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"People keep the habit of consuming sodas and industrial juices to quench their thirst, and perhaps temporarily work, because these drinks do not hydrate and on the contrary, they contain a lot of dissolved substances, such as sugars and salts, instead of providing water to the body, water must be supplied to dissolve them, which leads to dehydration, "said Dr. Arturo Talamás Terrazas, councilor of the headquarters of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Chihuahua.
He said that the influence of advertising on the population made high-sugar beverages the first option to quench thirst during the hot season, but cautioned that this affects the metabolism and creates bad eating habits.
In this regard, he warned that the consumption of bottled sodas promotes dehydration and in the long term contributes to the development of chronic degenerative diseases, he warned against the risk of consumption of these drinks and invited to return to taste of water
The social security doctor pointed out that the body uses fluids to maintain the proper functioning of all vital processes, as well as the refrigerant through sweat when the body temperature rises too much above. "It involves the loss of liquids, added to those we expel when we breathe, urinates and defecate – that is, if you drink 2 liters of water, but spend 1 in sweat and waste, that is equivalent to to have consumed only 1 liter. "
He commented that infants are those who must consume mother liquids. Therefore, he pointed out that if he consumes sweet drinks, the child will grow up with a taste of sugar, since for months he was ingesting it in his mother's milk.
In this way, the risk factor for the child to develop obesity and overweight in the future may be increased because he will be accustomed to getting satiety through sugars, he stressed.
products that quench thirst, have distorted in the people the taste of natural water, stating that they do not like his taste.
"You must remember that pure water does not have any odor, color or taste, so it may be less attractive but the truth is that despite this, the water is better moisturizing than a soft drink. "
In this sense, Talamás Terrazas recommended that the population gradually return to the taste of natural water by using transition liquids, ie natural fresh waters with little sugar, gradually decreasing the sweetener the natural product, so the body will learn to be less dependent on sugar to satisfy the palate and after a few weeks the fresh water will be more sought after than soft drinks.
The problem may be greater in the case of children who have adopted the taste of soft drinks, because they are forced to drink pure water, they can hurt it and not by choice, "the best way to teach them is by example," he said.
that in Elderly people should also give priority to water consumption, as this group of the population is easily dehydrated because the thirst sensation is diminished and that it does not occur. is not possible to know when to drink water.
