Is A Diet Coke Really Better For You??!!

We have become a society that will go to McDonald's and order a Big Mac, large fry and a Diet Coke, We believe that we are making a "healthy" choice by ordering a Diet Coke, however this is not true. We have developed a huge misconception on drinking diet drinks. They are not at all healthy for us, perhaps they could be harming us more than helping us not gain those "few extra calories" we are worried about. Here are a few very important facts regarding diet drinks that need to be brought to every one's attention, especially kids who are growing up in a world where image is so important.

The effects diet drinks have on our bodies:

1) The artificial sweeteners in diet drinks actually triggers insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain.

2) Increases the risk of type 2 diabetes

3) The artificial sweetener can actually trigger headaches.

4) The artificial sweeteners have more intense flavor than real sugar, therefore over time diet soda can dull the senses to naturally sweet foods like fruit.

As you can see, diet drinks play a very negative effect on our body. There is no nutritional value and no positive outcomes of drinking these drinks, that are so full of artificial sweeteners. Since this is a huge misconception for young teens, as a teacher we must help guide children to realize the effects of these types of drinks. We must educate the children to see what artificial sweeteners, along with even regular sodas do to our bodies. Helping crack these misconcetptions can lead to doing countless science projects on how diet sodas and regular sodas harm our bodies.