Healthy lifestyle

Healthy lifestyleHow different beverages effect on people

health?

Anna Hilkova12a

Energy drinks

* Energy drinks may harm health, especially

for children.

* Five people have reportedly died since 2009

after drinking Monster high-caffeine

beverages.

* Some lawmakers and consumer advocates

are calling for tougher regulation of energy

drinks.

* Last year, energy drink sales grew nearly

17%.

* One 16-ounce can of Monster has 160

milligrams of caffeine.

* Emergency-room visits related to energy

drinks jumped from 1,128 in 2005 to

13,114 in 2009.

Sports drinks' role oftenoverplayed

* The benefits of sports drinks are meager

at best, especially when compared with

plain water, the original sports drink.

* When athletes sweat enough to shed

large quantities of salt, sports drinks may

not help much.

* Drinking too much water or sports drink

before, during or after physical activity

can lead to potentially fatal water

intoxication.

Green tea or coffee?

Looking for a morning brain boost? Forgetcoffee - green tea holds the key for men

* Green tea can help improve memory and

cognition in men.

* Green tea is full of polyphenols, which

widen blood vessels, speeding the supply

of blood to the brain.

Researchers recruited 12 healthy men and divided them into two groups.

A drink containing a green tea extract

A placebo drink without the extract.

The green tea drinkers

experienced an

increase in the

activation an area,

which you need for

problem solving and

focus.

Green tea:

* burns fat by speeding up the

metabolic rate

* protects against diabetes

* prevents bad breath

* guards against hepatitis

* protects against cancer

* prevents arthritis

Beer

* Men with beer bellies warned they are at risk of weaker bones.

* This fat reduces how much growth hormone is secreted, which plays an important role in maintaining healthy bones.

* Belly fat leads to osteoporosis in men.

Fizzy drinks

* Just one fizzy drink a day raises men's

risk of aggressive prostate cancer by 40%.

* Those who drank one 330ml can a day

were much more likely to require treatment

for a serious form of cancer.

* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2239634/Looking-morning-boost-Forget-coffee--green-tea-holds-key.html* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2239110/Just-soft-drink-day-raises-mens-risk-aggressive-prostate-cancer-40-cent.html* http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/03/health/la-he-sports-drinks-20121103* http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/22/business/la-fi-monster-fda-20121023

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