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Diabetes type 2 and soda

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blodhi74

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just read an interesting artical on a study done over the past 8 years about people drinking 1 soda a day increasing their risk of getting type 2 Diabetes by 80% ...... and the people drinking soda on regular basis gained 18 pounds a year ( all things like exercise and diet was taken into account ) the artical calls soda liquid candy ..... 1 can contains same sugar levels as 2 hershey bars .... the sugar is absorbed by the system rapidly since it is in liquid form and stresses the spleen

:shocked:
 
Yea i try not to drink lots of soda, i drink gatorade when im rele thirsty, which is about 1/4th the sugar of soda, or i drink water. I have a soda from time to time but it's too sweet for me, i don't like sweet food.
 
last few months I have replaced soda with ice tea with lemon and cold water ..... dont feel like having a soda any more 🙂
 
Originally posted by: blodhi74
Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
I drink like 5 or 6 soda's a day, and have been for 3 to 4 years.
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I know. I need to cut back but I guess it's just a habit. When I'm thirsty, I drink either a Dr Pepper or a Sunkist (and sometimes some A&W root beer).
 
It's the high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison to the human body. Cheap sh1t they're filling "convenience" foods with.
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
It's the high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison to the human body. Cheap sh1t they're filling "convenience" foods with.
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Is this hyperbole, or does the human body have a rougher time with it than e.g. cane sugar? Would be interested in any articles if you got em.
 
bullpucky. if a soda a day was enough, coffee/fruit juices etc would all screw you too. eating any carbs blah. only thing those studies show is that people who drink a lot of soda are more likely to do a whole lotta other things that contribute to the risk factors😛
 
The risk pertained to drinks sweetened with either sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.

Anyone who cares about their health or the health of their family would not consume these beverages
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Originally posted by: myusername
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
It's the high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison to the human body. Cheap sh1t they're filling "convenience" foods with.
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Is this hyperbole, or does the human body have a rougher time with it than e.g. cane sugar? Would be interested in any articles if you got em.
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I need to do more research on this myself. I've read somewhere that our bodies don't handle high fructose corn syrup the same way we respond to cane sugar. I'll post what I learn when I've learned more.
 
These studies go back and forth. Remember when nutrasweet came out...it was "safe" and didn't have the cancer causing affects of saccharin...now it turns out they do. There are studies every day that say something is bad, then a little while later they figure out they were wrong. I remember the whole ALAR and apples thing...it was so bad to eat apples, now it's bunk. They use to say eggs were bad, now it turns out they are good.
 
yea, butter was bad, now its good. margerine was good, but now its bad with its transfats and all.

eat less doesn't grab attention as a headline😛
 
Originally posted by: blodhi74
last few months I have replaced soda with ice tea with lemon and cold water ..... dont feel like having a soda any more 🙂
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did the same thing was at 2-3 big slams of mountain dew's a day in highschool. I wised up last year and droped pop all together and went to ice tea. froped like 40 pounds over the first 8 mounths. I've leveld off now that i'm 21 now that I"ve discoverd bear (proubly should just do hard liquire so I get the buzz and not the calories
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: myusername
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
It's the high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is poison to the human body. Cheap sh1t they're filling "convenience" foods with.
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Is this hyperbole, or does the human body have a rougher time with it than e.g. cane sugar? Would be interested in any articles if you got em.
Click to expand...

I need to do more research on this myself. I've read somewhere that our bodies don't handle high fructose corn syrup the same way we respond to cane sugar. I'll post what I learn when I've learned more.
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Yeah, I read that also. Something to the effect that we process the HFCS more like a fat than a sugar.. I'm not sure why that is bad, but apparently it is.
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
These studies go back and forth. Remember when nutrasweet came out...it was "safe" and didn't have the cancer causing affects of saccharin...now it turns out they do. There are studies every day that say something is bad, then a little while later they figure out they were wrong. I remember the whole ALAR and apples thing...it was so bad to eat apples, now it's bunk. They use to say eggs were bad, now it turns out they are good.
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NutraSweet causes cancer? Link? Why is it still FDA approved? :roll:

Eggs are good? 200mg cholesterol each is good? :roll:
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
These studies go back and forth. Remember when nutrasweet came out...it was "safe" and didn't have the cancer causing affects of saccharin...now it turns out they do. There are studies every day that say something is bad, then a little while later they figure out they were wrong. I remember the whole ALAR and apples thing...it was so bad to eat apples, now it's bunk. They use to say eggs were bad, now it turns out they are good.
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Nutrasweet (aspartame) has been proven perfectly fine for the general population (PKU patients excluded) in many independant studies.

Worried about the phenylalanine that's produced when aspartame is broken down?
Only 62mg are contained in 8oz of diet coke. Likewise, 8oz of milk contains over 400mg, and 3 oz of chizen contains over 1,000mg.

Worried about the methanol that's produced?
The metabolizing of many fruits produces more methanol than the metabolizing of aspartame. Methanol, in small amount, does absolutely no harm to the body.

The only bad thing about aspartame is the unfounded rumors.

EDIT: Oh, and the American Cancer Society disagrees with your claim that aspartame cause cancer.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
seems the guys fudged their own study
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Whoops! Yep, looks like BS.

Again, another attempt to blame foods for the nations obesity problem falls flat on it's face.

Folks, sugary drinks and high fat foods were the NORM for 50+ years before the Obesity epidemic started. (High fat foods for hundreds of years) In fact, the obesity epidemic started at the same time low fat diets became popular and diet drinks were introduced.

It has FAR less to do with the types of foods we eat, than it has to do with our lifestyles. Our daily activities are FAR more sedentary and that in turn leads to far more munching.

America needs to get off it's ass and realize it needs to get off it's ass.
 
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