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Link Between Diet Pop and Obesity!
Author: Jared WashI'm sure everyone has heard this argument before but I believe it has ever been completely resolved. Diet pop is known for being a healthy weight loss drink when really there isn't any proof that it is healthier and better for weight loss than regular pop. So is diet pop inferior for you?
The University of Texas Health Science Center over went an 8 years study with over 1,550 individuals of all backgrounds, body types etc. to find out if there is a link between diet pop and obesity.
In their study, they learned that individuals that drink diet pop have a 41% increase risk in being overweight for every pop a person consumes each day. But what was more appealing was that individuals who drink diet pop had a 67% chance of being overweight when individuals drink regular pop they only had a 47% chance of being overweight.
So for regular soft-drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or obese was:
26 percent for up to 1/2 can each day
30.4 percent for 1/2 to one can each day
32.8 percent for 1 to 2 cans each day
47.2 percent for more than 2 cans each day.
For diet soft-drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or obese was:
36.5 percent for up to 1/2 can each day
40.1 percent for 1/2 to one can each day
57.3 percent for 1 to 2 cans each day
66.7 percent for more than 2 cans each day.
Another fascinating thing I have learned was consuming artificial sweeteners of any kind actually showed to increase people's cravings for food. You can think of it kind of like this; your body thinks your giving it food but the artificial sweeteners are zero calories so it craves food to make up for your bodies hunger leading you to eat more than you would of before.
I always wonder does diet pop really make individuals gain weight or is it when individuals think their overweight they start drinking diet pop. I contacted one of my all time favorite fitness professionals to question him this same question and to my surprise he had done research and an actual study with 100 individuals on diet vs. regular.
The study consisted of two groups of individuals having a group drink only regular pop, and the other group drink only diet pop for 3 straight months. After the 3 months a body composition test was taken and the result were unbelievable. The individuals average weight gain that drank only diet pop was around 3 pounds, and the individuals that drank regular pop only average about .5 pounds of gained weight.
I thought that was interesting.
Now, this does not mean you should drink regular pop and feel like it is healthier. Just remember, a small can of pop has around 50g carbohydrates, and might I add those 50g carbohydrates are very high fructose sugars. What does that mean? It means if you don't burn off those sugars in 15 minutes they will go straight to fat.
My recommendation is to focus getting most of your liquids from water as we are around 75% water, and it control most of are bodily functions. If your goal being weight loss than having a well-balanced diet, and a worthy weight loss program is a worthy way to start but make sure you follow a true weight loss program that focusing on balanced eating.
Hopefully you enjoyed this article and I wish you a worthy day!
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/link-between-diet-pop-and-obesity-40607.html
About the Author:This article is on Jared Wash's site at http://www.top-weightloss-site.com which focuses on true and healthy weight loss.
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