| An Addict? | | | | Maybe all switch to diet soda and lose the |
| OK, I admit, I am somewhat addicted to sodas. | | | | soda-belly-fat. |
| Part of the reason is because the water at my | | | | Can Diet Sodas Save Me? |
| house stinks-I mean it really stinks. It is some of | | | | Think again, in a Harvard Medical School study, |
| the heaviest mineral water I've ever seen. It | | | | females that knocked down a couple of diet |
| builds up scale in our toilets, clogs up our showers, | | | | sodas or more every day doubled their chances |
| and tastes like a peat bog. Still, I could be fooling | | | | of kidney function decline. Kidney function decline |
| myself. | | | | can destroy your kidneys! Again, not good, in fact |
| 99 Cans Of Soda On The Wall... | | | | worse than soda-belly-fat. |
| I was drinking so much soda that I began | | | | Moderation Please |
| wondering what it might be doing to me. I began | | | | I guess it all comes down to how much soda I |
| to read up on sodas and it turns out that if I drink | | | | drink. I suppose I'll have to make it just a special |
| more than 74 g of fructose per day-that's equal | | | | treat, which is a nice way to say portion control. |
| to two and a half sodas-then my chances of | | | | Or I could switch to the new mini-cans of soda |
| developing high blood pressure rise by 36 percent. | | | | that are a available at my local grocery store. |
| That's not good! If that weren't bad enough, I also | | | | They are sort of the opposite of super sized. |
| increase my chances of belly fat or what I call | | | | They're just 7.5 ounces. I suppose that could |
| soda-belly-fat, diabetes, and tooth decay. | | | | help-that is if I only drink one. Of all the problems |
| Soda Belly Fat | | | | sodas cause, I guess obesity is the number one |
| Soda-belly-fat develops because once the body | | | | for me. Who wants to have soda-belly-fat hanging |
| has satisfied its energy needs it converts the | | | | over their belt buckle? |
| remaining sugar from the soda into fat and stores | | | | More Than Just Giving Up Sodas |
| it in the belly. Soda-belly-fat then goes about | | | | I realize I will have to do more than just give up |
| blocking the liver from processing the extra insulin | | | | soda in order to fight soda-belly-fat. I will have to |
| that is in the blood stream as a result of the | | | | change my lifestyle and go on a different eating |
| sugar. The extra insulin constricts the arteries | | | | and drinking plan, and if the truth be told I will |
| which in turn increase your chances of high blood | | | | probably still have diet sodas because of my |
| pressure. To finish off this dizzying scenario, high | | | | water, or perhaps I'll drink bottled water. I think |
| blood pressure puts stress on all of the small | | | | that if I give up heavy soda drinking and go on |
| capillaries in our bodies such as those in the | | | | calorie shifting diet I can easily lose all my |
| kidneys, retinas, brain, and lungs. All major organs | | | | soda-belly-fat and perhaps make my life last a lot |
| on which we depend for life-except maybe our | | | | longer. |
| eyes, but going blind isn't that appealing either. | | | | |