The BANE of Soda The defininition of the word bane: that which causes Harm, Ruin, Woe, and Death. Giving up soft drinks can be one of the best things you can do to improve your health. 1. There are no nutritionally beneficial components in soft drinks. Soda Pop is useless. 2. weight gain and Obesity. The average american drinks 57 gallon per year. Drinking 1 pop per day can equal one pound per month in weight gain.
3. Increased risk of Diabetes. since 1980 diabetics have trippeled from 7 million to 21 million
4. Contributes to weakened Bones and bone loss
5. increases tooth enamel erosion and dental decay
6. Increases kidney stone formation and kidney damage
7. Increases blood pressure
8. Causes Metabolic syndrome risk factor
9. corhosis of the liver and other liver damage
10. causes heartburn
11. Impaires the digestive system and is very highly acidic. Battery acid =PH 1 water =PH 7 fish die in water PH below 4 and pop is PH 2.5
12. causes Dehydration both sugar and caffeine cause dehydration.
13. sodas with caffeine can cause restlessness tension, irritability, and high blood pressure
14. Diet sodas contain Aspartane a poisonous food additive made up of 3 chemicals , aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol which converts to formaldehyde and formic acid . there are many different health side effects associated with aspartane
15. Sodium Benzoate, a preservative can switch of vital parts of DNA in the mitocondria .
16. Soda drinks replace healthier drinks
I have some information on overcoming addictions and bad habits. Like how to lose weight, get energized, and free from harmful behavior. Also how to make your goals and dreams a reality. Left to our own devices, most of us just don't do what we know we need to do. Thinking about having Brian do a Web page with the complete program to put Vitality and Will Power into your new life, along with a format for a support group and Coach. I need the help of those on this forum to get started. Would you please thoughtfully answer the poll? Thanks PS What are your personal improvement goals?
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Quiet Cricket
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Re: What about Soda Pop?
Here are a few quotes from the church on caffeinated drinks. The best one is by President Kimball and persuades me to follow. I added the other for those who may be interested.
I never drink any of the cola drinks and my personal hope would be that no one would. However, they are not included in the Word of Wisdom in its technical application. I quote from a letter from the secretary to the First Presidency, "But the spirit of the Word of Wisdom would be violated by the drinking or eating of anything that contained a habit-forming drug." With reference to the cola drinks, the Church has never officially taken any attitude on this matter ... but I personally do not put them in the class as with tea and coffee because the Lord specifically mentioned them [the hot drinks].... I might say also that strychnine and sleeping pills and opium and heroin are not mentioned in the Word of Wisdom and yet I would discourage them with all my power. (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 202. Italics added.)
You have been counseled repeatedly to "live in the world, but not be one of the world." Sometimes some of our members want to live as close as they can to worldly standards and yet qualify for a temple recommend. Live by the covenants you took in the temple; do not live on the fringes. You will be judged by the kinds of movies you attend, by the way you dress, and by the music to which you listen.
Some years ago one of our teachers told his students that he used cola drinks and that it did not prevent him from holding a temple recommend. This was an indication of poor judgment on his part, and it illustrates what I mean by living "on the fringes." Live the spirit of the commandments. (Ezra Taft Benson, The Gospel Teacher & His Message. Assembly Hall, 17 Sept. 1976. Italics added.)
The Church has never included soft drinks in the letter of the Word of Wisdom. But it does expect that members of the Church will have sufficient wisdom to avoid narcotics and stimulants of all kinds.
Except for medicinal purposes, drugs are very dangerous, especially when administered by untrained and unskilled persons. This is at the basis of the present epidemic of drug consumption, even by little children. They are ignorant of the drug and its effects. They take it because "every one does it," and as a result, some use the so-called heavy drugs which destroy brain cells and even cause death among hundreds of users across the nation.
Caffeine is a drug. It is classed as a narcotic. Constant use of caffeine, whether in coffee, tea or soft drinks, can have only a dangerous effect upon the human system. (Church News, Editorial Page, "Starving Generation," 25 April 1970, p. 16.)
... the largest measure of good derived from its [the Word of Wisdom's] observance is in increased faith and the development of more spiritual power and wisdom. Likewise, the most regrettable and damaging effects of its infractions are spiritual also. Injury to the body may be comparatively trivial to the damage to the soul ... (Steven L Richards, Conference Report, April 1949, p. 141; Melch. Pr'd Manual, 1978-79, p. 154.)
And now comes addiction to the cola drinks. Two Pennsylvania State University researchers, Elliot Diamond and John Pfifferling, say that heavy cola drinkers now are seen to be addicts in the same sense as victims of other kinds of drugs, and that when they attempt to quit they go through "withdrawal" symptoms not too different from those experienced by people quitting the "hard" drugs. Some college students trying to "kick" the habit, report withdrawal symptoms including depression, nervousness, and a marked decrease in alertness.
Cola drinkers also are noted for difficult behavioral problems more than normal students, the researchers said. Fifty-eight per cent of the "colaholics" said they constantly feel jittery; twice as many suffer from sleeplessness, and all in the test group reported a constant craving for colas. The research seemed to indicate that cola drinking definitely can develop into an addiction, and to "kick" the habit may be equally as difficult as trying to quit tobacco. (Church News, Editorial Page, "Addictions Are Growing," 27 April 1974, p. 16.)
I never drink any of the cola drinks and my personal hope would be that no one would. However, they are not included in the Word of Wisdom in its technical application. I quote from a letter from the secretary to the First Presidency, "But the spirit of the Word of Wisdom would be violated by the drinking or eating of anything that contained a habit-forming drug." With reference to the cola drinks, the Church has never officially taken any attitude on this matter ... but I personally do not put them in the class as with tea and coffee because the Lord specifically mentioned them [the hot drinks].... I might say also that strychnine and sleeping pills and opium and heroin are not mentioned in the Word of Wisdom and yet I would discourage them with all my power. (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 202. Italics added.)
You have been counseled repeatedly to "live in the world, but not be one of the world." Sometimes some of our members want to live as close as they can to worldly standards and yet qualify for a temple recommend. Live by the covenants you took in the temple; do not live on the fringes. You will be judged by the kinds of movies you attend, by the way you dress, and by the music to which you listen.
Some years ago one of our teachers told his students that he used cola drinks and that it did not prevent him from holding a temple recommend. This was an indication of poor judgment on his part, and it illustrates what I mean by living "on the fringes." Live the spirit of the commandments. (Ezra Taft Benson, The Gospel Teacher & His Message. Assembly Hall, 17 Sept. 1976. Italics added.)
The Church has never included soft drinks in the letter of the Word of Wisdom. But it does expect that members of the Church will have sufficient wisdom to avoid narcotics and stimulants of all kinds.
Except for medicinal purposes, drugs are very dangerous, especially when administered by untrained and unskilled persons. This is at the basis of the present epidemic of drug consumption, even by little children. They are ignorant of the drug and its effects. They take it because "every one does it," and as a result, some use the so-called heavy drugs which destroy brain cells and even cause death among hundreds of users across the nation.
Caffeine is a drug. It is classed as a narcotic. Constant use of caffeine, whether in coffee, tea or soft drinks, can have only a dangerous effect upon the human system. (Church News, Editorial Page, "Starving Generation," 25 April 1970, p. 16.)
... the largest measure of good derived from its [the Word of Wisdom's] observance is in increased faith and the development of more spiritual power and wisdom. Likewise, the most regrettable and damaging effects of its infractions are spiritual also. Injury to the body may be comparatively trivial to the damage to the soul ... (Steven L Richards, Conference Report, April 1949, p. 141; Melch. Pr'd Manual, 1978-79, p. 154.)
And now comes addiction to the cola drinks. Two Pennsylvania State University researchers, Elliot Diamond and John Pfifferling, say that heavy cola drinkers now are seen to be addicts in the same sense as victims of other kinds of drugs, and that when they attempt to quit they go through "withdrawal" symptoms not too different from those experienced by people quitting the "hard" drugs. Some college students trying to "kick" the habit, report withdrawal symptoms including depression, nervousness, and a marked decrease in alertness.
Cola drinkers also are noted for difficult behavioral problems more than normal students, the researchers said. Fifty-eight per cent of the "colaholics" said they constantly feel jittery; twice as many suffer from sleeplessness, and all in the test group reported a constant craving for colas. The research seemed to indicate that cola drinking definitely can develop into an addiction, and to "kick" the habit may be equally as difficult as trying to quit tobacco. (Church News, Editorial Page, "Addictions Are Growing," 27 April 1974, p. 16.)
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Jason
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Re: What about Soda Pop?
....pick a soda....any soda.....go through the ingredients item by item and google them for for info....
I have come to the conclusion that we have giant targets painted on us with our intended demise and the fleecing of our pockets during the process!
I have come to the conclusion that we have giant targets painted on us with our intended demise and the fleecing of our pockets during the process!
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Re: What about Bad Habits and Will Power? Please take poll
Plug-in cell phone users...
...heavy cell phone users now are seen to be addicts in the same sense as victims of other kinds of drugs, and that when they attempt to quit they go through "withdrawal" symptoms not too different from those experienced by people quitting the "hard" drugs. Some college students trying to "kick" the habit, report withdrawal symptoms including depression, nervousness, and a marked decrease in alertness.
I see young adults 'texting' during Sacrament Meeting. Everybody is carrying a cell phone. I've been in public restrooms where women are chattering away on their phones while responding to nature's call! If that isn't addictive behavior, I'm not sure what is.
EMF energy from electronic devices is probably as bad for the body as anything specifically listed in the Word of Wisdom . Bromide in soft drinks - like Mt. Dew - serve to 'amplify' EMF energy when it is assimilated in the body.
...heavy cell phone users now are seen to be addicts in the same sense as victims of other kinds of drugs, and that when they attempt to quit they go through "withdrawal" symptoms not too different from those experienced by people quitting the "hard" drugs. Some college students trying to "kick" the habit, report withdrawal symptoms including depression, nervousness, and a marked decrease in alertness.
I see young adults 'texting' during Sacrament Meeting. Everybody is carrying a cell phone. I've been in public restrooms where women are chattering away on their phones while responding to nature's call! If that isn't addictive behavior, I'm not sure what is.
EMF energy from electronic devices is probably as bad for the body as anything specifically listed in the Word of Wisdom . Bromide in soft drinks - like Mt. Dew - serve to 'amplify' EMF energy when it is assimilated in the body.
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