| Maybe you have a favorite health drink, but if you | | | | about Aspartame. That's 80% of all complaints about |
| know people who still consume soft drinks then you | | | | food additives. This is prompting many people to |
| will want to share this news with them. Just look | | | | take a closer look at stevia sweetener. Stevia is an |
| around and you will see the many ways that these | | | | herbal product that is hundreds of times sweeter |
| bubbly little beverages are destroying America's | | | | than sugar, and has been shown to help people |
| health, but here are a few specifics. | | | | maintain normal blood sugar levels. Stevia sweetener |
| 1. Soft drinks work very much like a diuretic, robbing | | | | has zero calories, it is all natural and adds quite a bit |
| the body of essential hydration. A considerable | | | | of flavor to health drinks without causing problems |
| amount of water is required just to process the high | | | | for your pancreas. |
| levels of sugar in sodas. To replace what is stolen, | | | | 5. Soft drinks are so acidic they can leach aluminum |
| you need to drink 8-12 glasses of water for every | | | | from the cans when sitting on the shelf too long. |
| soft drink that you consume! Health drinks made with | | | | Alzheimer patients who have been autopsied have |
| all natural ingredients, on the other hand, help your | | | | high levels of aluminum in their brains. Soft drinks can |
| body absorb water. This makes your water more | | | | remove rust from a car bumper or other metal |
| effective in hydrating and energizing you. | | | | surfaces. Imagine what they do to your digestive |
| 2. The high sugar content in soft drinks can cause | | | | tract as well as the rest of your body. The Acid |
| your pancreas to produce an over abundance of | | | | forming properties cause your body to work extra |
| insulin, leading to a "sugar crash". You have probably | | | | hard in order to balance pH. The human body |
| felt this after a meal high in simple carbs like bread, | | | | naturally exists at a pH of about 7.4. Many soft drinks |
| pasta and dessert. Chronic elevation and depletion of | | | | have a pH of less than 4! Experts and books such as |
| sugar and insulin can eventually lead to diabetes. This | | | | "The China Study" describe how diseases flourish in |
| is particularly problematic for growing children. | | | | an acidic environment. For example, the blood pH of |
| - Kids will consume health drinks if they taste good. | | | | cancer patients and those with other illnesses is |
| Fortunately, there are some excellent choices made | | | | almost always low. |
| with all natural ingredients. We're not talking about | | | | For those concerned about pH balance, take the |
| those sugary enhanced vitamin waters loaded with | | | | Alkaline Food Test at BestHealthFoodStore.net to |
| isolated vitamins from a lab, but beverage mixes | | | | find out how the choices you make today influence |
| made with whole food ingredients from real plants | | | | your pH balance and your well being for life. |
| and fruits. | | | | It is easy to see how the problems caused by soft |
| 3. Soft drinks interfere with digestion. Caffeine and | | | | drinks are part of the health care crisis in America. It |
| high amounts of sugar virtually shut down the | | | | is also quite apparent that this is an easy issue to |
| digestive process. Your body expends all its energy | | | | solve. If everyone in America drank natural health |
| to process those things while other nutrients go to | | | | drinks instead of soft drinks, the health of this nation |
| waste. That means you are essentially taking in NO | | | | would greatly improve. Obesity rates would go down, |
| nutrients from the food you may have just eaten, | | | | diabetes would be slashed and some arthritic |
| especially if you are chasing it with a soda. | | | | problems would virtually vanish. It may sound too |
| 4. Diet soft drinks contain Aspartame, which has | | | | good to be true, but just take a look at the |
| been linked to depression, insomnia, neurological | | | | ingredients in soft drinks. You will see that the good |
| disease and a plethora of other illnesses. The FDA | | | | life is not in one of those well advertised, colorful, |
| has received more than 10,000 consumer complaints | | | | bottles of bubbly. |