological damage and with looking and feeling worse, psychological problems, is it really worth it when there are so many great options.
Water and natural fruit juices can satisfy your thirst and your sweet tooth while being a benefit and not a hazard. This summer modify your liquid consumption and look and feel better.
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