Tip of the Month: No Soda April

This month's tip is that Soda is bad for you. I doesn't matter if it is diet or regular, soda does some weird things to our body. It is also something that a lot of people are addicted to, and being addicted to anything is bad because it takes away your free will to control how you treat your body. So this month is hereby declared "No Soda April". I will not be drinking any soda or Gatorade type drink all month. Feel free to join me. If you feel like you can't do no soda whatsoever, try one soda a week or one soda a day instead of 2 or 3. I promise you will feel better and if you are a man you will probably lose weight really fast.

Now I've done some research on why soda is bad for you so you don't have to go into this blindly.

From Prevention Magazine "Why Diet Soda is Bad for You":

• Biggest source of calories for Americans
• Research shows an increased risk of Kidney decline when consuming artificial sweeteners like those found in Diet Soda
• 34% increased risk of Metabolic Syndrome: belly fat and high cholesterol, from drinking diet soda
• The more Diet Soda you drink, the higher risk you have of being overweight because your body loses the ability to regulate calorie processing based on the sweetness of foods
• Diet Soda makes you get drunk faster when mixed with alcohol
• Diet contains mold inhibitors that attack your DNA and also prevents your body from its natural ability to fight allergic reactions
• Erodes the enamel on your teeth making you more likely to have tooth decay
• All soda cans are coated in BPA which causes heart disease, reproductive issues, and obesity

Still not enough to convince you that you shouldn't drink soda? 

These facts are from multiple sources. All you need to do is Google.

• Regular soda is full of empty calories that give you no nutritional value whatsoever
• High in Sugar which increases risk for "weight gain, tooth decay, gum disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, digestion irregularity, depression, anxiety and diabetes. Pregnant women who ingest too much sugar increase their risk of preeclampsia." Fitday.com
• High in Caffeine which is addictive and a diuretic which means it actually dehydrates you instead of quenching your thirst
• Contains phosphoric acid that depletes calcium and magnesium (think bones and immune health)
• IT CAUSES WEIGHT GAIN!! whether it is diet or not

So please Join me in this one month challenge. No Soda April starting TODAY! Leave a comment if you would like to join my No Soda April Challenge Group on Facebook. We will keep each other accountable and help each other overcome temptation. Have a wonderful April!