Americans Getting Too Many Empty Calories From Sugary Drinks
The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 36 ounces or about 450 calories from sugary beverages a week, but a new study taking a look at the impact of sugar intake stemming from regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and sweetened bottled waters, reports that people ages 20 to 39 who drink sugary beverages consume 336 calories a day from them alone…
August 31, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advises-people, association, bottled-waters, consume-336, fruit-drinks, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, people-ages, sports-drinks, the-impact
Patients With Hypertension Should Avoid Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association…
March 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, blood-pressure, fruit-drinks, hypertension, journal, nutritional counseling, such-as-fruit, sugar
