{"id":341,"date":"2009-09-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/09\/pouring-on-the-pounds.html"},"modified":"2009-09-28T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T01:00:00","slug":"pouring-on-the-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/09\/pouring-on-the-pounds.html","title":{"rendered":"Pouring on the Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was in New York City the other day, riding the subway, and saw one of these new ads: &#8220;Are You Pouring on the Pounds?&#8221;&nbsp; Take a look at the ad: it&#8217;s striking.&nbsp; That soda becomes gooey-globs of fat in the ad, just like it does on our bodies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NYC ad.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/79\/import\/NYC%20ad.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"681\" width=\"650\" \/><\/span>Are you aware that sodas are very high calorie?&nbsp; A little soda, in an old-fashioned 8-ounce soda bottle can be as much as 100 calories.&nbsp; A 16-ounce bottle or cup (now the &#8220;small&#8221; size in fast food joints), may be 200 calories or more.&nbsp; A big one &#8220;Super size&#8221; is 460 or more!&nbsp; There&#8217;s supposedly the equivalent of 12 teaspoons of sugar in a small one.&nbsp; Imagine that!&nbsp; Now you wouldn&#8217;t sit down and put 12 teaspoons of sugar in your mouth at one time would you?&nbsp; It&#8217;s actually not even sugar anymore, it&#8217;s high-fructose corn syrup, let&#8217;s talk about that later, but it&#8217;s not good for us.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the matter of high salt (sodium) in sodas.&nbsp; That&#8217;s not good for blood-pressure, and it actually makes us thirstier, causing us to want to buy and consume more.&nbsp; Also, soda&#8217;s are rather acidic. The carbolic acid in them can throw the ph level our bodies off balance, leading to other problems, like stiff joints, digestion problems, ulcers, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a daily soda habit, please give it to God in prayer, and stop it immediately.&nbsp; If you do only that, you might actually lose 3-5 pounds per month.&nbsp; Sodas are that harmful and fattening.&nbsp; As the ad says, have water, seltzer, or low-fat milk instead.<\/p>\n<p><b>Do YOU have a soda habit or addiction &#8212; give it up in print with a comment, below.&nbsp; AND\/OR, please share your ideas for healthy drinks.<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in New York City the other day, riding the subway, and saw one of these new ads: &#8220;Are You Pouring on the Pounds?&#8221;&nbsp; Take a look at the ad: it&#8217;s striking.&nbsp; That soda becomes gooey-globs of fat in the ad, just like it does on our bodies. 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