Why you should stop drinking soda and Soft drinks? 15 Harmful effects on human body
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We all have been
checked for drinking 'too much soft drinks' by our parents. We might often
overlook and consider them old fashioned but we don't realise how much do these
carbonated soft drinks harm our body.
Not only this other caffeinated, sugared, or artificially sweetened beverages also cause heavy damage to our body in ways unknown.
Listening to your parents and giving up soft drinks can be one of the best things you can do to improve your health.
We will give you a few scientific and researched reasons to say no to soft drinks.
Not only this other caffeinated, sugared, or artificially sweetened beverages also cause heavy damage to our body in ways unknown.
Listening to your parents and giving up soft drinks can be one of the best things you can do to improve your health.
We will give you a few scientific and researched reasons to say no to soft drinks.
1. It contains an ingredient banned in over 100
countries
Now you don't want to
be the guinea pig in the lab. About 10% of soda flavours contain BVO, or brominated
vegetable oil, which is banned by the World Health organization and 100
countries.
2. Weakened Bones and Risk of Osteoporosis
If you want strong
bones and keep them that way, then say no to soft drinks. Frequent consumption
of soft drinks may also increase the risk of osteoporosis, especially in people
who substitute calcium-rich milk with soft drinks. This is especially observed
in children where high levels of consumption of cola increases risk factor for
impaired calcification of growing bones. Carbonated drinks may be weakening
bones by promoting the loss of calcium.
3. Dehydration
Caffeine and sugar
cause dehydration. Caffeine is a diuretic and causes an increase in urine
volume by draining water from cells in our body. And high concentration of
sugar is drawing off water as well because your kidneys try to expel the excess
sugar out of the blood. When you drink a caffeinated soda to quench your
thirst, you will actually become even thirstier. This is why you run for water
after you've had a cola.
4. Soda increases your blood pressure.
Yes, people do get
sugar high. There is proof that overconsumption of fructose, particularly in
the form of soft drinks, leads to an increase in blood pressure.
5. It may lead to heart disease
Drinking soda in
average known quantities may result in 48% increased risk of metabolic
syndrome, a key predecessor of heart disease and diabetes. This is why heart patients are prescribed to keep off of soda.
6. Soda destroys your teeth.
As such we don't take
care of our teeth. And on top of that we eat and drink all junk food and
soft drinks. Soda eats up and dissolves the tooth enamel. This means doubling
or tripling the incidence of tooth decay.
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Let us educate you on
the fact that soda is acidic in nature and the acidity can dissolve the mineral
content of the enamel, making the teeth weaker, more sensitive, and more
susceptible to decay.
You can consider sugar candies healthier when compared to soda. Soda's acidity makes it even worse for teeth than the solid sugar found in candy.
You can consider sugar candies healthier when compared to soda. Soda's acidity makes it even worse for teeth than the solid sugar found in candy.
Dental experts
continue to urge that people drink less soda pop, especially between meals, to
prevent tooth decay and dental erosion. Don't be puzzled, dental erosion is as
important as soil erosion!!
7. It makes you fat
As sweet and tasty it
is, soda has enormous amounts of calories associated with it. Many people
either forget or don't realize how many extra calories they consume in what
they drink. Drinking a single 330 ml can a day of sugary drinks translates to
more than 1lb of weight gain every month.
It’s not completely
wrong when they say drinking soda makes you fat. Soft drinks are directly
related to weight gain, each additional soda consumed, the risk of obesity increases 1.6 times.
Adding on to that,
more you drink soda, more the fat deposits around your belly area and you look fat with a hump!!
According to study,
reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages helped reduce body mass index
in the heaviest teenagers.