Americans Like Their Drinks 'Sickeningly Sweet' but New Labeling May Make a Difference

In this article, explored by Jessica Bartfield, MD, medical weight-loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital concludes, Americans might be fond of their drinks "sickeningly sweet" but a new tagging scheme may dishearten a lot of us American public from hammering on the needless calories. therefore, Unaware to those people who are gladly consuming their beloved cola or fruit drink where most beverages container hold multiple servings, and the majority Americans neglect to do the math on the total calorie calculation. Its discovered that "The average American consumes 22.5 teaspoons of added sugar daily, half of which comes from regular soda and fruit drinks, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004), 10 percent of overweight adults consume 450 calories of sugar sweetened beverages per day, which is three times that of an average American. Cutting 450 calories per day would lead to about a 1 pound per week weight loss, close to 50 pounds in one year and reduction in sugar-sweetened beverages had a significant effect on weight change at 6 months and 18 months, even more of an impact than solid- calorie reduction".