Sweetened Beverages and Depression
In life we face daily struggles, frustrations, anxiety, and a number of other feelings that we sometimes can't explain. The feelings or emotions may last for an hour, day or even longer. Depression is a mental disorder that can lead to death if not treated. So, what is depression? Depression is classified as a mental disorder. Depression occurs when individuals experience fluctuations of mood, loss of energy, weight loss, insomnia and demonstrate a total detachment from others. Depression symptoms vary per person. There can be many causes of depression. Depression can be linked genetically, environmentally, or biologically. Does the food we eat affect our emotional moods? More specifically, do the drinks
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Such as Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Beck Depression Inventory and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Any of these tests can be used. However, none of test asks questions directly relating to the consumption of soft drinks. They ask general questions such as poor appetite or overeating. The tests should be administered by a health care professional. Each test requires a ranking ranging from 0 to 5. Each of the tests does require the individual to be truthful however there is no true way to determine if the individual is being …show more content…
According to Guo, Park, Freedman, Sinha, Hollenbeck, Blair and Chen, the potential effects of drinking these beverages on depression are largely unknown Guo, et.al. (2014). Numerous studies have taken place over the last five to 10 years to determine if there is a link between sweetened drinks such as soft drinks, tea and other sweetened drinks and depression. In several cross-sectional studies, frequent drinking of sweetened beverages was associated with higher prevalence of depression, suicidal thoughts and acts, and other mental stress. While we may not know the full effect of drinking sweetened beverages, studies have been conducted to present statistics to support: individuals who do consume a greater quantity of sweetened beverages have shown a higher prevalence of depression compared to individuals who don’t consume sweetened
Snap! My can pops as I prepare myself for a glorious taste of bubbly sugar in a can. I had already drunk six cans of coke that day; with no clue my cholesterol was already 23 grams higher than the average 18 year old female. Sugar, as alcohol and tobacco, warrants some form of societal intervention argue Robert H. Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis, scientists in the Public Health Department at the University of California, in their article, The Toxic Truth about Sugar. These researchers are in belief that these sinful grains are the cause to the heightened obesity weight throughout the globe.
Sugar can’t possibly be bad for me, can it? Sugar gives me happiness,
In Australia half of the population will develop a mental illness such as dementia and depression or a disease like diabetes in their lives. The cause of this can relate to the quality of our diets which as research suggests can affect the course of our lives. Another result of a continuous consumption of the Hungry Jacks meal is that it has long been suspected that specific nutrients can affect cognitive processes and emotions. Without a proper diet, in Isaac’s case he eats one nearly one whole day's worth of kJ and even surpasses the recommended daily intake of fat, saturated fat and sugar, in a single lunch time meal. If you lack the healthy nutrients required for proper cognitive and physical health you should be ready to face the consequences.
Dr. Joseph Mercola was the man who said this controversial claim. I chose to write on this subject because aspartame is a sweetener seen often in my home. My family often purchases diet sodas, and I was curious to know how unhealthy it is for someone because of controversial claims I see on the Internet. It is believed that aspartame can lead to cancer and deadly diseases. In this essay, I will demonstrate why aspartame is not as unhealthy as what people say it is.
Depression is a war. It occurs without warning, growing until it is rampaging, unstoppable and tumultuous. It takes innocent people's lives without any notice, killing them off by the masses. Seemingly endless, it rages on, tearing apart families through the sickening, desolate destruction. The soldiers-merely schoolboys- pick up a gun, not knowing what it means to take a life.
The Great Depression The Great Depression was by far one of the worst times of America’s history, and the world’s history. The Depression affected everyone except for the politicians and the wealthy. During the depression a lot of people lost their jobs which caused the unemployment rate to sky rocket to 14% of America’s population was unemployed, and the number would stay their till World War 2, and the depression started in the 1920’s. Middle class workers were hit the hardest in the depression. Most of the middle class citizens lost their jobs.
Saving money when you have a tight budget is a little more challenging than during times when there is plenty of cash, but it isn 't impossible. The trick is to take advantage of some of the methods that people used back in the Great Depression era. Read on for several of them that can help cut your spending in half. Grow Your Own Food During the Great Depression, nearly every household kept a victory garden to help sustain them when they had no money to buy other food with.
Soft drinks and junk food preventing focus and academic success is an important topic to approach because it can eventually affect one’s future in the rest of high school, in college, and in
One reason soft drinks are unhealthy is because it could lead to diabetes. According to the article, people who consume one to two cans a day of soda have a possibility to get diabetes, type 2. “People who consume sugary drinks - 1 to 2 cans a day or more- have a 26% greater risk of developing type
A growing body of scientific evidence is showing that fructose can trigger processes that lead to liver toxicity and a host of other chronic diseases. The purpose of this article is alert people sugar is bad for human body. A little sugar is not a problem but a lot sugar will
Have you ever just wanted to have a soda at school? Have you ever been having a bad day at school and just want a nice cool, refreshing beverage, but then you realize… you’re at school? According to NY daily news “soda gets a bad rap for making us fat, rotting our teeth and even possibly making us depressed. But hey... it's not all bad news with the bubbly stuff.” A weird fact about soda is “soda is one of society’s favorite beverages.
The caramel color in the soda is made by reacting sugar,Soda is addictive because as soon when you drink it the soda haves be mixed with caffeine in it. Caffeine is both water and fat soluble and it is easily able to the cross the blood brain barrier so soda can affect your brain. A bottle of soda can have 20 oz or has about 17 teaspoon or 39 grams of sugar. A soda like coke has phosphoric acid that makes it one of the most acidic drink. The soda can have other ingredients but the main thing that makes a soda a soda is caffeine but the caffeine can easily be able to cross the blood brain
Although many companies of said drinks would not agree with the mayor because it is restricted their use to sell their product. Countless research all over the world say that sugary drinks are a factor in obesity. Sugary drinks as many would know is just a term for soda. Although multiple websites say consumption of soda is declining in the United States, it is still at a high of 1 out of 5 people.
After a two year study, with 477 students, amongst eight various elementary schools in Amsterdam, results indicated the exchange of a sugar containing beverage with a sugar-free beverage significantly reduced weight gain and body fat gain in healthy children. The references included in the journal article encompassed the years of 1980 to 2012. Each are pertinent to the study regarding previous observations and studies of artificial sweeteners.
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, which include soft drinks, fruit drinks, ice tea, energy and vitamin water drinks across the globe. Regular consumption of sugary sweetened beverages have been associated with weight gain, obesity and diabetes. The role of sugary sweetened beverages in the development of related chronic metabole diseases such as metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, has not been quantitatively reviewed . How is consuming sugary beverages harmful to the body ?