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Originally posted 2010-04-12 19:49:31. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

In the following article I will outline:

1. The current soft drink epidemic

2. The ingredients

3. The physical cost from soft drink ingredients

1. The current soft drink epidemic

In the U.K. in 2004 nearly 14 billion litres of soft drink were consumed. The 2004 total soft drinks figure represents an increase of 47% over the past ten years. (1)

In Australia soft drink consumption increased by over 30% in the 10 years to 1999. 50% of 16-18 year olds consumed soft drinks every day. (2)

These well loved beverages account for more than a quarter of all drinks consumed in the United States. More than 56.9 billion liters were sold in 2000 – that works out to at least one can per day for every man, woman and child. Soft drink consumption among children and adolescents rose 41% between 1989-1991 and 1994-1995, mostly displacing milk and juice, the leading sources of many vitamins and minerals in the American diet. (3)

2. The ingredients

One can of soft drink has about:

• 10-13 teaspoons of sugar

• 30 to 55 mg of caffeine

• And additionally it is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites

3. Physical costs from soft drink ingredients

• Sugar: Soft drink manufacturers are the largest single user of refined sugar in the United States. It is a proven fact that sugar increases insulin levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, premature aging and numerous other negative side effects including associated tooth disease problems.

• Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause many nervous system reactions including the jitters and insomnia. High caffeine use is associated with high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion that potentially leads to disease.

• Aspartame: This chemical is used as a sugar substitute in diet soda. There are over 92 different health side effects associated with aspartame consumption including brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilepsy/seizures. Further, when aspartame is stored for long periods of time or kept in warm areas it changes to methanol, an alcohol that converts to formaldehyde and formic acid, which are known carcinogens. Please see February and March Peak Performance editions to read more on this deadly product.

• Phosphoric Acid: May interfere with the body’s ability to use calcium, which can lead to osteoporosis or softening of the teeth and bones. Phosphoric acid also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which can interfere with digestion, making it hard to utilize nutrients. (4)

• Benzene: Recent random government testing of soft drinks found five of them contaminated with levels of benzene (which is a cancer-causing chemical linked to leukemia) that exceeded federal standards set for benzene in drinking water. Benzene is able to form in beverages that contain vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and the preservatives sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate. Exposure to heat and light can trigger the formation. (5)

Looking at the consumption statistics and related health consequences I have no doubt soft drinks are one of the main reasons from a nutritionally perspective why many people suffer health problems. Aside from the negative effects of the soda itself, drinking a lot of it is likely to leave you with small appetite for whole foods that your body needs to function at its best.

Your 3d Coach

Craig Burton

References

(1) http://www.researchandmarkets.com/ reportinfo.asp? report_id=302947.

(2) http://www.nutritionaustralia.com.au/SNAC/ soft-drink-final-paper.pdf

(3) Squires, S, The Incredible Statistics and Dangers of Soda Pop, 2001 http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/10/ soda_pop_dangers.htm

(4) Mercola, J, The Real Dangers of Soda to You and Your Children, mercola.com, 2003 http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/9/soda_dangers.htm

(5) Soft Drinks: Disease in a can, bloomberg.com, May 20, 2006

Originally posted 2010-01-17 12:30:43. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

Originally posted 2010-01-26 12:35:40. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

Caffeine is the most well loved brain stimulant that helps to release dopamine, which provides motivation, alertness, and emotional highs. Similar to various drugs, caffeine is sought after for a quick surge of dopamine, as it stimulates our brain. As the chief neuro-transmitter, dopamine performs as a messenger for the brain, taking care of the vitality levels, vigilance, acuity, ability to respond, spontaneity and similar functions. Added to this, dopamine is in control of addiction to stimulates.

The body’s growth of dopamine manufacturing brain cells is greatly diminished, as dopamine gets depleted with a massive consumption of caffeine. Then, comes a feeling of being exhausted and worn out. Yet, more caffeine is consumed returning the rush of vitality. This is the how the process of the reduction of dopamine nerve cell works.

Dopamine declines with age, but caffeine and other stimulants accelerate the dopamine decline and speed up the process of the brain aging. Parkinson’s disease is the result of a serious reduction of dopamine nerve cell. Parkinson’s disease suffers can benefit with dopamine flow stimulated by caffeine. Even so, about seventy to eighty percent of dopamine nerve cell become permanently lost previous to becoming aware of its symptoms.

Caffeine leads to the development of other health problems. As caffeine speeds up the production of our anxiety hormone, our adrenal glands become depleted. It only takes a single cup of a caffeinated drink to start the brain’s pituitary glands to release a signal to at the adrenal glands to let out the hormonal anxiety chemicals cortisol and adrenalininto the bloodstream.

Whenever you’re in a perilous situation, your anxiety hormones are released, sending a blast of warmth throughout your body. The quick “pick-me-up” from caffeine really comes from a anxiety hormone. As a effective stimulant as well as an irritant, caffeine alerts the body’s defense mechanisms which send out our anxiety hormones. Later on, this defense response gets worn out.

Relentless fake adrenalin sent by caffeine consumption, wears out the glands until they can not release enough hormones. The caffeine consumer starts to increase larger amounts, adding additional anxiety on the glands, that can’t keep up with the demands of the addiction. As these actions continue, the results will show.

Eventually, caffeine consumers deplete their adrenal gland. Everyday overproduction of anxiety hormones, which are toxic in excess, eventually changes the blood composition, which, in turn, negatively affects proper function of the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems.

The consequences might be one or all of these situations; repeating fatigue, heightened blood sugar and insulin levels, weight gain, higher blood pressure, irritation, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorder, common viral infections, ulcers, thinning of the skin, bone loss, thyroid problems, and other disturbing messages of health deterioration.

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Originally posted 2009-11-13 16:19:16. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

As our brain is stimulated from the ever so well loved caffeine, dopamine is let out providing us with alertness, motivation and uplifted feelings. Dopamine is shot out of the brain, like all sorts of potent drugs, delivering its well loved stimulating effect. Dopamine delivers messages for brain, as a neuro-transmitter, responsible for our reaction time, vitality output, alertness, spontaneity, caution, and similar message functions. Even so, dopamine in addition, determines stimulant addiction.

The body’s growth of dopamine manufacturing brain cells is greatly diminished, as dopamine gets depleted with a massive consumption of caffeine. Then, comes a feeling of being exhausted and worn out. Then, to regain that excellent feeling, more caffeine is ingested. The outflow of dopamine neurons keeps going while caught in this cycle.

As our body becomes older, our level of dopamine diminishes naturally, which goes even quicker with caffeine. Parkinson’s illness is the result of a serious reduction of dopamine neurons. Due to caffeine’s stimulating effect on dopamine output, people with Parkinson’s illness can benefit. Previous to seeing any signs of this diseases, 70 to 80 percent of dopamine neurons have vanished.

Caffeine leads to the development of other health problems. While caffeine accelerate the production of anxiety hormones, the adrenal glands become exhausted. A single caffeinated drink is plenty to start the brain, pituitary gland, sending messages to the adrenal gland to let out the anxiety hormones adrenalin and cortisol directly into our bloodstream.

Stress hormones release results in a feeling of a sudden blood rush, which we usually experience in stressful or perilous situations. The burst of vitality we get from caffeine is really a anxiety hormone rush. Caffeine is a powerful stimulant along with being an irritant that questions the body’s defense system to respond by releasing our anxiety hormones. The defense system, after some time, loses its strength.

Relentless fake adrenalin sent by caffeine consumption, wears out the glands until they can not release enough hormones. Looking to experience the former adrenalin jolt, a caffeine user starts to increase his caffeine ingestion, placing more pressure on the glands, which cannot cope with the addict’ demands. The logical results of this cycle will become apparent.

The adrenal gland of heavy caffeine consumers becomes emptied, as the time goes on. To much production of the anxiety hormones everyday, turn poisonous, and later on alters the makeup of the blood. This ends up hurting the operation of the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems.

The consequences might be one or all of these situations; repeating fatigue, raised insulin and blood sugar levels, weight gain, higher blood pressure, irritation, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorder, common viral infections, ulcers, thinning of the skin, bone loss, thyroid problems, and other disturbing messages of health deterioration.

Originally posted 2009-12-13 04:05:53. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

Originally posted 2009-12-26 01:47:45. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

The recent entrant into the fray was an energized caffeine drink. When the makers pronounced its ingredients it was apparent that there was no need for a biochemist to formulate this drink, every guy off the street could make it. The energy ingredients of the product available in the market are ginseng, B-vitamins and, guarana. The energy drink manufacturers come up with names for these energy boosters that send even the scientists crazy. The marketing ploy worked, and in America alone the sales went up to a fantastic high for this octane elixir. This had made them not stray from the recipe that launched decades ago.

Its ingredients include sugar, caffeine, guarana, ginseng and taurine. A simple analysis of the content would reveal what these energy boosters supply to the body in spite of the marketing pitch. Does it energize you or sharpen your mind, lets have a look. The first ingredient in the energy boosting drink is the caffeine found in coffee. If you are a regular coffee drinker, then an addition of caffeine in this drink which is equivalent to the caffeine in two 8 ounce coffee cups can cause nausea, sleeplessness and headaches. A research team from Finland says that if you are a person with high blood pressure, three cups of coffee can spike the BP up to 14 points.

Next is the glucose which measures up to 50 to 60 gms. Sucrose in energy drinks is a combination of fructose and glucose. Our body functions on glucose and supplementing glucose can certainly boost energy. But the sleep deprived fatigue cannot be compensated by anything. The addition of glucose can increase the blood sugar level and insulin which is not commendable.

Guarana, a South American shrub whose seed contains 4 to 5 percent caffeine whereas the actual coffee bean contains only up to 1 to 2 percent in comparison. This as such is not harmful but can cause problems if consumed profusely.

Ginseng is an extract from the root of the ginseng plant. Though it has small effect on physical performance, some say it boosts brain power. Small amounts are deemed to be safe.

Taurine, the most common amino acid in your brain acts as a neurotransmitter. It is a chemical messenger and facilitates the communication of cells with one another. This is also fine in small doses but can cause harm if taken in large doses. But its energy boosting element is still not proven. So next time you take this energy drink reckon that you have yielded to the ploy employed by the super brains of marketing professionals.

Originally posted 2009-12-07 09:36:53. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter

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Originally posted 2009-11-27 09:39:30. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter