Do not drink the water in Texas

May you watch what you eat in Dallas, Houston, Texas or elsewhere. But you watch what you drink? A number of health problems including tooth decay, thinning bones, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, cancer and obesity are linked to drinking alcohol.
In 2006, Unilever Health Institute in the Netherlands - Unilever owns Lipton Tea - sponsored by a group of experts on nutrition and health published a study entitled "Beverage Guidance System." This study was developed to help people to reduce the amount of calories when they drink those calories contribute little or nothing for their health and, in many cases, may in fact nothing of this.
The group, led by Dr. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, was influenced by the contribution of popular beverages make to weight problems. Panel also examined 146 reports of finding the best evidence for health problems of various beverages.
At the top of the stack of favorite drink is water. It contains no calories or hazards related to benefits. But the group has expressed concern about bottled water fortified with nutrients, which means that some people believe in May, did not need to eat foods fortified with nutrients that contain substances like fiber and phytochemicals products, which are deficient in some bottles of water.
AAAHH the sweet nectar of life
The group also reported that about 21 percent of the calories consumed by Texans, and others, over the age of two has just drinks, especially soft drinks and fruit juices with added sugars. There has been an incredible increase of sugar in soft drinks in recent decades, largely at the expense of milk, which, by comparison, has a number of nutritional benefits. Calories from sugary sodas and fruit drinks account for half of the growth of calories from Americans since the end of 1970.
The Americans are not only drinking more sugary drinks, but the dimensions are bloated, with restaurants and shops that offer 32 oz portions and free refills.
America and the launch of the new thirst for smoothies and sweetened coffee - 240 calories in a 16-oz Starbucks Coffee mocha without whipped cream - and it is easy to understand why people drink stretch pants with elastic straps.
But calories from sweet drinks are not the only problem. In a report published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it is recalled that the beverages have "weak satiety properties. In other words, they do little or nothing to curb the appetite of an individual. As a result, people do not compensate for the calories they drink by eating less.
In addition, some soft drinks contribute to other health problems. The American Academy of General Dentistry says that non-cola soft drinks and bottled or canned iced tea sweetened damage the enamel of the teeth, especially when they are eaten alone, without a meal. And a study of 2500 adults in Massachusetts linked cola drinking, both regular and diet, the thinning of the hipbones women.
The group suggests that if people drink something sweet, have to drink a beverage without calories as the diet soda that contains an approved sweetener, though many experts have recognized the lack of long-term safety data and the possibility that diet soft drinks "condition" people prefer the softness.
Fruit juices are another alternative, but not as good as whole fruit, which satisfy hunger better.
Coffee, Tea and You
Here is a chance at the top of your cup just good news. Several more recent studies have linked regular consumption of coffee reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, colon cancer and Parkinson's disease.
Most studies do not have a strong link between the consumption of caffeine in coffee or heart disease, even if the caffeine in coffee increases blood pressure and some 'boiled unfiltered coffee - French-pressed coffee and - raises harmful of total cholesterol and LDL levels.
Alone, caffeine - 400 milligrams a day, or the amount of about 30 ounces of coffee - does not seem to be a health problem or affect the water balance of the body. But pregnant women should limit their intake because more than 300 milligrams of caffeine per day may increase the risk of miscarriage and low birth weight, the group reported.
There also seems to be good news on the brain forward on caffeine. The mice exposed to an Alzheimer's-like disease were protected from the peak of drinking water with caffeine equivalent to what the people of five cups of coffee a day. And a study of more than 600 men suggested that drinking three cups of coffee a day protects against age-related deficits in memory and reflection.
For the tea, the evidence for health is a po 'incerta. Tea reduces risk of cancer in experimental animals, but the effects on individuals are not known. The tea may benefit bone density and help prevent kidney stones and tooth decay. And four or five cups of black tea daily helps arteries expand, perhaps to improve the flow of blood to the heart.
A glass a day in May Keep the Doctor Away.
Moderate alcohol consumption - one drink per day for women and two for men - has been linked in many large long-term studies to reduce mortality rates, particularly heart attacks and strokes. May also reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and gallstones. The group has found no convincing evidence that, for example, a glass of red wine is better than vodka rocks with a twist.
But even moderate consumption of alcohol has its downside. Moderate intake may increase the risk of birth defects and breast cancer, because in May interfere with vitamin B, essential. And, of course, heavy drinking is associated with several lethal cancers, cirrhosis, hemorrhagic stroke, hypertension, some forms of dementia and heart disease.
The milk and soy beverages.
The group, which rated low-fat and skimmed milk in third place, just below the water and coffee and tea drinks that milk products were not essential to a healthy diet. The panel acknowledged the benefits of milk for bone density, while noting that calcium and vitamin D for bone benefits are not maintained, if people continue to drink milk. Other essential nutrients in particular in the milk of magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron, vitamin A, riboflavin, folic acid and protein content, about eight grams per cup than eight ounces. A 10-year study found that overweight individuals of milk drinkers were less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, a group of coronary risk factors that includes hypertension and low levels of protective HDLs.
The group highlighted the need for children and adolescents to drink more milk and less high-calorie, sweetened beverages. The report indicates that the enriched soy milk is a good alternative for those who prefer not to consume cow's milk. But the group warned that soy milk can not be legally fortified with vitamin D and provides only 75 percent of body calcium is the milk cow.