Sugarless truth about sugary colas, soft drinks…

Soft drink

Every year, enormous consumption of colas or soft drinks (both carbonated and non-carbonated) is becoming one of the major contributors to worldwide’ calorie intake. Which leads to significant weight gain in many people and making them overweight and obese.

And it ain't the secret that being overweight and obese increase the risks for coronary heart disease, higher blood pressure (hypertension), type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis and some cancers.

This may sound very far-fetched to many readers but it ain’t a stretch of the truth. However, a lot of people are not even aware that these high-sugar colas and soft drinks have eventually become a serious addiction, no wonder most of them find it hard to quit.

"Adults who consumed more than 74 grams of fructose per day—the amount in two-and-a-half colas—increased their likelihood of developing high blood pressure by 36 percent," reports Janis Graham (RD Living Health - Can Your Cola Habit)

Further, Graham cited a recent Harvard Medical School study on women who drink two or more servings of artificially sweetened cola daily are likely to have twice the risk of kidney function decline than those who drink lesser or no soft drinks, the harmful decline may further destroy that organ.

Now something for all you guys out there; Researchers from the Copenhagen University, Denmark after conducting the study (on 2500 young men, from 2001 to 2005) proposed that men consuming a liter cold drink daily may experience a 30 per cent lower sperm rate than those who avoid colas all the way.

Sugared Soft drinks are harming people’s health and children are no exception...

American Dental Association (ADA) warns that due to ever-greater amounts of soft drinks consumption among children the chances of dental disease may increase manifold. "You might not realize it but the worst things that you can put to your teeth are colas and chips" – Natural whitening, Smile4you.us

A tip for all soft drink or cola beverages fans; if you must drink it anyway, just try to make a habit of drinking a full glass of water before drinking cola and you’ll simply on your way to cut the cola consumption around half.

In conclusion, more and more nutritionists and health experts agree that by simply avoiding these sugary beverages, you can literally transform your health. It not only cause you to lose weight but also reverse symptoms of diabetes and enhance bone density, support healthy brain function and protect body's nervous system.

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References:

• Natural News website - High-fructose corn syrup linked to obesity and diabetes
• The med guru Online - Men need to avert drinking cola…
• kisswebpage.com/coke/ - Water or Cola…?
• independent.co.uk - new fear over drinks additive

Nasty Diets

Craze or Stupidity?

If millions of diet plans, super foods, pills or alternative therapies for weight loss are not enough, here comes another mind-boggling Fad:

An intestine-dwelling tropical parasitic worms Ascaris... Yuck

Disturbing?

Well, this craze has been reported by The Hindu (11/02/2010) news story titled:
"Hong Kong dieters warned against swallowing live worms."

The nutty belief behind eating live worms is, when develop in the intestine these parasites help people to eat their ingested food and calories, which ultimately resulted into weight loss.

According to spokesmen from the Hong Kong Department of Health, Ascaris parasites can cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and malnutrition. They can also cause more serious problems like biliary and pancreatic duct obstruction and lung invasion, all of which can eventually lead to death.

Not only this parasite is limited to worm-eating weight loss enthusiasts but also affect people who never tried the lousy treat. People can get these parasites by traveling the infected places and eating raw or uncooked food or by drinking water infected by the parasitic worms. So, if you love traveling you better be prepare in advance.

There are some interesting references cited by Medicine plus and Natural news on the parasitic roundworm Ascaris - known to cause Ascariasis infection.

According to Ethan a Huff, from Natural News: These parasites are very problematic because they can infest the body and leech important nutrients from food. When trying to take over its host, parasites will do whatever it takes to survive and thrive. Not only do they feast on food and nutrients but they also release harmful toxins into the body which eventually cause serious problems.