I was browsing the internet at work today and found an article about how soda pop affects your body. At first I was seeing if drinking diet products rather than the regular had a difference. Well, it looks like I was correct when I found that CastleHealth.com said that when a health organization took a survey of 10,000 people that "were free of metabolic syndrome," meaning they had no excessive fat on their body, high blood pressure, etc.
The Results:
After 1 year, the results were in and the organization said there was no correlation between the people who drank regular pop and those who drank diet.
The Bottom Line:
Don't drink soda! If there was one thing I could shove into your brain so you would never forget it is to not drink pop! You could say I'm a hyprocrite in saying this, but I'm trying my hardest to stop drinking it, and so should you.
Per CastleHealth.com, the best alternatives are:
- Water (Well, of course we knew that!)
- Fruit Juice
- Low Fat (1%) or Skim-Milk
What's considered a soda:
- Regular pop
- Diet pop
- Commercial canned Ginger Ale
- Commercial bottled or canned Iced Tea (including the Diet version)
- Commercial bottled or canned Green Tea (including the Diet version)
- Commercial bottled White Tea (including the Diet version)