Filed under: Food and Nutrition , Diet and Weight Loss Liz Neporent is a diet and fitness expert and author of 12 fitness bestsellers . She regularly appears on national TV programs and is the pres ident of Wellness 360, a New-York based wellness provider. If you are what you eat, then you weigh what you drink. In a study just released this week, re searchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health looked at the relationship between intake of sugary beverages and weight change and found that liquid calories had a stronger impact on weight loss than calories from solid foods. Don’t misunderstand — reducing either food or drink definitely helped the volunteers lighten up, but giving up sugar-sweetened beverages like soda, juice and sports aid drinks made the biggest difference. Even a reduction of just

one 12-ounce soft drink serving was associated with a weight loss of 1.1 pounds at six months and 1.5 pounds at 18 months. That may not seem like much of a drop, but I think it’s a pretty big payoff for a diet change most people probably wouldn’t even notice. Coincidentally, a similar investigation was also released this week. In this one, Columbia University scientists found that substituting water for sugary drinks would save the average person a total of 235 calories per day. Though the study was done with small children and adolescents, I feel comfortable making the leap that the same rule likely applies to full grown folks as well. Continue reading “Sipper Size” Me – Drinking Soda Makes You FatHealth | Health | Health

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"Sipper Size" Me – Drinking Soda Makes You Fat