Editor Opinion: If you are constantly dieting and truly eating correctly, but still can’t seem to control your weight, it could be that you are playing with a stacked deck against you. We should all remember that what we see and hear from the mainstream media is probably not true (especially their advertising) and it is always prudent to dig a little deeper. The bottom line is this, your primary liquid consumption should not be sugar drinks, nor should it be so-called diet drinks; it should be non-fluorinated water and preferably water that doesn’t have chlorine in it either. To remove most of the chlorine from water, simply let it sit open for several hours and most of the chlorine will dissipate. Please read this article by Health Coach Margie King. -Ben Taylor
by Margie King
Despite all the warnings about the risks of chemicals in diet sodas, many people still rely on their daily Coke Zero. They take the risk because their greater concern is weight control. Parents are even feeding diet sodas to their children in the belief that it will avert obesity.
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The sad irony is that artificial sweeteners in diet sodas may be having the exact opposite effect. Two studies presented at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association suggest that drinking diet sodas might be a self-defeating behavior for dieters. They may be adding inches to their waistlines.
Epidemiologists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported that diet soft drink consumption is associated with increased waist circumference in humans.
The authors said data from their study and other prospective studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners as healthy alternatives may be ill-advised. They noted that diet sodas may be free of calories but not of health consequences.
The researchers assessed data from 474 participants in the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging, or SALSA, over about 10 years. They compared long-term change in waist circumference for diet soda users versus non-users.
Diet soft drink users, as a group, experienced 70 percent greater increases in waist circumference compared with non-users. Frequent users, who said they consumed two or more diet sodas a day, experienced waist circumference increases that were 500 percent greater than those of non-users.