Gatorade is Worse than Soda

How about just look at the nutrition label and see that gatorade has the same amount of sugar as most soda. Its really that simple.

 

It's not about articles. It's about facts and studies and with the latest science we can see how our bodies handle sugar. Most orange juice is just as bad as sodas. I don't have to find a sensational article to show you that. Sugar is sugar. It all affects your liver and fat cells the same way. If a bottle of orange juice has 40 grams of sugar and can of soda has 40 grams of sugar then you can bet your body is going to handle that the same way (unless you have a lot of fiber to slow down that sugar absorption which is why eating an orange is so much better than just drinking orange juice.) Why do you think orange juice is healthy? Because of vitamin C? You can drink water and take vitamin C supplements without the sugar if you want vitamin C - Orange juice is typically NOT a healthy drink, not at all. It's right there with Gatorade and Sodas.

And by the way, here is your article/study about orange juice and fructose, I had it bookmarked:

Conclusion: Thus, with regard to risk of fatty liver, it is not necessarily better to drink fruit juice as opposed to soda… unless, as the Israeli team noted, the juice you drink retains ample amounts of fibrous pulp, which reduces processing of fructose in the liver.

http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/articlesView_old.asp?id=960

Omega-3s Deter Fatty Liver; Sweet Drinks Raise the Risk

While omega-3s appear to discourage and reduce fatty liver, sweet drinks seem to promote the problem.

An Israeli study published last summer found that drinking too much sweetened soda or too much fruit juice can cause fatty liver.

A team based at Ziv Medical Center in Haifa reported that people who drink more than one liter (about four cups) of sweetened beverages daily were five times more likely to develop fatty liver.

Scientists led by Dr. Nimer Assy recruited 60 middle-aged patients with fatty liver and 30 gender- and age-matched people without fatty liver.

The doctors collected information on the participants’ physical activity and intake of food and soft drinks, and drew blood to test it for indicators of insulin resistance, inflammation, and the balance between pro-oxidants (free radicals) and antioxidants.

After six months, they found that 80 percent (four out of five) of the people in the study who were diagnosed with fatty liver drank more than half a liter (about two cups) of fruit juices or sugar-sweetened sodas every day. [question from me: did the juices have added sweeteners? It might be good to specify “unsweetened” fruit juices if not, since many assume fruit juices without added sugar are okay and might think you’re writing about Sunny Delight or Hawaiian punch or some such.]

In contrast, only 17 percent (one out of five) of those without fatty liver drank sweetened liquid to excess.

Overall, the participants diagnosed with fatty liver consumed five times more sugars from soft drinks, compared to the healthy subjects.

Seven percent of the fatty liver patients consumed one soft drink per day, 55 percent consumed two or three sweet drinks per day, and 38 percent averaged more than four soft drinks per day.

The most common sweetened drinks consumed by fatty liver patients were fruit juices (47 percent) and cola (32 percent).

Interestingly, their analysis showed that consumption of sugary beverages was a strong predictor of fatty liver, independent of the increased risk linked to having metabolic syndrome.

Cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup: Equally risky in excess
All sodas and natural fruit juices are high in sugars, and it doesn’t much matter whether those sugars are in the form of sucrose (as in cane sugar or natural fruit juices) or high-fructose corn syrup (as in sweetened sodas or juices with added sweeteners).

This is because sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup alike are half glucose and half fructose.

Unlike glucose, which gets burned off quickly or gets stored in the brain and muscles, fructose is processed through the liver, and excess intake can result in being converted to fat in liver cells.

Thus, with regard to risk of fatty liver, it is not necessarily better to drink fruit juice as opposed to soda… unless, as the Israeli team noted, the juice you drink retains ample amounts of fibrous pulp, which reduces processing of fructose in the liver.


Sources
Abid A, Taha O, Nseir W, Farah R, Grosovski M, Assy N. Soft drink consumption is associated with fatty liver disease independent of metabolic syndrome. J Hepatol. 2009 Nov;51(5):918-24. Epub 2009 Aug 21.
Angulo P (2002). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. New Engl J Med 346 (16): 1221–31.
Hamaguchi M, Kojima T, Takeda N, Nakagawa T, Taniguchi H, Fujii K, Omatsu T, Nakajima T, Sarui H, Shimazaki M, Kato T, Okuda J, Ida K (2005). The metabolic syndrome as a predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Ann Intern Med 143 (10): 722–8.
Masterton GS, Plevris JN, Hayes PC. Review article: omega-3 fatty acids - a promising novel therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Where do you get that from? I think people are learning a lot from this thread. Drinking sugar whether it's in gatorade, soda, juice, or red bull has been proven by recent scientific studies to be very detrimental to your health and the main cause of fatty liver disease which is a fairly new disease affecting our generation. Our ancestors didn't drink sugar water.

Do you just want to turn a blind eye to those studies and revelations or do you want to actually protect yourself and educate yourself on what you are really putting into your body?