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"That works out to about 12 teaspoons per can, or 32 teaspoons per Big Gulp. Many sodas, particularly colas, are high in phosphoric acid, which leaches calcium out of your body at an astounding rate. And all sodas "feature" CO; bubbles, which when you think about it, is the body's main waste product! • Virtually all snack foods • Sugars of all kinds and soda pop Earlier, I mentioned that there was a big however to the glycemic index. What is that however? It's called chewing. If you chew yout food well enough, the saliva neutralizes almost all of the glycemic response." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"In the interest of cutting excess calories, it behooves us all to avoid regular sodas and other sweetened drinks whenever possible. The best way to do this is to drink "no calorie" beverages instead. Some of the more obvious options are flavored mineral waters, seltzer water with a slice of lemon or lime, diet sodas (although some experts advise limiting these because they contain artificial sweeteners), and plain tea and coffee. Even better, of course, is drinking beverages that contain potentially protective substances!" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"C Healdi Valley sodas (Healdi Valley Natural Foods). C NaturMe 90 sodas (Great Lakes Beverages Corp.). C OreUa sodas (Orelia West). C Paradise Gold sodas (Hawaiian Pacific Wholesale). C Seven-Up (Seven-Up Co.). C Spree All Natural sodas (Shasta Beverages). Do-It-Yourself Mix your favorite fruit juice or fmk concentrate with sparklhig mineral water. See also Juices & Fmit Drinks cind Water. SOUP MIXES_ BHA/BHT; colors; hydrogenated shorterung; MSG; pesticide residues. SAFE ALTERNATTVES Brand Name/Ma// Order A Walnut Acres Soups (Walnut Acres)." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic & Natural: how to avoid dangerous everyday products and buy or make safe ones (Get the book.)

"No sugars or artificial sweeteners means not drinking sodas, diet sodas, or fruit juice (unless freshly squeezed) and not eating candy, cakes, cookies, ice cream, most factory-made breads, many crackers and breakfast cereals, condiments such as ketchup, and salad dressings. Because sugars are so prevalent in our food, I could go on for pages. Suffice it to say that you must read food labels carefully, looking for the offending names I just listed. Please remember, when reading labels, that 4 grams of sugar is equivalent to 1 teaspoon." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"In addition, diarrhea, extreme athletic physical training, sodas (especially cola type sodas, both diet and regular), sodium (high salt intake), stress (physical and mental—anything that activates a person's fight or flight reaction), and intense sweating all diminish magnesium levels. Magnesium deficiency at a cellular level where it counts is not easy to diagnose, as serum magnesium levels do not correlate to muscle or cellular magnesium levels." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Avoid drinking coffee, sodas (especially sugar free), non-dairy sweeteners, stimulant foods, etc. I particularly advise you to avoid low calorie sugar substitutes and artificial sweetener brand sugar products. You know which foods you've been using to get a quick lift and have brought you these troubles in the first place. This includes all sugar-free diet sodas as well. I believe these synthetic chemicals are fooling the pancreas and making its job much more difficult." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

"Miralin developed a line of sugar-free products—miracle-fruit sodas, miracle-fruit salad dressing and miracle-fruit drops. Their miracle-fruit popsicles were coated in miraculin so that the first few licks would prep the tongue for the sour ice within. In playground tests, these popsicles proved more popular with schoolchildren than those sweetened with sugar. "The results were startling," says Harvey. "It was preferred by a major majority over a sugar-sweetened product." That never happens. The miracle fruit was poised to make billions. Diabetics were already gobbling up miraculin." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Give them healthy sandwiches with fruit instead of candy, and water instead of sodas. And you don't have to sacrifice comfort foods, either—you can make healthy antioxidant pizza. Slowly replace white rice with brown rice. And get your kids involved in the kitchen—show them how to chop up kale and crush garlic. Make mealtimes a pleasurable, relaxed experience for the whole family. Nursing Immediately after childbirth, you face your first big decision about that baby's diet: to breastfeed or not to breastfeed? We all know about the immunological benefits of breastfeeding." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"In addition, diarrhea, extreme athletic physical training, sodas (especially cola type sodas, both diet and regular), sodium (high salt intake), stress (physical and mental—anything that activates a person's fight or flight reaction), and intense sweating all diminish magnesium levels. Magnesium deficiency at a cellular level where it counts is not easy to diagnose, as serum magnesium levels do not correlate to muscle or cellular magnesium levels." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"We love Virgil's Root Beer, which is a great alternative to junky sodas. Virgil's is a blend of spices, anise, licorice, vanilla, cinnamon, clove, wintergreen, sweet birch, molasses, nutmeg, pimento berry oil, balsam oil, and oil of cassia. The only sweetener used are the molasses (which has lots of iron) and the natural sweetness of the birch and vanilla. Virgil's is gluten free, too. To make the root beer float, put two scoops of vanilla Soy Delicious ice cream in a parfait glass or tall drinking glass, then pour the Virgil's root beer all over the ice cream and serve with a straw." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"I drank sodas and coffee and was too exhausted to cook meals. I was low energy most of the time and felt awful: headaches, joint pain, and indigestion. My hair and skin were dull, no shine, no bounce or strength. A week before my husband passed away I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. At that time my daughter-in-law attended a workshop in a natural cooking school. Gary visited that day and suggested I consult with Luanne Pennesi. The cancer spread to my cervix and liver. There was a tumor on my appendix. I was given two chemotherapy procedures." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Carbonated beverages aren't as bad for bone health as the acid in many other foods, but we do know that children who drink sodas in general have reduced bone mass as adults and fracture more often. The same is true for adults who drink sodas. The reason appears to be that if you drink those kinds of drinks, you're less likely to drink healthy drinks that contain calcium and vitamin D. Evidence shows that if you can get the calcium in other ways, the soda should be OK. Vegetarian protein, interestingly, negatively affects bone strength." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"There is a craving for sodas and carbonated drinks. Phosphoric acid is also a major remedy in diabetes. "Arsenicum album is good for people who have anxiety and restlessness with their exhaustion, who fear death and disease and despair of recovery. The sensations often revolve around burning pains in the stomach, hay fever symptoms with excretions that are thin, watery and burning. They have other gastronom-ical, intestinal symptoms, such as weight loss, and chronic conditions with a lot of diarrhea, especially after eating watery fruits. Shortness of breath with exertion is very common." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Children now eat more fast foods, they drink more sodas, they spend more time looking at television than they spend in school, 28 hours per week. Television promotes junk food, television promotes violence. Children are indoors, not exercising, playing kick the can or riding bicycles. They're not getting full spectrum light that they get from sunlight; they're sitting in shaded rooms. "Children need one-on-one attention. They need to be held, looked at and listened to." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Diet: Avoid stimulants, especially during the second half of the day (coffee, caffeinated tea, chocolate, caffeinated sodas). Have a protein snack before bed. Lifestyle: Get regular exercise, practice good sleep hygiene. Herbal: Black cohosh extract: 40 mg twice daily Valerian: 1-2 capsules or 1-2 tsp liquid extract before bed Nutritional supplement: 2 mg melatonin before bed For difficult cases: Add hormone prescription, with oral micronized progesterone taken right before bed." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"All the fast foods that people eat—the fatty foods, the sodas that kids drink by the gallon?have caused the trebling in the frequency in childhood obesity in the last fifteen years and the epidemic of diabetes which followed." As for the long-term outcome of these health problems? According to Dr. Landrigan, it couldn't be bleaker: "The current generation of children is probably going to be the first generation in the history of the United States, for as long as we've been keeping national records, who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Around Manaus, stores and street carts featured a wide variety of guarana-based sodas. Though the U.S. market favors heavy-tasting colas flavored with the caffeine-bearing cola nut, BraziUans prefer the lighter and more delicate taste of guarana. Some pale sodas we encountered were labeled as guarana "champagnes." Those sodas possessed a clean, pleasing flavor and effervesced with a profusion of tiny bubbles. Bernie and 1 came upon dozens of guarana stands. These blender-drink shops feature brilliant yellow awnings, with GUARANA written in huge letters." - Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.)

"In contrast to any acceptable amount of natural sugar, large doses of processed sugar—such as the amounts added to kids' cereals, packaged treats, sodas, and juices—produce a rapid change. Insulin levels spike and then inevitably crash. Moods become harder to control. Depression sets in. Exhaustion sets in. Emotions can fluctuate, and this can happen to anyone who punishes his or her body with large doses of processed sugars. In people with ADD/ADHD, these problems are greatly magnified. So ... no cookies, cakes, candies, or ice cream! I mean it." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"The main problem with cravings arises when cravings for chocolate, sodas, sweets, and ice cream become substitutes for nutritious foods. Cravings often can also be clues about specific nutritional needs. A craving for ice cream may indicate an increased need for protein, fat, or calcium. A craving for acidic foods like pickles may be a clue to increased need for calcium or salt. A craving for sweets may indicate a need for more protein in the diet. Cravings for chips can indicate a need for more salt and fats." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Coffee, Figure 7-2 Blood pressure and water retention. tea, sodas, and alcoholic beverages are not good water substitutes as their diuretic action causes losses of about half of the amount taken. Water Input The obvious way that we take in water is through drinking water and other beverages, as shown in Figure 7-3. About 55 percent of our water intake is from drinking water and beverages. Food also contains water in varying amounts. Strawberries, watermelon, and broccoli contain about 90 percent water. Bread and cheese contain about 35 percent water." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"BYOB: At a conventional party where alcohol and bottled and canned juices, punches and sodas are served, bring your own bottle of distilled water. Prepare a glass with ice cubes and a twist of lime. Enjoy the party. Imbibers will not know the difference and will not feel threatened or annoyed by your abstinence. • Counting Crutches: Lean on counting cratches, especially calorie and sodium counting booklets, to remind yourself of how bad SAD, cooked food is for you. Refer to these when standing before cooked food, reminding yourself of its punishments and the payoffs of raw food." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"As I write, Coca-Cola is introducing vitamin-fortified sodas, extending the Wonder Bread strategy of supplementation to junk food in its purest form. (Wonder Soda?) The big money has always been in processing foods, not selling them whole, and the industry's investment in the reductionist approach to food is probably safe. The fact is, there is something in us that loves a refined carbohydrate, and that something is the human brain. The human brain craves carbohydrates reduced to their energy essence, which is to say pure glucose." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Since the body's cells continuously have to give up some of their own water for the removal of the nerve toxin caffeine, regular consumption of coffee, tea, or sodas causes them to become dehydrated. For every cup of tea or coffee a person ingests, the body has to mobilize about 2-3 cups of water just to remove the caffeine, a luxury it cannot afford. This also applies to soft drinks, pharmaceutical drugs, or any other substance or activity that brings about the release of stress hormones, including watching TV for many hours." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"This is why we recommend that you avoid caffeinated products as much as possible, including coffee, caffeinated teas, and caffeinated sodas. Alcohol. Estrogen is broken down in the liver. If your liver is diseased or overtaxed, it will be unable to efficiently and effectively break down the estrogen circulating in your body. According to the American Liver Association and the American Liver Foundation, liver damage can occur when you consume two drinks a day on a daily basis or five to seven drinks a day on the weekend." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Once a fever starts, make sure your child gets fluid in the form of water, sweetened herbal teas, juices, and even sodas without caffeine like ginger ale or 7-Up. Vegetable soups and gruel made from grains are helpful because they contain nutrients. Warm water with lemon and honey is also helpful. If your child is vomiting or has diarrhea, keep the fluids going for three to four days. For severe dehydration, soups, sodas, milk, and plain water are not enough. Follow the recipe to make your own ORS beverage. Adjust the taste as needed so your child will drink it." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"Before the 1990s, sodas and fruit drinks were responsible for only about 5 percent of the average person's daily calorie intake.54 (Ten years ago, the main calorie contributor to the diet in the United States was white bread, which was responsible for only 5 to 7 percent of caloric intake.) That's a huge jump in caloric intake from beverages. And one of the problems with those beverages is that the calories they contribute to your diet aren't even satisfying." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Countless packaged foods from sodas to fruit drinks to baked goods and even salad dressings, soups and packaged meal "helpers" contain a version of sugar whether it's called sucrose, dextrose, or maltose on the label. If you're trying to lose weight the added calories of these sweeteners will make your job harder. Foods that contain artificial sweeteners are the stealth bombers of healthy eating. Food manufacturers have led us to believe that "low cal" is king. How The Truth About "Low Fat" Packaged Foods. People who are trying to lose weight see reduced-fat foods as great diet foods." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "In fact, caloric beverages now make up 21 percent15 of our total calorie intake and sodas and fruit drinks alone account for 43 percent16 of our total added sugars in the diet (18 of those 42 teaspoons of sugar we eat daily!). That adds up to a tremendous number of calories in a year. And unfortunately most of us don't count those calories. Moreover, because liquids are less filling than solid foods, those high-cal drinks aren't even satisfying. By skipping the mocha frappuccinos and substituting a glass of water or club soda with lemon or lime, you'll reach your weight-loss goals a lot faster." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Avoid sodas and alcohol. Choose healthy options from an airport deli. Try a lean turkey sandwich loaded with veggies or a vegetarian sandwich. Other choices include: low-fat yogurt, grilled chicken breast sandwich on whole grain bread, vegetable wraps, and fresh fruit. Remember: Skip the mayo! Take advantage of travel to walk, walk, walk. Use layover time in airports for a brisk walk around the terminal. Skip the moving sidewalks. If you're in a new city, walking is the best way to explore. If you're on a car trip, stop regularly to stretch your legs and log some steps on your pedometer." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Aspartame, the chemical with the brand name NutraSweet that is found in many candies and sodas, is non-nutritional and is not absorbed into your body. But the bacteria in your gut will attempt to treat aspartame the same way they treat lactose, and the sudden introduction of large amounts of the artificial sweetener into your system will produce huge amounts of methane gas. You'll begin to experience a bout of severe crampy pain, gas, and horrible diarrhea. Fortunately, it will go away." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

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