So-called science organization thinks pure water and soft drinks provide the same degree of hydration

Monday, March 22, 2004 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: bad science, water for health, chronic dehydration

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This assumption is absurd, of course. Soft drinks, coffee and other high-sugar beverages actually have a dehydrating effect in the body. They cause the excretion of more water than they provide, resulting in a net loss of water, not a net gain. This is due to the high sugar and high phosphate content of soft drinks. In coffee, it's due to the caffeine and added sugars. Long-term consumption of these beverages leads to a state of chronic dehydration that is often misdiagnosed as asthma or other diseases. The book to read on this is called Water: For Health, For Healing, For Life.

The National Academies apparently hasn't read this book, nor are they aware of the fundamentals of hydration and nutrition. To categorize the water content of soft drinks as quality hydration is the sort of oversight that might be acceptable by a student in a high school science fair, but it's appalling to see it from an organization that purports to be so well informed. In reality, it's just bad science, plain and simple. Or just outright ignorance.