Say So Long To Soda

For those of you who think switching from the "real thing" to diet soda will help in losing weight; you are in for a rude awakening. More and more research is showing that not only will it not help but there is evidence that artificially sweetened diet beverages could actually cause you to gain weight.

In today’s growing world, fad diets seem to be all the rage. As obesity rates are increasing more and more each year with 1/3 of the population overweight and 1/3 of the population obese, many people are trying everything that they can to lose weight. With people in our nation because too busy to exercise, too busy to make healthy meals, and healthy foods being too expensive, many people turn to these fad diets to help control their weight or help them lose their weight. One of the most known fad diet is the Weight Watchers program. The purpose of this study is to find out using both creditable and not so creditable sources if this fad diet actually works.

A. Not only can these sweeteners make you gain weight, but over time they could potentially hurt your body. Here is a list of the popular sugar substitutes and the potential harm they produce: Acesulfame potassium also known as "SweetOne" is 200 times sweeter than sugar, this is often paired with aspartame or sucralose. Known to cause breast tumors in rats. Saccharin also known as Sweet’NLow, is the oldest of the artificial sweeteners and is 300 –700 times sweeter than sugar, The National Cancer Institute found evidence of increased bladder cancer in people who heavily consumed saccharin. The label below is found on toothpaste, gum, and many other products that contain saccharin "USE OF THIS PRODUCT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS SACCHARIN WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO CAUSE CANCER IN LABORATORY

How has this impacted our health? According to Dr. Barry Popin of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, studies have shown that people who shift from non calorie drinks to sweetened drinks gain weight, probably because they do not compensate by eating less. Popin says that drinking calories in liquid form does not register with our appetite controls.

This chapter deals with dieting and why going into a diet program is important for a person. The chapter touches on the misconceptions about diet are discussed which, as experts claim, is one of the reasons why losing weight fails.

"Writing down what you eat helps you keep track of what you're actually putting in your mouth," says Bauer. Forget about extreme diets and embrace 'phase eating', suggests Bauer. "Simply eat the same healthy breakfast, lunch or dinner day after day for a stretch of time," she explains. Find one or two healthy meals you like and rotate them for a week. The less you focus on food, the easier it is to lose

Food is one of human beings’ beloved obsessions. We have an infinite infatuation with food and we spend a great deal of time preoccupied with ways to satisfy this innate need. Food takes center stage when we organize a fun day out with our families, plan a romantic night, look for an all-inclusive vacation package, or simply seek means to relief the stress of everyday life. However, if we overindulge, this affection can turn into a haunting nightmare, capable of shaking our sense of self-worth and confidence. Weight loss diet promise to restore that self-assurance and restore that sense of normalcy that we may have lost. But here comes the challenge of choosing one from the countless weight loss diets that are available through infomercials,

Another website, Cleveland Clinic, states that artificial sweeteners can reduce carbohydrate and calorie intake and that they are again safer for people with diabetes. In conclusion artificial sweeteners are better for diabetics and sweet cravings.

Have you ever just looked at your body and said, “It is time for me to lose weight.”? Have you scanned through diet plans and eliminated them out because you could not consume the foods you love to eat? There is a diet out there where you can eat most of the foods you love and lose almost two pounds a week and possibly twenty in two months. If you start practicing this easy diet and follow a few lifestyle tricks you could do it easily.

Shoppers cannot check out in the grocery line without noticing the headlines on magazines. Eat this – lose 10 pounds in a week! Lose 10 pounds without even trying! Obesity and body image has enabled some people to make extreme amounts of money by selling quick weight loss promises. These headlines beg the question if these diets indeed work, why is obesity such a problem in our country? Fad diets are everywhere; in the aisle at the supermarket, on the television infomercials, and Internet pop-up advertisements. Everywhere someone is saying you are fat, and here is how you fix it. Fad diets do not work for long term weight loss because they are a short-term fix used to treat a long-term problem.

What's more important is that these sweeteners provide practically no nutritional value and can make your body crave for more carbs later in the day (3).

Start changing your destiny today by changing your diet and other aspects of your life, and in only 21 days you can turn around your life and your health around by simply respecting the Primal diet diet principles. Once your body is reprogrammed, not only will you start feeling better, but your body will get used to working efficiently, but you will not gain these extra pounds back after a few weeks’

Dieting is an American obsession with millions. Take a look at health magazines, beauty magazines, and family magazines. Every publication features a diet plan that is designed to help their readers shed the pounds like magic. Well, that is exactly what this book is about, losing weight in sensible, fast steps. Not magic. This book is specifically targeted at people that go on diets trying to lose weight fast.

This means changing the way you eat, exercise, and the way that you do everyday activities.

“Dear Diet, Things are just not going to work between us. It is not me, it is you. You are tasteless, controlling, and boring. Plus, I cannot stop cheating on you.” Often times, especially in the American society, people try to maintain a “diet” but are never really able to succeed. Unfortunately, America is one of the unhealthiest countries in the world and currently obtains the second highest rate of obesity, yet, ironically enough, and in the reality of it all, one of the most important subjects in one’s personal life is how he or she is ranked