Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Can low-calorie drinks be healthier for you?

Can low-calorie drinks be healthier for you?
By Samantha Bailey

By James Gallagher
Health editor, BBC News website
7 January 2016

Nobody will say that a full sugar soda is good for you considering a 500ml bottle of cola equals about 200 calories. However Professor Swithers and Professor Rogers might have a different opinion. Low calorie drinks can be considered unhealthy, because of the sweeteners used. Drinking low-calorie/diet drinks can cause weight gain and increase the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Their are 3 different types of sweeteners aspartame, saccharin, and stevia. A full sugared drink had a lot more calories than drinking a low-calorie/diet drink and eating more food, although isn't healthier.

Studies say the low-calorie/diet drinks are worse. They have sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and stevia. Aspartame is a white crystalline powder that is a white amino acid. Saccharine is the first artificial sweetener made in, 1879. Stevia is a sweetener made from the South American Stevia plant. All three of these sweeteners have been used in a variety of low-calorie/diet drinks and studies concluded that they are bad for people. Even though low-calorie/diet drinks can have just one calorie, they also contain the three sweeteners.Which can cause weight gain and increase the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. “A lot of people assume they must be healthy choices because they are not sugared beverages, but the critical thing for people to understand is we don’t have the evidence,” said Professor Swithers. In the end result they came to a conclusion that people who were consuming the sweeteners did end up eating more than those who just stuck with sugary drinks, they still consume fewer calories. I drink soda sometimes and often it is diet and now I know that diet soda isn’t healthy. A full sugared drink had a lot more calories than drinking a low-calorie/diet drink and eating more food, although isn't healthier.























Works Cited
“Health.” BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2016. <http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34924036>.

4 comments:

  1. Wow I totaly did not know any of this. Great job. I will look more at my drinks now that I know that ones with fewer calories are aparently bad for you. I learned so much about the drinks that I ushally think are better for me are really worse!!

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  2. This is so interesting! I had no idea that diet sodas are actually more unhealthy than regular sodas. I really liked the statistics you put in because it helped me see the difference. This makes me want to drink only regular soda now!

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  3. That is really interesting. I always thought that drinking diet was better for me but now I'm not sure.
    and now I think I'm going to lay off on the soda

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