Friday, August 17, 2012
"Having seen the evidence, I don't touch fizzy drinks any more. Frankly they're evil"
This is really about sugary carbonated drinks and I suspect health conscious people already know much of this.
Unfortunately, as noted, addictions override what we know...
Unfortunately, as noted, addictions override what we know...
John Naish reports on the issue in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"‘There is a huge overlap between what is addictive behaviour with drugs and the use of sweet food,’ he adds. ‘In lab experiments, even rats who have been made addicted to cocaine will prefer to have a sugary drink instead of cocaine.’ He says sugary drink habits aren’t necessarily an addiction ‘because not all of us suffer withdrawal symptoms when we cut out sugary drinks’. The story may be different with children, however. ‘With children, there is more evidence of addictive behaviour,’ Dr Kubis says. ‘You get tantrums, restlessness and distress if you stop their soft-drink consumption.’"
