A Few Reasons Not To Drink Soda

The most commonly consumed beverage is soda, we just take it for granted. If we care about our health, however, we really should be avoiding these drinks. The effect they can have on our bodies will come as a surprise to most people.

We all need to greatly cut back on the amount of soda that we drink, but a lot of us want reasons why. Here’s just a few of the surprising, and unpleasant, facts about soda.

As tasty as it may be, the calories contained in soda offer no benefits at all to our health, and when we consume these calories they are merely stored by our bodies as fat. Ok, the cans many say that they are free of fat, but the excessive amount of sugar that is in soda can be very fattening. Therefore, consuming large amounts of soda can cause you to put weight on.

A very unpleasant fact about soda is the damage it does to our teeth. The staining builds up gradually until our teeth are discoloured. There is a direct link between soda and cavities.

A very serious effect of excessive soda consumption is the possible onset of Diabetes. As your body takes in the excess of sugar the rate that insulin is produced is greatly increased. As the consumption of these drinks has increased worldwide, so has the rate of Diabetes.

All these facts have been unpleasant, but this one is downright scary. A new study has recently been conducted at the Georgetown Medical Center by Noel Muller. This study discovered that anyone with a soda consumption of 2 or more a week has a staggering 87% more likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer.

As this study isn’t conclusive with the results being so small, deaths caused by Pancreatic Cancer are on the increase and we should all seriously think about cutting back our soda consumption.

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