More Schools Offering Only Healthy Beverages to Kids

In a welcome shift, more schools are eliminating soda, sports and energy drinks in their cafeterias and replacing them with healthier beverage choices, according to a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago. These findings were published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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Drinking Sugary Beverages May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk

A recent article on the website, FoodConsumer.org has drawn attention to another study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention that once again links consumption of sugar sweetened beverages to a higher risk of pancreatic cancer. (more…)

Can Carbonated Beverages Be Healthy for You?

The subject of whether carbonation is bad for your health has been making the rounds on some health blogs lately. Studies have consistently shown that there are no known adverse health effects of carbonation and carbonation can have positive health benefits by relieving indigestion and helping to keep you hydrated. (more…)

Time to Get Prepared for Hurricane Season

Hurricane season is officially upon us now and even before the season started on June 1st we already had two named storms. So now’s the time to get prepared in case a storm comes your way.
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Soda Consumption Down as Consumers Seek Healthy Beverage Alternatives

Soda consumption is declining across the country as more and more Americans switch to healthy beverage alternatives. Last year, the average American drank slightly under two sodas a day, a drop in per-capita consumption of about 16 percent since the peak in 1998, according to the trade publication Beverage Digest. This trend has been accelerating since the middle of the last decade. (more…)