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Old August 31st, 2004, 04:09 AM
Roman Bystrianyk
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http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.p...st_item&id=180

Kathleen Doheny, "Want Your Kids to Cut Down on Colas?", Forbes,
August 30, 2004,
Link: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/heal...out520697.html

If you want your teenager to veer away from the vending machine in the
school cafeteria this fall, you need to swear off soft drinks
yourself.

That's because new research shows parents who drink soda set the stage
for their kids to do the same.

In most U.S. households with children or teens, soda has become a
staple. The average intake of soft drinks by children aged 2 to 17 has
increased from about 6.9 ounces per day in 1989 to 9.5 ounces per day
in 1995 -- a 38 percent increase. Among teen boys, the intake is
higher; they gulp down an average of nearly 22 ounces a day.

This excess soda consumption is partly to blame for rising overweight
and obesity rates. And some research has linked too much soda
consumption to a rise in blood pressure, especially in black teens,
perhaps increasing the risk of hypertension later on.

So, if you want your kids to cut down on the colas, you must start by
setting a good example, claims research in the August issue of the
Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

When Mary Story, a professor of public health nutrition at the
University of Minnesota School of Public Health and her colleagues
evaluated the soda drinking habits of 560 children, aged 8 to 13, they
found that youths whose parents regularly drank soft drinks were
nearly three times more likely to drink soda five or more times a week
compared to those youths whose parents didn't drink sodas.

Not surprisingly, the kids who really liked the taste were also more
likely to drink soda. If they had a taste preference for soda, they
were 4.5 times more likely to drink it five or more times a week,
Story's team found.

In the study, about 30 percent of the children who responded consumed
soft drinks every day; only 18 percent reported drinking them less
than once a week. And 85 percent of the students surveyed said they
typically drank regular soft drinks, not diet, boosting the calorie
and sugar intake for the day.

Since setting a good example might not be enough to change this
unhealthy eating habit, here are other ways to wean your kids off soft
drinks:

* Go cold turkey: Here's the script Story suggests: "It's a new school
year, and we're not having soft drinks in the house." She put the plan
into action years ago, telling her children, now college students,
that sodas wouldn't typically be in the house but would be reserved
for special occasions out, and perhaps for holidays and birthdays at
home. They adapted, she said. There's nothing wrong with the cold
turkey approach, agreed Lona Sandon, an assistant professor at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a spokeswoman for
the American Dietetic Association. "The good news is that soda is not
addictive," she said, "so going cold turkey to break the habit is not
going to hurt anyone."

* Have alternatives ready: "Fill a pitcher with water and keep it in
the refrigerator," Story said. "Or keep 100 percent juice in the
house." On hot days, lemonade is OK, she added. Non-caloric flavored
water or sparkling waters are other good options.

* Spell out why you're anti-soda: "One 12-ounce can of soda has the
equivalent of 9.5 teaspoons of sugar, or one-quarter of a cup," said
Jeannie Moloo, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
"Put this amount in a baggie, measure it out, and show it to your
kids. It's quite effective." According to the U.S, Department of
Agriculture, you should add no more than 10 teaspoons of sugar a day
to your diet if you consume 2,000 calories daily.

* Get involved in a "Can the Soda" campaign at school: Moloo did this
a few years back. "I went and talked to the administrators of my son
and daughter's elementary school...," she said. She also joined a
parent committee that succeeded in getting soda dispensers out of the
school.
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Old August 31st, 2004, 08:07 AM
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"Roman Bystrianyk" wrote in message
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* Have alternatives ready: "Fill a pitcher with water and keep it in
the refrigerator," Story said. "Or keep 100 percent juice in the
house." On hot days, lemonade is OK, she added. Non-caloric flavored
water or sparkling waters are other good options.


I'm not sure that substituting fruit juice or lemonade to soft drink is such
a bright idea... Sugar is sugar...


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Old August 31st, 2004, 08:07 AM
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"Roman Bystrianyk" wrote in message
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* Have alternatives ready: "Fill a pitcher with water and keep it in
the refrigerator," Story said. "Or keep 100 percent juice in the
house." On hot days, lemonade is OK, she added. Non-caloric flavored
water or sparkling waters are other good options.


I'm not sure that substituting fruit juice or lemonade to soft drink is such
a bright idea... Sugar is sugar...


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Old August 31st, 2004, 02:49 PM
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I do not know of any beverage, except maybe milk (which is more like
food than beverage), that is better than water, nutritionally.


Tea seems to have some positive properties, like anti-oxydants
(polyphenols - flavonols and tannins). Besides, tea is mostly water too.
Likewise, wine in reasonnable amounts seems to have a positive effect on
health (anti-oxydants, lipid profile). So, some other drinks do have some
nutrional value.
The problem is the logic of the article. They claim that sodas are bad
because they provide too much sugar (which is probably true), and then they
proceed to suggest you could replace it with high sugar content drinks, such
as fruit juices. The fact that they might be nutrionally better
(vitamins...) is irrelevant if you are focussing the discussing on calories,
as the article is.


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Old August 31st, 2004, 02:49 PM
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"Ignoramus26860" wrote in message
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I do not know of any beverage, except maybe milk (which is more like
food than beverage), that is better than water, nutritionally.


Tea seems to have some positive properties, like anti-oxydants
(polyphenols - flavonols and tannins). Besides, tea is mostly water too.
Likewise, wine in reasonnable amounts seems to have a positive effect on
health (anti-oxydants, lipid profile). So, some other drinks do have some
nutrional value.
The problem is the logic of the article. They claim that sodas are bad
because they provide too much sugar (which is probably true), and then they
proceed to suggest you could replace it with high sugar content drinks, such
as fruit juices. The fact that they might be nutrionally better
(vitamins...) is irrelevant if you are focussing the discussing on calories,
as the article is.


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Old August 31st, 2004, 03:37 PM
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"Ignoramus26860" wrote in message
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Besides, most juices sold here in the US have sugar added, and it is
relatively difficult to figure out which ones do not.


Yup, especially since you can add sugar while staying 100% pure juice-no
added sugar, just by adding some concentrated juice...
And I doubt it's only in the USA... Orange juice like Minute Maid tastes
very sweet, more than regular homemade orange juice. Either it is made with
especially ripe and sweet oranges, or they are cheating by non adding back
as much water as they took...


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Old August 31st, 2004, 03:37 PM
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"Ignoramus26860" wrote in message
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Besides, most juices sold here in the US have sugar added, and it is
relatively difficult to figure out which ones do not.


Yup, especially since you can add sugar while staying 100% pure juice-no
added sugar, just by adding some concentrated juice...
And I doubt it's only in the USA... Orange juice like Minute Maid tastes
very sweet, more than regular homemade orange juice. Either it is made with
especially ripe and sweet oranges, or they are cheating by non adding back
as much water as they took...


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Old August 31st, 2004, 03:52 PM
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Ignoramus26860 wrote:

Besides, most juices sold here in the US have sugar added, and it is
relatively difficult to figure out which ones do not.


Cross-posting snipped. (Just how many cross-posted threads are you
bringing in here, anyway?)

I went shopping for lunch-box kids for my son yesterday at a warehouse
store. My husband and son picked up a package of drinks that they tried
to get me to buy, saying it was juice instead of soda and it would be
"good" for them. (Please note that my 50 year old husband and my 11
year old son were in cahoots on this.) It came in convenient size
servings for lunchboxes and proclaimed it had 100% Vitamin C.

I immediately picked out the *little* word "cocktail" on the huge box
and then I flipped it over and read them the ingredients. High fructose
corn syrup was the main ingredient in every flavor.

We ended up getting some fruit juice in a bulk container that I'll
parcel out into rubbermaid juice boxes. It was not only a lot
healthier, but it was a lot cheaper, too.

Dally

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Old August 31st, 2004, 03:52 PM
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Ignoramus26860 wrote:

Besides, most juices sold here in the US have sugar added, and it is
relatively difficult to figure out which ones do not.


Cross-posting snipped. (Just how many cross-posted threads are you
bringing in here, anyway?)

I went shopping for lunch-box kids for my son yesterday at a warehouse
store. My husband and son picked up a package of drinks that they tried
to get me to buy, saying it was juice instead of soda and it would be
"good" for them. (Please note that my 50 year old husband and my 11
year old son were in cahoots on this.) It came in convenient size
servings for lunchboxes and proclaimed it had 100% Vitamin C.

I immediately picked out the *little* word "cocktail" on the huge box
and then I flipped it over and read them the ingredients. High fructose
corn syrup was the main ingredient in every flavor.

We ended up getting some fruit juice in a bulk container that I'll
parcel out into rubbermaid juice boxes. It was not only a lot
healthier, but it was a lot cheaper, too.

Dally

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Old September 1st, 2004, 05:27 AM
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"Lictor" wrote in message ...
"Roman Bystrianyk" wrote in message
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* Have alternatives ready: "Fill a pitcher with water and keep it in
the refrigerator," Story said. "Or keep 100 percent juice in the
house." On hot days, lemonade is OK, she added. Non-caloric flavored
water or sparkling waters are other good options.


I'm not sure that substituting fruit juice or lemonade to soft drink is such
a bright idea... Sugar is sugar...


Except that fruit juice is far more nutritional than processed drinks.
I'm sure you just say idiotic things for a reaction.
 




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