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Acidic Sugary Drinks Fuel Rise inDiabetes, Heart Disease
More Americans than ever drink sugary drinks daily, according to government statistics, andthe increase has fueled the rise in heart disease and diabetes over the past 10 years.Scientists used a computer simulation called the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Modelto estimate that the rise in consumption has contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetesand 14,000 new cases of coronary artery disease in adults age 35 and older.Sodas sweetened with the acid sugar, sport, and fruit drinks (not 100 percent fruit juice)contain between 120 and 200 calories, and play a role both in the development of obesityand diabetes.
 “The CHD model allows us to incorporate data from other studies that demonstrate an
association between daily consumption of sugared beverages and diabetes risk," Dr. LitsaLambrakos, study lead investigator and internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement. "We can then translate this information intoestimates of the current diabetes and cardiovascular disease that can be attributed to the
rise in consumption of these drinks.” 
 Experts suggest that imposing an excise tax of one cent per ounce of beverage wouldreduce consumption by 10 percent.
 “If such a tax could curb the consumption of t
hese drinks, the health benefits could be
dramatic,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins
-Domingo, senior author of the study and associateprofessor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco."The soda tax is a fix that just makes sense," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in aradio address.The American Heart Association recommends women limit added sugar to about 100calories a day and that men limit their added sugar to 150 calories daily. Sugar-sweetenedbeverages should be limited to 450 calories or less each week (36 ounces), based on a2,000 calorie per day diet.Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of the pH Miracle Center states, "all sodas, sport drinks, fruitdrinks, exotic fruit drinks primarily sold by network marketing companies are highly acidicand will contribute or even cause the acid conditions of diabetes, heart disease and evencancer. My best advice is if the beverage tastes sweet and/or carbonated spit it out andthrow it away, it is poison to the body."
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