A soda is a carbonated drink, typically a mix of carbonated water, flavoring, and sweeteners. Sugar, sugar substitutes, fruit juice, corn syrup, or a combination of any of these are used to sweeten this beverage. Caffeine and colorings may also be added into sodas. And then of course there are the dreaded preservatives, though it’s not the only thing you should be afraid of. The combined use of preservatives and sweeteners make soda extra deadly. It poses health concerns which predispose you to a number of deadly diseases.
Drinking beverages sweetened with sugars in whatever form is associated with weight changes. The daily consumption of soda leads to weight gain, increasing the risk for obesity. The link between soda consumption and weight gain was seen in both children and adults in two separate studies. In the study involving more than 500 schoolchildren for a course of over 19 months, they found that for every soda a child drank, there was an increase of 0.24 kg/m2 in body mass index (BMI). The 8-year study of about 50,000 female nurses showed that those who drank more sodas gained an average of 17.5 lbs. during the study compared to the 6 lbs. weight gain in women who reduced their soda consumption.
Obesity is a health concern that must be taken seriously, as it is related to diseases that claim the lives of millions of people around the world every year. Namely, these are diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
Instead, drink water – but not just any water! All water is NOT created equal! Most city water has all sorts of nasty things in it. It has things from chlorine to lye to fluoride. It even has a plethora of pharmaceuticals which have been thrown out and found their way into our water supply, and that is just a very small list of all the things that are in your water. You are made up of approximately 70% water. Your body needs plenty of pure fresh water. Your organs are virtually bathed in a pool of water. This water needs to be replaced constantly. Think of your body as an aquarium – just as you wouldn’t put sodas or chemicals in an aquarium, you shouldn’t knowingly put them in your body either. Your body needs to maintain a slight alkaline balance. It should have a pH of between 7.3 and 7.4. Most tap water is slightly acidic or neutral (in addition to having all that nasty stuff in it). Bottled water is almost always VERY acidic.
So what kind of water SHOULD you drink? The answer is ionized, alkaline water. This water helps your body alkalize, fight disease, shed weight, increase energy, and hydrate! A very high percentage of people go through life in a constant state of dehydration and don’t even realize it. We can be quite dehydrated even when we don’t feel thirsty. Actually, when we are dehydrated, we most often feel hungry! Surprising, but True! Other common symptoms of dehydration are headache, lack of energy, trouble concentrating and general lethargy. Ionized, alkaline water can be made in your home with a water ionizer. These devices not only make alkaline water, they also remove many of the toxins in your water through the filtering process they utilize. The ionization process changes the structure of the water to micro-clusters (clusters of 5-6 molecules instead of 13-15 molecule clusters in tap or bottled water). This allows hydration at the cellular level.
Western Diets stress and aging results in free radicals and acidosis. Doctors estimate that nearly 70% of Americans suffer from chronic acidosis. Acidosis is the environment in which disease thrives. Disease cannot live in an alkaline environment. Ionized, alkaline water is highly antioxidant. Antioxidants destroy free radicals. Free radicals also accelerate aging so the antioxidant rich alkaline water also slows down the aging process.
So STOP drinking sodas, tap water and bottled water. (Bottled water also causes environmental pollution due to the disposal of the plastic bottles which are not bio-degradable and pollute our landfills and waterways).
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