What Are We Really Drinking?
Soda is truly worthless to your body. It has absolutely no nutritional value. Soda is filled with sugar and calories and nothing else. Even diet sodas, low to no calories and sugar, don’t have any redeeming virtues, nutritionally. Healthy drinks, on the other hand, have vitamins and minerals the body can use. Even plain water can rehydrate your body without adding extra calories to your diet (Oz).
What’s the single biggest source of calories for Americans? White bread? Mcdonalds? Actually, try soda. The average American drinks about two cans of the stuff every day. "But I drink diet soda,"a one might say. "With no calories or sugar, it’s the perfect alternative. . . Right?" No not really.(Oz) Most diet sodas are lower in calories than regular soda because they don’t use regular sugar. The problem here is the artificial sweeteners. As your body gets “tricked” by the sugar substitute, you crave more food and become familiar to overeating in order to feel satisfied. Artificial sweeteners are more than 100 times sweeter than natural table sugar – this is cause for concern since naturally sweet foods, like fruits, won’t seem as sweet to a desensitized palate. (Oz)
Dr. Oz. (2012, Feb 24) 5 Diet Myths Making You Gain Weight Retrieved from http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-diet-myths-making-you-gain-weight
What’s the single biggest source of calories for Americans? White bread? Mcdonalds? Actually, try soda. The average American drinks about two cans of the stuff every day. "But I drink diet soda,"a one might say. "With no calories or sugar, it’s the perfect alternative. . . Right?" No not really.(Oz) Most diet sodas are lower in calories than regular soda because they don’t use regular sugar. The problem here is the artificial sweeteners. As your body gets “tricked” by the sugar substitute, you crave more food and become familiar to overeating in order to feel satisfied. Artificial sweeteners are more than 100 times sweeter than natural table sugar – this is cause for concern since naturally sweet foods, like fruits, won’t seem as sweet to a desensitized palate. (Oz)
Dr. Oz. (2012, Feb 24) 5 Diet Myths Making You Gain Weight Retrieved from http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-diet-myths-making-you-gain-weight