I am very new to this blogging world, however I have always wanted to create one to look back at it and remember memories. I am happy that this is an assignment because, well, I like to do these kinds of things and create posts and such. I chose nutrition because I feel as if I don't know a lot about nutrition and I want to get a better understanding of the topic. I want to lead a healthy lifestyle and want to be a role model for kids. Therefore, I believe that if I lead a healthy lifestyle people will follow my actions.
The first article I ran across talks about people who love soda that have worse eating habits overall. The article talks about how soda can immediately increase the odds of stroke and high blood pressure. "A blood pressure of 140/90 is considered high". People who drink a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages have less healthy diets. The study this article relates to says the increase of strokes appeared at 187 for those who drank sweetened drinks. This article did not really give a whole lot of information, however I just want to understand the reasoning behind nutrition. I try to not drink soda and sweetened tea's. I do drink Gatorade or Powerade after long runs to help put electrolytes back into my system. If people become aware of these slight differences in diets, we can all live healthy lifestyles. I know that if I buy bad food, I will eat the bad food.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217880.php
I think it's awesome how you brought your personal lifestyles into your blog. This assignment is a great way to become educated on a new topic and I think its great that you took advantage of that!
ReplyDeleteI also think this is a great topic because so many people turn towards high sugar drinks instead of water. In realtiy soda does not hydrate the body like water does. This is very intersting of how bad soda can be for a person. I'm glad you brought this to attention, and I hope the word gets out. More people need to know the facts and how to stay healthy. I'm sure not to many people knew that drinking soda could increase the risk with high blood pressure, but this all makes sense. I'm excited to learn more with this blog.
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