Did you know that what you drink can make a big difference to your health more than you think? Drinks like soda, sports drinks and energy drinks are loaded with sugar and empty calories. “Drinking” too many sugary drinks leads to an increased risk of being overweight and obese. Don’t drink soda! Water doesn’t suck. It really, really doesn’t! Cancer loves sugar. It feeds off of it. Today many people are addicted to soft drinks. But you can’t see/ imagine the amount of sugar in what you drink. This is really the best way to people aware of the food addiction or soft drink addiction and how it will affects on the health.
The amount of sugar in any soda is disturbing and your body hates you for consuming it. Get the facts on sugary drinks:
1. Drinks with added sugar contain extra calories and few nutrients.
2. Soda is the #1 source of added sugar.
3. One 20-oz bottle of soda contains about 17 teaspoons of sugar.
4. Two small juice boxes contain more sugar than 1 can of soda.
5. Most 20-oz sports drinks contain about 9 teaspoons of sugar.
6. Eighty percent of youth and 63% of adults drink one or more sugar sweetened beverage on an average day.
7. The average 4-5 year old consumes 17 teaspoons of added sugar a day, which is approximately 65 pounds of added sugar a year.
8. The consumption of sugary drinks contributes to an increased risk of being overweight and obese.
9. More than half of adults and a quarter of middle and high school students are either overweight or obese.
10. Obese children face a greater risk of developing health problems later in life including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Calories in drinks are not hidden (they’re listed right on the Nutrition Facts label), but many people don’t realize just how many calories beverages can contribute to their daily intake, calories from drinks can really add up. But there is good news: you have plenty of options for reducing the number of calories in what you drink.There are many other names for sugar commonly found in beverages including: barley malt, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, fruit juice concentrate, honey, molasses and more.