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Media has grown to be one of the largest influences in America. Their genius blend of presentation methods with politically altered and exaggerated data makes what they say seem like it’s pure and straightforward fact when in reality it isn’t. It also makes it appealing. So much so that the average American watches over 3000 pieces of media a day. Among the long list of the media’s fact twisting arsenal is nutrition. Nutrition is appealing to people, the media wants to appeal to people, and that means that nutrition appeals to the media. The problem with this, as you could guess, is that people are falsely informed.

Sport Drinks are Made for Everyone – Not just Athletes

With today’s media we’ve come to believe, or should I say assume, that sports drinks aren’t just for the hardcore athlete in which sports drinks were originally made for. In fact, they’ve come just as popular as soda drinks. Many people replace water with sports drinks, thinking that they are bettering themselves. However, the truth is that sports drinks are only for extreme workouts (Ironman, Marathon) that last over 3 hours. For workouts shorter than that, water is the way to go; you do not need sports drinks.

If you do drink sports drinks while not actively engaged in intense workouts, you may be putting on extra calories. Gatorade, for example, has over 70 calories in only 8 ounces of fluid! That means that in only the common 32 ounce Gatorade bottle, there are over 1/8 of your suggested Calorie intake. Sports drinks may boast that they have nutritional value. That may be true, but it is not worth it in terms of nutritional value compared to Calorie intake. The same bottle of Gatorade that had over 250 Calories only has 1% suggested daily sodium and 2% suggested daily potassium. It contains 0% of suggested daily protein. As you can see, sports drinks are not for everyone.

Sugar Causes Hyperactivity in Children

How many times have you heard “that kid has too much sugar!” when a kid has lots of energy? Well, too many times. It seems to be common fact nowadays that kids get hyperactive when they intake large amounts of sugar. This is only slightly right, and mostly wrong.

When one consumes sugary foods, the body consumes it in an aggressive way. It first starts to use it at a very high rate. This is called the sugar rush, and lasts for a little amount of time. After the sugar rush, your blood-sugar ration drops steeply, below the level that it should be and stays down. But even though sugar gives that sugar rush, technically any food will increase the blood-sugar ratio and give children a boost in energy.

Artificial Sweeteners Cause Cancer

Word on the street is that Artificial Sweeteners can cause cancer. Once again, the media is wrong. This is completely untrue, according to www.cancer.gov. There has been no link found between Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer, nor with Aspartame and Cancer.

The reason that people began to get worried is ridiculous: they fed a laboratory animal ridiculous amounts of Artificial Sweeteners, and after a long time, it eventually obtained a tumor in its bladder. Not only did they feed it much more than humans would ever eat, but the test subject was a small rodent. Humans’ bodies are different than rodents, making the study not have enough evidence to make any sort of link.

In conclusion, there are many myths out there that you should not believe. Before you assume something the media says is true, do some research on it and find out for yourself.

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