Summer is here and the temperature is rising. Do you often have to drink a bottle of frozen soda or a cup of sweet milk tea? In fact, drinking soda or milk tea has little effect on quenching thirst, and drinking too much is not good for the body. Xiao Chen, a 32-year-old from Guangzhou, drank his beverage as water and ended up drinking himself in the hospital.

At the beginning of last year, Xiao Chen continued to have nausea and vomiting for several days, and went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed as acute renal insufficiency , followed by emergency hospitalization.

The next morning, Xiao Chen suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and was transferred to the ICU ward for 4 days of ECMO. After staying in the ICU for almost 7 days, Xiao Chen was out of danger, but the situation is still not stable and needs to continue to be observed.

1. What about people who drink for a long time?

There is a blogger who did an experiment with himself in order to explore the effect of drinks on the body. On the premise of not changing living and eating habits, drink 3 cans of 335ml Coke every day for 15 consecutive days.

As a result, on the 8th day, his face started to break out constantly due to the intake of too much sugar.

On the 12th day, his mental state began to deteriorate, his complexion deteriorated, and he would doze off at every turn.

On the 15th day, he measured his waist circumference, which was 4.5 cm larger than the measurement on the first day of the experiment, and increased to 74.5 cm.

At the same time, he also gained weight, and his weight, body fat percentage, total body fat, and BMI all continued to rise.

Source: Popular Science China

The blogger just drank After 15 days, the body will be a little overwhelmed, let alone those who drink beverages as water. Long-term drinking of beverages is harmful to health:

1. Depression risk

Isn’t Coke a fat house happy water? It’s obviously a good mood after drinking it. Why is there still a risk of depression?

It is true that drinking beverages increases the production of serotonin and dopamine in the body, which can bring happiness, but only briefly. A Japanese study found thatpeople who drank more than 4 drinks a day had a 90% increased risk of depression compared to those who drank 1 drink a day.

Because the drink only temporarily anesthetizes the body, over time, it will reduce the body’s ability to resist stress, inhibit the ability of the nervous system to regulate, and increase depression risk of disease.

2, gout

Gout is closely related to bad eating habits. Excessive intake of high sugar and carbonated beverages is one of the reasons. Carbonated drinks containa large amount of fructose, and when fructose enters the body, one of the products is uric acid, which eventually leads to an increase in uric acid. When the level of uric acid reaches a certain level, it cannot be dissolved in the blood, and crystals will form on the skin, joints, etc., forming tophi.

3. Induce diabetes

The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016) recommends, The daily intake of added sugars per person should be less than 50 grams, preferably limited to 25 grams. Excessive intake of sugar will affect the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, increase blood sugar, and increase the risk of diseases such as diabetes, kidney stones, and osteoporosis.

Second, a drink with 0 sugar and 0 fat, please?

In recent years, with the improvement of health awareness, many beverages with zero sugar and zero fat have begun to be welcomed by everyone. However, is 0 sugar and 0 fat drink really 0 sugar and 0 fat?

First of all, let’s take a look at the standards for 0 sugar and 0 fat beverages.

According to the “General Rules for Nutrition Labelling of Prepackaged Foods in National Food Safety Standards”: per 100ml or 100g of food Sugar content ≤ 0.5g is called “sugar-free”; energy per 100ml of beverages ≤ 17 kJ (4 kcal) is called “zero calorie”. In other words, 0 sugar and 0 fat does not mean no sugar and no fat, but the amount is relatively small.

Most of the sugar-free drinks on the market now replace traditional sugars such as sucrose and white sugar with sweeteners, mainly to provide sweetness, not to provide or less Provide heat. Sweeteners are divided into artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners. Different sweeteners have different degrees of sweetness.

So, don’t think that drinking 0 sugar and 0 fat is harmless to your health.Many studies have found that sugar-free sodas, like sugar-sweetened sodas, significantly increase the risk of metabolic syndrome such as diabetes.

Why First, artificial sweeteners will increase appetite and craving for sweets, making you unknowingly consume more sweets; second, artificial sweeteners are potentially addictive, making you relax your vigilance and ingest more. Many other high-calorie foods may change your original healthy lifestyle a little bit.

Nutritionist Gu Zhongyi pointed out that drinking occasionally is not harmful to health, the key is to control the amount. If you prefer to drink drinks with 0 sugar and 0 fat, you can avoid sweets with potential risks such as aspartame, acesulfame, saccharin, etc. Beverages that contain natural sweeteners such as erythritol and steviol glycosides are best.

Three or four kinds of beverages are really not healthy.

In addition to sugar-sweetened beverages, there are also the following Beverages are actually not healthy beverages:

·herbal tea drinks

Herbal tea beverages are not traditional herbal teas, but sugar water with some Chinese herbal medicines added, and the content of Chinese herbal medicines is small, and most of the main ingredients are water and white sugar.

·Juice drinks

Juice drinks are not necessarily 100% pure fruit juice, and the fruit juice content ranges from 10% to 100%. Most fruit juice drinks The juice content is low and the sugar content is high. Drinking too much will cause the sugar content to exceed the standard.

In addition, even if it is 100% pure juice, don’t drink too much, and the energy is not much ,Drank too much May cause blood sugar to rise, increasing the risk of diabetes.

·alcoholic beverages

Not to mention alcoholic beverages, the standard for determining whether an alcoholic beverage is a drink or a wine depends on the alcohol content.

According to our country’s standard, the ethanol mass fraction is less than 0.5%, which is equivalent to the alcohol content of less than 0.7%, which is a beverage. However, alcoholic beverages also contain a certain amount of alcohol. Don’t forget that alcohol is a class 1 carcinogen, so you can drink less or less.

·functional drinks

functional drinks such as sports drinks, energy drinks, electrolyte drinks Beverages, can they really play a role in health care?

In fact, the main ingredients of functional drinks are caffeine, taurine, etc. Drinking too much poses a health threat to the body, and even the ingredients of functional drinks also contain vitamins Or nutrients such as minerals, but we can get it through our daily diet and are healthier without drinking beverages.

Fourth, the healthiest drink is still it

that weather So hot, always need to replenish water, quench thirst, what drink is the best for health? The answer is plain water!

Water is the source of life, recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society.Adults should drink 1500~1700 ml of water every day. As the best hydrating product, boiled water is not only economical, but also quenches thirst, and can promote the metabolism of the human body.

However, for safety, when we boil tap water, boil it for 3 minutes before turning off the flame strong>, don’t drink the water as soon as it is open, and don’t boil it for too long.

Any beverage can’t replace plain water, but many people forget to drink water, or don’t know if they need hydration. When you feel thirsty, it means that your body is dehydrated, and you need to replenish water in time. Or when you notice that your urine is yellow, you may also be dehydrated.

Midsummer has come, remember to drink less drinks, drink more boiled water, drink more Don’t touch it! #HealthTrue Knowledge Project#

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