Since there are probably at least three people who still think it’s okay to drink soda, I have to post this article for them. It’s the latest diss on soda adding to things like soda causing obesity and the preservatives linked to cancer. Here is another nail in the coffin:
“People who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an 87% increased risk -- or nearly twice the risk -- of pancreatic cancer compared to individuals consuming no soft drinks”
Pancreatic cancer is not something that you really get over; cancer rates are as follows:
In 2009 (according to National Cancer Institute)
New cases 42,470
Deaths 35,240
Some quick math here, that’s 83% death rate. No bueno.
Let’s look at this from another angle: Imagine you only drink one soda a day, but you’re trying to lose those “last 10 pounds”. Well, without doing anything else – no weight training, no walking, and no running – dropping that one soda a day would save you 12 pounds a year, not to mention a healthy cancer risk reduction.
So consider some tea or even coffee instead of a Coke. Don’t be deceived by diet soda, either! (That’s a whole other article). If you gotta have something sweet, try green tea with honey, or flavored water with no artificial sweeteners.
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