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    Soda Is A Drug?

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    Soda is a Drug According to the American Heart Association (AHA) in 2014, the average American consumes between one hundred fifty to one hundred seventy pounds of refined sugars in one year; that is about twenty-two to thirty teaspoons a day. The AHA recommends five teaspoons for women and nine teaspoons for men on a daily intake of sugar. Unfortunately, seventy percent of the nation 's diet contains consumption of processed foods which are generally filled with refined sugars. Refined sugars are

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    If the sodas are diet or contain fake sugar then they will float. Was your hypothesis supported? _Yes___ Explain why Cans of regular soda are more dense because more sugar is added to them, the diet or no sugar sodas float because they use less fake sweetener, more grams of sugar and in regular sodas than the milligrams in diet sodas. If your hypothesis was not supported, state why and present an alternative hypothesis Can Set 2 Hypothesis: If the sodas are diet or contain fake sugar then they

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    Light Soda Vs Dark Soda

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    Light soda vs. Dark soda which is healthier? When determining which is healthier “it comes down to the contents of light and dark soda. What sets apart dark soda are the ingredient’s caffeine and phosphoric acid. Caffeine and phosphoric acid are the source of several health concerns. Root beer and Sunkist grape soda are both dark drinks do not contain caffeine putting them on the same level as some drinks. Lighter drinks as well have their expectations with one of the ingredients, are the healthiest

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    Kyrsten Fehribach English 7 Aug.14,2017 Writing prompt 1 Taking a stand for Paoli high school sodas At Paoli high school there are many vending machines, but recently I have noticed that every vending machine has some kind of diet drink and no regular soda . let’s start at the basics. Here’s the ingredient list for coke “ Carbonated water,High Fructose Corn Syrup,Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid,Natural Flavors,Caffeine”. Here’s the ingredient list for diet coke “Carbonated Water ,Caramel

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    Introduction: The question being investigated in this report is, “How does vanilla, baking soda, and cinnamon affect the rate of fermentation in a 5% sucrose solution?” The hypothesis is, vanilla and cinnamon will increase the rate of fermentation while baking soda will either decrease the rate of fermentation or stay the same. The bread goes through a process called alcoholic fermentation, in which pyruvic acid is converted into Carbon Dioxide and alcohol. As pyruvic acids go through alcoholic

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    Did you know that soft drinks that are sugar sweetened contribute to the development of diabetes? Well, drinking soda not only causes diabetes but it also causes heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity, strokes and tooth decay. High consumption of sugary drinks can obstruct with a number of neurological processes, mostly those associated with memory making and with that everyday intellectual work like memory formations and learning become much more difficult as a result. And also a research states

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    “Why am I not allowed to drink soda?” I thought as my mom told me not to drink soda. My whole entire life I’ve been told that soda rots your teeth, that made me wonder how and what soda does to your teeth. All sodas have phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid, and carbonated water. Another thing is that soda disturbs tooth enamel. Even though soda is delicious, you should reduce the amount of soda you drink because soda contains ingredients that are bad, soda damages your teeth , and pennies get

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    almost all diet sodas according to Food in Sight. Some sodas that use artificial sweeteners are diet Coke and diet Mountain Dew. Artificial sweeteners are not made naturally, but can taste just as good as real sugar. Artificial sweeteners are made with acesulfame K, aspartame, neotame, saccharin, and sucralose according to The Sugar Association. These ingredients are mixed all together to make artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweetener is a healthier sweetener substitute for sugar because artificial

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    Research Methodologies: Evidence-based Practice Report Research Question PICO Question: How does the elimination of soda beverages in diet influence children 's BMI with diagnosed obesity? P: Children with BMI > 30 I: Cutting out soda/ sugar drinks from diet completely C: With children with a BMI >30 who continue to drink soda in their diets O: Improving children’s BMI by cutting out soda alone from their diet Background Childhood obesity has been increasingly on the rise in the United States. There

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    Soda Tax Effectiveness

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    Soda Taxes: The Effectiveness and the Consequences Obesity and diet related disease like diabetes are one of the biggest challenges today in America. The situation continues to worsen every day; obesity becomes a serious health crisis. Cities like Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, are sounding the bell of danger by imposing a tax on the consumption of soda and sugary beverages to cutback sugar consumption; which is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. Some people say that tax on soda

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