46: Diet Soda, Love of Learning, + Gratitude for Health Care Workers

Should I quit drinking diet soda? And if so, how??? What gets Carolyn up in the morning, and the power of our gratitude practice, especially for health care workers. 

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RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links)

DIET SODAS AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS

• Do Sweet Drinks Have Anything to Do With Dementia? foodpolitics.com
• Just How Bad is Diet Soda For You? clevelandclinic.org
• 21 Healthy, Low-Sugar Soda Alternatives That Make It Easy to Quit Color, eatthis.com
• Effects of Sweeteners on the Gut Microbiota: A Review of Experimental Studies and Clinical Trials, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Diet Soda By Itself May Not Cause Weight Gain, Study Says, But Combining With Carbs Can, cnn.com
• Measuring Artificial Sweeteners Toxicity Using a Bioluminescent Bacterial Panel, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar-Free, But at What Cost? health.harvard.edu
• Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, diabetesjournals.org
• Coca-Cola Discontinues TaB Diet Soda in the US, beveragedaily.com
• Stickk app 
• Habitica app 
• Pact app – (not recommended)

LOVE OF LEARNING

• Character Strengths, VIACharacter.org
• Science of Well-Being (Yale) class, coursera.org

GRATITUDE AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS

• Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert Emmons
• Improving Mental Health in Health Care Practitioners: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Gratitude Intervention, researchgate.net
• Improving Mental Health in Health Care Practitioners: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Gratitude Intervention, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih

DISCLAIMER

Neither I nor most of my podcast guests are doctors or healthcare professionals of any kind, and nothing on this podcast or associated content should be considered medical advice. The information provided by Wellness While Walking Podcast and associated material, by Whole Life Workshop and by Bermuda Road Wellness LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment, and before undertaking a new health care regimen, including walking.

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