TheHealthyDriver

Where does one start?

, 08.14.2010 at 09.31 AM (567 Views)

You’ve been looking at yourself, and noticing that expanding waistline. It’s not what you used to have. It’s not want you want to have. So, what are you going to do about it?

First off, analyze your liquid intake. If you drink pop, stop. Quit cold turkey. Switch to water. Or, if you’re like myself and can’t handle the taste of water, make better decisions than what you have been.

When I made the switch from pop to something healthier, I switched to diet iced tea. The cost was virtually the same, but the impact on my health, and on the visual I portrayed, was rather dramatic. Not dramatic as in “Wow, in 3 days I’ve lost 50lbs!”, however I did easily lose about 20 pounds in 2 to 3 months.

Nowadays, I still drink iced tea, however I use the Nestea crystals, and I use twice the amount of water that is called for one packet. I bring a Rubbermaid, 1 litre bottle with me, and two 3 gallon(11 liter) refillable bottles of water with a pump. Easier on my health, and easier on my budget too.

Give it a try. If you don’t like it after a month, you can always go back to pouring the flavoured sugar known as soda pop down your gullet. However, what if you find you like it? Hmmmm?

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Comments

Trade up - 11.15.2010 09.18 PM
Aspartame breaks down in the human body and a by product of the breakdown is Formaldehyde. Most products that containing Aspartame also contain phenylalamine(neuro toxin in high amounts).

Sacharin doesn't break down in the human body and can be stored in fat deposits. Sacharin is banned in Canada but is still used in the USA.

Avoid these as sweeteners. Make sure the bottle you use is without Bisphenol A. Avoid bottles with the recycleable symbol 7 this is a plastic that will break down a leach "platicizers" into your drinks. You want bottles with a 2 (high density polyethlene) or 4(low density polyethlene) or 5(polypropolene). These plastics won't break down as fast and are considered safe for drinking out of.

Avoid drinks that use artificial sweeteners.
TheHealthyDriver - 11.16.2010 06.57 AM
Switching to drinks using artificial sweeteners for a short time, while going all the way down to water as your main fluid source, is fine. It's better than pouring sugar down your throat, day in and day out. However, I will say, switching cold turkey to water is your best bet.

As for the bottles with Bisphenol A, I agree with you, HOWEVER, the problem with the bottles with a 7 is that they leach WHEN HEATED. If you're drinking when the water is cold, it's not an issue. But, I agree that you're better off to use one that is labeled with a 2, 4, or 5.