I think there's some research out there about how the body metabolizes high fructose corn syrup - the main ingredient in most soda - and how the body is want to store it as fat. But, I haven't confirmed it.
I think part of the issue, really is that we raise our kids now to expect all things to be sweet. When they're thirsty, they're given juice or soda. How many little kids do you see walking around with sippy cups of water? I think they're probably the exception to the norm. The other day I was in the grocery store. There we were with our cart full of fruits/veggies/whole grains/organics and in front of us was an overweight mom with her obese child (who was maybe 9). He's standing there with a family size bag of gummy worms, happily slurping them down one after the other. I felt so bad for the kid - it's not his fault that he has a parent that thinks that's acceptable nutrition. But, it will be his life-long weight struggle, no doubt, because his young body is acclimated to eating junk. On 3/6/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Right, but that's not really what I was talking about... The effect of > what goes in varries from one substance to the next, and so it's > logical to assume that one substance will cause more weight than > another when every other variable (excercise and amount of substance > being key here) is held in stasis. If you regression test it, doesn't > fat content contribute to weight gain more than the "empty calories" > of simple sugar? (Part of the reason I never bought into diet sodas -- > they taste like crap and are possibly carcinogenic in an attempt to > solve a problem that I suspect they largely don't contribute to in the > first place.) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199091 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
