Thinny Thursday Tip 2

Never Drink Sodas

This Thinny Thursday tip is pretty self-explanatory.  Soda has been linked to pancreatic cancer, heart risks, rotting teeth, and of course, obesity.  I know a guy who simply cut soda out of his diet and dropped 15 pounds. Wop-babaloo-bop, there you go.

And for you diet soda fans who drink a beverage as a snack or food substitute, you're drowning your insides in disgusting chemicals for nothing, because studies show that "artificial sweeteners increase weight gain odds." Studies also show that even sugar free sodas result in an increased incidence of metabolic syndrome ("a cluster of risk factors linked to diabetes and heart disease").

Yikes!

Anyway, it's a complete waist of calories to drink them, if you ask me. I'm a huge fan of the tall glass of water! If you need caffeine, drink tea! Tea can have incredible benefits for your body. Green tea is practically touted as a panacea by some!

If you need bubbles, try fruit flavored sparkling water.  Or if you want a cold palette cleanser with a kick, try Kombucha!  This fizzy beverage is amazing and naturally low in calories :)

 

 

 

Finally, if you must must must have "soda", try all natural brands made with natural sweeteners and fewer calories.  Hope that helps. :)

Comments

[lequan@luvtoeat]

This is the post I've been waiting for. My one kryptonite, soda. I can go cold turkey on anything but that. I even thought about getting a SodaStream at one point.
I actually just started drinking MonaVie so that may help me kick my pop addiction as I don't want to flush my money and efforts down the drain by continuing to indulge in such nasty chemicals. How ironic would that be to drink both. Thank you for this post and your great tips DD!

[Diana]

Bravo! I so agree. I will occasionally have a coke or ginger ale when I'm not feeing well, but never any diet soda. I don't like ingesting chemicals! Unless it's red food dye in a slice of red velvet cake. ;)

[Jade]

Great post! you are dead on!! I gave up diet coke for Perrier or Pellegrino. I add fresh Strawberries or lemon for flavor and I get the same satisfaction I would from an actual soda. Another one of my fav things to do: add ginger and honey to sparkling water for a natural "ginger ale"