Tag: diet soda

Kudos to Katie Couric for Sugar Shocking America

If you’re addicted to sugar or are worreid that your kids are hooked, then you need to watch yesterday’s episode of Katie. (Watch this short segment below.)
In an enlightening epside, The Not-So-Sweet Side of Sugar, Katie Couric tackles a variety of aspects about our nation’s over-the-top sugar consumption.
In this firrst part of the episode, you’ll discover and get shocked by:
The humongous increase in sugar intake over the past few decades.
The fact that sugar is toxic and too much of it makes you sick and causes type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
How Americans are consuming triple the amount of sugsr recommended by the American Heart Association.
The legal battle between the Sugar Association and the Corn Refiners Association.
How the sugar industry was behind the U.S. move to the World Health Organization (WHO) to bury” a document” that recommended limiting sugar consumption to no more than 10 percent of calories.
How sugar has been added to low-fat foods.
How orange juice — often hailed as healthy — is loaded with sugar.
How food labels are confusing. Did you know that 1 tsp. of sugar is 4.2 grams?
Dr. Robert LustigNow take a few minutes to watch the first part of Katie’s episode, The Not-So-Sweet Side of Sugar, featuring anti-sugar advocate Dr. Robert Lustig, whose YouTube video, Sugar: The Bitter Truth, has had more than 4 million hits.
FYI, you only need to take nearly 10 minutes to get educated. Check back Monday to watch more of this episode featuring Kathie Dolgin, aka High Voltage, who has been working hard to educate kids on Sugar Shock for the past 12 years..
Connie Bennett is a former sugar-addicted journalist, who is on a mission to spread the sour news about sweets. Ordered in 1998 to quit her favorite sugary treats, Connie is author of the bestselling books, Sugar Shock, praised by Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Beyond Sugar Shock, endorsed by Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Christiane Northrup and many others.

My ABC’s to Break Free of Sugar & Other Bad Habits (Babits™)

Have you seen my video yet on YouTube, in which I shared My ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Habit and Other Bad Habits?
Here’s a companion article to give you more information and tips to release your bad habits or what I call babits™.
My ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Other Bad Habits by Connie Bennett, CPC, CHHC
If you’re like most people, you’re often tempted by gorgeous, mouth-watering, nutrient-poor “treats”—dazzling donuts, colorful cereal or buttered bagels—and other bad habits such as excessive coffee-drinking, negative thinking, procrastinating and obsessive texting.
As I mentioned on my companion YouTube video, It’s certainly understandable if you feel tempted. Wherever you go and wherever you live, you’re inevitably bombarded by unhealthy foods, substances, thoughts and activities.
But I invite you to look inside and decide: Do you feel trapped or imprisoned by your sugar habit or other bad habit (what I call a babit™)?
And are you plagued by baffling health issues such as annoying weight gain, ferocious headaches or even type 2 diabetes?
I’m here to reassure you. You can escape from the prison of a bad habit.
In fact, I respectfully challenge you. Get out from under your sugar habit or other babits™ so that you can have a life that rocks!
You may be wondering WIFY (What’s In It For You?) if you overcome your bad habit. You can benefit in many ways!
You can get more energy, concentrate better, lose weight, become more productive, enjoy better relationships and so much more. And, as many clients have delightedly shared with me, if you cut out sugar and refined carbs, you even may be able to boost your libido!
So let me share my Double ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Habit & Other Bad Habits (or what I call Babits™).(In my companion YouTube video, I share some of these tips. You’ll find more here.)
A is for Assume & Accept.
Just assume and accept that just about wherever you go, you’ll be tempted.
Your favorite aunt will nudge you to eat her favorite chocolate cake. You have to pass that vending machine at work. And no matter what, you’ll be taunted by candies galore while purchasing sundries at the local drug store.
But if you prepare for temptations—ones way more unhealthy than apples in the Garden of Eden—you can be prepared and always have healthy snacks on hand such as edamame (soy nuts), pumpkin seeds, hard-boiled eggs and sugar-free crackers or an apple (preferably organic) with almond butter.

FDA Finds Fault With Diet Coke Plus’s “Misbranded” Label & Nutrition Claims

It’s a given that diet soda isn’t a healthy drink.
But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally woken up.
The governmental agency — which allows nutrient-lacking, potentially harmful diet drinks on the market in the first place — is now berating Coca-Cola’s new Diet Coke Plus because it’s “misbranded.”
The governmental agency, which posted a warning letter on its website, finds fault with the soda company’s use of the word “Plus” as part of its name and label. What’s more, Diet Coke Plus doesn’t meet the FDA’s criteria to make a nutrient content claim.
I generally don’t applaud FDA actions — after all, I’m not a fan of nutrient-lacking diet drinks containing aspartame, Splenda, etc. — but this time I’m behind the FDA for berating Diet Coke Plus for being marketed as “a good source of vitamins B3, B6, and B12 and the minerals zinc and magnesium.”