Study: Diet sodas work
Well, I suppose this is good news: Jenn and I have recently cut out almost all sugary drinks out of our lives, moving our respective caffeine consumption from Cherry Coke to Diet Cherry Coke, Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, Diet Sprite and Coke Zero. I’m not loving the diet sodas — some days less than others — but I’m OK with it.
Now a Harvard study says that just doing this is enough to lead to measurable sustained weight loss. NPR had a story on it yesterday, meaning I heard about it on the most e-mailed stories podcast this morning:
Researchers say a simple way for teens to lose weight is to stop having sugary drinks. Doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston found that teenagers who replaced soda and juices with calorie-free beverages lost about a pound a month over a six-month trial.
A pound a month isn’t anything to get super-excited about, but every little bit helps, I suppose. (The photo on my column today in the Hesperia Star looks suspiciously Brandoesque to my eyes.)
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Bah! Teens!
I quit sweetened drinks 15 years ago and I’m BLIMP!
Comment by Robbo — March 8, 2006 @ 16:16