America Loves Its Sugar And Juice: Report Shows How Many Sugary Drinks We Gulp Down

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 America Loves Its Sugar And Juice: Report Shows How Many Sugary Drinks We Gulp Down The newest data on Americans' consumption of sugary drinks is out, and it isn't great. According to the Centers for Disease Control, half of the population age 2 and older consumes sugary drinks -- meaning soda, sweetened bottled water, sports and energy drinks and fruit drinks (but not 100-percent juice) -- every day. This is in spite of recommendations from groups like the American Heart Association, which advocates drinking fewer than three cans of soda, or the caloric equivalent thereof, per week. The new report also finds that quarter of Americans drink at least 200 calories per day -- the equivalent of more than one can of soda -- while a small percentage far exceeds that. This Could Be The Key To Not Getting Sick From The Flu Women Regret Relationships, Men Regret Career Moves, Study Says Leroy Luetscher, Face Impaled By Pruning Shears, 'Never Had Pain Like This In My Life' Acne Treatment Still A Mystery, Study Finds BLOG POSTS Russell Rosenberg, Ph.D: Is It Typical Teenage Behavior -- Or A Sleep Disorder? DSPS is a circadian rhythm disorder affecting the timing of the brain's sleep-wake clock. Individuals with DSPS are unable to fall asleep earlier than their usual sleep time, despite being sleep deprived from staying up the night before. David Katz, M.D.: Why Patient Care Needs To Get Personal Evidence-based medicine, in other words, is population-based medicine. The care of any individual patient is based on the experiences of patients who have come before. And while to some extent that is unavoidable, it is also a great peril. Sara Gaynes: Exercise For You, Not For Your Looks Last week, the Los Angeles Times published a column about the benefits of vanity in exercising, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Bad enough that I couldn't stop myself from writing up a response. Rick Hanson, Ph.D.: 10 Steps To Forgiving Yourself It's important to acknowledge mistakes, feel appropriate remorse and learn from them so they don't happen again. But most people keep beating themselves up way past the point of usefulness.

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