Acidic Foods and the High Glycemic Sugars
Any list of acidic foods will have sodas at the top of the list. These drinks are high glycemic and fat storing drinks! All sodas are unhealthy period. You need to give up your cokes, even your diet cokes. This is so you can lose fat forever but also so you won't get tooth decay or osteoporosis. With the exception of a few sodas made with low glycemic sweeteners (stevia,) they cause fat storage. Even the low glycemic ones should only be consumed occasionally because there are health risks associated with carbonated beverages. Below is a list of the "bad sugars." These are sugars that are high glycemic and cause your body to store fat. They are in most commercial sodas and most sports drinks. You really have to read the labels carefully and avoid drinks with these sugars or any added additives that you don't recognize from our "good sugars" list. Avoid
All sodas are highly acidic foods and the carbonation is a problem for your teeth and bones. Highly acidic foods are unhealthy foods if consumed often because they are a strain on your kidneys which have to filter the acid. Because of the high amount of acid in sodas, your body has to take alkaline minerals (including calcium) from your teeth and bones to neutralize it. When bones are weakened by depletion of calcium they are susceptible to arthritis, osteoporosis and fracture. Acid is hard on your stomach too because it makes it impossible for your body to digest food. Your body needs to make it's own acids to break down foods. Soda is the worst drink to consume with a meal. It contributes to bloating and other digestive problems. Stay away from sodas which are acidic foods as well as being full of high glycemic sugars and caffeine.
Seriously limit or better yet eliminate sodas and all the high glycemic beverages below. If you are a coffee lover, fresh ground coffee in moderation should not be a problem. It probably depends on your sensitivity to caffeine. Limit yourself to 1 or 2 cups a day and don't put anything high glycemic in it. Decaf coffee is low glycemic. Avoid
I believe that the health benefits of fresh green tea with it's high antioxidant content outweigh the high glycemic effects of caffeine. Again it depends on your sensitivity and whether you drink it in moderation and with a low glycemic sweetener like agave syrup. We need to have some indulgences if we are to maintain a lifestyle of low glycemic eating. The natural sweeteners, honey, maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, turbinado sugar, date sugar are also high glycemic. They may be healthier for you than the "bad sugars" but they will raise your blood sugar and must be eaten sparingly. If you eat them with protein as in ice cream it will lessen the glycemic impact. Many commercial foods became high glycemic when they became low fat. While reducing the fat in products, manufacturers often replaced the fat with high glycemic sweeteners to make up for the taste of the fat. You have to read labels. Many of the fat free foods are much more fattening now than before they had the fat removed. Watch for what we call the "bad sugars" because they are not only fattening but there are health risks associated with them. There are health risks with eating excessive sugar and all high glycemic sweeteners. Sucrose actually has a slightly lower glycemic index than many of the other high glycemic sugars. Any time you add a high glycemic sweetnener to a meal, whether it's natural or not you have increased the amount of fat the body absorbs after a meal.
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