From YOU Docs Daily:
As readers of our blog likely know, one of us YOU Docs recently had a mega Diet Coke habit. Let's put it this way: Two six-packs a day was nothing. The other one (with his wife, Lisa) finally braved an intervention and got, yep, Dr. Mike down to one can a day. Last September he went to zilch. And lived! Now all he misses is the extra strength-training from shifting 20-pound cases of cola.
We mention this because chugging soda already looked bad when Dr. Mike laid off the stuff. Both regular and diet drinks had been tied to obesity and high blood pressure; colas to bone loss; and full-sugar sodas to type 2 diabetes, lousy teeth (especially citrus sodas), and more. Find out why zero-calorie sodas don't always have zero impact.
Now it turns out there's something in regular soda that's particularly bad for women. If you're female, listen up. New research shows that just two cans a day make you more likely to add inches to your waist, get into blood sugar trouble, have soaring triglycerides, and develop heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes — even if you don't gain a pound. Throw in kidney damage, too. It's also been tied to a soda habit.
This isn't the first evidence of these links, but it's the first to spot how vulnerable women are. Why? That's as clear as muddy waters. Maybe because women burn fewer calories than guys. Or replace more healthy foods with useless fizzy stuff. Or always eat sweets with soda. Or something no one's figured out yet.
Our New Year's wish? Pull a Dr. Mike: Switch to water (or caffeinated water), seltzer with fruit, hot/iced tea, or coffee (his fave), which is giving tea real competition as the world's number one health drink.
As readers of our blog likely know, one of us YOU Docs recently had a mega Diet Coke habit. Let's put it this way: Two six-packs a day was nothing. The other one (with his wife, Lisa) finally braved an intervention and got, yep, Dr. Mike down to one can a day. Last September he went to zilch. And lived! Now all he misses is the extra strength-training from shifting 20-pound cases of cola.
We mention this because chugging soda already looked bad when Dr. Mike laid off the stuff. Both regular and diet drinks had been tied to obesity and high blood pressure; colas to bone loss; and full-sugar sodas to type 2 diabetes, lousy teeth (especially citrus sodas), and more. Find out why zero-calorie sodas don't always have zero impact.
Now it turns out there's something in regular soda that's particularly bad for women. If you're female, listen up. New research shows that just two cans a day make you more likely to add inches to your waist, get into blood sugar trouble, have soaring triglycerides, and develop heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes — even if you don't gain a pound. Throw in kidney damage, too. It's also been tied to a soda habit.
This isn't the first evidence of these links, but it's the first to spot how vulnerable women are. Why? That's as clear as muddy waters. Maybe because women burn fewer calories than guys. Or replace more healthy foods with useless fizzy stuff. Or always eat sweets with soda. Or something no one's figured out yet.
Our New Year's wish? Pull a Dr. Mike: Switch to water (or caffeinated water), seltzer with fruit, hot/iced tea, or coffee (his fave), which is giving tea real competition as the world's number one health drink.
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