Stop the Pop: Kicking Your Soda Habit

Americans drink over 50 gallons of soda per person each year — and most of those soft drinks are full of corn syrup and sugar — and calories. All that liquid sugar serves to spike our insulin levels and encourage our bodies to store energy as fat, which makes us fat in the process. Think you’re off the hook because you drink diet sodas? Think again.

Diet versions aren’t any better — they may be worse because they’re loaded with chemicals that can wreak havoc on your health and your weight. When you drink diet sodas, the brain finds nothing recognizable as nutrition to make healthy cells. And the brain wants to get fed, so it triggers cravings for more food. Suddenly, you’re faced with impossible–to–ignore cravings for fattening foods (hello, french fries!).

via sexyforever.com