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Leave the Soft Drinks on the Shelves. Put the Tea Bags in the Cart!

February 17, 2010 by Joi 3 Comments

A new study has found that even drinking just two soft drinks a week can increase your risk of pancreatic cancer. As a former soft drink addict, I know that two soft drinks is usually a daily thing for most people.  At the height of my soft drink fanaticism, I easily drank an entire 2 liter of Dr. Pepper over the course of a day.  Easily.  Then, when I switched to Diet Dr. Pepper, I served it with the same dedication and devotion.  Who am I kidding, I still have a soft spot for my beloved DDP.  Fortunately,  I love tea, iced coffee, and green tea even more, so I’m slowly but surely pulling away from the habit.

The new study that’s generating all the buzz has greatly affected what drinks I bring into my house. Researchers say that drinking as little as two soft drinks a week appears to nearly double the risk of getting pancreatic cancer. Scary stuff.

”People who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an 87% increased risk — or nearly twice the risk — of pancreatic cancer compared to individuals consuming no soft drinks,” says study lead author Noel T. Mueller, MPH, a research associate at the Cancer Control Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. The study is published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

If your kids (or your spouse!) seem to think that the only thing they can drink are soft drinks, introduce them to different fruit juices, teas, and flavored water. As a green mom, I really don’t want to recommend bottled flavored water.  Instead, buy a water filter – turning your own water into bottled water.  Then, flavor it – if need be – with lemons, limes, strawberries, blueberries, Stevia or Truvia, peaches, etc.  I confess, I drink what my daughters call “hummingbird water” – I sweeten it with Truvia or Stevia.  I guess it’s all those years of drinking soft drinks and sweet tea (very, very sweet tea – I take my southern heritage seriously).

If you, or anyone in your family, misses the “fizz” in soft drinks – try adding a little club soda to juice.  It’ll give you the fizz without the fright.

Personally, I’ve found that flavored tea bags have enough personality and taste to make you all but forget about soft drinks.  The Peach Celestial Seasonings tea bags (pictured above) make outstanding cups of hot tea and equally outstanding glasses of iced tea.  Remember, tea not only tastes wonderful, it has antioxidants to boot.

Everything good, nothing bad. Where can you beat it?  If you’re going to put something into your body, don’t you want it to be a worthwhile guest and benefit you in some way?  Make today the day you stop putting bad things in your body and start putting more good things in… and start with your drinks.

To read more about tea, hook up with the Crazy Tea Chick.

Filed Under: Health, Make a Difference Tagged With: benefits of tea, health, tea benefits

Why You Should Be Drinking More Tea!

September 9, 2009 by Joi 4 Comments

I struggle like a moth in a windstorm with some healthy habits. For example, grilled or baked salmon and I just don’t see eye to eye. I expect him to have more taste, he expects me to lower my expectations. I’m also not a huge fan of milk.  I try to outfox myself by throwing it over a bowl of sugary, chocolaty cereal.  I wish I were kidding.  The size 10 Levi’s I’d love to get back into wish I were kidding.

I love walking and biking and live for fresh vegetables and fruit – so at least I’m all over those areas.  I’m also the poster gal for drinking coffee and tea (black, green, herbal, white..).  Coffee has been shown to help ward off Alzheimer’s and tea?  It’s fantastically healthy for just about every inch of your body.

From Prevention.com:

Both green and black teas contain a concentrated dose of catechins, substances that help blood vessels relax and protect your heart. In a study of more than 40,500 Japanese men and women, those who drank 5 or more cups of green tea every day had the lowest risk of dying from heart disease and stroke. Other studies involving black tea showed similar results.

Be warned, though:  If you rely on bottled teas to get your daily doses of goodness, you’re missing out.  For the most benefits, you need to drink freshly brewed tea. Ready-to-drink teas simply don’t offer the same health benefits. . Also, don’t add milk to your tea (for the life of me, I don’t know why anyone would invite milk to a tea party anyway).  Adding milk may eliminate tea’s protective effects on the cardiovascular system, so stick to just lemon or honey.

So there you have it.  If you regularly drink soft drinks, make the healthy switch to tea.  Scientists in Boston found that drinking one or more regular or diet colas (double dang! – I love my Diet Dr. Pepper so..) every day doubles your risk of metabolic syndrome- – a cluster of conditions, including high blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, and excess fat around the waist – that increase your chance of heart disease and diabetes. Here’s a cute little tip from Prevention: If you’re all about the fizz that comes from soft drinks, try sparkling water with a splash of juice. Hmmm, maybe if I pour it into a Diet Dr. Pepper bottle…. Not that I have 2, 4, or 7 bottles in my home at this moment.

I’ll meet you in the tea aisle. There are countless varieties and flavor combinations to entertain your taste buds. Your heart will love you for it.

Green Sampler

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: benefits of tea, green tea, healthy tea, heart health, Tea

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