Changing Habits

Here is yet another reason not to drink soft drinks.  You would think with all the health problems these drinks cause that they would be like cigarettes and be banned from public and work places and have warning labels on them. Read More

PRIMARY school children are risking serious heart damage by sculling caffeine-packed energy drinks for breakfast, doctors warn. The following is an article from the Sunday Mail. It is talking about the health affects these drinks have on not only children’s health but adult health as well. Read More

Even though I doubt the sugar and calories make these the worse drinks, it is interesting how they have come up with the 10 worst drinks. It is all about the sugar and the calories, and nothing about the ingredients.  Read More

The "most retarded science journal of the year" award goes to the Journal of Urology which has published an article suggesting that diet soda is actually an effective type of medicine for preventing kidney stones (April 19, 2010 issue). The research was led by Dr Brian H. Read More

Still more reasons why you shouldn't drink soft drinks.  I do not for one minute believe soft drinks are the only cause, we also have to look at the artificial fats we are eating like hydrogenated vegetable oils and margarine.   Disease is an etiology of many lifestyle factors and all must be looked at. Read More

A team of international researchers claim to have found a link between soft drink and pancreatic cancer. Read More

In their critics’ eyes, producers of sugar-sweetened drinks are acting a lot like the tobacco industry of old: marketing heavily to children, claiming their products are healthy or at worst benign, and lobbying to prevent change.  Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concerns that sleep and relaxation drinks containing melatonin may have an adverse affect on the human body. Scientific studies have yet to be conducted to prove whether they are safe or dangerous to the human body. Read More

Latest research tells us that  "Giving someone a diet drink tells the body that there's an 'energy crisis' because you're giving it something that tastes good but it has no calories. Read More

I looked at the ingredients in this supplement and found that it contained 300 mg  of caffeine (a cup of coffee contains 40mg) plus the additive propylene glycol which has been taken out of all medications in the US because it caused liver and kidney damage.  Supplements must be scrutinized like food, read the ingredients and beware.  Remember food is the only safe option. Read More