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How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Basic Womens HealthThe health problems of women are unique in camparison to the male gender. The female body ..... ...... to the contracts may be taken to extremes. For example, a Georgia student was suspended when he wore a shirt with a Pepsi logo to a student government-sponsored 'Coke Day' rally.
So what is contained in a typical soda that may be found in a school vending machine' A 20-ounce screw-top plastic bottle of soda has 275 calories. While there are other ingredients such as flavorings and caffeine, the soda is primarily sugar and carbonated water. High in calories and zero in nutritional value, it is the quintessential 'junk food.' The Center for Science in the Public Interest refers to soft drinks as 'liquid candy.' Since the bottles have screw-tops, the liquid may be sipped throughout the day, thereby bathing the teeth with sugar and upsetting dentists. While it is unclear how many sodas a typical student might drink in one day, one is not a bad guess. Just one a day means 1925 empty calories per week. Heavy users drink more than one soda per day. Children who begin drinking soda when they are still young tend to increase the amount they consume through adolescence into young adulthood. Many children drink more soda than juice or milk. While juice and whole milk contain about the same amount of calories as soda, they contain useful vitamins and minerals. Juice and milk are far better nutritional options.
Although the relationship cannot be proven conclusively, soda consumption correlates with obesity. Children who drink sodas take in more calories, are fatter and have worse diets than those who don't. If you need to lose weight, start by replacing sodas with water, fat free or 1% milk, or 100% juice (but not too much).
Coffee Is Health FoodThat's right! Turns out that your daily cup of Joe is rich in health giving anti-oxidents. Scientists now believe ..... Copyright ' 2005, by Weight Loss Buddy Press
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