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Teach Every Child About Food
We have a huge food problem here in America when the top several “killers” are food-related. The good news is that we can do something about it. Jamie Oliver gives a motivating talk at TED2010:
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San Francisco Bans Some Sodas from Vending Machines
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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has banned several kinds of sugar laden, unhealthy drinks from vending machines on city properties. Included on the banned list are non-diet sodas, sport drinks and artificially sweetened water. Juice must be 100 percent fruit with no added sweeteners. Additionally, diet soda may only comprise up to 25% of the
Diet Soda Shown to Cause Premature Births
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If the normal health consequences of drinking diet soda weren’t bad enough, now pregnant mothers need to watch their intake in addition to all of the other foods and substances they are told to abstain from. Researchers studied over 59,000 Danish pregnant women from 1996 to 2002. The women were evaluated during their pregnancy via
10 Reasons Diet Soda Should Not Be Your Friend
about 1 month ago - No comments
Kristin has a great post over on her blog titled 10 Reasons Diet Soda Should Not Be Your Friend and is a good overview as to why soda, even diet soda, is unhealthy for you. Thanks Kristin!
First All Natural, Zero Calorie Soda Replacement
about 1 year ago - No comments
All natural soda replacements are on the way! Zevia, which uses stevia as a sugar replacement, uses 100% natural flavors. I doubt it will taste exactly like “real” or even diet soda, but it does pose a good alternative to those addicted to the can. Zevia is being introduced in six flavors: ZEVIA Natural Cola,
Is Soda The New Tobacco?
about 1 year ago - No comments
Has pop gone flat? Interesting article over at The Wichita Eagle. “I believe soda is the next tobacco,” said Barry Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina’s Interdisciplinary Obesity Center and author of “The World Is Fat,” published this year. Soda drinkers haven’t achieved pariah status like smokers before them, but proposed sugar taxes
Diet Blog – Steps to Break A Soda Habit
about 1 year ago - No comments
Here is a great post on the Diet Blog on how to quit your soda habit. Take baby steps. If you drink four sodas per day, replace two with an alternative today. Make alternatives slowly. Start with diet soda, then switch to flavored water. Once you’ve gotten comfortable with this routine, replace your other sodas
Drinking Lots of Soda Can Make Your Muscles Weak, According To New Study
about 1 year ago - No comments
A steady, litres-per-day diet of colas can cause serious muscle problems, doctors warned in a study Tuesday. A review of clinical cases showed that super-sized doses of soft drinks loaded with processed sugars and caffeine can cause potassium levels in the blood to plummet, giving rise to a condition known as hypokalaemia. Small changes in
What Happens To Your Body When You Drink A Soda?
about 2 years ago - No comments
So, what happens to your body when you drink a soda? This insightful article from Healthbolt gives you a good idea of what happens from the sudden infusion of high fructose corn syrup and other chemicals: In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t
