Negative Effects Of Soda !!!

  Hellooo frndz! In case you missed it, The New York City Board  

of Health approved the ban on the sale on large sodas and "sugary drinks" at restaurants, street carts and in movie theaters last week. It is the first restrictions of its kind in the U.S. The   

 ban, supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in order to reduce the ever growing obesity rates, bars the sale of many sweetened drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. It is set to take effect on 

March 12, 2013.

Soda is not the best thing for the body!  Studies have shown that the average American drinks 45 gallons of soda a year (that can fill a small kiddie pool!). So before you take the next sip, check this out:

           The Negative Effects of Soda…….And Diet Soda Too

Kidney Damage: A 2009 Nurses' Health Study of 3,256 women found a 30 percent drop in level of kidney function of participants who drank two or more servings of diet soda daily. Meaning those who drink diet soda has less kidney blood filtering ability.

Risk of Diabetes: Drinking one soft drink a day can increase your risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes by 15 percent, according to a Harvard study.  Two drinks can raise your risk to 26 percent.

Weight Gain: This is a no brainer. The amount of sugar in soda ( there are 16 packs of sugar in a 20 ounce bottle) can cause weight gain, especially if one drinks it daily. In the latest bad news for the soda industry, Danish researchers discovered that drinking non-diet soda leads to dramatic increases in fat buildup around your liver and your skeletal muscles, both of which can contribute to insulin resistance and diabetes. The study revealed that people who drank a regular soda every day for six months saw a 132 to 142 percent increase in liver fat, a 117 to 221 percent jump in skeletal fat, and about a 30 percent increase in both triglyceride blood fats and other organ fat. Their consumption also led to an 11 percent increase in cholesterol, compared with the people who drank other beverages such as water or milk. 

Bone Loss: Phosphorus, a common ingredient in soda, can deplete bones of calcium.

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oo much phosphoric acid can lead to heart and kidney problems, muscle loss, and osteoporosis, and one study suggests it could trigger accelerated aging. The study, published in a 2010 issue of the FASEB Journal, found that the excessive phosphate levels found in sodas caused lab rats to die a full five weeks earlier than the rats whose diets had more normal phosphate levels

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Dental Decay: Dentists have a name for the condition they see in kids who drink too much Mountain Dew. They wind up with a "Mountain Dew Mouth," full of cavities caused by the drink's excessive sugar levels. Mom always told us, sugar will ruin those pearly whites. Enough said!

It's not just the soda that's causing all the problems. Nearly all aluminum soda cans are lined with an epoxy resin called bisphenol A (BPA), used to keep the acids in soda from reacting with the metal. BPA is known to interfere with hormones and has been linked to everything from infertility to obesity and diabetes and some forms of reproductive cancers.

So the moral of the story is: Put down the soda and pick up some water!
What do you think about the NYC Soda Ban? And some food for thought, what if they ban sugary fruit drinks? How'd you feel about that?