Title: Soda making Americans drink themselves fat
GutterRat - September 19, 2007 05:24 PM (GMT)
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CNN) -- If you're searching for a villain in America's obesity epidemic, most nutritionists tell you to put one picture on the wanted poster: a cold, bubbly glass of soda pop.
Liquid candy" to detractors, sweetened soft drinks are so ubiquitous that they contribute about 10 percent of the calories in the American diet, according to government data.
In fact, said Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard endocrinologist whose 2001 paper in the Lancet is widely cited by obesity researchers, sweetened drinks are the only specific food that clinical research has directly linked to weight gain.
"Highly concentrated starches and sugars promote overeating, and the granddaddy of them all is sugar-sweetened beverages," said Ludwig, who runs the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital in Boston. |
clayman - September 19, 2007 07:20 PM (GMT)
Honey - September 19, 2007 07:49 PM (GMT)
Ok...diet pops are WORSE than regular pops, IMO. I tasted a diet pop one time and nearly :puke: d. I'll stick with my green tea & water. B)
andiesmama - September 19, 2007 08:27 PM (GMT)
Can't drink diet, the artifical sweeteners give me a headache......... :wall: :sick:
And I VERY rarely drink regular soda anymore, maybe MAYBE when I'm PMS-ing.
Keneke - September 20, 2007 03:21 AM (GMT)
I'll do diet every once in a while and will drink regular coke when my stomach is unhappy. Other than that it's water, coffee in the morning and some tea whenever I want.
clayman - September 20, 2007 05:44 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Honey @ Sep 19 2007, 01:49 PM) |
| Ok...diet pops are WORSE than regular pops, IMO. I tasted a diet pop one time and nearly :puke: d. I'll stick with my green tea & water. B) |
Of course it made you :puke: It was :pepsi:
andiesmama - September 20, 2007 11:54 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (clayman @ Sep 20 2007, 01:44 AM) |
| QUOTE (Honey @ Sep 19 2007, 01:49 PM) | | Ok...diet pops are WORSE than regular pops, IMO. I tasted a diet pop one time and nearly :puke: d. I'll stick with my green tea & water. B) |
Of course it made you :puke: It was :pepsi:
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:happy:
I mean......... :slap: :P
Stringaling - September 20, 2007 01:27 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (GutterRat @ Sep 19 2007, 12:24 PM) |
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| QUOTE | CNN) -- If you're searching for a villain in America's obesity epidemic, most nutritionists tell you to put one picture on the wanted poster: a cold, bubbly glass of soda pop.
Liquid candy" to detractors, sweetened soft drinks are so ubiquitous that they contribute about 10 percent of the calories in the American diet, according to government data.
In fact, said Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard endocrinologist whose 2001 paper in the Lancet is widely cited by obesity researchers, sweetened drinks are the only specific food that clinical research has directly linked to weight gain.
"Highly concentrated starches and sugars promote overeating, and the granddaddy of them all is sugar-sweetened beverages," said Ludwig, who runs the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital in Boston. |
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Well, duh! :doh:
Do't drink your caliries!!!
I'm with Clay--I drink diet!! :)