| Study Shows Soda Consumption Packs on 15 Pounds a Year |
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| Soft Drinks - Soft Drinks 2006 |
| Written by Frank Mangano |
| Friday, 11 August 2006 21:14 |
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Folks, there's no doubt you've heard it all before: Soda isn’t good for you. I'm here to confirm that statement is absolutely correct! It’s void of nutrients and minerals, but chock-full of sugar, empty calories and high fructose corn syrup. A recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that it’s so bad for you that by guzzling just one extra can of soda per day can tack on 15 pounds in a year! Dr. Frank Hu and other researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health reviewed 30 different studies that spanned 40 years of research, studies that were long-term, short-term and intervention-based. The long-term studies showed that as the increase in soda consumption rose, so too did the rise in obesity. The short-term studies showed a positive energy balance that corresponded to weight gain from sugar-riddled sodas. The intervention-based studies followed groups of students who avoided consuming soda and matched those results with the results of students who drank soda regularly. Once again, there was a match between soda consumption and weight gain. Not surprisingly, the American Beverage Association believes the report and the growing siege on soft drinks misses the true problem, saying in a statement that it “defies common sense” to attack soft drinks as the root of the problem. They contend that a lack of exercise is one of many factors that contribute to the obesity epidemic. But by not addressing soda as the leading cause of obesity—which is what the research is suggesting, not as its sole cause—is a recipe for disaster. In an interview with MSNBC News, Dr. David Ludwig, who serves as the director of the obesity program at Boston Children’s Hospital, offered this illustrative question: “Could you imagine someone saying we should avoid the contribution of hypertension to heart attack because there are many causes? It’s ludicrous…There’s an overwhelmingly strong case for a causal relationship [between obesity and soft drinks].” And the causal relationship is furthered by the study’s research over the years regarding high amounts of added sugar in the American diet that seems to correspond to larger waistlines. Their findings show that nearly half (47 percent) of all added sugar in the diet comes from soda and the total consumption of added sugar increased 135 percent between 1977 and 2001! This increase marches in lock step with the overweight people in the United States over the past two decades, citing the World Health Organization’s estimates that say 64 percent of the country is overweight (130 million), and 30 percent of those are considered obese (between the ages of 20 and 74). Worldwide, one billion people are considered overweight, with 300 million of those considered obese. And according to a 2003 study by researchers from the University of North Carolina, soft drink consumption has increased worldwide, this after reviewing diet trends of 103 countries in 1962 and 127 countries in 2000. The difference between being obese and being overweight is determined by body mass index, which is done by entering a person’s weight in kilograms and a person’s height in meters into the BMI formula. Those over 30 BMI are considered to be obese, while those between 25 and 29 BMI are considered to be overweight. There is zero—none, nada, nil, zilch—reason soda should be in your diet. I think it's very sad but true that soda is the leading grocery item sold in America. If you haven’t made the switch to pure water, it’s not too late. I highly recommend you start today and never look back. Plenty of pure water consumption is essential in reaching a perfect state of health. Here’s a special F-R-E-E 38 page report titled, “The Best Natural Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure, Reduce Your Waistline and Take Back Your Health:”
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