They Should Call it Child Abuse: Drinking Ourselves Obese:

Over the last couple months I have noticed several
striking examples of exactly how the childhood
obesity epidemic is growing in the USA.

If you think I am sensationalizing this check out
some of the stats in the videos I will share with you later.

Here are the exact three instances that really troubled
me:

On my commute into work, while I was stopped on
an on ramp I look over and see what must be a 8-10 yr
cute young girl vigorously chugging on a full 2-liter bottle
of Coke

Sad excuse for breakfast

The other day I saw a little girl walking out of the grocery
she was probably 5-7yrs old again gulping down on a 20 oz
of regular Coca Cola

Again fairly early in the morning, amazing.


Then just last week I notice what must be a junior high kid
on his walk to school tipping back and finishing a 2-liter of
Sprite.


Just in case you are wondering here’s what one gets when they
consume 2 liters of soda

Calories800
Sodium280 mg
Total Fat0 g
Potassium0 mg
Saturated0 g
Total Carbs216 g
Polyunsaturated0 g
Dietary Fiber0 g
Monounsaturated0 g
Sugars216 g
Trans0 g
Protein0 g
Cholesterol0 mg


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All of this just makes me horribly sad; because these young people really
don’t have chance.

They are being set up, led astray, with what seems to be zero guidance
sure the junior high kid is a little hard to account for; but not the other two though they were both seemingly with their parents.

Come on folks, could we give just a little bit of a shit.

Honesty, has it come to point where we where we say that you are at least
giving my kids coca-coca puffs and not soda for breakfast.

Wow, I sure hope not but I am afraid it is true.

Unfortunately I think this is the case, even further it seems
to be very sticky subject that is difficult to address because the parents
and their personal activities are deeply associated with the problem

I don’t think there is a quick or easy way out of this mess and honestly
long term it just may have deeper and longer lasting repercussions than this economic shit
storm we are in; let’s hope the America kicks it’s self in the ass to start
giving a shit about itself again.

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Below is an expert from Dr Mercola that I though you might find intriguing I have highlighted a few of the main points
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/01/20/the-obesity-tax-proposal-a-good-idea-or-a-waste-of-time.aspx



How Soda and Sugary Drinks Contribute to the Obesity Epidemic

As of 2005, white bread was dethroned as the number one source of calories in the American diet, being replaced by soft drinks.

During the past half-century, the number of carbonated soft-drink drinkers rose more than 450 percent and jumped from 11 gallons in 1946 to 49 gallons in the year 2000.

Currently, the average American drinks more than 60 gallons of soft drinks each year.

During this time, obesity rates have skyrocketed.

One independent, peer-reviewed study published in the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity.

They found that 12-year-olds who drank soft drinks regularly were more likely
to be overweight than those who didn't.

In fact, for each additional daily serving of sugar-sweetened soft drink consumed during the nearly two-year study, the risk of obesity jumped by 60 percent. Just one extra can of soda per day can add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the course of a single year!

At that rate, it’s no wonder more than 65 percent of all American adults
struggle with overweight and obesity.

How Soda Affects Your Body

First of all, just one can of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar.
This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake (which is more than double my recommended daily allowance to begin with).

Within 20 minutes of drinking that soda, your blood sugar spikes,
and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive
amounts of sugar into fat.

Within 40 minutes, your blood pressure rises due to your body having absorbed all the caffeine, and then your livers dumps even more sugar into your bloodstream.

After about one hour, you’ll start to have a sugar crash, which oftentimes leads
you into a vicious cycle of consuming more stimulants, followed by crashes, throughout your day.

It is also a proven fact that sugar increases your insulin levels, which can lead
to not only weight gain, but also high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, premature aging and many more negative side effects. In fact, sugar is so bad for your health in so many ways.

I even created an entire list outlining 100-Plus Ways in Which Sugar
Can Damage Your Health.

Soda drinkers also have higher cancer risk, and soda has even been shown to cause DNA damage – courtesy of sodium benzoate, a common preservative found in many soft drinks, which has the ability to switch off vital parts of your DNA. This could eventually lead to diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's.

So needless to say, anything that will curb the excessive consumption of soda can be a good move – as long as consumers aren’t willing to simply shell out more money for their daily soda fix…


Arizona Personal Trainer
Troy M Anderson