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Last year, I wroteA popular story forThe health of men Why the soda is bad for you and how I abandoned it after decades of dependence. After publication, I was expecting to hear from Coke or Pepsi, outraged that the latest research showed sodasoda without sugars-Have you bigger, older and drive to the disease. Instead, I heard about Josh. And Karen. And Jeffey. People from around the world have written to ask: How did you abandon it? And how can I abandon it too?

The answer was overwhelming - and an inspiration. If I could do it, so could you, so can you?

And so you should-a soda Is sugar water, simple and simple. A bobbin of coke has more added sugars than theAmerican Heart AssociationThe recommended daily limit (39 grams may, against 36 grams recommended for men and 25 grams for women). Do the calculation, so tell me you always want to "make the dew?"

What is more shocking is that there is growing researchConnection of soda diet to obesity. Provides, your body may not be able to tell the difference between contending and real sugars. Artificial sweeteners could lead to real weight gain. Talk about "false" new.

With even our confused bodies on the effects of soda, I had to add clarity. My previous room explained why the soda is bad for you. This via viaEat this, not that!Name 1 in nutrition - reveals how to stop drinking soda and kick the box for good. And for more information on the horrors of the soda, do not miss these70 most popular sodas - classified by how toxic they are.

Step 1: Admit that you drink too much.

Medicine speaking, the soda is not addictive; It's not an episode ofTabulation. However, the soda is a stimulant with a fake refreshing, leading you to believe more - and to admit that you have too need, this is the first step. "For me, I knew that I was uncontrollable," Jeffey Biederman, 47, from Huntington, Western Virginia, wrote me after seeing my article. "I told myself that I had two a day, but with refills, it was closer to four." One can one day be better than four; None is better than one. Yet, "all the concerns of my wife, all the items I have read about the side effects of sweet drinks, all the story of the family with heart disease (my father died of a heart attack at 61 years) did not stop me. " It took my article to wake up Jeffey. Maybe the one you read now will do the same for you.

Step 2: Log in with the bases.

To understand why soda nonsense, you are not obliged to beDr. Pepper, Ph.D. Just embrace your common sense. You would not eat3 Musketeers Bar with dinner and expect to be healthy, but a coke has the same amount of sugar. You do not see any chemicals on your tuna noodle casserole. However, some diet sodas are artificially sweet with a chemical that is600 times more sweet That sugar, as well as the coloring of citric acid and caramel, an additive realized by treating sugar with ammonia. These statistics were a GameChange for Biederman. "The image of the amount of sugar is in a coke really striks me," he says.

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Step 3: Witness of the evidence.

Because it's just water with additives, sodas costs cents for the manufacturer, but they charge you 75 hundred or more for a box. They become rich. Your health becomes more poor. The proof is there and it is not hidden. ADaily mailThe title shouted: "Two soda per day doubles the risk of heart disease". Is it true? "It's precise," thestudy Co-author, Jean Welsh, Ph.D., Deputy Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University, told me. And low calorie sweeteners can promote fat accumulation in humans? Truly? "Yes," says Sabyasachi Sen, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington's Medicine and Health Medicine School, who led theto study. "Although this is considered a low and good calorie for metabolism, it does not fail."

Step 4: Leave Cold Turkey.

So, how do you leave Soda? You just left Soda. For me, I stopped Turkey cold. So Biederman, but not at the beginning. "I started with little goals and told me that it was not goodbye forever at Coke - just a break to reset," he says. "But deep down, I knew it would not work. It's a slippery slope for me. So, I have nothing water with lemon for the first 3-4 months. While boring, I m 'I'm used to it. " Six months later, he did not have a soup of sweet soda and: "I am down 10 pounds and I can see a difference."

Kristina Ingeborg Rother, Mr.D., national health institutes and expert on artificial sweeteners, is a little more forgiving - at least when it comes to dietetic soda. "We are looking for a reward. We want to feel good. I say, do not be in a journey of constant guilty," she says. "If you want to enjoy something, consciously enjoy and do. That said, if you want to reward you, go take a cup of coffee and put a teaspoon of sugar inside. It's only 16 calories and natural. "

Step 5: Enjoy a substitute.

Replace your bad habit with a good habit. I likeSpindriftcarbonate and flavored with juice splash; Tip shot, a water containing caffeine with a touch of lemon and cayenne pepper, or apple and pear, and anything from this impressive list of20 new drinks easy to leave the soda-which includesBubly, A delicious new drink from, yes, pepsi. Although none has the sharp sharpness of my old orange-orange-orange orange with my orange toes after bathing for theThe health of men Photo shoot. It took three days to wash.

Step 6: Revel in the new you.

In addition to feeling clearer and younger looking, I found one of the most surprising effects of surrendering the soda was: I did not want soda. I'm not alone. Dariush Mozaffarian, Mr.D., Dean of Science and Politics of Friedman Nutrition from the University of Tufts, also ceased to drink Cola after writing the main research on the subject. "I can not stand the taste of soda now," he says. Biederman was not so lucky. He admits that he drinks a zero coca-cola every day, but it is proud to be off the sweet stuff, and should be, having lost these 10 pounds. In the words of a drug addict, even your worst day sober is better for your best day!

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