Bottomless fizzy drinks

[Saffron]

Henry_17 Wrote:

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> Saff,

> It's Sunday and therefore unreasonable to expect

> people to read all that. Is the point just that

> troughers continue to trough elsewhere when the

> carbs are removed from their favourite fizzy

> tipple, or is there something more nefarious

> whereby sweeteners have harmful physiological

> effects which carbs don't?

Clinical research suggests the former, while preclinical research suggests the latter. So, it's probably a combination of both. xx

[Jules-and-Boo]

the more sugary stuff you consume, the more 'unhealthy gut bacteria you grow (for want of a better word) - this means that your body struggles more to get the nutrients out of food, so you actually nourish your body less - and also the trigger that tells your body you are full doesn't work, so you just keep craving and eating sugar (which is the vicious circle of having unhealthy gut bacteria).

Which is a very simple way of explaining it. You body is fooled.

Sports drinks are better for you than fizzy drinks - they actually replenish your body with nutrients - yes there is also sugar - I didn't say that there wasn't. There are studies that prove the telomeres in your cells are reduced (shortened) from fizzy drinks, which causes your cells to age...

Diet fizzy drinks are full of artificial sweetners, which again are not good for you.

But if, you're persuaded one way or the other by inconclusive evidence in either direction, I'm guessing you'll just drink it anyway and ignore the obvious.

[rendelharris]

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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>

> Sports drinks are better for you than fizzy drinks

> - they actually replenish your body with nutrients

> - yes there is also sugar - I didn't say that

> there wasn't. There are studies that prove the

> telomeres in your cells are reduced (shortened)

> from fizzy drinks, which causes your cells to

> age...

Sorry to be ignorant, but when you say "fizzy drinks" do you just mean those with sugar, or is the fizz itself detrimental? When I'm off the beer, as at present, I'm fond of sparkling mineral water - is that actually bad for one?

[Jules-and-Boo]

I was referring to fizzy sugary drinks.

[rendelharris]

Ta.