Snacking, especially drinking sodas, continues to increase among Americans, accounting for more than 25% of calorie intake each day. The amount of secondary eating and drinking–consumption while engaged in another activity–has also increased. And beverages account for 50% of the calories consumed through snacking.
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If you thought the only danger of drinking sodas was obesity, think again (it’s yet another example of evil corn).
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ESPECIALLY if you’re a woman! – Sodas have been blamed for the obesity epidemic?now there’s ANOTHER reason why you shouldn?t drink them (especially if you?re a woman). Women who drink two or more cans of regular soda (not diet soda) per day are nearly twice as likely to show early signs of kidney disease.
This is not a risk for men, which is just another example of sexism, when it comes to our bodies. Yes, the ways in which men and women are alike?and different?are fascinating. One of these is pain: some painkilling drugs are less effective in women compared with men.
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Our bodies don’t recognize them as food – While we’re making our New Year’s resolutions, maybe one of the things we should change in ’09 is our soda habit. Some researchers think that they’re the main cause of obesity in the US and there’s a reason for this that goes beyond the sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) that’s in them!
In the December 17th edition of the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof quotes nutritionist Barry Popkin as saying, “Soft drinks are linked to diabetes and obesity in the way that tobacco is to lung cancer.” A new study shows that over the past two decades, the number of adults consuming sugar-sweetened beverages such as soft drinks, fruit drinks and punches has increased dramatically.
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