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6 REASONS TO GIVE UP SODAS

Here are 6 reasons for giving up the soda-drinking habit: The sugar and phosphoric acid in soda breaks down the enamel on your teeth making it more likely you''ll be spending extra time in the dentist''s chair. People who drink only one sugar-sweetened soda a day are 85 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes during their lifetime (Harvard study). Soda can weaken your bones by leeching the calcium and other important minerals out of them. The artificial sweetener in diet soda disrupts brain chemistry leading to depression and irritability. Drinking soda stimulates your appetite, which contributes to overeating. Every sugar-sweetened 20-ounce soda has about 250 calories or the equivalent of eating 17 teaspoons of sugar! Healthy soda substitutes are plain/flavored sparkling or seltzer water, green or herbal tea or 100% fruit juice.  By giving up one soda a day for an entire year, you will have saved 91,000 calories and lost 26 pounds of fat.  That in itself is reason enough to give up soda.

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