
More on inflammation: Many of you want to know how I rid my body of inflammation. Yesterday, I talked about prioritizing your sweets. Sweet coffee OR Dessert. Today we talk soda. š„¤
Remember, I made slow changes ā³ over time and built habit patterns of success. But with sodaāI quit soda cold turkey on Day One. I used to drink 3- 32 ounce diet cokes a day and almost zero water. š¤¦āāļø I switched my diet to āzeroā soda and 128 ounces of water a day.
Sugar-sweetened beverages are the biggest contributors of sugar in our American diets. A 20-ounce bottle of a popular soda brand contains 16 teaspoons of added sugar and 240 calories. š²
Research shows that regularly consuming sugar-sweetened drinks is linked to weight gain and obesity, which can worsen arthritis symptoms. And a small study found that drinking the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar from soda per day led to an increase āļøin inflammatory markers. š
__*I can speak from experience that eliminating soda (even diet soda) has helped my overall health and my inflammation markers! š
(Againāno food is off limits to me. I can have an occasional soda. I mainly choose not to because I feel so much better without it.) #pattysfitnessjourney, #realtalk, #inflammationrelief, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #reclaimingmylife, #reclaimingpatty, #hashimotoswarrior, #letsdothisšŖ