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Showing posts with label unhealthy: soft drinks. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Crazy things to do with Coca Cola
Crazy Things To Do With Coca Cola!
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Soda Helps Make Americans Unhealthy and Fat -- Will Soda Tax Prevail Despite Pushback by Beverage Industry?
Soda Helps Make Americans Unhealthy and Fat -- Will Soda Tax Prevail Despite Pushback by Beverage Industry?
By Christine Spolar and Joseph Eaton, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
November 10, 2009 Link to full article below
Washington lobbyists have been enjoying a multi-million-dollar sugar rush from the food industry.
Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against what they fear could be a burgeoning national movement to raise money for health care reform by taxing sweetened beverages.
During the first nine months of 2009, the industry groups stepped up their lobbying in Congress. They have spent more than $24 million on the issue of a national excise tax on sweetened beverages and on other legislative and regulatory issues, according to an examination of lobbying reports filed with the Senate Office of Public Records. The review shows that 21 companies and organizations reported that they lobbied specifically on the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – which among other things would include sodas, juice drinks and chocolate milk.
To read the full article: http://www.alternet.org/story/143841/
By Christine Spolar and Joseph Eaton, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
November 10, 2009 Link to full article below
Washington lobbyists have been enjoying a multi-million-dollar sugar rush from the food industry.
Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against what they fear could be a burgeoning national movement to raise money for health care reform by taxing sweetened beverages.
During the first nine months of 2009, the industry groups stepped up their lobbying in Congress. They have spent more than $24 million on the issue of a national excise tax on sweetened beverages and on other legislative and regulatory issues, according to an examination of lobbying reports filed with the Senate Office of Public Records. The review shows that 21 companies and organizations reported that they lobbied specifically on the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – which among other things would include sodas, juice drinks and chocolate milk.
To read the full article: http://www.alternet.org/story/143841/
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Overuse of energy drinks worries health pros
Overuse of energy drinks worries health pros
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
Link to full article below
NEW YORK — Health experts are sounding the alarm over the possible effects on young athletes of popular energy drinks such as Red Bull, the leading brand in a growing market.
High school and college athletes are increasingly consuming large quantities of these caffeine-loaded drinks to boost athletic performance or lose weight, said a dozen health experts at the SUNY Youth Sports Institute's first national symposium on energy drinks here this week.
But athletes who consume too many energy drinks could suffer from dehydration, tremors, heat stroke and heart attacks, the experts warned. Instead, they say, teen and adolescent athletes should drink water while training and playing — especially during hot and humid summer months.
To read the full article: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2009-07-01-Drinks_N.htm
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By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
Link to full article below
NEW YORK — Health experts are sounding the alarm over the possible effects on young athletes of popular energy drinks such as Red Bull, the leading brand in a growing market.
High school and college athletes are increasingly consuming large quantities of these caffeine-loaded drinks to boost athletic performance or lose weight, said a dozen health experts at the SUNY Youth Sports Institute's first national symposium on energy drinks here this week.
But athletes who consume too many energy drinks could suffer from dehydration, tremors, heat stroke and heart attacks, the experts warned. Instead, they say, teen and adolescent athletes should drink water while training and playing — especially during hot and humid summer months.
To read the full article: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2009-07-01-Drinks_N.htm
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Warning: Your Soft Drinks and Favorite Snacks
Warning: Your Soft Drinks and Favorite Snacks
May be Loaded With Toxic Mercury
by www.SixWise.com
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sugar in many processed foods, and is now found in soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, breads, cereals, lunch meats, soup, condiments, yogurt and much, much more.
The sweetener, which has been linked to everything from obesity and accelerated bone loss to increased levels of triglycerides, has gotten bad press before, but perhaps none as alarming as that from two new studies.
After testing samples of commercial HFCS, researchers found nearly half of the samples contained mercury.
To read the full article: http://www.sixwise.com/Newsletters/2009/April/01/Warning-Your-Favorite-Snacks-Toxic-Mercury.htm
May be Loaded With Toxic Mercury
by www.SixWise.com
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sugar in many processed foods, and is now found in soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, breads, cereals, lunch meats, soup, condiments, yogurt and much, much more.
The sweetener, which has been linked to everything from obesity and accelerated bone loss to increased levels of triglycerides, has gotten bad press before, but perhaps none as alarming as that from two new studies.
After testing samples of commercial HFCS, researchers found nearly half of the samples contained mercury.
To read the full article: http://www.sixwise.com/Newsletters/2009/April/01/Warning-Your-Favorite-Snacks-Toxic-Mercury.htm
Friday, March 13, 2009
Some Estrogen with your Energy Drink? Bisphenol A found in Soft Drinks, Energy Drinks
Some Estrogen With Your Energy Drink?
Study finds Bisphenol A in soft drinks, including popular energy drinks.
by Dan Shapely
3.5.2009
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-soda-47030501?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=dgr
http://www.thedailygreen.com/print-this/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-soda-47030501
Bisphenol A has been found in soft drinks, particularly energy drinks, at high levels, with unknown consequences for the millions who consume copious amounts of the drinks, along with a little dose of estrogen-like hormone.
Canada's health agency has found Bisphenol A -- the hormone-mimicking chemical -- in "significant" concentrations in virtually all sodas and energy drinks tested, according to a Toronto Globe and Mail report.
The highest levels were found in energy drinks.
It shouldn't come as a surprise, since it's been widely reported that Bisphenol A is commonly used in the linings of cans -- but the emphasis has always been on canned foods, and the results are especially startling, given that the average person, worldwide, consumes more than 22 gallons of soft drinks every year. (Yikes!)
Soft drink consumption in the U.S. peaked in 1998, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, though Americans still get roughly 7% of their calories from sugary sodas, iced teas and other soft drinks. (To review all the other reasons to avoid sodas, CSPI's Liquid Candy report is a good start.) Consumption of energy drinks, meanwhile, has increased rapidly in recent years, and the average North American consumed 1.3 gallons of caffeinated energy drinks last year, according to industry estimates.
Canada has done more to crack down on Bisphenol A than any other nation. It banned baby bottles with Bisphenol A in baby bottles, while the U.S. has dithered on regulating the chemical, which mimics estrogen. While the National Toxicology Program has raised concerns about Bisphenol A's potential to disrupt the normal development of fetuses and babies, and the Environmental Protection Agency has been criticized for failing to consider the cumulative effect of hormone-disrupting chemicals that Americans are routinely exposed to, the Food and Drug Administration has yet to regulate the use of Bisphenol A.
Several manufacturers and retailers have taken steps to stop using Bisphenol A, particularly in baby bottles and reusable water bottles. Suffolk County, N.Y. this week passed a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups made with Bisphenol A, apparently the first in the nation. (California and other states had bans defeated last year.) The Suffolk County bill still needs the signature of its executive.
Study finds Bisphenol A in soft drinks, including popular energy drinks.
by Dan Shapely
3.5.2009
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-soda-47030501?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=dgr
http://www.thedailygreen.com/print-this/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-soda-47030501
Bisphenol A has been found in soft drinks, particularly energy drinks, at high levels, with unknown consequences for the millions who consume copious amounts of the drinks, along with a little dose of estrogen-like hormone.
Canada's health agency has found Bisphenol A -- the hormone-mimicking chemical -- in "significant" concentrations in virtually all sodas and energy drinks tested, according to a Toronto Globe and Mail report.
The highest levels were found in energy drinks.
It shouldn't come as a surprise, since it's been widely reported that Bisphenol A is commonly used in the linings of cans -- but the emphasis has always been on canned foods, and the results are especially startling, given that the average person, worldwide, consumes more than 22 gallons of soft drinks every year. (Yikes!)
Soft drink consumption in the U.S. peaked in 1998, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, though Americans still get roughly 7% of their calories from sugary sodas, iced teas and other soft drinks. (To review all the other reasons to avoid sodas, CSPI's Liquid Candy report is a good start.) Consumption of energy drinks, meanwhile, has increased rapidly in recent years, and the average North American consumed 1.3 gallons of caffeinated energy drinks last year, according to industry estimates.
Canada has done more to crack down on Bisphenol A than any other nation. It banned baby bottles with Bisphenol A in baby bottles, while the U.S. has dithered on regulating the chemical, which mimics estrogen. While the National Toxicology Program has raised concerns about Bisphenol A's potential to disrupt the normal development of fetuses and babies, and the Environmental Protection Agency has been criticized for failing to consider the cumulative effect of hormone-disrupting chemicals that Americans are routinely exposed to, the Food and Drug Administration has yet to regulate the use of Bisphenol A.
Several manufacturers and retailers have taken steps to stop using Bisphenol A, particularly in baby bottles and reusable water bottles. Suffolk County, N.Y. this week passed a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups made with Bisphenol A, apparently the first in the nation. (California and other states had bans defeated last year.) The Suffolk County bill still needs the signature of its executive.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
10 Reasons to Keep off Soda
10 Reasons to Keep Off Soda
1. Soda contains no nutrients, and is high in calories and sugar. Studies
show a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity.
2. Soda suppresses the appetite so kids are less likely to eat nourishing
foods. Soda drinkers are less likely to get the recommended levels of
vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium.
3. Phosphorus, a common ingredient in soda, can deplete bones of calcium.
Girls who drink more soda are more prone to broken bones. Doctors are
becoming concerned about the health impact of carbonated beverage
consumption on teenaged girls.
4. Studies show a direct link between tooth decay and soda. Not only does
the sugar cause cavities, the acids in soda etch off tooth enamel. Acid
can begin to dissolve tooth enamel in only 20 minutes. Dentists are
reporting complete loss of the enamel on the front teeth in teenaged boys
and girls who habitually drink sodas.
5. Caffeine is known to create physical dependence and upsets the normal
balance of neurochemistry in the developing brains of children. Caffeine
stimulates the adrenal gland without providing the nourishment it needs.
In large amounts, caffeine can lead to adrenal exhaustion, especially in
children. Colas contain 35 to 38 milligrams of caffeine per 12-ounce can.
Diet colas often contain a lot more. A can of Pepsi One has about 56
milligrams of caffeine. Mountain Dew, Mello Yellow, Sun Drop, Jolt, Barq's
Root Beer, and Sunkist Orange soda all contain caffeine. Sprite, 7-Up,
ginger ale, and many brands of root beer are caffeine-free.
6. Drinking a lot of soda every day can lead to blood sugar disorders,
including diabetes.
7. Aspartame, used in diet sodas, is a potent brain toxin and endocrine
disrupter.
8. Citric acid, often found in soda, may contain traces of MSG. MSG is
another potent brain toxin. The artificial flavors found in soda may also
contain traces of MSG.
9. Drinking sodas regularly can upset the fragile, acid-alkaline balance
of the stomach, creating a continuous acid environment. This prolonged
acid environment can lead to inflammation of the stomach and duodenal
lining, which can be quite painful.
10. Sodas act as dehydrating diuretics, much like tea, coffee and alcohol,
and can inhibit proper digestive function.
1. Soda contains no nutrients, and is high in calories and sugar. Studies
show a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity.
2. Soda suppresses the appetite so kids are less likely to eat nourishing
foods. Soda drinkers are less likely to get the recommended levels of
vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium.
3. Phosphorus, a common ingredient in soda, can deplete bones of calcium.
Girls who drink more soda are more prone to broken bones. Doctors are
becoming concerned about the health impact of carbonated beverage
consumption on teenaged girls.
4. Studies show a direct link between tooth decay and soda. Not only does
the sugar cause cavities, the acids in soda etch off tooth enamel. Acid
can begin to dissolve tooth enamel in only 20 minutes. Dentists are
reporting complete loss of the enamel on the front teeth in teenaged boys
and girls who habitually drink sodas.
5. Caffeine is known to create physical dependence and upsets the normal
balance of neurochemistry in the developing brains of children. Caffeine
stimulates the adrenal gland without providing the nourishment it needs.
In large amounts, caffeine can lead to adrenal exhaustion, especially in
children. Colas contain 35 to 38 milligrams of caffeine per 12-ounce can.
Diet colas often contain a lot more. A can of Pepsi One has about 56
milligrams of caffeine. Mountain Dew, Mello Yellow, Sun Drop, Jolt, Barq's
Root Beer, and Sunkist Orange soda all contain caffeine. Sprite, 7-Up,
ginger ale, and many brands of root beer are caffeine-free.
6. Drinking a lot of soda every day can lead to blood sugar disorders,
including diabetes.
7. Aspartame, used in diet sodas, is a potent brain toxin and endocrine
disrupter.
8. Citric acid, often found in soda, may contain traces of MSG. MSG is
another potent brain toxin. The artificial flavors found in soda may also
contain traces of MSG.
9. Drinking sodas regularly can upset the fragile, acid-alkaline balance
of the stomach, creating a continuous acid environment. This prolonged
acid environment can lead to inflammation of the stomach and duodenal
lining, which can be quite painful.
10. Sodas act as dehydrating diuretics, much like tea, coffee and alcohol,
and can inhibit proper digestive function.
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