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Have you ever wondered just how much bias is on this page? True, there are several facts, however, not naming any names, read this quote "Warning labels on drinks

that's a ridiculous idea. It's

not going to solve any

problems." BIAS

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"There are different kinds of sugar, starting with simple sugars (called monosaccarides) like glucose, fructose, and galactose. Then there are also more complex forms (called  disaccharides) like sucrose, maltose, and lactose."
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Elizabeth Wolfenden

Elizabeth Wolfenden has been a professional freelance writer since 2005 with articles published on a variety of blogs and websites. She specializes in the areas of nutrition, health, psychology, mental health and education. Wolfenden holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in counseling from Oakland University.

Fanta, a Coca-Cola brand, makes a variety of fruit-flavored soda. Although over 180 flavors of Fanta soda exist worldwide, only a small fraction of those flavors are available in the United States. Like many other sodas, Fanta orange soda contains a significant amount of calories without providing any nutritional benefits. Avoid consuming this product too often and select healthier beverages whenever possible.

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The nutrition facts of Fanta Orange soda are based on an 8-ounce serving size. Although some cans of Fanta Orange soda are available in an 8-ounce size, most cans are 12 ounces and most bottles are 20 ounces or 2 liters. This means you need to adjust the nutrition fact amounts if you consume a larger-sized can or bottle. For example, you should multiply the nutrition levels by 1.5 if you consume an entire 12-ounce can or multiply the amounts by 2.5 if you consume an entire 20-ounce bottle.

Fanta Orange soda has 110 calories. It does not contain any fat, cholesterol, protein or fiber, and only has 35 milligrams of sodium. The total amount of carbohydrates in this beverage is 30 grams, which come exclusively from sugar. The soda does not contain any vitamins or minerals. It does not contain caffeine.

You can use the daily value amounts established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine if a particular food is healthy or unhealthy. These daily value amounts are based on the average diet of 2,000 calories, however, so your nutrient needs may vary if you consume a different number of calories or have certain medical conditions. Most adults should aim to get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium, 300 milligrams of cholesterol, 65 grams of total fat and 20 grams of saturated fat each day. Most adults should also strive to get at least 25 grams of dietary fiber, 50 grams of protein and about 300 grams of total carbohydrates. The guidelines also recommend selecting foods rich in vitamins and nutrients, and advise avoiding foods that contain added sugar. When you consider these nutritional suggestions, it is clear that Fanta Orange soda is not a healthy beverage and should be consumed in moderation.

If you enjoy the taste of Fanta Orange soda but do not enjoy the calories and sugar, you may want to consider Fanta Orange Zero. This beverage contains no calories, fat, carbohydrates, sugar or protein. It has only 25 mg of sodium, compared to the 35 g of sodium in the regular Fanta soda. Although this beverage does not contain any vitamins or minerals, it is a healthier alternative to regular Fanta Orange soda. However, since this beverage is also void of the essential nutrients your body needs, you still should not consume this beverage too often and select more nutrient rich beverages whenever possible.

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Fanta, a Coca-Cola brand, makes a variety of fruit-flavored soda. Although over 180 flavors of Fanta soda exist worldwide, only a small fraction of those flavors are available in the United States. Like many other sodas, Fanta orange soda contains a significant amount of calories without providing any nutritional benefits.

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https://breakingmuscle.com/nutrition/drinking-soda-can-kill-you

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Marshall Campbell: Mello Yellow is tasty but is it good for you and your heart

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Marshall Campbell: Mello Yellow is tasty but is it good for you and your heart

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Mello Yellow is a tasty drink but it has alot of calories in a 12 ounce drink has 170 calories and 47 grams of sugar. You get get diabetes up to type 3 if you drink more than 20 mello yellows a day. Hope this was helpful.

Dont drink 20 or more a day or you will have diabetes baaaaaaad.

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sugar is in everything, so i guess everything kills you??

thats not good

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Eating a cup of miniature marshmallows is about 29g of added sugar, and a 12 oz can of soda is about 40 g. They are trying to add a warning label to soda even though over time marshmallows have more sugar.

Thaaat's baaad.

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Emma M :Due to warning labels Parents may not purchase sugary drinks

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Emma M :Due to warning labels Parents may not purchase sugary drinks

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Soda Tax Appears to be Reducing Sugar Consumption

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Soda Tax Appears to be Reducing Sugar Consumption

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BERKELEY (KPIX 5) - People in Berkeley cutting down on sugary drinks since the so-called "soda tax" went into effect, according to a new study.

Approved by voters in 2014, the city implemented a penny per ounce tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

In a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers found lower income residents have consumed 21 percent less soda. During the same period, people in Oakland and San Francisco drank four percent more sugar-sweetened drinks.

The survey of almost 3,000 low-income Berkeley residents found they drank 36 percent fewer sports drinks, 29 percent fewer energy drinks and 26 percent less regular soda. Respondents cut their consumption of sweetened coffee and tea drinks and fruit drinks by 13 percent.

Those surveyed said they drank 63 percent more water.

Researchers focused on low-income and non-white residents for the survey, saying they are more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages and end up with health consequences from it, such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

The results of the study come as voters in Albany, Oakland and San Francisco consider similar taxes on sugary beverages this November.

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Berkeley 'Soda Tax' Leading To Reduced Sugary Drink Consumption, Study Finds

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BERKELEY (KPIX 5) - People in Berkeley cutting down on sugary drinks since the so-called "soda tax" went into effect, according to a new study. Approved by voters in 2014, the city implemented a penny per ounce tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

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A Killer In Your Fridge ~ Sweet Poison...A MUST READ

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In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle...

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MONDAY, April 23, 2012 - Bad news cola lovers: Soda isn't the healthiest thirst-quencher in the cooler. In fact, health risks surrounding sugary drinks are increasingly well-documented. Rates of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes are higher among people who sip them regularly.

In one strange case, experts suspect cola overload may have helped to kill a 30-year-old New Zealand woman who died of a heart attack in February 2010. Natasha Harris reportedly drank 8 to 10 liters of cola per day, according to the Associated Press. In addition to all the soda, however, the mother of eight smoked about 30 cigarettes a day and ate little, the AP reports.

Even if your soda habits aren't that extreme, you may want to pay attention to new information from Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute and Harvard University researchers, who found that the more sugar-sweetened and low-calorie sodas a person consumes, the higher her or his stroke risk. This isn't the first research linking soda and stroke. A February 2011 study of older adults living in Manhattan found a greater risk of stroke, heart attack, and vascular-related death among those who regularly drank diet soda. The new Harvard-Cleveland Clinic study, however, examined the effects of both regular and low-calorie varieties on stroke risk.

For the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers looked at soda consumption among more than 43,371 men and 84,085 women. The men took part of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study between 1986 and 2008, while the women's data came from the Nurses' Health Study between 1980 and 2008. A total 2,938 strokes were recorded among the women and 1,416 strokes among the men. The Health Professionals and Nurses' Health studies are conducted by a consortium of institutions including Harvard and Brigham and Women's in Boston.

Sugar overload, the researchers hypothesize, may trigger to a series of reactions in the body that can cause atherosclerosis, plaque stability and thrombosis, according to a Mayo Clinic release. All three are ischemic stroke risk factors. And it's a bigger problem for women, whose risk is higher, than men.

Too Much of a Bad Thing

Harris' case was unusual, but the researchers from Harvard and Cleveland Clinic did find a comparable pattern among heavy soda-drinkers in their study. It seems people who drink soda more often are more prone to making additional unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as working out less and eating more red meat and full-fat dairy.

If all that doesn't convince you to put a cap on soda and start drinking more water, a recent study found students who brought water into exams scored higher than those who didn't, suggesting a little H2O might actually make you smarter. Now that sounds like a reason to hit the water cooler.

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Killer Soda? Not-So-Sweet News for Cola Lovers

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MONDAY, April 23, 2012 - Bad news cola lovers: Soda isn't the healthiest thirst-quencher in the cooler. In fact, health risks surrounding sugary drinks are increasingly well-documented. Rates of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes are higher among people who sip them regularly.

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Earlier this month, San Francisco became the first jurisdiction in the country to require a warning label on sugary drink advertisements, alerting consumers to the risks of drinking these beverages. In a unanimous vote, the city's Board of Supervisors approved this landmark measure, which is part of a citywide effort to curb sugary drink consumption, educate consumers, and combat chronic disease.

San Francisco is not alone in this fight. Across the country, governments are considering legislation that would require sugary drinks to bear warning labels, informing consumers of the effects of consumption:

For two consecutive years, California Senator William Monning has proposed legislation to require sugary drinks to carry a warning label. In clear, straightforward language, the warning would have cautioned consumers against drinking sugary beverages, citing diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay as related negative health outcomes.

Earlier this year, New York City Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz introduced the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Safety Warning Act, which would put a warning label on soda, sweetened iced tea, and energy drinks.

Warning labels are not a new idea-for much of the 20 th century, they have been one of government's best strategies for educating people about the risks of what they consume. And in the case of tobacco and alcohol, they have proved very successful. Though we may not think sugary beverages are as dangerous as tobacco or alcohol, there is a large and growing body of research linking them with obesity, overweight, and chronic disease.

"These drinks are making people sick, and we need to make that clear to the public," said San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener, who sponsored the health warning legislation, in a statement. "These health warnings will help provide people information they need to make informed decisions about what beverages they consume."

Since 1980, rates of obesity and overweight have increased dramatically, and these trends correlate with an equally dramatic increase in calorie consumption. On average, American adults consume up to 570 more calories per day than they did 30 years ago-an increase of more than 30 percent. Children are also consuming about 108 more calories per day.

Sugary drinks are supplying many of these additional calories. Between 1977 and 2001, calorie intake from sugary drinks for all age groups increased 135 percent. Today, children and adolescents consume more sugary drinks than any other age group: 70 percent of boys and 60 percent of girls between the ages of 2 and 19 drink sugary drinks on any given day.

Eager to make informed, healthy decisions, Americans are asking for policies that publicize health information, including the specific effects of sugary drink consumption. A 2012 Associated Press poll found that 79 percent of respondents thought that lack of information about what is in food contributes to high rates of overweight and obesity. In the same poll, 83 percent of respondents favored government policies that provide the public with information about how to make healthy diet choices. And the recently released 2014 Kentucky Health Issues Poll showed 71 percent of adults in the state favored requiring a health warning label on soda and other sugary drinks.

Local and state governments are responding to the public's demand for information by developing policies to provide facts and promote health. As the national conversation around sugary drinks continues, warning labels-a tried-and-true strategy for educating the public and preventing poor health-are becoming an increasingly popular way to curb sugary drink consumption. Americans are asking questions about how food and drinks affect their health, and communities are taking steps to get them answers.

ChangeLab Solutions offers Model Legislation Requiring a Safety Warning for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages for communities ready to consider implementing a warning label strategy.
Ian McLaughlin is a senior staff attorney and program director with ChangeLab Solutions, working on both tobacco control and childhood obesity issues. Ian's practice focuses on creating healthy retail environments, public financing (taxes and fees), and code enforcement issues, and he provides training and legal technical assistance in all of these areas. Ian sits on the Park, Recreation and Open Space Commission for the City of Walnut Creek, California, and also serves as a municipal administrative hearing officer for the City of Petaluma, California, conducting hearings and deciding a variety of code enforcement matters.

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Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks: A Strategy to Educate and Empower Consumers

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Earlier this month, San Francisco became the first jurisdiction in the country to require a warning label on sugary drink advertisements, alerting consumers to the risks of drinking these beverages. In a unanimous vote, the city's Board of Supervisors approved this landmark measure, which is part of a citywide effort to curb sugary drink consumption, educate consumers, and combat chronic disease.

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The average person needs to drink eight glasses of water per day to avoid being "chronically dehydrated."

FALSE

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

Even mild dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 30%.

One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

Lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Are you drinking a healthy amount of water each day?

Some versions of this item are titled "Water vs. Coke" and tack claims about the supposedly deleterious effects of Coca-Cola (which we have covered in a separate article) onto the end of this piece.

"You need to drink eight glasses of water per day to be healthy" is one of our more widely-known basic health tips. But do we really need

to drink that much water on a daily basis?

In general, to remain healthy we need to take in enough water to replace the amount we lose daily through excretion, perspiration, and other bodily functions, but that amount can vary widely from person to person, based upon a variety of factors such as age, physical condition, activity level, and climate. The " 8 glasses of water per day" is a rule of thumb, not an absolute minimum, and not all of our water intake need come in the form of drinking water.

The origins of the 8-10 glasses per day figure remain elusive. As a Los Angeles Times article on the subject reported:

Consider that first commandment of good health: Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. This unquestioned rule is itself a question mark. Most nutritionists have no idea where it comes from. "I can't even tell you that," says Barbara Rolls, a nutrition researcher at Pennsylvania State University, "and I've written a book on water."

Some say the number was derived from fluid intake measurements taken decades ago among hospital patients on IVs; others say it's less a measure of what people need than a convenient reference point, especially for those who are prone to dehydration, such as many elderly people.

Back in 1945 the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council stated that adults should take in about 2.5 liters of water per day (which is roughly the equivalent of eight glasses of water), but it also noted most of that intake level was already satisfied through the consumption of food without the need for the additional drinking of water. And as other nutritionists of the time noted, any shortfall in water intake could be made up through the consumption of beverages such as coffee, tea, milk, or soft drinks; one need not specifically drink water only in the form of water.

As Drs. Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman reported in an article on this topic:

There's nothing wrong with liking water, but there is no scientific proof stating that you need to drink anywhere near eight glasses a day. One doctor who has made this his research focus, Dr. Heinz Valtin, searched through many electronic databases and also consulted with nutritionists and colleagues who specialize in water balance in the body. In all of his research, and in all of the research we conducted to double-check his work, no scientific evidence could be found to suggest that you need to drink eight glasses of water a day. In fact, scientific studies suggest that you already get enough liquid from what you're drinking and eating on a daily basis. We are not all walking around in a state of dehydration.

Other medical experts have also disdained the notion that one need drink at least eight glasses of water per day to remain adequately hydrated:

Kidney specialists do agree on one thing, however: that the 8-by-8 rule is a gross overestimate of any required minimum. To replace daily losses of water, an average-sized adult with healthy kidneys sitting in a temperate climate needs no more than one liter of fluid, according to Jurgen Schnermann, a kidney physiologist at the National Institutes of Health.

One liter is the equivalent of about four 8-ounce glasses. According to most estimates, that's roughly the amount of water most Americans get in solid food. In short, though doctors don't recommend it, many of us could cover our bare-minimum daily water needs without drinking anything during the day.

Certainly there are beneficial health effects attendant with being adequately hydrated, and some studies have seemingly demonstrated correlations between such variables as increased water intake and a decreased risk of colon cancer. But are 75% of Americans really "chronically dehydrated," as claimed in the anonymous e-mail quoted in our example? Many of the notions (and dubious "facts") presented in that e-mail seem to have been taken from the book Your Body's Many Cries for Water, by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj. Dr. Batmanghelidj, an Iranian-born physician who now lives in the U.S., maintains that people "need to learn they're not sick, only thirsty," and that simply drinking more water "cures many diseases like arthritis, angina, migraines, hypertension and asthma." However, he arrived at his conclusions through reading, not research, and he claims that his ideas represent a "paradigm shift" that required him to self-publish his book lest his findings "be suppressed."

Other doctors certainly take issue with his figures:

[S]ome nutritionists insist that half the country is walking around dehydrated. We drink too much coffee, tea and sodas containing caffeine, which prompts the body to lose water, they say; and when we are dehydrated, we don't know enough to drink.

Can it be so? Should healthy adults really be stalking the water cooler to protect themselves from creeping dehydration?

Not at all, doctors say. "The notion that there is widespread dehydration has no basis in medical fact," says Dr. Robert Alpern, dean of the medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Doctors from a wide range of specialties agree: By all evidence, we are a well-hydrated nation. Furthermore, they say, the current infatuation with water as an all-purpose health potion - tonic for the skin, key to weight loss - is a blend of fashion and fiction and very little science.

Additionally, the idea that one must specifically drink water because the diuretic effects of caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea, and soda actually produce a net loss of fluid is erroneous:

Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any, fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition in Omaha measured how different combinations of water, coffee and caffeinated sodas affected the hydration status of 18 healthy adults who drink caffeinated beverages routinely.

"We found no significant differences at all," says nutritionist Ann Grandjean, the study's lead author. "The purpose of the study was to find out if caffeine is dehydrating in healthy people who are drinking normal amounts of it. It is not."

The same goes for tea, juice, milk and caffeinated sodas: One glass provides about the same amount of hydrating fluid as a glass of water. The only common drinks that produce a net loss of fluids are those containing alcohol - and usually it takes more than one of those to cause noticeable dehydration, doctors say.

The best general advice is to rely upon your normal senses. If you feel thirsty, drink; if you don't feel thirsty, don't drink unless you want to. The human body already does a good job of regulating water balance on its own, and you therefore need not force yourself to drink when you are not thirsty for fear of being dehydrated. The exhortation that we all need to satisfy an arbitrarily rigid rule about how much water we must drink every day was aptly skewered in a letter by a Los Angeles Times reader:

Although not trained in medicine or nutrition, I intuitively knew that the advice to drink eight glasses of water per day was nonsense. The advice fully meets three important criteria for being an American health urban legend: excess, public virtue, and the search for a cheap "magic bullet."

8 September 2014

Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon. Your Body's Many Cries for Water.

Global Health Solutions, 1995. ISBN 0-962-99423-5.

Carey, Benedict. "Hard to Swallow."

Los Angeles Times. 20 November 2001 (Health; p. 1).

Carroll, Aaron E and Rachel C. Vreeman. Don't Swallow Your Gum!

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. ISBN 0-312-53387-X (pp. 130-133).

Foreman, Judy. "The Water Fad Has People Soaking It Up."

The Boston Globe. 11 May 1998 (p. C1).

Hoolihan, Charlie. "Body Needs Plenty of Water to Work."

The [New Orleans] Times-Picayune. 31 May 1998.

CNN.com. "Americans Need to Shake Salt Habit."

11 February 2004.

Los Angeles Times. "All That Water Advice Just Doesn't Wash."

15 January 2001 (Health; p. 7).

Los Angeles Times. "Readers Take Issue with Article About Water Consumption."

25 January 2000 (Health; p. 5).

The Toronto Star. "Distilling Water Facts from Water Fiction."

21 March 1999.

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FACT CHECK: Eight Glasses of Water Per Day?

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The average person needs to drink eight glasses of water per day to avoid being "chronically dehydrated." FALSE 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. Even mild dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 30%.

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Pros and Cons of drinking soda. Because of this, it might increase your performance when you are working on certain things. The FDA has concluded that caffeine is an additive that's GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe). Caffeine is safe as long as you don't have too much. Around 300 mg of caffeine is usually safe for healthy adults. A 12 oz. can of Coke contains 34 mg of caffeine, far less than the maximum amount that is safe to drink. So NO warning labels on soda, for sugar amounts.

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One positive thing about drinking pop is that it usually has caffeine, a natural stimulant found in the kola nut, coffee beans, and tea leaves. Caffeine makes you feel more alert and energized,...

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NPR article about the dangers of sugar in drinks:

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We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We consume a lot more sugar than is good for our health. Because of this, the next generation of Americans will struggle with obesity and diabetes more than any other. The most obvious culprit is the added sugar in sodas and other sugary beverages, like sports drinks or teas.

One idea public health advocates have floated to bring sugar consumption down is to tax beverages with more than a certain amount of added sugar. ( Berkeley, Calif., and the Navajo Nation have managed to pass such legislation.) Another is to shrink the size of soda cups.

The latest idea is a warning label. Legislators in New York and in California are trying to emblazon sodas with a message that looks very similar to one you see on cigarette packages or alcohol bottles.

The proposed California label reads:

Its backers argue that beverages that contain added sugar and have 75 calories or more in one 12-ounce serving should have to bear the label.

"We're just saying if we know about these health problems it's also good for the consumer to know," Bill Monning, California's senate majority leader and author of the label bill, tells The Salt. "It might mitigate how often [consumers] would buy these products."

This is actually Monning's bill's second run through the California state legislature. Last year, it made it through the Senate, but got stymied in the state assembly.

Monning has also authored bills taxing sugary beverages in the past, but they never received the necessary two-thirds approval from each house for the soda tax bills to pass. The warning label bill, however, needs fewer votes to pass than a soda tax bill - just a majority in both the Senate and the assembly.

On the other side of the country, Jeffrey Dinowitz is trying to move a similar bill through the New York state assembly. He liked the idea of Bloomberg's super-sized drink ban, but that policy that was eventually overturned by a judge just before it took effect in 2013.

Dinowitz is more hopeful about the label bill because it seems more feasible.

"We're not banning anything, we're not telling anyone you can't have cups," Dinowitz says. "It's a simple warning."

Both Dinowitz and Monning say the labels they want look similar to the one that appeared on cigarette packages in 1965, the year after the Surgeon General released a warning that smoking causes lung cancer.

While lumping soda in the same category as cigarettes is sure to raise eyebrows, some argue that's how serious sugar-related problems like diabetes have become.

"One of the questions the beverage industry asks so commonly is 'Why are you picking on us?' " says Harold Goldstein, the executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, an organization focused on fighting obesity that sponsored the bill. "It's the liquid sugar thing. It's not the same as other products."

Goldstein says the body absorbs the liquid sugar in soda and other drinks much faster than the sugars in other foods, raising blood sugar levels in as little as 30 minutes. It's a lot easier to drink the teaspoons of sugar in a soda than it is to eat them. And the sugar doesn't make you feel full, the way that fat or protein might. "More and more I am thinking of these products as diabetes in a bottle," he says.

Regardless of whether sugary drinks and cigarettes deserve equal status as villains, Goldstein hopes to emulate the anti-tobacco campaign's success. The number of smokers in the U.S. has been declining steadily since the 1965 surgeon general's label appeared on the first cigarette packages.

Just like the anti-tobacco campaign, the anti-soda campaign will have to overcome resistance from the beverage industry. The American Beverage Association has already spent a lot to keep soda tax bills from gaining state approval.

And they're ready to fight the label bills.

"The beverage industry already provides consumer-friendly labels on the front of every can, bottle and pack we produce," American Beverage Association vice president William Dermody writes in an email to The Salt. "A misleading warning label that singles out one industry for complex health challenges will not change behaviors or educate people about healthy lifestyles."

But the bill seems to be gaining support from Democrats and Republicans alike: A California poll from fall 2014 shows that more than 60 percent of each party and non-partisan voters support the idea.

"It's really a libertarian solution: Give consumers the information and let them make the choice," says Goldstein. And given that soda companies now advertise with slogans like " Open Happiness" and " Live For Now", Goldstein says a mere warning label is completely justified.

Still, it's early days for the movement to reduce sugar consumption. Goldstein says that if you think of the anti-tobacco movement timeline, it's only about 1970 for the sugary beverage movement. It could be decades before we see a consistent decline in how much soda Americans drink.

"We're really at the beginning of warning consumers about these products," says Goldstein.

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Is It Time For A Warning Label On Sugar-Loaded Drinks?

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We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We consume a lot more sugar than is good for our health. Because of this, the next generation of Americans will struggle with obesity and diabetes more than any other. The most obvious culprit is the added sugar in sodas and other sugary beverages, like sports drinks or teas.

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http://nypost.com/2014/11/13/lawmaker-proposes-warning-label-on-sugary-drinks-to-fight-obesity/

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did you know that there not putting warning labels on alcoholic beverages but they are on soda,

what gives

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http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

this is a really good website for both claims

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Companies should have warning labels on sodas because igrediants in soda are "This is bad for this blah blah blah type of person ." that could save someones life!

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Use this source for fantastic statistics on sugar consumption!

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national health and nutrition examination survey

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Products - Data Briefs - Number 71 - August 2011

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Consumption of Sugar Drinks in the United States, 2005-2008

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Did you know, health costs of obesity in the United States are $147 billion annually? That’s like buying everyone in the U.S. an iPad 2.

http://fatsmack.org/drinking-sugar/

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Why put warning labels on sodas? Sugar is in fruit. Are we going to put warning labels on fruit? Putting warning labels on s odas would cause the soda companies to shut down and make families working there go in debt. Plus there is already a warning label on sodas, the ingredients! Don't put warning labels on sodas because eventually there will be warning labels on everything even bread. Tell me what kind of a country would that be??!!

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Sodas should have warning labels ! The brain takes sugar as a drug because it works like a drug the more you have the more you want it's an addiction your slowly killing yourself with "poison"! For people who think that sodas are ok I have one question What are you gonna do if you are one of every three people who get diabetes?

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great website if you need to prove that other items (that you eat everyday) have a lot of sugar also

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Sodas shouldn't have warning labels because warning labels are on almost everything people love, even toys!

Why should we have warning labels on drinks if people don't even read them!?!

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Sugary drinks can contain alot of sugar which is bad for your body and can cause obesity.

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sugar is in everything.

whats next putting

labels on food?

pg.20 par.4

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http://www.migrainetrust.org/factsheet-hypoglycaemia-and-migraine-10907

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The importance of blood-glucose

We need energy to function, and most of this energy comes from consuming carbohydrates (sugars). Our bodies convert these carbohydrates into glucose (which is easier to use), and is then carried in the blood to whichever parts of the body need it. The brain requires a continuous supply of glucose from the blood in order to function, and if glucose levels drop (as in hypoglycaemia) the brain is one of the first organs affected.

Maintaining blood-glucose levels

Our bodies have to keep their blood-glucose levels from becoming too low or too high, and they do this using two fast-acting hormones: insulin and glucagon. When blood-glucose levels get too high, insulin acts to bring them down; when levels get too low, glucagon pushes them back up.

Causes of hypoglycaemia

If we don't eat enough calories for our bodies' needs, then our blood-glucose levels drop too low. This can happen if we skip meals, fast, diet, or exercise on insufficient food. Eating a high-sugar meal can cause 'reactive hypoglycaemia', because the sudden rise in blood-glucose from the sugary food triggers an over-production of insulin, which in turn makes the blood-glucose levels fall too low. If diabetes patients inject too much insulin into their bodies, it can also cause their blood-glucose levels to fall too low.

Symptoms of hypoglycaemia

The brain not receiving enough glucose causes most of the symptoms of hypoglycaemia, which include: headache, migraine, confusion, nausea, sweating, faintness, and hypothermia. If the hypoglycaemia is very severe and prolonged, it can even cause loss-of-consciousness and death, although this is rare.

Hypoglycaemic headaches and migraine

Fasting, eating high-sugar foods, dieting too rigorously, and skipping meals can all trigger, or make people more likely to have a headache or migraine. Even delayed or irregular meals can make a difference. This is usually due to people's blood-glucose levels falling too low.

Headaches produced from going without food are often quite severe and accompanied by mild nausea. There is also a similarity between some of the symptoms of missing a meal and the early warning signs (premonitory) of a migraine attack, such as: yawning, pallor, sweating, headache, a craving for sweet things, and mood changes.

Headaches and migraine attacks caused by fasting may not always be due to hypoglycaemia, for example they can be caused by the stress-hormones released by the body during fasting. They are also often triggered by dehydration and lack of sleep. Changes in caffeine intake, for example by drinking less tea or coffee, and changes in smoking frequency also often trigger headaches and migraines.

Hypoglycaemia tests

A prolonged glucose tolerance test, which measures your ability to process sugar, can be used to determine if you are hypoglycaemic. In this test, you will be given a measured amount of sugar to eat, and then your blood-glucose levels will be monitored over several hours. Alternatively, a tiny sample of blood can be taken while you are unwell, and your glucose level measured from that.

Treating hypoglycaemic headaches and migraine

If your headaches/migraines appear to be triggered or exacerbated by low blood-glucose levels, you should be able to keep them under control by paying close attention to your diet. Small, frequent, low-sugar meals are ideal. Make sure you never miss breakfast or skip meals, and if you usually have sandwiches for lunch try having proper meals instead. If you have lunch early, have an afternoon snack so you don't get hungry.

If you have hypoglycaemic headache that starts when you wake up, it can sometimes be prevented by having breakfast cereal last thing at night. This should be of high-fibre to prolong the glycaemic effect.

Also, try and improve the quality of your food by eating a balanced diet with more unrefined foods, fresh fruit and vegetables, and cut down on cakes, biscuits, ice cream and anything which makes you consume large amounts of sugar over a short period of time. Also, it may help to add more protein to your diet, and try to avoid flavoured, or pre-cooked foods. The naturally-occurring sugars in unrefined food are digested much more slowly than those in refined food, which means that glucose is released into the bloodstream more slowly, and so is less likely to stimulate the over-production of insulin that leads to hypoglycaemia.

If you are dieting, plan to lose a smaller amount of weight over a longer period of time. This is a better way to diet, since it is easier to keep the weight off once you've finished.

Stress and alcohol can both interfere with your metabolism, so it is important to make time for relaxation and sleep, and be careful how much alcohol you drink. Caffeine can also have an effect so gradually cut down on tea, coffee, chocolate, and other caffeine-containing products (e.g. Red Bull, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper).

These simple adjustments can make a real difference to the frequency and severity of your headaches or migraines if they are triggered by hypoglycaemia, and your doctor can also help you find ways to treat them.

Headaches and migraines can often be caused by several different factors, and some people require a combination of treatments which address each factor, to effectively manage their condition.

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We need energy to function, and most of this energy comes from consuming carbohydrates (sugars). Our bodies convert these carbohydrates into glucose (which is easier to use), and is then carried in the blood to whichever parts of the body need it.

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Sugar is addictive and the more you consume it, the more you want it. Page 19

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why warn people about a 75

calorie soda and not a 250 calorie

dounut

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http://www.onecanofsoda.com/

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Find out how much sugar is in one can of soda. There's more than you think!

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http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/sodas-and-your-health-risks-debated

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Visit http://bit.ly/wworkss to learn more. Wellness Works was created by a talented team that has been changing lives for decades in the fields of Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Behavioral Science, and Education.

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Warning labels on drinks

that's a ridiculous idea. It's

not going to solve any

problems.

pg.20

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people should know when to stop drinking soda

but it is good

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Proof that fruit has sugar too

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Would you eat a stack of 16 sugar cubes?

A label can tell you there are 39 grams of sugar in your soda, but what does that much sugar look like?

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39g 65g 108g Yikes! That's a lot of sugar!

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Note: We don't differentiate between different types of sugar - i.e., sucrose, fructose, cane sugar, corn syrup, honey, etc., although there are differences in how these sugars are metabolized. We just used cubes of white sugar as a visual aid. Nutritional information was taken from package labels, manufacturer websites, or the USDA nutrient database. Calorie amounts are based on 4 calories per gram of sugar unless otherwise noted.

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Sugar Stacks - How Much Sugar Is in That?

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Would you eat a stack of 16 sugar cubes? A label can tell you there are 39 grams of sugar in your soda, but what does that much sugar look like? Check out our blog and follow us on Twitter. 39g 65g 108g Yikes! That's a lot of sugar!

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http://fatsmack.org/drinking-sugar/

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Disturbing facts about soda

Alert very very

DISTURBING!!!

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If you've been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you've read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It's nothing but sugar water. It's devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes. But we've dug up plenty of other disturbing facts about what soda does to your body, whether it's the side effects of sucralose and other artificial sweeteners, or ingredients that can lead to memory loss.

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9 Disturbing Side Effects Of Drinking Regular And Diet Soda

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If you've been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you've read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It's nothing but sugar water. It's devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes.

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Drewcilla

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this is a great source

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2660823/califorina-lawmakers-reject-sugary-drink-warnings.html

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A good website is www.Harvard.edu

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Great source for diet soda info: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20140731/diet-soda-debate

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Good resource for effects of soda:

http://www.rodalenews.com/facts-about-soda 😀😆

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this is a great source

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purple pandas

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Sugar is in everything. Soda is the only reason leading to obesity, it's inactivity and overeating.

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Unfortunately , sugar is addictive. The more u eat the more u want. In fact, brain scans reveal that eating sugar affects the same parts of the brain as addictive drugs.

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Jessica Gibson