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"Due to the high intake of soft drinks in the United States, we can probably expect to see increased osteoporosis in the "Pepsi generation" for many years to come. The American per-capita consumption of soft drinks is about three quarts per week. Other nutritional factors also accelerate calcium loss and may be implicated in osteoporosis. Refined sugar may raise the risk for osteoporosis by increasing the loss of calcium from the body and by causing a significant increase in fasting serum Cortisol levels." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Worse news: soft drinks alone are the source of 33 percent3 of all added sugars and 7.1 percent of total calories in the American diet.4 In teens, it's even higher pushing over 12 percent of total calories! Indeed, soft drinks are making a major contribution to our added poundage. Of course, if you cut out the 150 calories— all from sugar—you get in each can of soda from other places in your diet, you'd wind up even in terms of calories (except for the nutrients missed, which is a major minus!) but most people don't do this." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"It has been used for years as a sweetener in soft drinks and has lately been put into numerous other foods. It is hidden in canned juices, protein powders, protein bars and much more. Its use has been linked to MS symptoms, brain tumors, sudden death in athletes, Parkinson's disease, brain fog, learning disabilities, ADHD, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders, seizures, migraines and more. Diabetics and young women are at particular risk, as they drink a lot of diet soft drinks. A good web site for information on aspartame is www.dorway.com." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Eliminate cow's milk, goat's milk, soy milk, rice milk, canned coconut milk, tea, and soft drinks. This diet, like others that correct long-standing gut problems, typically creates uncomfortable healing reactions from time to time, as the body eliminates toxic material, and rebalances itself It is common for regressions in health and behavior to occur soon after the diet begins, and at two to three months, at five months, at seven months, and at nine months. These unpleasant healing episodes can last for up to two weeks." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Phosphate-based soft drinks are also a big problem for stone formers. A study in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology examined 1,009 male patients who formed kidney stones and were also consumers of a significant amount of soda to see what effect soda might have on stone recurrence. The guys who consumed the largest quantities of phosphate-based sodas had the highest rate of stone recurrence. We know that most stones are made from calcium oxalate, and we know limiting highoxalate foods is a really good idea. But what about limiting the other half of this duo— calcium?" - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Off the food list comes caffeine, including caffeinated soft drinks, tea, and chocolate—all of which are known for relaxing the LES, allowing stomach contents to reflux back up into the esophagus. Chocolate contains concentrations of theobromine, a compound that occurs naturally in many plants such as cocoa, tea, and coffee plants, and which is known for relaxing the LES. Other foods that also relax or weaken the LES are tomatoes, spicy foods, onions, citrus fruits and juices, alcohol, and tobacco. And then there are foods that slow down digestion, keeping the food in your stomach longer." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"America are not getting the daily recommended amount of fiber in their diet; fewer than 11 percent of Americans consume the USDA recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables a day; junk foods such as chips, snacks, desserts, and soft drinks now constitute 30 percent of the American daily food intake. Fruits and vegetables no longer pack the nutritional wallop they once did; their nutrient value has declined as much as 38 percent since 1950." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Colas and other soft drinks high in phosphates inactivate magnesium. • Some parts of the United States, notably the Southeast, have low levels of magnesium in drinking water. Evidence suggests that magnesium-rich (hard) water may be the most bioavailable form of magnesium. Hard water areas have a lower heart attack rate than places where the water is soft. • Stress depletes the body of magnesium. Any kind of stress has this effect: overwork, too much exercise or physical activity (athletes take note!" - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"OTHER BEVERAGE CHOICES >- soft drinks. Devoid of nutritional value, soft drinks contain heavy doses of sugar and calories (or artificial sweeteners), plus artificial colorings, artificial flavorings, and sometimes caffeine—most of which are additives to avoid (see Chapter 7). Unfortunately, Americans consume huge amounts of soft drinks—more than 30 gallons per person per year. soft drinks have edged out milk as the nation's most popular drink. >?Coffee, tea. Caffeine isn't a problem for everyone, but some people should avoid it—including pregnant women and children (see Chapter 7)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.)

"A number of recent studies have linked a greater risk of breast cancer among women to a diet high in sugar (especially soft drinks and popular sweet desserts). Scientists now believe that the extra insulin released to process the simple starches and sugars found in these foods causes cells to divide and estrogens in the blood to rise. Both of these factors (cellular division and blood estrogens) can contribute to cancer growth. Cancer's Emotional Causes Mary experienced a very sad childhood because her parents had great problems relating to one another." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "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. As a rule, all stimulants have a strong dehydrating effect on the bile, blood, and digestive juices. To heal a cancerous growth, stimulants are counterproductive, and it is best to avoid them. To prevent dehydration, be certain to drink about 6-8 glasses of water (filtered and not chilled) per day. If you have cancer, also avoid: Chlorinated water: one of the most powerful cancer-producing chemicals around." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Overeating usually leads to intestinal congestion, the proliferation of destructive bacteria and yeast, as well as cravings for "energizing, " which really means energy-depleting, foods and beverages such as sugar, sweets, white flour products, potato chips, chocolate, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Constant cravings for any of these foods or beverages indicate cellular starvation. Such starvation at the cellular level may force the weakest cells in the body to undergo genetic mutation." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition, including foods like soft drinks and candy that have a lot of sugars." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "The American per-capita consumption of soft drinks is about three quarts per week. Other nutritional factors also accelerate calcium loss and may be implicated in osteoporosis. Refined sugar may raise the risk for osteoporosis by increasing the loss of calcium from the body and by causing a significant increase in fasting serum Cortisol levels. A serving of refined sugar increases the urinary excretion of calcium,43 and an excess of corticosteroids can cause osteoporosis. High sodium intake can also cause an increase in urinary excretion of calcium in some individuals." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"A University of Iowa gastroenterologist has been successfully treating IBD patients with soft drinks mixed with 2,000 whipworm eggs. The eggs help regulate the body's immune system as well as reduce the intestinal inflammation in people with IBD. In the past, when most people harbored these and other parasites, the incidence of IBD was much lower. Beets, tomato juice, red gelatin, and red fruit punches and ice pops are all common culprits." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Offices now typically have well-stocked kitchens, and it is apparently considered gauche at a business meeting or conference if a spread of bagels, muffins, pastries, and soft drinks is not provided at frequent intervals." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"He discovered that he could buy the most calories per dollar in the middle aisles of the supermarket, among the towering canyons of processed food and soft drinks. Drewnowski found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips, but only 250 calories of carrots; that his dollar bought 875 calories of soda but only 170 calories of orange juice.3 This is a potential insight into why people of low economic means have the highest rates of diabetes in Western cultures." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Americans today mark time all day long with nibbles of food and sips of soft drinks, which must be constantly at their sides, lest they expire during the haul between breakfast and lunch. (The snack food and beverage industry has surely been the great beneficiary of the new social taboo against smoking, which used to perform much the same time-marking function.) We have reengineered our cars to accommodate our snacks, adding bigger cup holders and even refrigerated glove compartments, and we've reengineered foods to be more easily eaten in the car." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "American gas stations now make more money selling food (and cigarettes) than gasoline, but consider what kind of food this is: except perhaps for the milk and water, it's all highly processed nonperishable snack foods and extravagantly sweetened soft drinks in hefty twenty-ounce bottles. Gas stations have become processed-corn stations: ethanol outside for your car and high-fructose corn syrup inside for you. « TRY NOT TO EAT ALONE. Americans are increasingly eating in solitude." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"But today, children have no trouble finding twelve-, sixteen-, and thirty-two-ounce soft drinks loaded with sugar and caffeine. Supermarkets sometimes don't seem to have anything but sugar-loaded cereals that are colored and preserved with chemicals known to adversely affect brain function. Manufacturers realize that the best way to get a customer for life—or at least for childhood—is to put as much sugar in their products as possible." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"These are precisely the kinds of calories found in convenience food—snacks, microwavable entrees, soft drinks, and packaged food of all kind—which happens to be the source of most of the 300 or so extra calories Americans have added to their daily diet since 1980. So these foods are cheap in a second sense too: They require very little, if any, time or effort to prepare, which is the other reason we eat more of them. How often would you eat french fries if you had to peel, wash, cut and fry them yourself—and then clean up the mess?" - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Although most people are well aware that caffeine is in coffee, they sometimes forget that it is also in colas and other soft drinks, many teas, and even chocolate. A nice cup of hot cocoa before bed may seem like a relaxing idea, but it could actually keep you awake for hours. You have to stop drinking caffeinated beverages after one in the afternoon to avoid these negative effects, especially if you are sensitive to caffeine. So if you have trouble sleeping, your first course of action is to stop smoking and stop drinking alcohol and caffeinated drinks." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"This includes soft drinks, candy, cookies, pies, fruit drinks, ice cream, pastries, and sweet baked goods like cinnamon rolls. You'll also find HFCS in places where you might not expect them like condiments, frozen desserts, peanut butters, salad dressings, and even ketchup. A friend recently asked me about a recipe she followed for a simple pasta sauce that called for a can of diced tomatoes. When she tasted the sauce she was puzzled by its sweetness. I suggested she check the label on the can of diced tomatoes." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Indeed, soft drinks are making a major contribution to our added poundage. Of course, if you cut out the 150 calories— all from sugar—you get in each can of soda from other places in your diet, you'd wind up even in terms of calories (except for the nutrients missed, which is a major minus!) but most people don't do this. Keep in mind that just one soda a day that's not compensated for by some other reduction in your diet can add up to 15 pounds in just 1 year." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "People just don't seem to notice calories from soft drinks. Researchers speculate that because the drink travels so quickly through your mouth, there's little time for a signal to get to the brain and alert it that you're consuming calories. Solid food provides more of the feeling of fullness that tells our brain we're full and it's time to stop eating. Colas may pose their own particular health threats. The Framingham Osteoporosis Study found that women who drank one cola a day—diet or regular— had about a 4 to 5 percent lower hipbone density than those who drank fewer than one cola a month." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"OTHER BEVERAGE CHOICES >- soft drinks. Devoid of nutritional value, soft drinks contain heavy doses of sugar and calories (or artificial sweeteners), plus artificial colorings, artificial flavorings, and sometimes caffeine—most of which are additives to avoid (see Chapter 7). Unfortunately, Americans consume huge amounts of soft drinks—more than 30 gallons per person per year. soft drinks have edged out milk as the nation's most popular drink. >• Coffee, tea. Caffeine isn't a problem for everyone, but some people should avoid it—including pregnant women and children (see Chapter 7)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"Numerous caffeinated beverages, including coffee, soft drinks, black and green tea, and even decaffeinated coffee, contain tannins, and some contain even more tannins than regular coffee. In animal experiments, tannins have reduced fertility in mice and hens.20,21 Increasingly, environmental pollution and exposure to heavy metals, pesticides, estrogen-like substances, and other chemicals are implicated in cases of infertility in men and women. Depending on the specific exposure, duration, and load, different aspects of fertility can be affected." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The energy intake and portion size of salty snacks, soft drinks, hamburgers, French fries, and Mexican food increased by 93 kcal, 49 kcal, 97 kcal, 68 kcal, and 133 kcal, respectively, with portion sizes the largest at fast-food restaurants. Experimental data show that increasing the portion size of foods and beverages is associated with a significant increase in energy intake sustained over 2 days, supporting the hypothesis that large portions are associated with excess energy intake and potential for increased body weight [205]. 5." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"They include: þAll foods I've categorized as "beige" or "white," including pasta, rice, potatoes, milk, ice cream, crackers, chips, all baked goods, cereals, and candy þAll foods containing sugar in any form þAll soft drinks (including diet, low-cal, lite, and sugar-free) and alcoholic mixed drinks þAll fruit and vegetable juices þWhite wine and beer, which have residual sugars Don't groan! Don't tell me how much you love these foods. We all love them. As you learned in Part One, we-and any society or animal exposed to them-are programmed to do so." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Fast foods, alcoholic beverages, white sugar, white flour and soft drinks all have one thing in common: they do not supply the essential nutrition we need for health.16 Food Production The commercial food we now consume is grown in soil that has been seriously depleted of its minerals because of continuous farming without crop rotation or rest. In addition, there is a total dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides to grow produce. Depending on the soils they are grown on, there can be a significant difference between commercially grown and organically grown vegetables." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

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