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Soda
Finally A Cure for the Common Cold
By The Aspen Institute
President Trump Reportedly Drinks 12 Diet Cokes a Day. Here’s What That Does to Your Body
By Jamie Ducharme
Drinking One Less Soda a Week May Help You Lose Weight
By Amanda MacMillan
Stop Drinking Diet Soda
By The Aspen Institute
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Why Energy Drinks Are Worse For You Than Soda
Energy drinks are known for their high caffeine content, which often tops that of soda and even coffee. But they seem to affect people's hearts and blood pressure differently than other caffeinated beverages, suggests a...
By Alexandra Sifferlin
April 26, 2017
Soda Taxes Can Actually Work, Study Says
In 2014, Berkeley, California became the first city in the United States to pass a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The goal was to cut back on consumption—and eventually, to help chip away at rates of...
By Alexandra Sifferlin
April 18, 2017
You Asked: Will Drinking Lemon Water Help Me Lose Weight?
Lemon infused water is a popular drink for weight loss, thanks to celebrity sippers like Gwyneth Paltrow and Miranda Kerr. Proponents claim that it flushes toxins from the system, reduces appetite and tweaks the body’s...
March 15, 2017
Soda-Funded Studies Don't Often Link Drinks to Obesity
Compared to independent studies, industry-sponsored studies are less likely to link sugary drinks to diseases
By Alexandra Sifferlin
November 1, 2016
Soda Companies Fund 96 Health Groups In the U.S.
Medical organizations, health foundations and government groups recently accepted money from Coca-Cola or Pepsi
By Alexandra Sifferlin
October 10, 2016
Foods Endorsed by Celebrities Are Terrible for You
Music celebrities from One Direction to Beyonce promote really unhealthy food
By Alexandra Sifferlin
June 6, 2016
Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows
But you may want to stay away from sugar
By Tessa Berenson
April 29, 2016
Coca-Cola Can't Call Vitaminwater Healthy on Labels
And they must add the words “added sugars” in two places, settlement says
By Michal Addady / Fortune
April 11, 2016
Here's the Gross Thing That Happens When You Mix 7-Up With Lithium
Anyone for an ice cold glass of black sludge?
By Megan McCluskey
February 20, 2016
Drinking Soda Can Make You Store More Unhealthy Fat
Not all fat is created equal, and there’s fresh evidence that sugar-sweetened drinks make the body build up the worst kind of fat for your metabolism
By Alice Park
January 11, 2016
Mexico’s Sugary Drink Tax is Working, Study Suggests
A new study looks at the effects of Mexico's soda tax one year later
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 6, 2016
How Free Press Is the Best Weapon In America's Information War
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
November 3, 2015
Pepsi goes Back to the Future with new promotion
Marty McFly would dig it.
By John Kell / Fortune
October 5, 2015
New Keurig Kold Makes Soda
But is it worth buying?
By Alex Fitzpatrick
September 29, 2015
How Soda Affects Kids' Cholesterol Levels
A new study pinpoints exactly how much drinking sugared beverages can affect cholesterol, which can contribute to heart disease and diabetes
By Alice Park
September 2, 2015
7 Amazing Things That Happen to Your Body When You Give Up Soda
Dropping soda can even help you look younger
By Eat This, Not That!
August 17, 2015
How Coke Is Subtly Blaming You for Obesity
Which is more important for weight loss: diet or exercise? While science has one answer, soda manufacturers have another
By Alice Park
August 11, 2015
Big Soda Sues San Francisco Over Beverage Warnings
The soda industry's largest trade body is suing the city of San Francisco over rules that would require mandatory warning labels on soda advertisements and ban their display on city property. The lawsuit, filed by...
By Sam Frizell
July 27, 2015
Hug a Diet Coke Drinker, Because They're Going Extinct
Diet Coke drinking is down 7%
By Alex Fitzpatrick
July 22, 2015
McDonald's Sells Fewer Sodas With Happy Meals
The fast food giant made a pledge to curb kids' love of sugary drinks
By Victor Luckerson
June 26, 2015
San Francisco Approves Warning Label for Sugary Drink Ads
Measure is aimed at curtailing locals' consumption of high-calorie drinks
By Katy Steinmetz / San Francisco
June 9, 2015
The Iconic Coca-Cola Bottle Is Getting a Surprising Update
It's pretty sweet
By Dan Mitchell
June 4, 2015
3 Things You Should Know About Natural Sugar
How to enjoy sweets without disrupting your appetite
By Cynthia Sass / Health.com
May 15, 2015
There's a Movement to Ban the Word
Diet
from Diet Sodas
A consumer-advocacy group is calling today for federal regulatory agencies to investigate the use of the word diet by diet-soda manufacturers, calling the adjective "deceptive, false and misleading" and citing research that finds diet soda...
By Mandy Oaklander
April 9, 2015
How Coca-Cola Became Kosher for Passover
Thanks to the efforts of an Atlanta-based rabbi in the 1930s, Jews keeping kosher for Passover can still drink a Coke
By Noah Rayman
April 3, 2015
Drinking Diet Soda Increases Belly Fat, Study Says
More evidence that diet soda contributes to weight gain, not weight loss
March 17, 2015
The Fascinating History of the Coca-Cola Bottle
The anniversary comes at a difficult time for the soda maker
By Dan Mitchell
February 26, 2015
Sugary Drinks Should Have Warning Labels, California Bill Says
Would include sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas and sports drinks
By Alexandra Sifferlin
February 11, 2015
Sugary Drinks Linked to Girls' Earlier Periods
Girls who drink sugary beverages have their first period earlier, a new study says
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 28, 2015
Morning Must Reads: December 30
Bodies Found in AirAsia Hunt Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed Tuesday that wreckage of the missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, and as many as 40 bodies, had been recovered from the Java Sea....
By TIME Staff
December 30, 2014
Why Doctors Ask About Soda
Almost half of adults surveyed drank at least one soda a day
By Mandy Oaklander
December 29, 2014
Should I Drink Diet Soda?
Why the fake fizzy stuff falls flat
By Mandy Oaklander
December 11, 2014
Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 6
1. How do you frighten political strongmen? Teach journalism. By Thomas Fiedler in the Conversation 2. Far from policing free will, taxes on sugary drinks make sense in the context of subsidies for corn syrup...
By The Aspen Institute
November 6, 2014
16 Unexpected Ways to Add Years to Your Life
Try these surprising habits that could help you live longer
By Health.com
November 4, 2014
Big Soda Fights Bay Area Tax Proposals
The beverage industry has spent more than $10 million to persuade the liberal enclaves Berkeley and San Francisco to vote against taxing sugary soda on Nov. 4
By Katy Steinmetz
November 3, 2014
4 Foods That May Shorten Your Life
Some foods could actually hurt your chances of growing older
By Health.com
November 1, 2014
Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking
The link between soda and telomere length
By Mandy Oaklander
October 17, 2014
Here's How to Stop Teens From Drinking Soda
When kids learn how far they'd have to walk to burn off the calories in a soda, they tend to buy smaller sizes or stop buying it altogether, suggests a new study published in the...
By Justin Worland
October 16, 2014
Do-It-Yourself Soda Making Fad Appears to Be Fizzling
SodaStream is struggling to get more U.S. consumers to buy at-home soda machines
By Fortune / John Kell
October 7, 2014
The Soda Industry's Promises Mean Nothing
Agreeing to decrease soda consumption by 20 percent is easy to do when demand is already falling rapidly
By Marion Nestle
September 30, 2014
Why Cutting Soda Calories Isn’t Such a Sweet Idea
Civil rights and soda might not seem like a classic combination. But yesterday, as major soda brands announced their goal to reduce beverage calories in the American diet, it seemed to make sense to Wendy...
By Mandy Oaklander
September 24, 2014
Coca-Cola Is Bringing Back SURGE
Coke dials up the 1990s nostalgia
By Charlotte Alter
September 15, 2014
Here's What Soda Does to Young Rats' Brains
Soda is on the mind. A new small study in rats found that drinking sugary beverages may result in memory issues down the line. University of Southern California researchers looked at adult and adolescent rats,...
By Alexandra Sifferlin
July 30, 2014
63% of Americans Actively Avoid Soda
The soda craze is going flat--at least, according to a new Gallup poll, which found that almost two-thirds of Americans actively avoid soda in their diet. While 41% percent of those polled in 2002 said...
By Laura Stampler
July 29, 2014
Study: You Eat Twice as Much Sugar as You Should
One can of soda could account for your recommended daily sugar limit
By Abby Abrams
June 27, 2014
There’s Even More Sugar In Soda Than You Think
And you’d never know, because sugars aren’t broken down on food labels like fats are. The latest study shows just how much sweet stuff is hiding in sodas and fruit juices
By Alice Park
June 5, 2014
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