diet soda vs. regular soda

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

The sugar (HFCS) soda is the most unhealthy because of the added
calories. The phosporic acid in the brown sodas (cola, rootbeer, and
Dr. Pepper) may be a risk for calcium loss, but that risk is currently
unproven. Caffeine is usually much lower than coffee or tea, so one or
two servings a day shouldn't be a big problem for caffeine.

--
Ron

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

IMHO, it does no good to rationalize that one is OK because the other is
worse. The bottom line is that all of these soda drinks are bad for
health for one reason or another.

Also beware Sodium benzoate in drinks.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=269520

Don

Don Joslyn said:

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

IMHO, it does no good to rationalize that one is OK because the other is
worse. The bottom line is that all of these soda drinks are bad for
health for one reason or another.

Also beware Sodiumbenzoatein drinks.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ecehttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=269520

Don

Thank you for your interesting post!

Perhaps you may be interested to know that this topic is discussed in
more detail here:

http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/05/soft-drinks-linked-to-aging.html

Kind regards,

-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D.
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/
My books: http://longevity-science.org/Books.html

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

The "sugar" in regular soda is high fructose corn syrup, not plain old
sucrose. It is as unhealthy as artificial sweeteners.

Try flavored seltzer water instead. It has the same "pop" and "fizz"
as sodas, but no sweeteners. Or try mixing a little juice in plain
seltzer water.

Brindal

Brindal said:

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

The "sugar" in regular soda is high fructose corn syrup, not plain old
sucrose. It is as unhealthy as artificial sweeteners.

Try flavored seltzer water instead. It has the same "pop" and "fizz"
as sodas, but no sweeteners. Or try mixing a little juice in plain
seltzer water.

Brindal

Yes...I love any kind of carbonated plain water.. and adding some
juice is a great idea to get kids interested!! Now I will have a
GREAT rebuttal! 🙂 Thanks for all the great insight!

Leonid Gavrilov said:

Don Joslyn said:

gymrat said:

Which (if having to choose from the two) is more unhealthy for kids?
The diet having the artificial sweetners and chemicals or the regular
which has tons of sugar?

IMHO, it does no good to rationalize that one is OK because the other is
worse. The bottom line is that all of these soda drinks are bad for
health for one reason or another.

Also beware Sodiumbenzoatein drinks.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ecehttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=269520

Don

Thank you for your interesting post!

Perhaps you may be interested to know that this topic is discussed in
more detail here:

http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/05/soft-drinks-linked-to-aging.html

Kind regards,

-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D.
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/
My books: http://longevity-science.org/Books.html

Dr. Gavrilov,

Thank you for that very useful information. It truly helps us to see
other perspectives on subjects like this, especially perspectives
offered by scientists like yourself that actually devote a lifetime
studying human longevity and aging.

Best regards,
Don