Showing posts with label soda dangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soda dangers. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

WHAT IS WRONG WITH CARBONATED BEVERAGES

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****************CARBONATED BEVERAGES??**************
What some people call pop, or soda, is really a poison that will cause Ill health in everyone who drinks it. Many people drink it as if it's incidental to their day, infusing their routine with the dangers of the many ingredients guaranteed to endanger our health. What it contains:

(1)Phosphoric Acid: this interferes with calcium absorption and may cause weakened bones and teeth, it also neutralizes hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which can interfere with digestion, making it difficult to utilize nutrients. So if you are taking calcium to make your bones strong, you can pretty much kiss that benefit goodbye if you drink pop, also since it keeps you from utilizing other nutrients you eat, well your food becomes merely empty calories, how do you feel right now?

Sugar: also called killer white sugar, why? Sugar increases insulin levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain, premature aging and many more negative side effects. Most sodas include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar. And if that's not enough they also sweeten your fizzy drinks with lots of cheaper High Fructose Corn syrup:


(2)
High Fructose Corn Syrup HFCS high fructose corn syrup is responsible for a dangerous epidemic of obesity and diabetes. People under the age of 45 are “children of the corn.” ...of the food industry’s high fructose corn syrup. They were children or young adults in the late 70s, 80s and 90s when high fructose corn syrup was introduced to the American food supply as a cheap replacement for sugar. Now many of them are struggling with an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, also being referred to as diabesity.
It puts people at risk for metabolic syndrome. According to the Mayo Clinic, "Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing your risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Having just one of these conditions — increased blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, excess body fat around the waist or abnormal cholesterol levels — contributes to your risk of serious disease. In combination, your risk is even greater." People who use HFCS as a sweetener increase their triglycerides 32 percent relative to people who use mostly sugar, it doesn't trigger the satiation mechanism that tells us, I'm full, I've had enough, so we tend to really overdo our eating. There is a a rise in uric acid in the bloodstream that occurs after fructose is consumed. The temporary spike of HFCS blocks the action of insulin, which typically regulates how body cells use and store sugar and other food nutrients for energy. If uric acid levels are frequently elevated, over time features of metabolic syndrome may develop, including high blood pressure, obesity and elevated blood cholesterol levels. Older people may have something to worry about also. The leading theory about the cause of Alzheimer's Disease implicates insulin. Insulin concentrations in the brain drop significantly in early Alzheimer's and continue to fall as the disease worsens, suggesting that Alzheimer's Disease may be Type 3 diabetes. Researchers found that insulin is not just produced in the pancreas, but also in the brain.


(1)
Aspartame: This chemical is used as a sugar substitute in diet soda. There are over 92 different health side effects associated with aspartame consumption including brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilepsy/seizures. Further, when aspartame is stored for long periods of time or kept in warm areas it changes to methanol, an alcohol that converts to formaldehyde and formic acid, which are known carcinogens.

Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks can cause jitters, insomnia, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion, breast lumps, birth defects, and perhaps some forms of cancer.


(4)
Sodium benzoate:: Soda could be doing more damage than you think Credit: unknown Copyright: unknown Enlarge + According to recent research, carried out by Sheffield University in the UK, a preservative that is commonly found in soft drinks can cause essential parts of human DNA to stop working, leading to serious health problems.
It can lead to cancer, Parkinson's and cirrhosis of the Liver, by damaging the mitochondria... yummy! (3)
"The mitochondria consumes the oxygen to give you energy and if you damage it - as happens in a number if diseased states - then the cell starts to malfunction very seriously. And there is a whole array of diseases that are now being tied to damage to this DNA - Parkinson's and quite a lot of neuro-degenerative diseases, but above all the whole process of ageing."


tap water: used in making soda can include so many impurities they are too numerous to name, chemicals like chlorine and Fluoride, bacteria, viruses, fungal agents, parasites, and of course there is all that medicine we have recently learned that is a big part of our tap water. I drink filtered water on-the-go with pure-go filtering water bottles
lasts for approximately 1 year.

Alternatives?:(5)
1. Club soda mixed with pomegranate juice. 160 calories per cup; still bubbly.

2. Tonic water with a squeeze of lemon or lime. Only 80 calories; still bubbly.

3. Light yogurt and fruit smoothie. Creamy and sweet, high in calcium and only 174 calories per cup.

4. Tomato juice or V8. Packed with flavor; high in vitamins C, A, and potassium and only 50 calories per cup.

5. Flavored seltzer. Carbonated, but zero calories.

6. Energy drink (such as Gatorade). Tastes sweet, 60 calories per cup, contains electrolytes.

7. Apple cider. Has 120 calories per cup, but packs a tangy, substantial flavor.

8. Milk, whole or skim. High in calcium and protein—and you need both. With 145 calories per cup of whole milk; 85 calories for skim.

9. Ovaltine made with skim milk. It's chocolaty, fortified with vitamins and minerals, high in calcium and protein and 170 calories per cup.

10. Tea or coffee, unsweetened. Get a boost on less than five calories per cup, plus it's high in antioxidants.


Of couse it is advisable not to use purchased tonic waters or pre-packaged teas or coffees because of the same problem with tap water or and sugar or HFCS that might be included, Also the Ovaltine is a processed food, if you want chocolate, buy Certified organic [DARK] cocoa, not processed milky chocolate, and if you want Milk drink the raw healthy live milk not dead over-cooked pasteurized milks.

I drink lots of pure filtered water and am taking CellPower™ because for one thing it does have lots of digestive enzymes in it, also it helps to balance the pH levels and is antibiotic, anti-viral-and anti-fungal AND IT PACKS THE CELLS WITH LIFE-GIVING OXYGEN, AND ENERGY. And:SELENIUMhelps immune system,fights infection and aids circulation
~MAGNESIUMhelps to relax you, aids stress and muscle relaxing
~CHROMIUMimproves insulin sensitivity, and helps lower blood sugar.
~ZINC especially to help you heal.
I also eat, one of the best fats for the Omega-3~6 balance and losing weight.
~coconut oil


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~~~Jokes And inspirations/quotes~~~
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure
that one of them is doing the thinking.
-- Lyndon B. Johnson

When someone tells you something defies
description, you can be pretty sure he's going to have a
go at it anyway.
-- Clyde B. Aster

When they call the roll in the Senate, the
Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or
'Not guilty.'
-- Theodore Roosevelt

Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.
Think about it.
-- Elias Schwartz

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with
less intelligence and more sense than we have.
-- Don Herold
~~~
Happy Easter !!!
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves.
"What are you doing in there?"
she asked.
The rabbit replied:
"This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?",
to which the lady replied
"Yes."
"Well," the rabbit said,
"I'm westing."

~~~


Two little old ladies were sitting in church one Sunday dressed in their very best.
The pastor had gotten long winded and they begin to twitch and squirm.
One of the little ladies leaned to the other and said, "My behind has gone to sleep."
The other leaned back over and replied, "I know because I've heard it snore three times already."
~~~
How many doctors does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one. He holds it and the earth revolves around it.
~~~
How many NCAA basketball players does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one, but he gets money, a car, and three college credit hours for it!
~~~
How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Eventually only one. But that is only after a whole team of engineers tried rebooting the electrical system a few times.
~~~
The airliner approached its destination to find a thick fog blanketing the area. Unfortunately as they descended, the radar direction system failed, leaving no way to find their runway. They were literally flying blind.
Seeing a guy on the top floor of an office building, the copilot stuck his head out the window and called out in desperation,
"Where am I??"
The man called back "You're in a plane!"
With this, the copilot shut the window and confidently called, "118 degrees, six miles. Go!" Sure enough, this info put them squarely and safely on the Sea-Tac tarmac.
His partner was stunned. "How did you figure that out?"
"Well, the guy in the building just gave me info that was both technically correct and entirely useless. That tells me he was in the Microsoft Tech Support building, and I went from there."
~~~
MY LIVING WILL
Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."
So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine.
She's such a brat!
~~~
My blessing for you is that you live in peace, and find your joy is simple things, that your meat is truth and your drink is living water.

Sources:
(1)http://www.oleda.com/oleda_tips/tips.asp?dept=48
(2)http://www.femhealth.com/DangersofHFCS.html
http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Dangers-of-Sodas-and-Diet-Drinks&id=151615
(3)http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/caution-some-soft-drinks-may-seriously-harm-your-health-450593.html
(4)http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5422.cfm
(5)http://www.revolutionhealth.com/healthy-living/food-nutrition/recipe-central/ingredient-swap/soda-pop-spritzer?msc=a62593

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS WATER

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"Pharmaceuticals, as packaged by modern medicine, are the third leading cause of death in this country... they are useless, because most of the medication they are using is to cover up symptoms and signs and complications of dehydration in the human body. The human body manifests dehydration by a series of symptoms and signs, perceptive symptoms of dehydration -- in other words, brain senses dehydration, or tiredness when you haven't done a good day's work, or first thing in the morning when you want to get up out of bed and you're tired, you can't get up -- that is a sign of dehydration. Then anger, quick reaction, depression, these are all signs of dehydration, when the brain has very little energy from hydroelectricity to cope with the information or take action. These are some of the perceptive signs of dehydration. Then the body has its drought management program, which are allergies, hypertension, diabetes, and also immune diseases." This from an interview with the world's authority on water, the Author of "The Water cure", Dr. Batmanghelidj


See the article No substitute for water

There is no substitute for water; Dr. Batmanghelidj insists all other liquids do things other than just hydrate the body. Gatorade isn't a substitute unless one just needs to add minerals lost during profuse sweating. Caffeine in soft drinks and coffee/tea will actually dehydrate your body; then the body has its drought management program, which are allergies, hypertension, diabetes, and also immune diseases.

As to being able to determine when we are thirsty
Dr. Batmanghelidj says:
"First and foremost, don't wait until you get thirsty, because that's an error. Unfortunately, the National Academy of Sciences and some other people recently have been telling people to wait until they get thirsty before they drink, which is the main error that we inherited 100 years ago from a man called Walter Bradford Cannon. And that's why, at the time, there was a Frenchman saying that dehydration or thirst is a general sensation and we should study it, and Walter Bradford Cannon said, no, thirst is only a matter of dry mouth.
When the mouth is dry we are thirsty, which is an arrogant statement, and unfortunately western medicine bought into that understanding, and that's why we have a sick-care system, because from the age of 20 onwards, we gradually, imperceptibly become dehydrated without knowing it. We lose our perception of thirst. By the age of 70 we may be totally thirsty and obviously thirsty and yet not recognize the need to drink water, even when water is put next to us.
This was done as an experiment. A scientist asked a group of elderly people to withhold from drinking water for 24 hours, and similarly with young people. After 24 hours when water was made available, the elderly did not recognize that they were thirsty."


Water and AIDS
AIDS is a metabolic problem, when the body begins to cannibalize its own tissue because of certain missing elements in the raw materials that it receives through food or beverages, and the body of a person who gets AIDS, actually, is short of quite a number of building block amino acids. They’re short of tyrosine, they’re short of methionine, cysteine, they’re short of histidine, and they’ve got a whole lot of others in excess. So how can we expect a body that depends on the other amino acids to survive?...Once again we see AIDS is a huge industry for the pharmaceutical industry...the entire existence of the pharmaceutical industry is based on presentation of false science, and advertising this false science and drumming it into the minds of gullible people who have no curiosity to find out why that is so.


Cholesterol
Dr. B: Another false science is the question of cholesterol. Cholesterol is one of the most essential elements in the survival of the human body. When the body begins to make more cholesterol, it has a reason to do that. It is certainly not to block the arteries of the heart, because we measure the level of cholesterol in the body in the blood we take out of the veins of the body, and nowhere in the history of medicine is there recorded one single case of cholesterol ever having blocked the veins of the body.
So, it is not the stickiness of the cholesterol that is the problem, which the drug industry is drumming it into the minds of people -- cholesterol is sticky, reduce it otherwise you will have blockage of your arteries, which is all nonsense. Cholesterol is actually saving the lives of people, because cholesterol is a bandage, a waterproof bandage that the body has designed. When the blood becomes concentrated and acidic, and is being rushed through constricted arteries or capillaries, in dehydration, then abrasions and tears are produced in the arterial system, naturally, in the capillaries of the heart first.
Now if cholesterol wasn’t there to cover up the tear and abrasions, blood would get under the membrane and peel it off and that person would be dead instantly. Cholesterol is actually an interim lifesaver, giving the body time to recover from its problems. We never understood this. We are knee-jerk doctors. We think that something’s up, bring it down, if something’s down, bring it up. We don’t ask questions why is it down or why is it up?... And the pharmaceutical companies know that treating cholesterol is a huge industry...


Now with the news breaking that the statin drugs are not useful at all, even the regular media is reporting it, where do we go from the dreaded Cholesterol? Maybe it would be a good idea to actually find out why we have higher or lower Cholesterol?

As for me I'm still working on my health, I'm eating a diet of locally grown whole fresh foods, purified water and, I'm taking :CellPower™ to cover the basics, also
FLAX SEED OIL for my colon, but of course
~Glutathione-the master antioxidant is a great helper to counteract many diabetic complications.
~4 essential minerals for diabetics
~SELENIUMhelps immune system,fights infection and aids circulation
~MAGNESIUMhelps to relax you, aids stress and muscle relaxing
~CHROMIUMimproves insulin sensitivity, and helps lower blood sugar.
~ZINC especially to help you heal.
~coconut oil


for the Omega-3~6 balance and losing weight
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~~~jokes and inspirations~~~
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural
stupidity.
-- Unknown

There is only one difference between a madman and
me. I am not mad.
-- Salvador Dali

There is no moral precept that does not have
something inconvenient about it.
-- Denis Diderot

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and
also to love our enemies; probably because they are
generally the same people.
-- G. K. Chesterton

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~~~

I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline.
Got a call center in Pakistan.
I told them I was suicidal.

They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.

~~~
Two physicians board a flight out of Seattle. One sits in the window seat, the other in the middle seat. Just before take-off, an attorney sits in the seat by the aisle. The lawyer kicks off his shoes, wiggle his toes, and starts to settle in, when the physician in the window seat says, "I think I'll get up and get a coke."

"No problem," says the attorney, "I'm by the aisle. I'll get it for you."

While he's gone, one of the physicians picks up the attorney's shoe and spits in it. When he returns with the coke, the other physician says, "That looks good, I think I'll have one too."

Again, the attorney obligingly fetches the drink. While he's gone, the other physician picks up the other shoe and spits in it.

The lawyer comes back and they all sit back and enjoy the flight. As the plane is landing, however, the attorney slips his feet into his shoes and realizes immediately what has happened.

"How long must this go on?" he asks the physicians. "This fighting between our professions? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and peeing in cokes?"
~~~
If you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.

—Henry Ford


~~~
How many NCAA basketball players does it take to change a light bulb?

Only one, but he gets money, a car, and three college credit hours for it!
~~~
Why did the runner quit the race against Bigfoot?

He couldn't face defeet!!
~~~
It's a good thing my mother-in-law has a sense of humor. During a family vacation, we were driving past the Dinosaur National Monument in eastern Utah, and she said, "I haven't been there since I was a little girl. I wonder how much it's changed."

"It's no longer a zoo," I said. "Now it's a museum."

~~~
How do you get a kleenex to dance?

… Put a little boogey in it.
~~
I think that's enough for today, be blessed my friends, make great health your goal and help others to see how to best strengthen their own immunites and get healthy too.

SOURCES
http://www.newstarget.com/Report_water_cure_1.html

Friday, November 30, 2007

How to buy diabetes and heart disease in a bottle/soft drinks, not so soft

(1)


It doesn't matter if you take it with sugar or artificial sweeteners. Either way, drinking one or more per day increases your risk for metabolic syndrome - or pre-diabetes - by nearly 50%. And now we're finding that just 12 ounces a day can put you at a greater risk for heart disease.
I'm talking about soft drinks. These beverages are so popular, they accompany most fast foods. And they've become accepted drinks at all meals. They're drunk instead of water with lunch and dinner. And in some parts of the country, people even drink them instead of a morning cup of coffee.
A recent study followed more than 6,000 middle-aged men and women for four years. All of them started out without any metabolic problems. Those who drank one or more soft drinks a day had the highest risk. They had a 48% higher prevalence of becoming pre-diabetic than participants who drank less than one a day.
The researchers don't know why soft drinks increase the risk for pre-diabetes, since diet drinks were as much of a problem as those made with sugar. One possibility is the brown caramel used in colas. This coloring has been linked to inflammation and tissue damage. And inflammation is an underlying cause of metabolic syndrome.
Some believe that by drinking sweet drinks throughout the day it encourages a sweet tooth. And that, in turn, creates a craving for more foods high in refined sugars and starches.
The lead author of this study also conducted another study that found more heart disease among people who drank colas. Why? Because of the drinks' high phosphorous (phosphoric acid) content. Phosphorous can interfere with the body's production of vitamin D. This lack of vitamin D can decrease heart function and increase calcification in the heart's arteries. Excessive phosphorous can also lead to high blood pressure and heart disease.
If you've been drinking soft drinks every day, especially colas, today would be a good day to stop. You can find thirst-quenching drinks made entirely from fruit juices and sparkling water in all health food stores and many supermarkets. Or make your own. Better yet, drink more water.


then there is the sodium benzoate in he soft drinks
(2)
Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health
Expert links additive to cell damage
A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
The problem - more usually associated with ageing and alcohol abuse - can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.
The findings could have serious consequences for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who consume fizzy drinks. They will also intensify the controversy about food additives, which have been linked to hyperactivity in children.
Concerns centre on the safety of E211, known as sodium benzoate, a preservative used for decades by the £74bn global carbonated drinks industry. Sodium benzoate derives from benzoic acid. It occurs naturally in berries, but is used in large quantities to prevent mould in soft drinks such as Sprite, Oasis and Dr Pepper. It is also added to pickles and sauces.
Sodium benzoate has already been the subject of concern about cancer because when mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it causes benzene, a carcinogenic substance. A Food Standards Agency survey of benzene in drinks last year found high levels in four brands which were removed from sale.

I urge you to read more on the sites I've listed below.

Sure, you can troll the Internet and see lots of experts whose hands are firmly in the pockets of the big businesses that insist that it's not harmful, but the mere whiff of suspicion is enough to keep me from soda.

Well that's it. I quit drinking soda a three decades ago, I guess it might have been good that I did.

I am very regular taking my CellPower™ and
~4 essential minerals for diabetics
~SELENIUMhelps immune system,fights infection and aids circulation
~MAGNESIUMhelps to relax you, aids stress and muscle relaxing
~CHROMIUMimproves insulin sensitivity, and helps lower blood sugar.
~ZINC especially to help you heal.
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~~~Jokes and Inspiration~~~
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a
state legislature.
-- Samuel Butler

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to
be like other people.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer

I take my children everywhere, but they always
find their way back home.
-- Robert Orben

Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be
absurd.
-- Allan Goldfein

~~~
These are actual comments made on students' report cards by teachers in the New York City public school system. All teachers were reprimanded but, boy, are these funny!!!

1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.
2. I would not allow this student to breed.
3. Your child has delusions of adequacy.
4. Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
5. Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.
6. The student has a "full six-pack" but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.
7. This child has been working with glue too much.
8. When your daughter's IQ reaches 50, she should sell.
9. The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
10. If this student were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week.
11. It's impossible to believe the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000,000 others.
12. The wheel is turning but the hamster is definitely dead.


These 16 Police Comments were taken off actual police car videos around the country:

16 "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."
15 "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."
14 "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."
13 "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."
12 "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."
11 "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"
10 "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"
9 "Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."
8 "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"
7 "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."
6 "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."
5 "In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC."
4 "How big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"
3 "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we want."
2 "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."
AND THE WINNER IS....
1 "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."

~~~
Computer Haikus – Part 2

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao-until
You bring fresh toner.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

~~~
I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions --
but I don't always agree with them.
-- George Bush

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory
as the wish to forget it.
-- Michel de Montaigne

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves
me the trouble of liking them.
-- Jane Austen

A thought is often original, though you have
uttered it a hundred times.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes,

~~~
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls
out of your glass.
-- Martin Mull

If man does find the solution for world peace it
will be the most revolutionary reversal of his
record we have ever known.
-- George C. Marshall

The only thing that scares me more than space
aliens is the idea that there aren't any space
aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to
offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in
big trouble.
-- Ellen DeGeneres

We Americans live in a nation where the
medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless
you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball
countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in
seconds if we felt like it.
-- Dave Barry

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That's it for today, God Bless you all and may peace attend you, May Goodness and Mercy follow you all the days of your life.

SOURCES
(1)http://www.womenshealthletter.com/alert-detail.php?ha_id=142&searchText=soft%20drinks
(2)http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece