Rethink Your Drink

Cold drinks are not good for your health

A can of soda = 10 tsp of sugar

There is no nutrients in soda.

1 in 5 primary school children in the city overweight

Can cause diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, tooth decay, bone softening, seizures, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, and emotional disorders

Are you drinking your teeth away?

Soft Drinks and DiseaseHarvard School of Public Health

• drinks regularly—1 to 2 cans a day or more.• 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.• 20% higher risk of having a heart attack or dying

from a heart attack.• 75% higher risk of gout.痛風• Cold drinks solidify fat which we can’t digest & is

stored in our bodies & cause obesity.• Diet zero-calorie and low-calorie soft drinks don't

necessarily lead to weight loss

BEVERAGE Serving Amount of Sugar

COLA 355 mL 10 tsp

591 mL 17 tsp

ORANGE SODA 354 mL 13 tsp

LEMONADE ICED TEA

473 mL 13 tsp

ENERGY DRINK 473 mL 16 tsp

236 mL 7 tsp

SPORTS DRINK 591 mL 9 tsp

FLAVORED WATER 591 mL 8 tsp

JUICE DRINK 199 mL 4 tsp

177 mL 4 tsp

American Heart Association warns the daily intake of sugar for an adult woman should be no more than 6 teaspoons (tsp) and no more than 9 tsp for adult men. For children the recommended daily amount should not exceed 3 tsp and for teens the maximum amount is 8 tsp.

Rethink your drinkSPORTS DRINK : 9 tsp of sugar

LEMONADE ICED TEA: 13 tsp

• Cool cold drinks down until room temperature before we drink

• Room temperature water quenches thirst.• Add lemons to water (no ice)• Lemon water contains nutrients, it is

antibacterial, anti-aging, & anti-fatigue, also boosts our immune system & strengthen our health.

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