Posts Tagged ‘Soda’
High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes More Weight Gain Than Sugar
A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
Soda Tax Weighed as Way to Finance Health Care Commercial (Video)
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first ever conference on obesity titled “The Weight Of The Nation.” Obesity is a serious public health crisis, and according to new numbers released by the Journal of Health Affairs, spending on obesity-related health costs has doubled over the last decade, reaching a staggering $147 billion a year. The beverage-tax proposal in addition to soda would apply to drinks that many Americans don’t consider unhealthy — such as PepsiCo’s Gatorade and Kraft’s Capri Sun — based on their calorie content.
10 Diseases Linked to Soda Pop
The number of Americans who consume products that contain sugar-free sweeteners grew from 70 million in 1987 to 160 million in 2000. At the same time, the incidence of obesity in the United States has doubled from 15 percent to 30 percent across all age groups, ethnic groups, and social strata. And the number of overweight Americans has increased from about 30 percent to over 65 percent of the population. And though soda is rather addictive treat and for many of us it would be hard to give up soda habit once and for all, at least we should try to place it to the category of things we enjoy on occasion. As for me, the following information will surely keep me away from opening another can.
