A recent study found that kids who drink sweet beverages:
How was the study conducted?
Food records were analyzed from over 500 students in grades four through six. Students completed the records over a 3- to 7-day period.
What did the researchers find about the children's drinking and eating habits?
Sweetened beverages made up over 50 percent of the children's daily liquid intake. Children with the highest consumption took in over 300 calories more each day than children with lower intake. The children with the highest sweetened drink consumption ate more than 60 percent less fruit than those with the lowest sweetened beverage intake.
The researchers speculated that the level of sweetened beverage consumption could be used as a marker for poor dietary habits and low fruit consumption.
American Journal of Public Health August 2002; 92
I suspect many of you aren't surprised by the following statistics, but as a person who has not had any soda for many years, I just about fell off my chair in reaction to these numbers:
If you are still drinking soda this is something that is quite simple to stop. In my mind there is absolutely no justification to drink soda. Both sugar and Nutrasweet™ are highly destructive to your health. Stick to pure water! You should drink one quart of water for every 50 pounds of body weight per day.
The explosion of vending machines in public schools is a relatively new phenomenon and is a major contributor to this problem. Vending machines are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for schools by sacrificing the health of the students. Vending machines can increase sweetened beverage consumption by up to 50 or more cans of soda per year.
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