Utah Valley Dispatch Wellness Games
Week Five:
Soda Pop Fizzles Your Health!
Before you take another gulp from your soft drink can, here are 7 facts about soda to consider that may drastically affect the quality of your health.
Ø pH of Soda = pH of Vinegar
For one, soda, no matter who makes it, is the most acidic beverage you can buy, with a pH of about 2.5, about the same as vinegar. Why does that matter? Acid oxidizes whatever it comes in contact with. If you put soda or vinegar on metal, it will rust it quickly.
For one, soda, no matter who makes it, is the most acidic beverage you can buy, with a pH of about 2.5, about the same as vinegar. Why does that matter? Acid oxidizes whatever it comes in contact with. If you put soda or vinegar on metal, it will rust it quickly.
Ø Drink Soda, Leach Calcium
If you drink soda, which also contains high levels of phosphorous, you will leach calcium from your bones. It appears that increased soft drink consumption is a major factor that contributes to osteoporosis. Tooth loss, periodontal disease, and gingivitis can be problems, especially with a high phosphorus intake, particularly from soft drinks.
If you drink soda, which also contains high levels of phosphorous, you will leach calcium from your bones. It appears that increased soft drink consumption is a major factor that contributes to osteoporosis. Tooth loss, periodontal disease, and gingivitis can be problems, especially with a high phosphorus intake, particularly from soft drinks.
Ø Soda Will Dissolve Your Tooth Enamel
Weak bones is just the beginning. In an interesting experiment the sugar from one soft drink was able to damage the white blood cells’ ability to ingest and kill bacteria for seven hours. Sugar and acid in soft drinks so easily dissolve tooth enamel.
Weak bones is just the beginning. In an interesting experiment the sugar from one soft drink was able to damage the white blood cells’ ability to ingest and kill bacteria for seven hours. Sugar and acid in soft drinks so easily dissolve tooth enamel.
Ø Each Additional Soda Increases Risk for Obesity by 1.6 times
So now we’ve got weak bones, weakened immune system, and dissolving teeth. What’s next? Weight gain! The relationship between soft drink consumption and body weight is so strong that researchers calculate that for each additional soda consumed, the risk of obesity increases 1.6 times.
So now we’ve got weak bones, weakened immune system, and dissolving teeth. What’s next? Weight gain! The relationship between soft drink consumption and body weight is so strong that researchers calculate that for each additional soda consumed, the risk of obesity increases 1.6 times.
Ø Children Who Drink Soda Break Bones More Easily
Our children aren’t safe, either. Adolescents who consume soft drinks display a risk of bone fractures three to four-fold higher than those who do not. The high sugar hides the acid. Children little realize they are drinking this strange mixture of phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine, coloring, and flavoring matter. A joint study by Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers in February 2001 concluded that such excess liquid calories inhibited the ability of older children to compensate at mealtime, leading to caloric imbalance and, in time, obesity.”
Our children aren’t safe, either. Adolescents who consume soft drinks display a risk of bone fractures three to four-fold higher than those who do not. The high sugar hides the acid. Children little realize they are drinking this strange mixture of phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine, coloring, and flavoring matter. A joint study by Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers in February 2001 concluded that such excess liquid calories inhibited the ability of older children to compensate at mealtime, leading to caloric imbalance and, in time, obesity.”
Ø Diet Soda Isn’t Any Better
For those of you with a diet soda in your hands, the news isn’t any better, in fact it’s worse! One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six milligrams of methanol. When several of these beverages are consumed in a short period of time (one day, perhaps), as much as two hundred fifty milligrams of methanol are dumped into the bloodstream, or thirty-two times the EPA limit. So, you’re poisoning your body, too.
For those of you with a diet soda in your hands, the news isn’t any better, in fact it’s worse! One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six milligrams of methanol. When several of these beverages are consumed in a short period of time (one day, perhaps), as much as two hundred fifty milligrams of methanol are dumped into the bloodstream, or thirty-two times the EPA limit. So, you’re poisoning your body, too.
With diet soda, you’ve gone from high calories to poisonous levels of methanol and an increased chance of developing cancer. Not a very good trade.
Ø Drink of Choice
The average American drinks more than 53 gallons of carbonated soft drinks each year, more than any other beverage, including milk, coffee, or water.
The average American drinks more than 53 gallons of carbonated soft drinks each year, more than any other beverage, including milk, coffee, or water.
Still Drinking that Soda…..?
Hard to believe that so much mayhem can come from a little can or bottle, but there is nothing good or redeemable about soda. The sooner we can remove it from our diet, the better.
At the end of the week, please email Shantell indicating how many days you didn’t drink soda pop.
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