...is why I am here to help open your mind to see how harmful the soda can be to your body. One: Soda has high fructose corn syrup. Two: Diet coke is worse than regular coke. Three: Soda is very high in calories. My first reason is because many sodas contain high fructose corn syrup which is harmful to your body. First of all soft drinks with high fructose corn syrup contributes to the development of diabetes, mostly in young children. It can also cause tissue damage which could cause you to get diseases; high fructose corn syrup can also cause obesity. Soda can also raise your blood sugar along with bad cholesterol and make it more likely to have a heart attack. My second reason is about the type of sodas and why soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc.) that claim they are diet is even more unhealthy for you. First of all diet coke is worse for you than regular soda. diet coke can make you become at risk of diabetes and cause obesity. If you drink one can of diet soda a day you have more of a chance to of developing metabolic syndrome than those who drink none at all. Diet coke also contains more calories than regular sodas all together. My third reason is soda (regular or diet) is high in calories along with sugar/carbohydrates. All sodas have highs and lows in two things sugar and calories. Regular soda is higher in calories than in sugar and diet soda is high in sugar than in calories. The reason people may get high blood sugar while drinking soda is because...
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...The differences between Regular and Diet soda When drinking soda whether it be regular or diet, did you ever wonder which one was healthier? To help you understand a little better I chose two types of fountain drinks; Mountain Dew and Diet. With this information it should open your eyes to what diabetics go through on a day to day basis. Did you ever wonder why it is so important that diabetics drink diet and never regular? Well, the reason they drink it is because it has less sugar. In diet there is absolutely no sugars compared to regular. In comparison regular contains forty-six grams of sugar, which is a lot for a diabetic to intake. Although they have to count their sugar intake they also have to watch how many carbohydrates they ingest. With diet there is zero total carbs as to regular that has forty-six grams of total carbs, which turns into sugar as the body breaks it down. Although both taste great and many prefer regular to diet, it’s not always the healthier choice. Regular has many sugars that can actually damage your teeth and organs, especially in diabetics. In both of these drinks there is fifty-four milligrams of a highly addictive substance called caffeine. While some caffeine in certain drinks like coffee and tea can be helpful to the body, the caffeine in soda however can hurt your body. When diabetics consume a lot of it in one sitting it reduces their insulin sensitivity, which their body doesn’t make enough of. It raises their blood sugar level to the...
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...economy and we should realize how bad it is. The obesity rate of America is more than two thirds of the American population. “Statistics say that America’s obesity rate and their poverty rate is almost similar”. Rich Hamburg, the deputy director of Trust for America’s Health comments, “It all comes down to level of physical activity and nutrition- how much are they getting, what kinds of calories are they consuming?” (“Poverty”). To prevent this, America should take action in making their country a healthier place. The country should tax unhealthy foods such as sodas for the people in order to be healthier and prevent obesity. There are many reasons to why America is the first country to have the most obese people in. Obesity rates have increased surprisingly, doubling the rate since the 1970s. This is also a very important case for children. About a quarter of 2 to 5 year olds are obese in America. Obesity is when your weight is 20% more than average weight, compared to your height. This can be called a disease. “Heart stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and different types of cancer can all be caused by just being obese” (“Obesity”). The Site-wide Navigation states that overweight people spend more on health care than the people with other health problems. Researchers have noticed huge lifestyle changes- Americans exercising less but still maintaining the same calorie intake. All these concerns make obesity a problem in America. Another reason why Americans might...
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...| Objectives: 1. Do Diet Sodas help you lose weight? 2. If so, how? If not, why? 3. Are there harmful side effects from ingredients in diet soda? Outline: * Type two diabetes * Metabolic syndrome * Risk of heart attack * Risk of stroke * Diet drinks have an effect that gets you addicted * Diet drinks does not help weight loss * Diet drinks makes you gain weight The beginning of diet sodas was in 1952. It was designed for diabetics, not dieters, and distribution remained local. In 1962, Dr Pepper released a diet version of its soda. In 1963, the Coca-Cola Company joined the diet soda market with Tab, which proved to be a huge success. Coca-Cola countered by releasing Diet Coke in 1982. After the release of Diet Coke, Tab took a backseat on the Coca-Cola production lines, because Diet Coke could be more easily identified by consumers as associated with Coca-Cola than Tab. By the early 1990s, a wide variety of different companies had their own diet sodas on supermarket shelves. By 2002, some soda companies had diversified to include such flavors as vanilla and lemon among their products, and diet sodas were soon being produced with those flavors as well. For example: Diet Vanilla Coke, and Diet Pepsi Vanilla. Although diet sodas are very tasty there are not healthy for you and does not help you lose weight. In fact it is said that diet sodas is a higher risk of obesity than drinking regular sodas. Diet sodas have ingredients such as citric...
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...| Objectives: 1. Do Diet Sodas help you lose weight? 2. If so, how? If not, why? 3. Are there harmful side effects from ingredients in diet soda? Outline: * Type two diabetes * Metabolic syndrome * Risk of heart attack * Risk of stroke * Diet drinks have an effect that gets you addicted * Diet drinks does not help weight loss * Diet drinks makes you gain weight The beginning of diet sodas was in 1952. It was designed for diabetics, not dieters, and distribution remained local. In 1962, Dr Pepper released a diet version of its soda. In 1963, the Coca-Cola Company joined the diet soda market with Tab, which proved to be a huge success. Coca-Cola countered by releasing Diet Coke in 1982. After the release of Diet Coke, Tab took a backseat on the Coca-Cola production lines, because Diet Coke could be more easily identified by consumers as associated with Coca-Cola than Tab. By the early 1990s, a wide variety of different companies had their own diet sodas on supermarket shelves. By 2002, some soda companies had diversified to include such flavors as vanilla and lemon among their products, and diet sodas were soon being produced with those flavors as well. For example: Diet Vanilla Coke, and Diet Pepsi Vanilla. Although diet sodas are very tasty there are not healthy for you and does not help you lose weight. In fact it is said that diet sodas is a higher risk of obesity than drinking regular sodas. Diet sodas have ingredients such as citric...
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...study completed at the University of Illinois it was discovered that many American adults are not getting enough vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium, and iron [in their daily diet]. Americans have a tendency to eat far more saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium than is normal or recommended” (Bushak). Things like fast food, soda, and sugar-based foods are replacing highly nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables in people’s diets. This is why it is important to be conscious of what food you put into your body alongside the benefits of good nutrition. Making sure to eat fruits and vegetables every day is extremely important because they offer lots of beneficial nutrients for our bodies to run properly. According to Webber, “It is recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to average 2 cups of fruit and 2½ cups of vegetables of fruits daily, with slight variations due to age and sex. This is not that hard to achieve, “however, it is found that most people are consuming less than half of what the USDA recommends” (Hellmich). Avoiding fruits and vegetables altogether might lead to a vitamin or mineral deficiency so people should never leave these out of their daily diets. “Minerals in...
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...sugary drinks Banning the size of soft drink is one way to reduce the sugar overload in a city. Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to reduce the obesity rates by banning the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters. Under his plan, all restaurants, fast-food joints, delis, movie theaters, sports stadiums, food carts and vending machine will be barred from selling sugar-sweetened drinks in cups larger than 16 ounces. He has called sugar-sweetened beverages a leading cause of obesity and says raising awareness simply isn’t enough anymore. “If we are serious about fighting obesity then we have to be honest about it and courageous about tackling it. We believe it is reasonable and responsible to draw a line.” Bloomberg stated According to statistics, Americans consume close to 50 billion liters of soda per year, which equates to about 216 liters, or about 57 gallons per person. That is a significant amount of sugar. However, it’s not just any sugar, but high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). High fructose corn syrup has become the number one source of calories in the United States, and it’s very clear that it is the primary cause of obesity. A peer-review study published in the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity. They found that 12 year olds who drank soft drinks regularly were more likely to be overweight than those who didn’t. And those who drink diet soda are just...
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...cities in America, Mayor Bloomberg should be taking on larger problems then taxing soda. Mayor Bloomberg should be worrying more about the unemployment rate, the high crime rate, and the other many problems that New York city is facing. It doesn’t make sense how a large cup of soda is concerning to a average New York city resident who is facing serious problems. People out there are facing real problems and taxing or removing large sodas won’t help any average New York City resident, so Mayor Bloomberg should focus more on the big picture Furthermore, how exactly will he tax or ban these drinks? The mayor wants to ban only large sodas but not diet soda, smoothies, and sugary juices. This is absolutely absurd, the mayor wants to ban one unhealthy product but not another for absolutely no reason. He proposed this law on his personal opinion that large sodas are unhealthy. He failed to consider that there are other drinks just as unhealthy and some even more unhealthy then soda. So it is not fair to target just one beverage simply because he thinks it’s a good idea. Moreover taxing or removing these large drinks may actually aggravate many people. There are many people out there that enjoy these large drinks so why take it away from them? Also many restaurants, delis, and arenas make a large profit from these large beverages, so taking them away would cut the profit of these organizations. This will also affect the large soda companies such as Pepsi and Coca...
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...In society today we face many health disorders due to what we ingest. As Marilu Henner says, “Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Along with this statement comes health related problems that we have to keep an eye out for. I have been told plenty of times before, “We are what we eat”. Statistics say that ⅔ of adults are overweight. One of the reasons this is the case is because of all the negative food possibilities our surroundings have to offer. Sugary drinks and energy drinks are favored more because of their taste and hype they have to them. Even...
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...the Soda Ban The debate today is the question of Soda in the State of Ney York and if it should be regulated. They are trying to ban soda drinks over 16 ounces in government facilities like the movie theaters. They want to put this law in to act so that obese people will ask themselves if they really need that much sugar and the mayor thinks that is going to help but I do not believe that it will be effective because they need to be promoting a healthier lifestyle and not banning certain size drinks which is ridiculous. According to “www.thehuffingtonpost.com,”they say it went in to action to help people that cant help themselves (Ponce). This is not correct because you are the only person in the end to tell yourself to cut back or stop drinking sugary drinks and eating fast food. Some people feel it is needed to make the obese person double question him or herself and maybe start working out. I do not agree with this because I feel that if someone wants to start working out and eating healthy, they will just do it, not have to be persuaded with smaller drinks. In the end it all comes down to if you yourself want it or not and that is just how it is. I also feel very strongly that something like food, soda, and water are similarly things that are not as serious as pharmaceutical pills, cigarettes, and alcohol although they are putting 70 grams of sugar in a extra large drink and that is insane. The government is trying to regulate things like how much soda can...
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...about soft drinks and calories in order to find out the relation of these products with the obesity problems we are having in our country, and how can they be resolved with the implementation of diets or strategies that will help the people. Source #1 “Hard News About Soft Drinks”. Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter 29.4 (2011): 4. MasterFILE Premier.Web. Quote: Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter 29.4 reports, “ In a study of 2,564 people, average age 69, over about nine years, drinking diet soda daily was associated with the 60% higher rate of stroke, heart attack and death from cardiovascular causes. Even after adjusting for other factors linked to heart disease, diet-soda drinkers remained at 48% greater risk” (Hard). Annotation: This article was made by the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter which is a very popular place and well known by their studies of health, nutrition and other things related with people. The article was available and accessible in the HCC databases and was recently written on the year 2011. I choose this article because it is very rich in information about the topic I’m researching which is soft drinks and their bad effects that it causes on humans. “Hard News About Soft Drinks”, talks about the risks of consuming soft drinks, especially those diet sodas that we think they are better for us but they end up having worse effects on our bodies and health. In this research paper I wanted to cover soft drinks in general...
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...When was a time when you came home with a candy or pop that the school did not let you eat or drink. That is why schools should let us have junk food. In schools they have been not letting us have candy and pop. Not all schools though. Some schools do let students have candy.Lets see some reasons why. The first thing is students and schools can make healthier choices. The first thing is that schools can help by making class more fun and active so they can help lose weight. If you remove unhealthy choices students will bring them to school either way. Banding unhealthy things makes students think you don’t trust them.That is how students and schools help with weight. Don’t blame foods high on calories because kids eat them to much. The first...
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...FOODS YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT Foods that Make You Fat and Destroy Your Health Page | 1 Copyright ©2010 Eat Healthy Secrets ISBN XXXXXXXX All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Printed in the United States of America Page | 2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................5 THE DANGER OF PROCESSED FOODS ......................................................................8 REFINED SUGAR IS POISON ......................................................................................12 THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT .............................................................................................27 WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ..................................32 WATCH OUT FOR ASPARTAME .................................................................................40 AVOID MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ..........................................................................55 OTHER FOOD ADDITIVES YOU SHOULD AVOID ......................................................62 THE PROBLEM WITH BREAKFAST CEREALS ..........................................................73 THE PROBLEM WITH DIET SODAS ......................................................................
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...Ban Candy and Soda Now Based on the article,”Should Candy and Soda be Banned from Schools?” by Tom Vilsack and J.Justin Wilson,makes me think that giving student access to eat and drink soda in campus will not only hurt the way students need to eat but it will also hurt our environment.Many students love to eat candy and drink soda but if we take action by banning candy and soda the environment would not look messy by the rappers.Take action now because later when students get comfortable with bringing candy and soda, there are going to be students selling the items to other students.Letting the students eat candy and soda is practically saying that the school and administration don’t care about your weight.It's like saying if the government...
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...Chapter 1 Introduction History of Carbonated Soft Drinks: In the late 18th century, scientists made important progress in replicating naturally carbonated mineral waters. In 1767, Englishman Joseph Priestley first discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide to make carbonated water when he suspended a bowl of distilled water above a beer vat at a local brewery in Leeds, England. His invention of carbonated water (also known as soda water) is the major and defining component of most soft drinks. Priestley found that water treated in this manner had a pleasant taste, and he offered it to his friends as a refreshing drink. In 1772, Priestley published a paper entitled Impregnating Water with Fixed Air in which he describes dripping oil of vitriol (or sulfuric acid as it is now called) onto chalk to produce carbon dioxide gas, and encouraging the gas to dissolve into an agitated bowl of water. Another Englishman, John Mervin Nooth, improved Priestley's design and sold his apparatus for commercial use in pharmacies. Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman invented a generating apparatus that made carbonated water from chalk by the use of sulfuric acid. Bergman's apparatus allowed imitation mineral water to be produced in large amounts. Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius started to add flavors (spices, juices, and wine) to carbonated water in the late eighteenth century. Thomas Henry, an apothecary from Manchester, was the first to sell artificial mineral water to the general...
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