Soft drink is a beverage that typically contains water, sweetener (sugar, sugar syrup, high fructose com sugar, fruit juice) and a flavoring agent. No matter what your taste is these drinks come in variety like full calories, low calories, and no calories, caffeinated and caffeinated free drinks.
Amount of calories varies in every soft drink depending on the amount of sweetener added. Soft drinks get their fizz from the carbon dioxide added under pressure into the drink. They are called soft drink in comparison to the hard drink (alcohol). Soft drinks may also supply some amount of phosphorous and potassium.
SIDE EFFECTS OF DRINKING FIZZY DRINKS:
– Increases risk of developing diabetes mellitus 2
– Increased risk of osteoporosis as phosphorous deplete
– Increased risk of developing heart disease due to the fructose content
– Increased risk of developing asthma and eczema
– Increased risk of developing kidney stones
– Increased risk of obesity
– Dissolved tooth enamel
FACTS: NOT KNOWN:-
- Fizzy drinks should always be taken with straw as drinking it directly can cause tooth decay more easily.
- Never brush soon after you drink any of the fizzy drink as it can cause more damage to teeth.
- Do not have milk and then cola or vice versa as it destroys the calcium absorption of milk.
IS DIET COLA BETTER?
Women who are often on dieting assume that its better to have diet cola than a regular soft drink as the diet cola would contain less calories and less chance of developing diabetes mellitus type 2. But that assumption seems to be wrong after the research done on 65,000 french women who were all middle aged or old. It showed women who drank diet cola drank more of them than who drank normal soft drink. Not only that, but researchers also found that those who drank diet cola were more at a risk of developing diabetes than those drinking normal cola.
SIDE EFFECTS NOT KNOWN BY CONSUMERS:
– These drinks causes cancer as it contains caramel sweeteners
– They contain phosphates a weak acid that gives colas a tangy flavor and improves their shelf life. It can lead to kidney and heart problems, muscle loss, osteoporosis and one study suggest that it could lead to accelerated ageing.
– It’s not just the soda that’s causing the problems but also the cans. Cans are made up of an epoxy resin called bisphenol A to keep the acids reacting from the metal. BPA is known to interfere with hormones to cause infertility, obesity, diabetes and other forms of cancers.
– Some drinks like Mountain Dew contain brominated vegetable oil – a toxic flame retardant – to keep the artificial flavor from separating from the rest of the liquid. This hazardous ingredient can cause bromide poisoning and its symptoms are skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders.
– Most sodas contain caffeine which causes certain cancers, breast lumps, irregular heart beat and high blood pressure.
MYTHS:
- Soda drinks are recommended for stomach burns: False, these drinks would satisfy you in the beginning for few seconds and after some time it causes more irritation due to the acid content in it
CONCLUSION:
There is no strong evidence suggesting that occasionally having fizzy drinks can be harmful and there is no reason to avoid them.
Carbonated drinks are harmful for health if taken in large quantities or on everyday basis and they don’t bring any vitamins or minerals to the diet.
Don’t miss out on other drinks like milk for calcium and juices for vitamins as they are essential for your body to stay fir.
Carbonated drinks should be your second option.
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