People are having more and more sugar-based drinks. What are the reasons? What can be done to make people drink less?
In the prevalent times masses are consuming huge amounts of sugary beverages. The causes behind this scenario will be discussed in the upcoming stanzas along with some effective solutions to deal with the same.
To begin with, soft drinks and carbonated beverages are liked by almost everyone and consumed on a daily basis. First of all, they are marketed on a broad scale as billions of dollars are spent for their promotion and we can see their hoardings and billboards everywhere such as at gas stations, restaurants, roadsides, stores, schools and at many other public places. Secondly, these drinks are delicious and irresistible, thus, people like to consume them with every meal. Moreover, these drinks are readily available and if one is in a hurry, they can easily grab one of these drinks and can carry on with whatever they are upto. What’s more, most of the people prefer drinking soda to quench their thirst. Drinking soda on a hot summer’s afternoon after a long day at work when one is feeling utterly dehydrated is such a relief and quite comforting.
Several things can be done to help folks reduce the consumption of these unhealthy sugary drinks. Firstly, children should not be given soft drinks too often as they end up developing a habit of gulping them as they grow up. People must replace these drinks with healthier options such as plenty of water, green tea or other herbal teas like homemade iced tea, smoothies, skimmed milk and unprocessed fruit juices. Also, soda companies produce unsweetened drinks such as Coke zero and Diet Pepsi which have no added sugar or calories at all which are a better alternative. People can cut back slowly on their soda intakes and can sweeten their drinks with natural sweeteners like stevia or honey. Mainly, people need to have a strong determination to make up their minds to give up these unhealthy nutrition lacking beverages.
To encapsulate, cutting out soda and carbonated or sugary drinks is a good way to keep several diseases at bay such as heart diseases and other metabolic disorders. One should drink them in moderation and must not develop an addiction for them as it’s a popular saying that ‘excess of everything is bad’.
