I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately on nutrition and health, I’m a bit of a fanatic about what I put into my body, and I thought to share an article that caught my eye. I won’t go into the conspiracy theory that news like this couldn’t be published in the US, but I don’t believe our free media wants to share.
This article sites a study that watched the diets of 45,000 women and found regular consumption of soft drinks substantially increased the risk of type 2 diabetes. A more in depth study was done by Boston University The researchers from Boston University found that drinking two or more soft drinks a day, such as sugary fizzy drinks and some types of fruit juice, increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 24 per cent, compared with drinking less than one soft drink a month. Further it was discovered that those who drank more than two fruit drinks a day had a 31 percent increased risk. Grapefruit and orange juice were not linked to type 2 diabetes
Two fruit drinks a day can increase risk of diabetes by a third - Scotsman.com News
Favorite Youtube nutritionist agrees
This is an unpopular subject, so many people are addicted to one form of hydration or another. I’ve discovered that you have to drink about 1.3 times as much soda to stay as hydrated as drinking just water. The study suggests diet soda’s as an alternative but I have serious problems drinking something with ingredients invented in a lab.
Avoiding type 2 diabetes and other health maladies is not for everyone (and I don’t want to be preachy) but it’s made a major difference in my life.
August 16th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Thank you Claudious. I need to seriously consider this as I am already diabetic and even the classes I took never mentioned this about diet sodas. What were they thinking? I have become addicted to them, drinking at least two to three bottle during work and about three cans at home afterwards. I just bought a Brita water filter for the apartment; sink water is NOT worth drinking unless I do. I developed kidney stones from years of drinking this stuff. My urologist couldn’t figure out why until he tested the water. It was full of grit and stuff that was settling in the old kidneys and I’ve been living here for almost 30 years. Never did understand why my iced tea was always cloudy. Go figure. Thanks for showing me the way, dude. You rock!
August 16th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Thank you Carolyn, this is a really hard kind of post to make, and I could probably try to do it more gracefully. Nutrition has become a bit of a hobbie of mine and as I learn more and more about how our diets over the last 30 years have affected us, it makes it hard not to share. I’ve heard a lot about how juice drinks are a suitable substitute for your daily fruit servings, but I’ve learned that it’s simply a fantasy.
Thank you for pointing out that water filter, I hadn’t thought that “water is good” needs to be filtered also to keep the mineral deposits down. (That’s some pretty thick water!)
August 19th, 2008 at 10:48 am
we’re water people — oddly, it’s cheaper AND healthier than what we could buy to drink! even my kids don’t care for soda much. just like when i was growing up, it’s for special occasions and that’s it!