Thursday, July 31, 2008

Is Your Diet Soda Making You Fat?


How many times have you washed down a cheeseburger and fries with a diet soda? Seems a little silly, doesn’t it? Not to mention pointless, if reducing calories is your goal. But, there’s another side to diet soda that can undermine your dieting efforts—it could be contributing to stubborn weight gain.

Regular soda, as you probably know, is loaded with sugar. The sweetener of the manufacturer’s choice is usually high fructose corn syrup--in an amount equivalent to nine teaspoons of sugar in a typical 12-ounce can. Whoa. Enough said.

Diet sodas, on the other hand, contain artificial sweeteners, which may be low or free of sugar, but carry certain risks all their own, like the as-of-yet unknown long-term effects of introducing chlorine molecules into the body. Diet sodas also contain caffeine, sodium and phosphoric acid, all of which can compromise your health. Phosphoric acid depletes your calcium levels and makes your internal pH too acidic, while high levels of caffeine consumption can promote a variety of problems, including anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue and hormonal imbalance.

But, here’s some news about diet soda that really pops: Researchers have found that drinking diet soda can actually contribute to weight gain. There are two main reasons for this, the first being the temptation to think that by saving 150 calories by drinking diet soda, then we can afford to indulge in a sweet reward to go with it. The second reason is due to confused taste buds. That is, artificially sweetened diet soda triggers the taste buds to signal the brain to prepare the body for a glucose fix, but fails to deliver one. This scenario is what gives rise to sugar cravings and addiction.

A recent study involving 1,500 participants conducted at the University of Texas found that obesity was associated with soda drinkers overall. No surprise there. However, they also found a correlation between diet soda consumption and an even higher risk for obesity. In fact, for every can of diet soda chugged down each day, the risk for obesity increased by a whopping 41%. Whoa. Enough said again.

Here’s Your Diet Soda Alternative

What if you could ditch the diet soda without sacrificing taste, or even letting that refreshing fizz go down the drain? What if that sparkling soda alternative were as healthy as pure water…even more so? Sound too good to be true?

It isn’t. Cyclotrim is the first weight loss formula that turns your everyday bottle of water into a powerful fat burning, metabolism-boosting weight loss drink. Cyclotrim contains zero calories, zero carbs and zero fat, but does contain 100% of your daily recommended allowance of vitamins C, B-6, B-12 and chromium. Just drop a tablet into some water and you’ve got a fizzy and fun way to help your body metabolize and burn fat efficiently. Whoa. Way to go!




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