Do you want
to be healthy?
Drinking soda
is bad for your
health in so
many ways;
science can’t
even state all
the
consequences. Here’s what happens in your body
when you assault it with a Coke:
Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of
sugar hit your system. This is 100 percent of your
recommended daily intake, and the only reason you
don’t vomit as a result of the overwhelming
sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.
Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and
your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by
turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.
Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is
complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure
rises, and your livers dumps more sugar into your
bloodstream.
Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine
production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of
your brain – a physically identical response to that of
heroin, by the way.
After 60 minutes, you’ll start to have a sugar
crash.
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
How many sodas have you had today? How about
your kids? As of 2005, white bread was dethroned as
the number one source of calories in the American
diet, being replaced by soft drinks.
The average American drinks more than 60 gallons of
soft drinks each year, but before you grab that next
can of soda, consider this: one can of soda has about
10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of
caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and
sulphites. Not to mention the fact that it’s also your
largest source of dangerous high-fructose modified
corn syrup.
Let’s take a look at some of the other major
components of a can of soda:
Phosphoric Acid: Which can interfere with the
body's ability to use calcium, leading to
osteoporosis or softening of the teeth and bones.
Sugar: It is a proven fact that sugar increases
insulin levels, which can lead to high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes,
weight gain, premature aging and many more
negative side effects. Most sodas include over 100
percent of the RDA of sugar. Sugar is so bad for
your health in so many ways, I even created an
entire list outlining 100-Plus Ways in Which Sugar
Can Damage Your Health
Aspartame: This chemical is used as a sugar
substitute in diet soda. There are over 92 different
health side effects associated with aspartame
consumption including brain tumors, birth
defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and
epilispsy/seizures.
Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause jitters,
insomnia, high blood pressure, irregular
heartbeat, elevated blood cholesterol levels,
vitamin and mineral depletion, breast lumps, birth
defects, and perhaps some forms of cancer.
Tap Water: I recommend that everyone avoid
drinking tap water because it can carry any
number of chemicals including chlorine,
trihalomethanes, lead, cadmium, and various
organic pollutants. Tap water is the main
ingredient in bottled soft drinks.
Clearly, the over-consumption of sodas and sweet
drinks is one of the leading causes fueling the world-
wide obesity epidemic.
One independent, peer-reviewed study published in
the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated
a strong link between soda consumption and
childhood obesity. They found that 12-year-olds who
drank soft drinks regularly were more likely to be
overweight than those who didn't. In fact, for each
additional daily serving of sugar-sweetened soft
drink consumed during the nearly two-year study,
the risk of obesity jumped by 60 percent.
Here’s another sobering fact if you’re struggling with
weight issues: Just one extra can of soda per day can
add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the
course of a single year!
Other statistics on the health dangers of soft drinks
include:
One soda per day increases your risk of diabetes
by 85 percent
Soda drinkers have higher cancer risk. While the
federal limit for benzene in drinking water is 5
parts per billion (ppb), researchers have found
benzene levels as high as 79 ppb in some soft
drinks, and of the 100 brands tested, most had at
least some detectable level of benzene present
Soda has been shown to cause DNA damage –
courtesy of sodium benzoate, a common
preservative found in many soft drinks, which has
the ability to switch off vital parts of your DNA.
This could eventually lead to diseases such as
cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's
If you are still drinking soda, stopping the habit is an
easy way to improve your health. Pure water is a
much better choice, or if you must drink a
carbonated beverage, try sparkling mineral water
with a squirt of lime or lemon juice.
There is absolutely NO REASON your kids should ever
drink soda. None, nada, zip, zero. No excuses. The
elimination of soft drinks is one of the most crucial
factors to deal with many of the health problems you
or your children suffer.
If you struggle with an addiction to soda, (remember,
sugar is actually more addictive than cocaine!) I

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