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Should You Drink Diet Soda During Pregnancy?

You take so much care of your health and that of your unborn baby during pregnancy. Whether you are trying to cut down calories or simply giving into your food cravings, are you drinking diet coke when you are expecting? Read this article to find out whether a can of diet coke can harm your baby. Pregnancy brings with it several physical, mental and emotional changes. It has a huge impact on your sense of taste and smell. You start craving for unusual food and weight gain is inevitable during pregnancy. Whether you were always fond of diet soda or it is a new found obsession since your pregnancy, you may be craving more for it now. Pregnancy can certainly invoke that craving for the bubbly feeling of the soda in your mouth and the taste of cola! Aaahhh.... But, should you drink diet soda during pregnancy? Well, it does contain caffeine and non-nutritive artificial sweeteners. Cravings are so hard to ignore and pregnancy just makes it worse. Many women experience caffeine cr...

Drink Water to Reduce Your Fat and Weight

Everyone knows that water is has important for your health. But did you realise that by drinking the correct amount each and every day you can increase your chances of losing weight by reducing your body fat percentage?  Water has many healing properties and by controlling your daily intake you can literally wash your body fat away.  But why is water so important?   Well as unbelievable as it sounds our bodies are made up of somewhere between 45% - 75% water. It is in our blood, muscle, fat, skin and even our bones. We need it to survive and need it even more than food. If two people were stranded in the middle of nowhere and one had water and no food, while the other had food but no water, the person with the water would always survive longer. Well as unbelievable as it sounds our bodies are made up of somewhere between 45% - 75% water. It is in our blood, muscle, fat, skin and even our bones. We need it to survive and need it even more than food. If t...