If you can’t quite imagine your day without a soda or two, it’s definitely time to think again.
Unless, that is, you don’t care much about your body, and the long-term effects soft drinks can have on your well-being.
Take a look at some of the harmful effects of soda consumption over time:(Click on the image to see a larger version)
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It’s certainly something to think about, but do these harmful effects put you off drinking soft drinks?
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Soda’s also will aggravate gout. My husband use to drink them constantly and is trying to get rid of them.They can also lead to urinary tract infections since they affect your kidneys.These sodas serve no purpose except to fill us with unhealthy things that cause unhealthy responses.
It has been experimentally proved that soft drinks are one of the prominent reasons for obesity.
Studies also say that soft drinks increase the risk of tooth decay.
instead of the deadly deadly soda try a lime mixed with sparkling water…
if you must add a little sugar, but it really is best to cut out refined sugar whenever possible.
instead of the deadly deadly soda try a lime mixed with sparkling water…
if you must add a little sugar, but it really is best to cut out refined sugar whenever possible.
The funny thing is, buying anything “unsweetened” is nearly impossible these days. Overseas it’s no problem getting straight tea in a bottle or can. Everything you see in stores here is loaded with HFCS, courtesy of the “red states” in the midwest who are more than happy to feed in the federal trough.
When I was pregnant, I used to drink softdrinks mainly because it helped me burp and ease gas pains. Softdrinks are ok as long as you don’t drink it all the time. Maybe as a treat once or twice a month.
I don’t think the asthma and soda connection is that far off. I just pulled this up http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8952792 Sodium Benzoate a common ingredient in sodas can exacerbate asthma.
Why not do a literature search using pubmed for peer reviewed journals? instead of sourcing sites published by Coca-Cola, and the “Calorie Control Council” a group “representing the low-calorie and reduced-fat food and beverage industry. Today it represents 60 manufacturers and suppliers of low-calorie, low-fat and light foods and beverages, including the manufacturers and suppliers of more than a dozen different dietary sweeteners, fat replacers and other low-calorie ingredients.” Sounds fishy to me!